19 student teams of the Volga region are preparing for the finals of the CASE-IN championship

19 student teams from 12 universities of the Volga Federal District reached the final of the Student League of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN", a project of the Russia – the Land of Opportunities platform.  Future power engineers, builders, and design engineers, as well as specialists from the oil and gas, petrochemical, and mining industries, will present promising solutions to the industry community in Moscow.

The theme of the XI season of the CASE-IN championship is "Technological Leadership". In the qualifying stages and semi–finals, students solved engineering cases of partner companies related to artificial intelligence, computing and data transmission, robotics, and industrial technologies.

19 student teams from 12 universities of Almetyevsk, Volgograd, Volzhsky, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Novokuibyshevsk, Perm, Samara, Saratov and Ufa reached the final of the championship. Students will present their universities in geological exploration, metallurgy, oil and gas industry, petrochemistry, thermal power engineering, electric power industry.

6 student teams from Kazan State Power Engineering University, Samara State Technical University and its branch in Novokuibyshevsk, Saratov State Technical University, the Branch of the National Research University "MEI" in Volzhsky and the branch of the Perm National Research Polytechnic University in Tchaikovsky will perform in the field of "Electric Power Industry".

The participants of the Electric Power Industry direction will present solutions on behalf of one of the two leading companies in the industry – PJSC ROSSETI or JSC SO UES.

JSC SO UES asked the contestants to develop 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. 

On behalf of SamSTU, the Energy style team will propose a solution for the assignment of JSC SO UES. Mikhail Salchikhin (team captain), Alexander Salchikhin, Anton Pivkin and Denis Tuev have developed a plan for the development of hydropower in the Irkutsk region.

In the field of Oil and Gas business, the Volga region will be represented by 3 student teams from Almetyevsk State Petroleum Institute, UGNTU and Samara State Technical University.

Students of SamSTU Tatiana Ivanova (captain), Vyacheslav Samoilov, Galina Shkatko and Gore Shushanyan believe that their solution is qualitatively distinguished by originality and comprehensive study of the marketing side.

"Our task was to develop a technology for processing and using liquefied petroleum gas, taking into account its logistical and market characteristics, - Tatiana Ivanova, the captain of the Power of Thought team, shares the details. – We have taken a comprehensive approach to solving this problem: we have analyzed technologies that can be used to use LPG with high added value, evaluated potential competitors in the market, and analyzed the growth potential of consumption of manufactured products. As a result, our team presented the experts with a full-fledged viable solution to a difficult task. Our proposals are not only economically beneficial for the company, but also socially significant for the Republic of Yakutia."

By the end, future engineers plan to improve their solution to diversify the company's cash flows. The goal for the final for the Samaritans is to present a decent solution, get feedback from experts and win the long–awaited first place for the team.

Teams from Tatarstan and Bashkortostan will join the Samaritans. These are the Gaztrollers from AGNI (Captain Artyom Abramov, Julian Alenkin, Tatiana Shokurova, Daria Kataeva) and the Bazhenov Retinue team from UGNTU (captain Nikita Murzakov, Dilara Nurgalieva, Linar Samigullin and Maxim Chizh).

The final of the CASE-IN championship will be held on May 30 – June 1, 2023 in Moscow. For the main prizes of the season, students of the Volga region will compete with the strongest youth teams from the regions of Russia, as well as Kazakhstan and Belarus.  

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,

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