IRNTU will be represented by 9 teams in the finals of the prestigious engineering championship

The final of the XII International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" will be held on May 28-30 at the University of Science and Technology MISIS. IRNTU will be represented by nine teams, which will be accompanied by Daria Ruleva, Head of the Department of Research and Entrepreneurship of students.

The CASE-IN Championship is held with the support of the Russia – Land of Opportunities platform and is implemented by the Reliable Change Foundation in cooperation with educational organizations. Traditionally, participants in the intellectual tournament solve engineering cases in the interests of companies in the fuel and energy industry and the mineral resource complex. The best teams undergo internships in the partner companies of the project with the possibility of employment.

It should be recalled that in March, the IRNTU site hosted the qualifying stages in eight areas, bringing together 69 teams. The students worked on innovative projects in the field of heat and electric power industry, engineering and petrochemistry. The participants also solved cases on geological exploration, mining and oil and gas industry, metallurgy. The tasks of the XII season are united by the theme of lean manufacturing.

The distance semi-finals were held on April 15-26. According to the results of the competitive tests, nine IRNTU teams reached the final stage, one of which bypassed the university selection.

The CASIEL team, consisting of third-year students from the Baikal BRICS Institute, successfully performed in the open semi-finals on Mining Machinery and equipment. Earlier, the Polytechnic students tried their hand at solving a case on the electric power industry from JSC System Operator of the Unified Energy System. Later, the students chose an ALROSA assignment to work on.

According to team member Anna Makarova, the case was dedicated to reducing losses during technical stops (pit stops) of dump trucks at the Yubileyny quarry (Mirninsky district of Yakutia).

"Using artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques, we have equipped the truck with sensors and cameras. This will allow you to control the movement of dump trucks, reduce time and financial losses. Dmitry Nikolaevich Karamov, Associate Professor of BI BRICS, and Vladislav Albertovich Shakirov, Head of the Department of Power Supply and Electrical Engineering, helped us in solving the case. During the discussions, the project was highly appreciated by Dmitry Leonidovich Yukhimovich, Associate Professor of the Department of Mining Machinery and Electromechanical Systems. That is why, having made a presentation, we received a ticket to the final of the "CASE-IN". It is a great responsibility for us to act in a non–core nomination," said Anna Makarova.

The team of the Siberian School of Geosciences GeoCase will go for the main prize in geological exploration. The activists of the Alidada NGO– the Pargeliy team, will demonstrate their knowledge and skills in mining. The polytechnic students from Noble Iridium will solve the metallurgy case in the final. The winners of the Autumn Cup of the XI season – the Oil Sharks inc. team intends to repeat its success and become a leader in the oil and gas business. The Polytechnic "Four Barrels" will perform in the petrochemical industry.

Transformers from BI RIKS will meet with electric power engineering teams in the final, while Energy of Siberia will meet with future thermal power engineers. In project engineering, the honor of the university will be defended bronze medalists of "CASE-IN"-2023 from the team of "Tech-novatika".

Let's add that the winners of the "CASE-IN" will have the opportunity to participate in the All-Russian industry summer forums and complete internships at leading companies. The authors of the best projects will be awarded valuable prizes and certificates from the federal executive authorities – the project's partners.

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