Domodedovo schoolgirls are determined to succeed in the final of the CASE-IN championship

A team of high school girls from Domodedovo reached the final of the School League of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN", implemented with the support of the presidential platform "Russia – the land of opportunities". The finalists have developed a strong solution to the Lean Technologies for Sustainable Development case and will present their solution in Moscow.

 "During the School League competitions, participants from 40 regions completed tasks on the topic of "Lean Manufacturing," said Artyom Korolev, founder and co–chairman of the organizing committee of the CASE-IN International Engineering Championship. – Teams of high school students, on behalf of SIBUR's strategic partner, solved the case "Lean technologies for Sustainable Development", and students in grades 3-11 were engaged in engineering and technical creativity with the support of Evraz LLC and the Alabuga SEZ. In total, the contestants presented 150 projects and solutions."

More than 350 high school students of grades 9-11 participated in the qualifying stage of the Case Solving course.
On the instructions of SIBUR, the teams of schoolchildren selected one of the priority industries in Russia and analyzed its condition. Then the contestants developed solutions based on lean manufacturing tools that will allow this industry to develop more efficiently. The participants presented their projects to experts from companies and specialized organizations.

13 of the 94 competing teams will travel to Moscow for the final of the CASE-IN championship. Among the finalists is the "Hype" team of Domodedovo Lyceum No. 3 named after Hero of the Soviet Union Y.P. Maksimov. The team consists of captain Anastasia Panova, Sofia Sevostyanova, Polina Senchurova, Anna Pogoreltseva. The girls focused on ways to recycle red sludge, a highly toxic waste generated during aluminum production.

"We need to develop a scheme that allows us to extract the maximum amount of valuable components from red sludge and is safe for the environment," the students believe. They have developed a project that allows processing red sludge to produce rough alumina, iron, titanium and scandium concentrates, as well as white soot. The project can be implemented within a year and will generate 1.3 million rubles of revenue for processing 100 tons of red sludge, the finalists note.

In the final of the School League, which will be held on May 29 in Moscow, the teams will have to prove to the expert community the effectiveness of their decisions. In addition, they will receive valuable advice from specialists from industrial companies and will be able to master important professional skills.

The champions and prize–winners of the School League will receive diplomas, valuable gifts and a certificate for additional USE points upon admission to bachelor's degree programs at one of the partner universities of the championship. In addition, they will receive invitations to industry youth educational forums at the VDC "Eaglet" or VDC "Smena".
The organizers of the CASE-IN championship are the Reliable Change Foundation, the Non-profit Partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders and AstraLogica LLC.

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