Students enrolled in specialized training programs for System operators won a ticket to the finals of the Case-in championship

On February 28, 2017, the V International Engineering Championship "Case-in" started. The qualifying round, which determined the finalist team, as well as the opening ceremony of the electric power and metallurgy leagues - two of the five leagues of the championship – were held at Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin, whose team became the winner of the "Case-in-2016".

By tradition, the opening ceremonies of each league of the championship are held at universities whose teams won the previous season: except UrFU, the right to inaugurate the jubilee season "Case-in" The winners were Ural State Mining University (Mining League), Irkutsk National Research Technical University (Geological Exploration League) and Tyumen Industrial University (Oil and Gas League).

The championship is organized by the Reliable Change Foundation, which has been a partner of JSC SO UES in youth work since 2007. For the third year in a row, the system operator has been a strategic partner of the championship and its league in the electric power industry. Based on the materials prepared by the specialists of JSC SO UES, an engineering case of the League for the electric power industry has been developed. In addition, representatives of the company joined the expert commission, which will evaluate the decisions of the participants at the qualifying stages of the championship in the partner universities of the company.

The opening of the championship kicked off the qualifying rounds, which will be held in 47 leading technical universities in 35 regions of Russia and the CIS countries. More than 3,000 students will compete for a ticket to the final of the "Case-in" for three months. The final, which will be held in Moscow on May 30-31, 2017, will be attended by 47 teams representing all five leagues of the championship.

On behalf of the System Operator, the participants of the qualifying round in UrFU were greeted by the Director General branch of JSC "SO UES" ODE to the Urals Vladimir Pavlov: "In the entire history of mankind, there is no better way to show creativity than competition. And the Case-in International Engineering Championship is a prime example of a competition that allows you to show how you can respond to the challenges you face. Your colleagues − Trainees of the Ural State University of Management solve similar cases at their workplaces on a daily basis. You will learn the same thing by participating in the championship. Every year we closely monitor the participants, and the previous winners of the "Case-in" are already employees of the Ural State University of Economics. I hope it will be the same this year: The System Operator is waiting for the best! I wish you victory!"

Eight teams took part in the qualifying stage of the UrFU Electric Power Industry League, including three teams of students undergoing specialized training programs commissioned by JSC SO UES. One of them, the ABC team consisting of Mikhail Zagidullin, Vyacheslav Luzhetsky, Mikhail Senyuk and team captain Igor Zonov, took the lead. She took the first place and reached the final of the championship. In May 2017, students will have to defend the honor of UrFU at the finals in Moscow.

The winners highly appreciated the experience of participating in the championship: "We are participating in the "Case-in" for the second year in a row. Last year, the team failed to achieve victory in the qualifying stage, but we gained experience that led us to the finals today. Working as a System Operator helped us develop our practical skills: we learned how to apply the knowledge we gained at the university, got acquainted with regulatory documentation, and moved on from theoretical training to working at real electric power facilities. Solving the case of the qualifying stage, we learned how to identify the main thing, search for information, work out a joint solution and formulate the result."

Peter Erokhin, Advisor to the Director of JSC SO UES, summed up the results of the qualifying round in UrFU: "Every year the level of the teams is getting higher, the participants demonstrate interesting and bold solutions. It is gratifying that this year's junior students entered the qualifying stage, and their performance was a worthy competition for their seniors."

The Case-in International Engineering Championship is Russia's only federal championship of fuel and energy and mineral resources complexes, an effective tool for transferring practical knowledge, experience and new competencies to future engineers. The championship includes five areas: electric power industry, mining, geological exploration, metallurgy, and oil and gas business. In the final, the winning teams of the qualifying stages of each league will compete for the title of the best engineering student teams, who will have the opportunity to complete internships and internships in leading industry companies. The winners of the electric power and mining leagues will participate in the annual summer educational programs "Energy of Youth" and "Mining School".

In 2017, five federal ministries acted as national partners of the championship: the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, as well as the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh) and the Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects.

The championship is supported annually by the largest industry companies. This season, JSC SUEK, JSC SO UES, PJSC Tatneft, JSC Rosgeologiya, PJSC FGC UES, PJSC NK Rosneft, PJSC Mechel, JSC Siberian Anthracite, LLC Management Company plan to use the championship platform to select the most promising future specialists. "Kolmar", LLC "EvrazHolding", LLC "Vostochnaya Mining Company", PJSC "RusHydro", LLC "IBM SI Montan", DMT, Sverdlovsk Branch of PJSC "T Plus", PJSC "Novolipetsk Metallurgical Combine", LLC "Mycromine Rus", PJSC "Raspadskaya".

A source the website of the SO UES