Students of 31 specialized universities will tell you how to introduce technological innovations in the energy sector

Participants of the Student League of the XIII International Engineering CASE-IN Championship will work on cases in 11 key areas of industry. Future power engineers, solving tasks from two leading industry companies, will acquire the skills of cross-functional interaction and critical thinking, as well as learn how to complete tasks in a short time. The authors of the best ideas will have a trip to Moscow and prospects for starting a career. 

Cases in all directions They are compiled according to the real production situations of the partner companies of the championship and are devoted to the single theme "Technological innovations". Students in teams will need to develop projects to introduce innovations into production, which should become the impetus for achieving technological sovereignty and the formation of a strong and competitive national economy.  

Qualifying stages of the direction "Electric Power Industry" will be held in March 2025 on the basis of 31 partner universities of the championship.  The partners of the direction are JSC "System Operator of the Unified Energy System", PJSC "Rosseti", PJSC "RusHydro" and LLC "Prosoft-Systems".

Students from 16 cities will apply technological innovations for the development of the electric power industry of the UES of Russia on the instructions of JSC "System Operator of the Unified Energy System". The participants will have to determine the country's power and electricity needs, growth points in terms of power and electricity consumption, and then propose technological solutions for the implementation of projects for the new construction of power grid facilities to cover power and electricity balances and taking into account modern energy technologies.

Student teams representing 16 universities will work on the task of the System Operator.:

1. Almetyevsk State Technological University "Higher School of Petroleum"
2. Amur State University
3. Don State Technical University
4. Kazan State Power Engineering University 
5. Perm National Research Polytechnic University 
6. Petrozavodsk State University
7. Samara State Technical University 
8. Saratov State Technical University named after Yuri Gagarin.
9. North Caucasus Federal University
10. Branch of the National Research University "MEI" in Volzhsky
11. Branch of the National Research University "MEI" in Smolensk
12. National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University
13. Novosibirsk State Technical University
14. Khakass Technical Institute (branch) of Siberian Federal University 
15. Platov South Russian State Polytechnic University (NPI)
16. South Ural State University (National Research University). 

PJSC ROSSETI instructed university students in 14 cities to develop technical measures for the construction of an overhead power transmission line from large-scale generation to an energy-deficient area using alternating current or direct current technologies with technical and economic justification.

Students representing 15 universities are involved in solving the case from PJSC ROSSETI.:

1. Altai State Technical University named after I.I. Polzunov
2. Far Eastern Federal University 
3. Ivanovo State Power Engineering University named after V. I. Lenin 
4. Irkutsk National Research Technical University 
5. Kuzbass State Technical University named after T.F. Gorbachev 
6. Lipetsk State Technical University 
7. National Research Technological University "MISIS" 
8. National Research University "MEI" 
9. Omsk State Technical University
10. Penza State University
11. St. Petersburg Mining University
12. Northeastern Federal University named after M.K. Ammosov
13. North Caucasus Mining and Metallurgical Institute (State Technological University) 
14. Tyumen Industrial University
15. Ural Federal University named after the first President B.N. Yeltsin.

The contestants present their solutions to an expert commission consisting of specialists from industry companies and specialized universities. The best teams of the qualifying competitions will compete in the remote semi-finals, and the winners will receive tickets to the championship finals. CASE-IN.

In the final, at the end of May 2025 in Moscow, teams of future power engineers will present innovative solutions to the industry community, as well as receive advice on developing professional skills and finalizing their ideas for further implementation. 

The winners and prize–winners of the Student League, including those in the Electric Power Industry field, will receive preferential conditions for admission to master's and postgraduate studies at partner universities of the championship and internships in companies with the possibility of subsequent employment. 

To participate in the championship, you must complete registration. 

The organizers of the CASE-IN championship are the Reliable Change Foundation, the Non-profit Partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders, AstraLogica LLC and the presidential platform Russia — the Land of Opportunities. The championship is included in the "Science to Win" initiative of the plan for the Decade of Science and Technology in Russia.