Irkutsk students – winners of the Autumn Cup of the CASE-IN Championship

The IRNTU Oil Sharks inc. team won the Student League of the Autumn Cup of the XI International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN". Polytechnic students Maxim Egorov, Dmitry Melentyev and Kirill Sokolnikov have developed a project on import substitution of equipment for one of the enterprises of ALROSA. Mikhail Kornyakov, Rector of IRNTU, congratulated students on their victory in the large-scale intellectual competition.

The international engineering Championship "CASE-IN" is included in the platform of ANO "Russia – the land of opportunities". The cases of the XI season are united by the theme of technological leadership. Almost 13,500 participants worked on solving issues relevant to partner companies, 5,200 of whom took part in the Autumn Cup, which traditionally concludes the championship. 61 teams reached the final – 219 schoolchildren, students and young professionals. According to the results of the expert assessment, 15 teams became champions.

The team of the Institute of Subsoil Use of IRNTU Oil Sharks inc. was recognized as the leader of the Student League that worked on the case of ALROSA (PAO). According to Captain Maxim Egorov, the case of the diamond mining company was interesting for two reasons. The participants of Oil Sharks inc. were future oilmen who had to immerse themselves in mining and then offer an alternative to foreign equipment. As a whole, this is a roadmap for import substitution for one of ALROSA's enterprises.

"Our solution is a module that automatically determines the rating of equipment and selects the best model for user requests. We independently create a catalog for the system from domestic equipment and technical proposals from friendly countries. Using the module, the company will be able to choose what is suitable for performance and other parameters. In order for the module to work smoothly, there are limitations when searching for equipment," said Maxim Egorov.

Students from the Oil Sharks inc. team would like to thank Alexey Shevchenko, Director of the Institute of Subsoil Use, and Valentina Chetverikova, Associate Professor of the Department of Oil and Gas Engineering, for their help in preparing for the championship and organizing consultations with relevant specialists. The Polytechnic students are grateful to Associate Professor Evgeny Ivanov, who gave valuable advice on the presentation of the project.

Let's add that Irkutsk Polytechnic students were ahead of Lobachevsky Straight from MIPT (2nd place) and 4 Volts from MEI (3rd place). Oil Sharks inc. plans to join the XII season, which will be dedicated to lean manufacturing, and solve a case in the oil and gas business.

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