Schoolchildren from 13 regions became laureates of the CASE-IN championship

School League The International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN», implemented with the support of the presidential platform "Russia – the land of opportunities", I summed up the results in the direction of "Engineering and technical creativity". The strongest participants in the competition were the authors of works on the topic "Lean manufacturing" – students in grades 3-11 from 19 schools in 13 regions of the country.

The CASE-IN Championship is included in the Science to Win initiative and the plan Decades of science and Technology, is implemented within the framework of the federal project "Social elevators for everyone" of the national project "Education".

"During the School League competitions, 340 participants from 40 regions completed tasks on the topic of Lean Manufacturing, – said the founder and co-chairman of the organizing committee of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" Artem Korolev. – Teams of high school students solved the case "Lean technologies for sustainable development", and students in grades 3-11 were engaged in engineering and technical creativity. In total, the contestants presented 150 projects and solutions."

Competitions in the direction of "Engineering and technical creativity" They were held in four nominations.

In the nomination "Drawing and layout contest among students in grades 3-5" The students of Engineering and Technical School No. 777 (Saint Petersburg) had no equal: they took the first place in the individual competition. Yaroslav Gusev, which produced the current model of the Boguchanskaya HPP in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. The model is made on a scale of 1:200 and generates an electric current that lights an LED.

He took the second place Egor Savelov, also representing the Engineering and Technical School No. 777 of St. Petersburg. Egor has developed the project "Eco–city concept: Waste recycling", a mock-up of a waste recycling plant.

"I decided to install the plant on the site of the Novoselki landfill, not far from Levashov, thereby ridding Primorsky and Vyborg districts of unpleasant odors so that residents could breathe clean air freely., – Egor explains in the presentation, – I created a model of an eco-city and proposed a concept for recycling garbage in order to get the most out of it. Garbage can preserve and increase the energy and thermal resources of a megacity."

In third place – Elizabeth Maslovskaya from school No. 1569 "Constellation" (Moscow). Elizaveta researched the use of wind turbines in remote areas of the Far East and Siberia and completed a mock-up of a wind turbine for supplying electricity to a country house. According to the schoolgirl, the use of wind turbines will give a high efficiency of electricity generation and will help solve the problem of shortage of motor fuel.

"Wind energy – a perspective for geographically remote regions of Russia" Elizabeth comments in the presentation of the work.

In the nomination team competition "Drawing and layout contest among students in grades 3-5" We won "Raptors" from school No. 1317 (Moscow). Team members Evgeny Eroshin and Artur Korolev designed a mock-up of a liquefied gas production plant.

"It is more convenient to assemble factories in the Arctic from ready-made modules that are manufactured in warmer places, and in the Arctic they are only assembled together as a constructor., – shared by the young engineers, – so we have assembled our layout from Lego modules!

The second place was taken by the team "The Double-headed Eagle" from Engineering and Technical School No. 777 (Saint Petersburg). The model by Andrey Kucherov and Kirill Petukhov is called "Fascinating Cooling Towers".

"We have studied the scheme of the structure and the principle of operation of the tower cooling tower, found out its advantages and disadvantages in the energy sector., – the designers explain in their work, – We learned that cooling towers are harmless but very useful assistants in the energy sector and realized that they do not harm the environment and at the same time are so economical in their use."

The three strongest were rounded out by the Raduga school team called The "New Generation" (Krasnoselkup, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug).

Gleb Nurmatov and Nikolai Lazovsky We created a model in the form of a globe, designed to show both traditional and alternative ways of generating electricity.

"We see many advantages in the operation of nuclear power plants: they do not emit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, jobs are being created for people, and residential complexes are being provided with electricity.", – the contestants are counting.

A stubborn competitive struggle has unfolded in the nomination "Digital drawing contest among students in grades 6-8".

She won gold in the individual competition. Anastasia Vasilyeva, representing the Sirius Presidential Lyceum (Sochi, Krasnodar Territory). Anastasia created a digital project in which she showed the connection between ecology and energy by means of art.

"I depicted the opportunity to move from the stage of destruction and withering of the planet, associated with the energy and industrial complex, to the revival and prosperity of the Earth in harmony with ecology and nature", – the schoolgirl explained in the presentation of the work.

In second place is a student of school No. 17 in Tobolsk, Tyumen region. Polina Zolnikova, who also works in the House of Children's Creativity of the Children's Technopark "Kvantorium-Tobolsk". Polina's digital drawing "Invisible Defenders" is dedicated to information security.

"In my work, I present interpretations of Internet security: some kind of screens, kind of invisible, although irreplaceable, defenders: antivirus programs, suspicious call blockers, and the like., – says Polina, – I want people not to forget or neglect such helpers."

On the third – Angelica Nikitina from Lyceum No. 58 (Novouralsk, Sverdlovsk region). Angelica's digital drawing is dedicated to the ecological urbanist and environmental sustainability in the technological world. The development of sustainable and environmentally efficient solutions for urban development and the conservation of natural resources and the creation of a healthy and sustainable urban environment are topics that the schoolgirl expressed in her work.

In the nomination "Competition of projects, layouts among students of grades 6-8" Students completed tasks to create a project layout integrating innovative technologies for lean manufacturing, as well as a digital drawing reflecting ideas for improving production using technology.

She was recognized as the champion in the individual competition Ksenia Kresteleva from school No. 1579 (Moscow). Ksenia has developed a lossless underground gas storage (UGS) project: she has created a UGS creation map, calculated risks and material costs using lean manufacturing tools.

Silver was awarded to a student of the Sibirius Talent Workshop and the Kvantorium Children's Technopark (Raduzhny, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug) Sergey Kovtun. Sergey designed a system for gas stations that can block the fuel supply with the engine running while refueling, as well as prevent people from leaving the gas station with a gas station pistol left in the fuel tank.

"At the moment, there are no analogues of the device being developed on the market, this was found out as a result of monitoring this issue on the Internet, so there is no way to compare it with anything else., – comments the author of the project, – But the cost of the system being developed will range from 5,900 rubles, which will be much cheaper for gas station owners than its complete replacement or partial repair, as well as cash payments for deaths and injuries of victims."

He took the third place Georgy Gerasimenko representing the Lyceum of Business and Technology (Omsk). Georgy, who popularizes engineering science on his own Youtube channel, has designed an industrial robot assistant called Robotrack for nuclear industry enterprises.

"The robot assistant can work both in enterprises and in cities, keeping the territory clean., – explains the young engineer, – One of the fields of application is cleaning the space of nuclear industry enterprises, where the issue of cleanliness of the territory greatly affects the safety of work."

Among the teams in the nomination "Competition of projects and layouts among students of grades 6-8" the team took the lead "Wireless Sensor" Lyceum No. 23 (Kemerovo).

Mark Voloshin, Maxim Kashirskikh, and Alexander Petrov, students at the UniqUe Center for Children's Scientific and Engineering Creativity at Kuzbass State Technical University, have developed a wireless sensor to monitor the operating parameters of an electric motor. The students analyzed the causes of the malfunction of electric motors, researched analogues on the market, selected components, developed a mathematical model and created a prototype.

The second place was taken by the team «RoboLab» schools No. 4 (Novaya Lala, Sverdlovsk region). Timur Hafizov and Eldar Zakirov have designed a robot speleologist to explore natural underground spaces.

"Currently, with a high level of technology development and for safety reasons, it is advisable to conduct initial exploration and research using robotic speleologists, compact, not expensive devices.– future engineers believe, – Speleological robots can be used not only in terrestrial conditions, but also in surveys, for example, of Martian caves, in order to study the geology of the planet, search for traces of life, and create stations for the first settlements, since the temperature and radiation levels inside the caves are more comfortable."

Team "Two heads are power" from the Moscow Secondary School named after Ivana Yarygina (Sizaya village, Krasnoyarsk Territory) was awarded the bronze medal.

Nikita Zholobov and Sergey Sitnikov completed a 1:550 scale model, using the example of which they presented the entire cycle of nuclear energy from ore extraction to the supply of energy to consumers.

In the nomination "Competition of digital projects in the format of modeling, 3D printing, IT project and other formats among students in grades 9-11" High school students were asked to develop a technical device using 3D printing, modeling, or an IT project aimed at optimizing production (programming, layout, working with digital designers, databases, etc.) of demanded digital solutions (websites, applications, chatbots, artificial intelligence components, etc.).

Among the individual participants, the winner was Egor Palkin from Shirinsky school No. 4 named after the Hero of the Soviet Union Alexei Tolmachev's Union" (Shira, Republic of Khakassia). Egor designed an ambient air analysis device at fuel and energy companies.

"The device is a complex of sensors that analyze the environment according to four parameters: temperature, the presence of flammable and non–flammable gases, dustiness and the presence of flame" Egor explains.

In second place - Polina Astakhova from the gymnasium "Educational complex No. 1" (Voronezh). Polina designed an engineering constructor for receiving satellite data in the L-band in manual mode, and also developed instructions for assembling the constructor and a lesson scenario for teachers.

He closed the top three winners Dmitry Vasiliev, a student at school No. 23 (Vorkuta, Komi Republic). The project "Nuclear Energy and technologies of the Wilson Chamber", according to the author, is available in production and will help young researchers to study elementary particles at school.

In the team nomination "Competition of digital projects in the format of modeling, 3D printing, IT project and other formats among students in grades 9-11" The seats were distributed as follows.

The winner is the team "Beta" schools No. 178 (Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk region). Tatiana Mova, Ivan Sharavyev and Matvey Yakupov decided to automate the processes of technological preparation of rubber for vulcanization in the centralized repair shop to reduce the proportion of manual labor. The solution of the schoolchildren will pay off in five months, it allows to reduce the time for the technological preparation of rubber and reduce the risks of industrial injuries.

The silver was won by the team Novatoria. Egor Volkov, Nikita Ivanov and Arina Magazova, who work at the Ivanovo City Quantorium, have developed a Health MONITOR, a device designed to warn employees of a metallurgical enterprise about fatigue, which allows them to take a break on time.

"The device is also equipped with a remote expert, when called, the artificial intelligence recognizes the question and answers it, and if it is difficult, it will call the operator. This makes it possible to reduce defective products, increase employee efficiency, and reduce the number of accidents at metallurgical plants caused by the human factor.", – explain the young engineers.

The team is in third place. "Bomb team" from the Vysotka High School (Gubkinsky, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug). The work of Nikolay Mironov, Dmitry Arkhipov and Victoria Olefirenko is devoted to warehouse logistics: they designed a shelving unit, the shelves of which are replaced by conveyors, and the goods are delivered to the sorting point by an adjacent mobile elevator.

"Our technical project solves the problems that hinder the effective functioning of the warehouse, - high school students comment, - The process requires fewer people and is much faster than the standard product sorting method."

High school students who are champions and prize-winners of the School League will receive additional USE points for admission to bachelor's degree programs at one of the partner universities of the championship, as well as an invitation to industry youth educational forums and trips around Russia as part of the "More than a Trip" program.

The organizers of the CASE-IN championship are the Reliable Change Foundation, the Non-profit Partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders and AstraLogica LLC.

The project is being implemented using a grant from the President of the Russian Federation for the development of civil society.

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