Rector of St. Petersburg Mining University congratulated students on their success in the CASE-IN

Rector of the St. Petersburg Mining University of Empress Catherine II Vladimir Litvinenko held a working meeting with the laureates of the XII International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN", organized by the Reliable Shift Foundation. This season, the final of this intellectual competition took place over three days.

The most massive league, the Student League, was attended by almost 6,000 people from more than 70 universities in Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. In the final round, traditionally held in Moscow, 110 teams competed for victory in 10 nominations. In three of them – "Electric Power Industry", "Geological Exploration", as well as "Architecture, construction and housing and communal services" – the boys and girls from the Mining University won. They took second place in two more.

As the guys themselves explained, their task was to develop engineering concepts related to the implementation of lean manufacturing principles in industrial enterprises. All the cases prepared by the experts of the flagship domestic companies were as close to reality as possible, and the same requirement was applied to the solutions. They had to be not only original, but also practical, that is, economically and technologically sound.

"We were asked to present a project of a multifunctional complex without reference to the area, that is, the condition was that stylistically it should fit into the architectural appearance of any city. Our building looks like a Colosseum. There is an open space in the center where cafes can be set up and exhibitions can be held in the summer, and in winter, for example, short–term fairs.", - said the captain of the Mining University team, which won first place in the field of Architecture, Design, Construction and Housing and Communal Services, Anna Salovarova.

She specified that in the building itself, "from where a beautiful panoramic view of the atrium opens," according to the idea of the students, there are public spaces interesting for various groups of the population – baths, spa salons, massage rooms, children's clubs and sections, shops and even a library.

Silver medals in this field were also awarded to the team representing the Department of Architecture of St. Petersburg Mining University. As its participant Yuri Levchenko noted, the highlight of the project was the parametric dome structure, which organically combined several one-story and two-story buildings of the building.

The case that the geologists were solving was related to the search for promising sites for the discovery of kimberlite pipes, as well as ways to improve production processes using lean manufacturing technologies. The task of the power engineers was to develop a set of technical and organizational measures to reduce accidents on electric distribution networks.

Congratulating the students on winning such a prestigious competition, Rector Vladimir Litvinenko wished them to remain as energetic and persistent, set ambitious goals, choose effective ways to achieve them, and never lose motivation to move forward.

"You are the intellectual elite of the future Russia. Already, thanks to your talent, diligence and competencies acquired at our university, you are demonstrating excellent results. But this is just a starting point. In order to become truly self-sufficient, well-off people, you need to study throughout your life, not reduce your demands on yourself, and remember that your personal interests should be correlated with the state. After all, the well-being of our society as a whole and of each individual in particular will grow only if we, through joint efforts, manage to preserve and strengthen the sovereignty of our country.", - Vladimir Litvinenko emphasized.

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