Tomsk students developed ideas for "lean manufacturing" at the "CASE-IN" championship

Tomsk State University hosted the qualifying stage of the XII International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" in two areas – "Geological Exploration" and "Petrochemistry". About seventy students from different universities took part in it. They competed in solving situational tasks developed by specialized companies, including SIBUR, ALROSA, Gazprom Energoholding LLC. The teams "Mirmekity" and "Vaterland" from TSU won in the qualifying stages.

Tomsk State University has been participating in the CASE-IN Engineering Championship since 2017. The championship has been held at TSU since 2018.

"The championship has an equal partnership with the university. TSU formulates assignments relevant to companies, which means that the university, analyzing assignments, can update its educational programs. Enterprises can review ideas for solving current problems, searching among them for something that can be really applied in practice, as well as look for young specialists for themselves," she said. Elena Borodayenko, TSU employee, organizer The "CASE-IN" championship at TSU.

14 student teams presented their solutions in the field of geological exploration and petrochemistry on the main theme of the new season – "Lean manufacturing".

Each case was prepared by a specialized company. The diamond mining company ALROSA invited the participants to get acquainted with the current methodology for finding diamond deposits and improve production processes using lean manufacturing technologies.

Future petrochemists performed a situational task from SIBUR. They had to develop a set of measures to improve the business efficiency of the petrochemical enterprise, taking into account the tools of "lean manufacturing".

"The task of the participants is to find new and promising areas for diamond prospecting in a given territory. The guys were given geophysical and structural maps, and they had to develop a methodological package that would allow them to find new sites," she said. Elvira Kungulova, a junior researcher at the TSU Geochronology and Geodynamics Laboratory. "Considering that this year's assignments were combined with a common theme of lean manufacturing, students had to improve and distribute existing processes and resources at ALROSA for more "lean" use."

The completed projects were evaluated by an expert commission, which included specialists from leading industry companies and teachers from Tomsk State University.

According to the results of the competition, six student teams became the winners of the qualifying stage. Five of them are TSU representatives.

In the field of "Geological Exploration", all the prizes were taken by TSU students: the Myrmekity team became the winner, the second and third places went to the teams of "2 pairs of Olympians" and "Phosphors", respectively.

In the direction of "Petrochemistry", the team from TSU "Vaterland" became the winner, and "Team A" became the winner. The third place was awarded to the team of Ugra State University.

The final of the CASE-IN engineering championship will be held at the end of May this year. The winning teams from Russia and the CIS countries will present the final versions of their solutions to the industry community, and will also be able to announce themselves to potential employers.

The champions and prize-winners of the Student League will receive preferential conditions for admission to master's and postgraduate studies at 28 universities, internships, internships or employment in partner companies, participation in industry youth educational forums and travel around Russia as part of the "More than a Journey" program.

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