MGRI summed up the results of the qualifying stage of the CASE-IN championship

The qualifying stage of the Student League of the XII International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" was held at the Sergo Ordzhonikidze Russian State Geological Exploration University with the support of the presidential platform "Russia – the land of Opportunities".  "CASE-IN" is implemented within the framework of the federal project "Social elevators for everyone" of the national project "Education".

The rector of MGRI Yuri Panov, Director of the Reliable Change Charitable Foundation, co-chairman of the organizing Committee of the CASE-IN International Engineering Championship Artem Korolev, Deputy Chief Geologist of ALROSA Alexander Gudin and Chief Engineer of Udachninsk Mining and Processing Plant Pavel Egorov spoke at the grand opening of the qualifying stage.

The Rector of MGRI noted that the number of participants in the Championship is growing every year, the complexity of tasks and the quality of solutions developed by students are increasing.

“Today is an important stage for the participants of the Championship, because you will have to solve the tasks that the industry, business leaders, and engineers face. And these are not the tasks that teachers offer you, but those that life sets, especially now, when the issue of technological sovereignty of the country is especially relevant.” - Yuri Petrovich Panov addressed the participants of the Championship. He also thanked the organizers, representatives of enterprises and experts, and wished the participants interesting solutions, a transition to another level of thinking and reaching the finals.

Artem Korolev, co-chairman of the organizing committee of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship, noted that MGRI participates in the CASE-IN every year and the university already has its own champions, for whom the Championship has become a social elevator.

“Winning is not the most important thing. In the 12 years that the Championship has been held, we see that its participants have already become young specialists, some have become mentors, and others are already writing cases with us. I see these people and understand that many of them were given these opportunities precisely as part of their participation in the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN". Already within the walls of their university, during their participation, they received offers from companies or found a group of guys with whom they continued to hone their professional skills and develop their career trajectory. It's only the second week of the championship, and we already have 6,000 participants. All over Russia, 120 universities participate, plus universities from the CIS - and these are tens of thousands of people. Today, new technologies and new solutions are needed, and the companies we work with are ready to hire active participants in the Championship who are ready and able to solve complex tasks.” - said Artyom Sergeevich.

Alexander Gudin, Deputy Chief Geologist at ALROSA, also wished good luck to the participants and noted the relevance of the competition.: “First of all, I am very pleased to be at this university, since I am a graduate, and secondly, when I come here, I always know that there will be no bad decisions at this university, since MGRI is a brand! I also want to say that now is a very favorable time for geologists, the profession is in high demand, so I urge everyone who graduates from university to stay in the profession, because specialists are in great need right now.”

Pavel Egorov, Chief Engineer of the Udachninsk Mining and Processing Plant, wished both the organizers and the participants not to stop there, but to grow and develop.:  “We are proud that ALROSA is a strategic partner of the Student League Championship. Today, the mining industry is experiencing a real technological boom, the purpose of which is the search and implementation of new technological solutions and technological innovations. I am sure that the championship will help us find those who will join the large ALROSA team in the near future in order to jointly solve strategic tasks for our company and for the diamond mining industry as a whole.”  

He also noted that the championship is a chance for all participants to show not only intellectual abilities, but also leadership qualities and wished the participants inspiration, good luck and victory in a fair fight.

In the course of a hard struggle, the winners of the qualifying stage of the Student League of the XII International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" were determined:

In the field of “Geological Exploration”: 

1st place - Almaz (Dubna State University);

 2nd place - Slants (MGRI) - both teams advance to the next stage, 

3rd place - Mineral Water (MGRI)

In the field of “Mining”: 

1st place - Micromasters (NUST MISIS), 

2nd place - Rock and Stone (NUST MISIS), 

3rd place - MGI MISIS (NUST MISIS)

In the field of “Oil and gas business”: 

1st place - Liquid (MGRI), 

2nd place - Drilling Hopes (MGRI), 

3rd place - Drilling House (MGRI)

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