Participants of the qualifying stage of the CASE-IN championship at NArFU studied lean manufacturing

The Northern (Arctic) Federal University hosted the qualifying stage of the Student League of the XII International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" with the support of the presidential platform "Russia — the land of Opportunities". The CASE-IN is being implemented within the framework of the federal project "Social Elevators for Everyone" of the national project "Education".

Ramil Guliyev, the curator of the stage, senior lecturer at the Department of Drilling, Oil and Gas Fields Development, spoke in detail about the stage of the championship at NARFU.:

"The development of teamwork skills among engineering students is one of the key factors for their successful future professional activities. In today's world, complex technical tasks require joint efforts and a multidisciplinary approach, which makes the ability to work effectively in a team indispensable. The use of case methodology in teaching contributes to the development of these skills, as it allows students to analyze real situations in practice, make decisions and develop projects in conditions as close as possible to real professional tasks. This not only promotes a deep understanding of the subject, but also develops communication skills, teaches you how to resolve conflicts and find compromises, which is an integral part of an engineer's job. Thus, the integration of the case method into the educational process of engineering specialties ensures the training of specialists who are able to effectively interact in a team and solve complex problems in a changing world.

And at NArFU, we try to follow all of the above with the support of the Reliable Shift Foundation: we have implemented the foundation's key interactive tool, the CASE—IN simulator, through which students can study real cases and train to prepare for competitions, and the key annual event, the CASE-IN championship, helps identify the best teams and students all over Russia."

The topic of this year's Oil and Gas Business case is the elaboration of a concept for the further development of one of YATEK's key assets. Students can choose from several strategies for further development: using the old well stock, taking into account repair work, or applying new approaches. Of course, students need to work out strategies from a technological point of view, as well as from an economic point of view, and taking into account lean manufacturing.

Five teams came out to defend the solutions of the case, these are Bashmak NKT, Perelomnaya, The Gaza Strip, The Future of the Arctic, and Men and Equipment. The jury consisted of Alexander Kozlov, Deputy Head of the Department of Science and Innovation of the Ministry of Economic Development, Industry and Science of the Arkhangelsk Region, Konstantin Belyaev, General Director of RN-Arkhangelsk Marine Terminal LLC, Andrey Chashev, Head of the Production and Technical Department of Severalmaz JSC, Ivan Krutikov, Chief Operating Officer of HMS Processing Technologies JSC, Vice-Rector for Lyudmila Morozova, Deputy Director of the Higher School of Energy, Oil and Gas of NArFU Alexander Vikharev.

The students were looking for solutions to problems that are not included in the university curriculum. The teams took turns presenting the initial data to the jury, telling them about the conditions and problems they faced, the actions they had taken and the decisions they had made. The jury members asked the students questions, drew their attention to the shortcomings and made recommendations for improving solutions.

Each team was assigned to a member of the jury, and during the summing up, students had the opportunity to talk with their mentor and get advice.

According to the results of the event, the Future of the Arctic team took the third place, and the participants of the Perelomnaya team became the second. The winner of the qualifying stage in the Arkhangelsk region, which will represent the region in the next stage of the championship, was the Bashmak NKT team.

We remind you that the organizers of the CASE-IN championship are the Reliable Change Foundation, the Non-profit Partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders and LLC "Astrology". The project is being implemented using a grant from the President of the Russian Federation for the development of civil society. "CASE-IN" is implemented within the framework of the federal project "Social elevators for everyone" of the national project "Education". The CASE-IN Championship is included in the Science to Win initiative and the plan for the Decade of Science and Technology, which will be held in Russia in 2022-2031

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