Teams from universities of the Far East reached the finals of the CASE-IN championship

Future power engineers, thermal power engineers, metallurgists, specialists in geological exploration, oil and gas and petrochemical industries will present promising solutions to the industry community in Moscow.

The CASE-IN International Engineering Championship is a project of the Russia – the Land of Opportunities platform. The theme of the XI season is "Technological leadership". In the qualifying stages and semifinals, students from the Far East solved engineering cases of partner companies related to artificial intelligence, computing and data transmission, robotics, and industrial technologies.

9 student teams from six universities – Blagoveshchensk, Vladivostok, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Magadan, Khabarovsk and Yakutsk - reached the final of the championship. Students from the Far East will present their universities in geological exploration, metallurgy, oil and gas, petrochemistry, thermal power engineering, and electric power engineering.

The Synthesis of Gas Team Amur State University He will compete for victory in the direction of "Petrochemistry». SIBUR has assigned future specialists in the petrochemical industry the task of developing Kazanorgsintez PJSC, Russia's only polycarbonate manufacturer. Team captain Tatiana Chekalova, Elizaveta Zemlyanskaya, Daniil Kononikhin and Mikhail Rykalin have developed solutions aimed at improving the efficiency of polycarbonate production.

On behalf of Far Eastern Federal University teams of oil and electric power engineers will go to the finals.

Vladivostok will be represented by the Mind essence team in the field of Oil and Gas business. Daniil Zotov, Evgeny Nazarchuk, Alexander Potekhin and Danil Erkin On behalf of YATEK, we have developed cost-effective technologies for the production of liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) from by-products of oil extraction and refining, gas condensate, natural gas purification and other sources at oil and gas fields in the East Siberian region.

On the instructions of JSC SO UES, the Powermeter energy team has developed a plan for the development of hydropower resources and the development of Russian hydrogenation facilities operating as part of the UES of Russia and in technologically isolated power systems for the coming years and for the long term. 

Daria Bilichak, Ivan Voloshin, Bogdan Kim and Violetta Lapko Thanks to the championship, we learned how to work in a team and organize ourselves to achieve a common result.

"The championship gave us the opportunity to explore a new topic as much as possible and develop strategic and critical thinking. We began to understand economic issues that we had not even thought about before, as well as modern problems of society, such as, for example, ecology.– says the captain of the FEFU electric power engineering team Daria Bilichak. – At the championship, students will learn a lot of useful information and consolidate the theoretical knowledge they gained earlier at the university. For industrial companies, this is a search for new thinking minds and a new look at existing production problems through promising solutions from the contestants, which can be put into practice in the near future."

In the final, the team members want not only to achieve the highest possible result, but also to get acquainted with the decisions of other strongest teams.

Students Northeastern Federal University named after M. K. Ammosov we intend to distinguish ourselves in the field of "Oil and gas business".

The NEFU Stonks Petroleum team of oilmen are CASE-IN debutants. Arkady Yakovlev (Captain), Valentin Egorov, Pavel Yadreev and Dmitry Yaitsky We have proposed an efficient and investment-attractive solution for the production of liquefied petroleum gases.

"Our development allows us to approach the issues of electricity, heat and fuel production for transport in a more environmentally friendly way by replacing traditional fuels with LPG, as well as solving the problems of inefficient and unprofitable use of unstable gas condensate extracted from deposits., – talks about the team decision Valentin Egorov from NEFU. – When solving the case, many factors were taken into account and different options were considered. Our proposed solution is not the easiest to implement, but nevertheless we consider it the most suitable for YATEK. We hope that the company's specialists will appreciate it!"

While working on a real production task, the team members have mastered important skills for professional development.

"The championship helps students discover their hidden abilities, multitasking and creativity. Educational institutions, delegating their students to "CASE-IN", contribute to their professional growth. Well, companies can find their future employees here and learn for themselves solutions that can be implemented in their enterprises in the future.", – underlined Valentin Egorov.

Students from Yakutsk set ambitious goals for themselves and want to work in companies that strive for development and leadership in the labor market, as well as implement large-scale projects. They regard the championship final as one of the steps towards this dream.

"The number one goal is, of course, victory! At the same time, we plan to familiarize ourselves with the decisions of other teams and learn important things from their presentations. We also consider it important to find like-minded people and get to know talented participants with whom we can generate interesting ideas in the future.", – the finalists shared their expectations.

Northeastern State University he will send a team to the finals geologists "Fireflies."  Captain Mikhail Tanchenko, Alexander Golovchan and Ruslan Solovov On behalf of ALROSA, a method for searching for kimberlite bodies using aerial photography was developed.

Students Komsomolsk-on-Amur State University they will present their innovative developments in the field of "Electric Power Industry". Rosseti specialists have set them a task related to the Unified Energy System of Siberia. The participants of the competition chose an electric grid facility and developed a plan for its development until 2030, taking into account the introduction of domestic innovative technologies.

The team of KNAU "Pisces" – Nikita Shusharin, Maryam Mirzayeva, Alexey Chipizubov and Anton Ovsyannikov – they suggested using drones to monitor the condition of power lines and repair them: in their opinion, this would be a technological solution to the Rosseti problem.

"The company has proposed an up-to-date case study on the Russian electric power industry, because electricity consumption is a fundamental aspect of human life, therefore, reducing emergencies and increasing efficiency leads to the well-being of the country's population., – notes the captain of the KNAGU team Nikita Shusharin. – The multidirectional nature of the team members in various fields of life and sciences helped us in working on the case. This made it possible to correctly assess the factors influencing the subject of the case and make it to the semifinals."

By participating in the championship, future engineers acquired useful professional and personal skills, an impulse for development in new fields for themselves, and also learned to think outside the box. In the future, students plan to apply the knowledge gained on the "CASE-IN" and set ambitious goals for themselves.

The electric power industry will be supported by fellow metallurgists, the KNAGU Noble team. On behalf of RUSAL, students have developed import substitution mechanisms that will reduce the cost of aluminum production and ensure high product quality standards and implement ESG principles.

 "The task was aimed at creating new ways to solve the problems of aluminum production. In the allotted 10 days, our team analyzed a lot of information on the extraction, transportation and processing of aluminum. The theoretical part of the case was easy for me – the search for solutions to environmental and economic problems consisted, in fact, of familiarizing myself with a large amount of interesting information. During the defense in front of a large audience, we felt excitement and fear, but our team coped.", – they tell me Tatiana Morozova (Captain), Daria Shulyak and Polina Vlasova from the Noble team.

Far Eastern State University of Railway Transport He will send the Habergo team to the finals. Team Captain Timofey Klimenko, Artyom Demyanovich, Danila Tarasov – participants of the new direction "Thermal Power Engineering", launched on the initiative of Gazprom Energoholding. At the final, students from Khabarovsk will tell you how to identify defective sections of thermal and mechanical equipment using modern methods and equipment.

Students of the Far East will compete with the strongest student teams from other regions of Russia, as well as from Kazakhstan and Belarus, to win the finals of the championship, which will be held on May 30 – June 1, 2023 in Moscow.  

The champions and prize–winners of the Student League will be able to enroll in master's and postgraduate studies at 24 universities on preferential terms, complete internships and internships or get a job at partner companies, take part in industry youth educational forums, and travel around Russia as part of the More Than a Trip program,

Engineering cases and other tasks for the participants of the Student League are being developed by the partners of the championship: Alrosa JSC, SO UES JSC, Federal Grid Company – Rosseti JSC, United Company RUSAL JSC, Yakutsk Fuel and Energy Company PJSC, SIBUR LLC, NIPIGAZ JSC" and Gazprom Energoholding LLC.

The ideas of the youth are evaluated by experts from Raspadskaya Coal Company LLC, MHC EuroChem JSC, PJSC RusHydro, Prosoft Systems LLC, Siberian Generating Company LLC, EvrazHolding LLC and other companies.

The organizers of the CASE-IN championship are the Reliable Change Foundation, the Non-profit Partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders and AstraLogica LLC.

The project is being implemented using a grant from the President of the Russian Federation for the development of civil society.

The CASE-IN project is being implemented within the framework of the federal project "Social Elevators for Everyone" of the national project "Education".

The CASE-IN Championship is included in the Science to Win initiative and the plan for the Decade of Science and Technology to be held in Russia in 2022-2031.

A source