Irkutsk students perform in the final of the Autumn Cup "CASE-IN"

Students of the Institute of Subsoil Use of IRNTU have developed a roadmap for the import substitution of technological equipment for one of the ALROSA enterprises. They will present the decision to the experts today, December 15, in Moscow.

Twelve student teams from eight regions will present import substitution solutions at ALROSA enterprises in the final of the Autumn Cup The International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN". The CASE-IN Championship is supported by the presidential platform "Russia – the land of opportunities".

In the Autumn Cup, which is held with the support of the National Research University "MEI" and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, more than 3,200 students from 145 universities solve cases on the main theme of the XI season "Technological Leadership". The youth teams' developments are related to artificial intelligence, computing and data transmission, robotics and industrial technologies.

The partners of the Student League "CASE-IN" were the companies ALROSA, SIBUR and Gazstroyprom, the partner of the new student direction "Construction" was the Federal State Budgetary Institution Rosstroycontrol. The co-organizer of the student competition was National Research University "MEI" with the support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.

To get to the finals, students chose to solve one of three cases related to the work of partner companies.

"ALROSA's assignment on the topic of "Industrial safety in numbers" was solved by 197 teams at the qualifying stage. – said Artem Korolev, founder and co-chairman of the organizing committee of the CASE–IN championship, - In just 15 days they identified the areas of the enterprise most at risk of accidents and developed measures to minimize these risks."

Only twelve teams from the universities of Almetyevsk, Vladivostok, Irkutsk, Kazan, Moscow, Perm, Sayanogorsk, Smolensk and Yakutsk received tickets to the season finale.

Among the finalists is the team of the Institute of Subsoil Use of IRNTU Oil Sharks inc. Maxim Egorov, Dmitry Melentyev and Kirill Sokolnikov proposed digital solutions in the field of industrial safety in the underground mining of diamond ore.

"We decided to focus on the concept of a connected employee, as well as consider options for excluding employees from high-risk areas. Our comprehensive solution includes the development of employee notification system algorithms, as well as a system for issuing recommendations based on health status and positioning data," explained Maxim Egorov, team captain. 

In order to interest experts in the solution, the finalists focused on the introduction of previously unused technologies in mining, for which they analyzed the market of existing offers both in the diamond mining industry and in related areas.

"The difficulty was that the topic was not related to our main specialty. However, that was also the point of interest. We managed to get acquainted with diamond mining technologies and find out what difficulties arise during their extraction. It was interesting for us to discuss the topic of the case with our mentors, as well as compare ideas with existing proposals in the oil industry," Maxim Egorov emphasized.

At the Autumn Cup, IRNTU students acquired the ability to analyze available information and plan their actions, learned how to present themselves and their product, competently express their position and answer questions from experts.

"The final is a grandiose event that traditionally gathers talented young people from all over the country. We would like to learn new ideas, meet interesting people and continue to develop our case-solving skills," said Maxim Egorov.

For the final of the Fall Competition, the students completed a new task – they developed a roadmap for the import substitution of technological equipment for one of ALROSA's enterprises. They will present their decision to the experts on December 15 in Moscow.

The participants of the Student League will compete for preferential admission conditions to partner universities of the championship for master's and postgraduate programs, internships and internships in industry companies with the possibility of subsequent employment, as well as trips to the regions of Russia along with the program "More than a journey."

The new winners of the championship will be able to join the CASE-IN Winners' Club and will discuss the further format of work and current trends in various fields on the site of the final.

The Organizing Committee of the CASE-IN championship organizes broadcasts on the day of the final on YouTube channel Reliable Shift Foundation: at 10:00 a.m. Moscow time, it will be possible to see A colorful opening ceremony, and at 17:00 hours – to be happy for the new champions and prize-winners at Award ceremonies the best participants of the Autumn Cup.

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