15 teams were named in Moscow - the first winners of the "CASE-IN" final

The first winners and prize-winners of the XI were determined in MoscowI the season of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN", which is held with the support of the presidential platform "Russia – the land of opportunities".  As part of the first day of the championship finals Energy engineering students, geologists and mining engineers, as well as youth teams from 6 CIS countries, presented innovative solutions on the topic of "Lean Manufacturing" to the industry community, mastered important professional skills and received advice from established professionals. The partner of the final is University of Science and Technology MISIS.

The finale of the main season takes place on May 28-30, 2024 in Moscow at the University of Science and Technology MISIS. On May 28, the final was opened by participants of the student areas "Electric Power Engineering", "Geological Exploration", "Mining Machinery and Equipment", as well as the League of Young CIS Specialists.  In a hard-fought competition, they won 15 sets of medals.

I addressed the participants with greetings Alexey Agafonov, First Deputy General Director of ANO "Russia – the land of Opportunities", which has been supporting the championship since 2019.

"During this time, we have seen tens of thousands of bright schoolchildren, students and young professionals who, thanks to the championship, managed to prove themselves from their strengths and get a lucky ticket to a bright professional future.- Alexey Agafonov emphasized, - The winners and prize—winners of the student league enroll in master's and postgraduate programs on preferential terms, while the school league receives additional points to the results of the Unified State Exam, and young specialists become part of the managerial personnel reserve of partner companies and open up new career opportunities."

Andrey Voronin, Vice-Rector for Education of the MISIS University of Science and Technology, Oleg Dyachenko, Head of the Department of State Youth Policy and Educational Activities of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Georgy Ermolenko, Director of the Department of External Relations of the Executive Committee of the CIS Electric Power Council, Head of the Rosmolodezh Partner Department, Deputy Head of the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living in abroad, and for International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo) Dmitry Polikanov, Deputy head of the Rosmolodezh track.Career Nikolay Latyshev, Head of the Personnel Selection and Development Department at ALROSA Natalia Petukhova, Head of Youth and Advanced Training at the Personnel Directorate of EuroChem Mineral and Chemical Company Yulia Vorotnikova, Deputy Director of Personnel at United Energy System System Operator Elena Tretyakova, Head of the Recruitment and Training Department and staff development of ROSSETI Group Denis Fedotov.

One of the most widespread in the Student League are the "mining" areas, which are traditionally supervised by ALROSA. On the instructions of the diamond mining company, future geologists proposed ways to improve production processes using lean manufacturing technologies, and also identified promising sites for the discovery of kimberlite pipes.

The winner of the referral "Geological exploration" The Geofrogs team (St. Petersburg Mining University of Empress Catherine II) was recognized, the GeoCase team (Irkutsk National Research Technical University) won silver, and the Crystal clear team (Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (National Research University)) rounded out the top three.

Finalists of the direction "Mining machinery and equipment" We conducted a comprehensive analysis of the main processes and schemes for conducting scheduled technical inspection at the Yubileyny quarry of the Aikhal Mining and Mining Complex and were able to eliminate time losses during the organization of pit stops for the Unit Rig MT 3300AC dump trucks.

The Champion's Cup was raised above the head by students of Tyumen Industrial University, united in the Invertum team. The second place went to the Mountain of Winds team (a branch of Kuzbass State Technical University named after T.F. Gorbachev in Prokopyevsk), the bronze was won by the PARMA team (Perm National Research Polytechnic University).

The final of the direction "Electric power Industry" it was divided into two streams.

One group of students performed an analysis of the digital technologies used JSC "System Operator of the Unified Energy System", and proposed innovative technological solutions for energy system management. The team "System Emperor" (North Caucasus Federal University) was recognized as the champion, the silver medalist was the youth team "The Power of Youth" (Platov South Russian State Polytechnic University), the Pride team (National Research University "MEI") completed the top three.

On the initiative of PJSC ROSSETI Another group of students has developed a set of technical and organizational measures to improve the reliability of the network and reduce accidents. The student team "Hot Reserve" (St. Petersburg Mining University of Empress Catherine II) coped with the task the best, the vice-champion was the team "VAKH" (Don State Technical University), the third place was taken by the team "Power Engineering" (University of Science and Technology MISIS).

Finalists Leagues of young professionals of the CIS Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Uzbekistan have developed sets of measures to improve the efficiency of managing priority assets of the fuel and energy complex based on digital solutions and tools of the Lean Manufacturing concept.

The winner is the team from Of Russia SlavnefteGAZ (LLC Slavneft-Krasnoyarsk Oil Company). The representatives followed. Republic of Belarus: The silver medal was won by the team "Engineers" from RUE "Belenergosetproekt", the team of RUE "BELTEI" from the company of the same name took the third place.

The champions and prize-winners of the XII "CASE-IN" season received well-deserved prizes. The winners of the Student League will be able to enroll in master's and postgraduate studies at partner universities on preferential terms, complete paid internships in leading companies with the possibility of further employment.

The award for active young professionals is new opportunities for career and professional growth, as well as inclusion in the managerial personnel reserve of companies.

The CASE-IN Championship is supported by the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs and the NGO Russia - Land of Opportunities.

The organizers of the "CASE-IN" championship are  Reliable Change Foundation, 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, as well as 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 to be held in Russia in 2022-2031.