PNRPU students will defend their case on petrochemistry in the semi-finals of the "CASE-IN"

A team of PNRPU students will present their work on petrochemistry in the field of lean manufacturing at the CASE-IN International Engineering Championship.

The theme of "Lean manufacturing" has become common to the participants of the championship in 2024.

At the qualifying stage, the Mighty Bunch team, which consists of four third-year students from the Faculty of Chemical Technologies, Industrial Ecology and Biotechnology of PNRPU, successfully defended its decision in the field of additional processing of associated petroleum gas. This task was set for them by SIBUR specialists, who act as experts in defending student engineering cases (in the field of Petrochemistry) and help with further refinement of solutions and their implementation in production.

Now the girls, with the support of experts from the Perm Petrochemical company and university teachers, are preparing for the semi-finals, which will be held on April 24-25 in a remote format. If this stage is successfully completed, the Mighty Bunch will advance to the finals, where the strongest teams from universities across the country will meet and compete for the title of the best.

According to the captain of the team, Valeria Rodina, Vadim Lyadov, a teacher of chemistry of high molecular compounds, advised PNRPU students to register for the championship. He explained to the girls how this would affect the internship opportunities and further employment of the girls.

"For 10 days we worked on the solution, we put everything into a presentation, which we successfully defended. We are currently deepening and refining it, consulting with specialists from Sibur-Khimprom and our university. And of course, we are really looking forward to the semi-finals in order to adequately represent PNRPU and the entire Perm Region! Our development, the additional processing of associated petroleum gas into a valuable product at one of the company's gas processing plants, is a business diversification and an example of lean manufacturing and a way to reduce the negative impact on the environment," said Valeria Rodina.

Nine teams from PNRPU took part in the qualifying stage of the Student League of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" in the direction of "Petrochemistry". They also included active participants in the targeted corporate training of the Perm petrochemical company "First Element".

"My team and I have been working on the implementation of lean manufacturing processes at the ethylene and propylene pyrolysis site. Our solution allows you to control the quality of the supplied raw materials on an industrial chromatograph, an apparatus that determines the gas composition of the raw materials before starting production. For several years now, I have been following the "CASE-IN", its results and the prospects for the winners. And, of course, I want to thank the organizers, the jury members and the moderators of the championship, everything went at the highest level," said Kamil Nigmatzyanov, a 3rd-year student at PNRPU, a participant in the First Element CCP program, a prize-winner of the Student stage of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN".

As noted in the company, all winners of the regional stage will be invited to complete an internship and internship in specialized areas at the enterprise after graduation and graduation.

"CASE-IN" is a useful event that gives students the opportunity to decompose a business case, consider and propose a system solution, and after defending receive feedback from experts from industrial companies, and in the future offer an even more elaborate solution, because the level of competence increases precisely from the number of solved practical tasks. For the company, participation in the CASE-IN is also a useful experience: to celebrate the "stars" right now, to tell them about their career paths and motivate them to work in a joint team," commented the Director of development of the petrochemical enterprise Alexander Vdovin.

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