Experts of the System Operator have determined the winners of the "CASE-IN" qualifying stage in Samara

The qualifying stage of the Student League of the XI International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" in the field of "Electric Power Industry" was held in Samara on the basis of Samara State Technical University. The expert commission included representatives of the System Operator.

At the selection stage at SamSTU, the expert jury included the Deputy Chief Dispatcher for operational work. Samara RDUGeorgy Chebotnikov And the dispatcher AN ODE to the East Mikhail Kritsky.

"The participation of energy engineering students in the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship is not only the acquisition of professional knowledge, but also the acquisition of skills in processing big data in a short time, preparing demonstration materials on the work done and publicly defending their projects", – counts Georgy Chebotnikov.

The topic of this year's Student League case in the field of "Electric Power Industry" is "Promising development of the Russian hydropower industry." Since 2015, Mikhail Kritsky, a graduate of Samara Polytechnic University, now his graduate student and manager of the ODU of the East, has worked his way up from a participant in the championship, mentor of the teams to a permanent member of the expert commission in the Student League of the Electric Power Industry.

"One of the positive advantages of the case is the absence of restrictions in the form of specific energy systems and individual regions of the country, which in turn makes the task interesting and multifaceted, allowing you to search for and solve the problems of the UES of Russia based on the analysis of the information received. That is why the expert commission receives absolutely unique solutions from the participants for consideration.", – noted Mikhail Kritsky.

Nine teams of students from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (ETF) of Samara Polytechnic University, teams from the Syzran and Novokuibyshev branches of SamSTU, and a team from the V.N. Tatishchev Astrakhan State University competed for the victory.

The ELEKTRO team of the Novokuibyshevsky branch of SamSTU became the leader of the qualifying stage of the Electric Power Industry direction. The team included students of the fields of study "Electric Power Engineering and electrical engineering" and "Automation of technological processes and productions". In solving the case for the development of the Russian hydropower industry, they proposed to implement a hybrid HPP project with solar panels floating on the surface of a reservoir in Primorsky Krai.

Team Leader 2nd year student Roman Korytnikov He believes that it was a non-standard solution that determined the victory: "Our project involves not only the economic development of the region, stable production and lower electricity costs, but also improving the environmental situation and efficient use of resources."

The second place was taken by the team of SamSTU "Energy Style", the third – by the team "Lights of St. Elmo" of the Syzran branch of SamSTU.

"I believe that students, going beyond the educational program offered by the university and participating in various scientific events, are already making huge strides towards their first professional achievements. And the CASE-IN championship develops many competencies among the participants at once: they learn to analyze a large amount of information in a short time, work in a team, correctly design and present their solutions. At the same time, the tasks they face are close to the real problems of their future professions. CASE-IN reveals the potential of talented students, it is a great place to step forward", – said a member of the expert jury Mikhail Kritsky.

The ELEKTRO team will take part in the semi–finals of the championship and compete for participation in the final, which will be held in Moscow on May 30 - June 1, 2023 with the participation of youth teams from Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus.

The International Engineering CASE-IN Championship is a system of competitions for solving engineering cases for schoolchildren, students and young specialists in the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes, the nuclear industry and related industries. The championship is included in the platform of the NGO "Russia – the land of Opportunities" and is implemented in accordance with the Action Plan aimed at popularizing the working and engineering professions, approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 366-r dated March 5, 2015.

A source: JSC "SO UES"