Undergraduates of JSC "SO UES" won prizes at IGEU

Ivanovo State Power Engineering University (IGEU) hosted the regional qualifying stage of the Electric Power Industry League of the jubilee V International Engineering Championship "Case-in". For the second year in a row, undergraduates studying under a specialized System Operator program have won a ticket to the championship finals.

Yuri Kandalov, Director of the Representative Office of JSC SO UES in the Ivanovo Region, Vladimir Tyutikov, Vice-Rector for Research at IGEU, Vladimir Lazarev, Deputy Head of the Department of Education of the Ivanovo Region, Arkady Makarov, Head of the Department of Research for Students and Talented Youth at IGEU, addressed the participants of the qualifying round in Ivanovo. The speakers emphasized that the Case-in championship is a unique practice-oriented educational project that encourages students to study their chosen specialty more deeply and allows them to apply the knowledge gained during their studies at the university to solve real production problems.

Seven teams consisting of students from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of IGEU took part in the qualifying stage of the championship in Ivanovo. The guys received a case study to solve, the task of which was to calculate the annual structure of technical losses of electricity in overhead transmission lines of 500 and 220 kV departing from a large GRES in the Orenburg region, to develop innovative measures to reduce losses on the crown and market mechanisms to stimulate these activities. The best solution was proposed for the second year in a row by the 50 Hertz team consisting of 2nd year undergraduates Natalia Fomenko, Alexander Komukhov, Anton Bryndin and Pavel Firstov. These students study under the specialized System Operator program and are trainee specialists of the Joint Dispatching Management of the Center's Energy Systems Branch of JSC SO UES. The second and third places were taken by the Impulse and OZZ Country Relay teams, which include IGEU undergraduates who also study in specialized System Operator programs: Nikita Kofteev, Artyom Nazarov, Andrei Sakharov, Egor Bryzgalov.

It should be noted that for active participation in the event and comprehensive support of the Case-in International Engineering Championship, the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation sent a letter of thanks to Yuri Kandalov, Director of the Representative Office of JSC SO UES in the Ivanovo Region.

In 2017, 47 leading technical universities from 35 regions of Russia and CIS countries will take part in the championship. More than 3,000 students will compete for three months for a ticket to the final of the "Case-in", which will be held in Moscow on May 30-31, 2017. The winners of the final of the Electric power Industry League will be invited to the largest event for young workers in the electric power sector – the Interregional summer Educational program "Energy of Youth", and will also receive offers of internships and internships in leading companies in the industry.

The Case-in International Engineering Championship is Russia's only federal championship of fuel and energy and mineral resources complexes, an effective tool for transferring practical knowledge, experience and new competencies to future engineers. The championship includes five areas: electric power industry, mining, geological exploration, metallurgy, and oil and gas business. In the final, the winning teams of the qualifying stages of each league will compete for the title of the best engineering student teams, who will have the opportunity to complete internships and internships in leading industry companies. The winners of the electric power and mining leagues will participate in the annual summer educational programs "Energy of Youth" and "Mining School".

The organizers of the Case-in championship are the Reliable Change Foundation and the Youth Forum of Mining Leaders 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.

The championship is supported annually by the largest industry companies. This season, JSC SUEK, JSC SO UES, PJSC Tatneft, JSC Rosgeologiya, PJSC FGC UES, PJSC NK Rosneft, PJSC Mechel, JSC Siberian Anthracite, LLC Management Company plan to use the championship platform to select the most promising future specialists. "Kolmar", LLC "EvrazHolding", LLC "Vostochnaya Mining Company", PJSC "RusHydro", LLC "IBM SI Montan", DMT, Sverdlovsk Branch of PJSC "T Plus", PJSC "Novolipetsk Metallurgical Combine", LLC "Mycromine Rus", PJSC "Raspadskaya".

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