IGEU hosted the qualifying stage of the "CASE-IN" championship

The qualifying stage of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" was held at Ivanovo Energy University

The International CASE-IN Championship is a competition for solving engineering cases for schoolchildren, students and young professionals. It has been held since 2013 and is considered one of the most prestigious, said the rector of Ivanovo Energy University. 

"This is a kind of Olympic Games for engineers, because during its existence, the championship entered the top 15 Olympic Games in the world according to the rating agency RAEX", - said Grigory Ledukhovsky, rector of IGEU. 

The peculiarity of the championship is that the participants receive the task, that is, the case, just 10 days before the presentation. This year's theme is "Lean Manufacturing". In the direction of Thermal Power Engineering, it was necessary to develop a project to provide consumers with thermal energy by switching loads from the boiler house to the CHP. Nikolai Manin's team is called "BY-PASS". They are the first to perform. We have proposed 4 scenarios for such a transition, one of which is the most effective. Experts, in turn, assess the breadth of the work analysis, economic calculations, and the emphasis on lean manufacturing. 

"The case suggests that there is no correct answer to it. It is important for the participants of the championship to present this decision together, as a common team, and for the experts to understand that only their decision is correct.",  Nikita Mishurov, a Category 1 engineer at the Atomtekhenergo Center, spoke up. 

The cases presented to the participants of the championship are not just a theoretical task, but something that can happen in real life.

"They are very dependent on current trends and provide a vision for the processes that are currently taking place. That is, we can say that every task is something that will happen in the energy sector today or tomorrow.", - said Nikolai Manin, a 4th-year student at IGEU.

In total, 50 universities and more than 5,000 students are participating in the CASE-IN championship across the country. The final will be held at the end of May in Moscow. In addition to fighting for victory, participants will also be able to demonstrate their skills to potential employers. 

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