Two student teams from Komsomolsk-on-Amur presented innovative solutions in the final "CASE-IN"

On May 30 – June 1, 2023, the final of the main season of the XI "CASE-IN" championship was held in Moscow at the NUST MISIS site.

"CASE-IN" is an annual competition in which students demonstrate their skills in analyzing and solving real–world cases. The participants present their ideas and strategies to the jury members – experts and professionals in various fields.

In the qualifying stage Held for the first time this year on the basis of Komsomolsk-on-Amur State University, the youth teams of KNAU and DVGUPS worked on cases in the areas of "Electric Power Industry" and "Metallurgy" related to the introduction of new technologies at the production sites of the partners of the ROSSETI and RUSAL Student League.

KNAU teams advanced to the semifinals of the championship: "Pisces" (Nikita Shusharin (captain), Alexey Chipizubov, Maryam Mirzayeva, Anton Ovsyannikov) and "Noble" (Tatiana Morozova (captain), Daria Shulyak, Polina Vlasova, the team mentor is Olga Grigoryevna Shakirova, head of the Department of CiHT).

The remote semi-finals of the championship took place on April 18 and 25, both KNAU teams advanced to the face-to-face finals.

The Noble team has optimized labor and material resources at RUSAL's Krasnoyarsk Aluminum Plant and developed import substitution mechanisms that will reduce the cost of aluminum production, ensure high product quality standards and enable the implementation of ESG principles.

Team captain Tatiana Morozova, a student of the 2XTb-1 (FMXT) group, spoke about the team's participation in the championship and the defense of the project: "Personally, I really liked the XI International Engineering Championship “CASE-IN” for its scale, the work of the volunteers and the quality of the event were maintained at the maximum height, special thanks to MISIS for the warm welcome within its walls. We played under the lucky number 7 out of 10 teams in the Metallurgy direction. Our project became the seventh in the rating, which is an excellent result for our first participation in the main season of the CASE-IN championship."

The Pisces team entered the top ten. The students demonstrated a deep understanding of business processes, analytical skills, and the ability to make strategic decisions in a time-limited environment. They were able to approach the problems from different angles and offer innovative and promising solutions in the face of sanctions pressure and the framework of import substitution.

Alexey Chipizubov (1st year Master's student at FEU) shared his impressions: "Participating in the ”CASE-IN" finals was an unforgettable experience for us and a truly inspiring challenge. We were proud to represent our university team, consisting of the most talented students. It was a difficult path to success, full of intense work and dozens of hours of analysis and research. But every moment was worth the effort, and we were happy to fight for our ideas and solutions. As a result, I would like to say that in such contests it is important to listen to yourself and your intuition. Unfortunately, we delved into the feasibility study of our idea, which did not play in our favor. But everything is still ahead, and the thorny path of defeats does not frighten us on the way to stellar victories!"

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