Undergraduates of JSC "SO UES" won prizes at TPU

Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) hosted the qualifying round of the V International Engineering Case-in Championship. In the Electric Power Industry league, two prizes were awarded to teams of students participating in specialized training programs of JSC SO UES. 

In 2017, 47 leading technical universities from 35 regions of Russia and CIS countries are taking part in the championship. The TPU championship is held in three areas: the Electric Power Industry, Geological Exploration, and Oil and Gas Business leagues. At the end of the round, the jury will select the strongest team in each league. The winners of the regional stage will travel to Moscow and take part in the championship finals in May 2017.

Seven teams consisting of students and postgraduates of the TPU Power Engineering Institute, including undergraduates studying in specialized training programs for a System operator, took part in the qualifying round in the league for Electric Power Engineering. The student teams had to defend their engineering case solutions to reputable experts, for which they received assignments ten days before the start of the championship.

The participants were asked to draw up an electrical circuit and develop a number of engineering solutions related to the external and internal infrastructure of the Bystrinsky Mining and Processing Plant. The engineering solution of the Smart team (Daria Krivonogova, Dmitry Korolkov, Polina Romanenko, Dmitry Sleptsov) was recognized as the best.

The second and third places were taken by the teams, which included undergraduates from NI TPU, studying in specialized programs of the System Operator. The silver medal was won by the ATDCTN-250000/500/110-U1* team (three of the four participants are 1st-year master's degree students studying under the program of JSC SO UES "Management of Electric Power Systems"), the bronze medal went to the Fuzzy Logic team (1st-year master's degree students studying under the program of JSC SO UESSO UES" "Automated control systems for electric power systems").

General Director of the Branch of JSC SO UES Alexey Khlebov noted that TPU students studying under special programs of the System Operator consistently show high results at student scientific and practical conferences and at the "Case-in" championship.

"The championship gives students an excellent opportunity to test their engineering potential and hone their public speaking skills," Alexey Khlebov emphasized. – By solving problems relevant to the modern energy industry, participants gain good practical experience and learn how to apply theoretical knowledge in practice. And for employers, such championships are a good opportunity to identify the most gifted and promising students for further work at energy companies."

In the near future, the qualifying stages of the championship in the Electric Power Industry League will be held at other partner universities of JSC SO UES.

The organizers of the "Case-in" championship The speakers are the Reliable Change Foundation, the Non-profit Partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders and the RNC CIGRE Non-Profit Partnership. The event is supported by five federal ministries − the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, as well as Rosmolodezh and the Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects.

A source: website SO UES