The branch of NRU MEI in Volzhsky acted as the only venue in the Southern Federal District for the anniversary International Engineering Championship "Case-in" in the League "Electric Power Industry".

On April 13, the NRU MEI branch in Volzhsky acted as the only venue in the Southern Federal District for the anniversary International Engineering Championship "Case-in" in the League "Electric Power Industry". The organizers of the Championship are the Reliable Change Foundation and the Youth Forum of Mining Leaders Non−profit Partnership. 8 teams of senior students and undergraduates of the branch prepared project presentations on the topic "Bystrinsky energy" for the qualifying stage of the championship.

The participants were tasked with designing the Bystrinsky Mining and Processing Plant's power supply system. The work of the students was evaluated by an authoritative jury of representatives of the enterprises of the fuel and energy complex of the region:   The chairman of the jury is Alexander Somov, Chief Engineer, Deputy Director of the Volga—Don TPP branch of FGC UES - MES Center, Mahsud Sultanov, Director of the NRU MEI branch in Volzhsky, Vasily Kuryanov, Deputy Director of the NRU MEI branch in Volzhsky, Head of the Department of Social and Humanitarian Sciences of the branch, Professor Valentina Zhilina, Deputy Chief Engineer of the branch of PJSC RusHydro — Volzhskaya HPP, graduate of the MEI branch in 2002 Evgeny Stepanenko, Chief Engineer of PJSC Volgogradoblektro Sergey Zubenko, Head of the Department of Development and Innovation of the branch of IDGC of the South – Volgogradenergo Igor Malitsyn, Head of the Volga Training Center of the branch of PJSC RusHydro — Larisa Kuryleva Corporate University of Hydropower.

Opening the Championship, the director of the branch, Makhsud Sultanov, wished all participants a successful defense, and the experts to judge strictly and choose the best.

In just 6 minutes, according to the rules, the contestants had to present their solutions. According to Alexander Somov, Chairman of the commission, Chief Engineer, Deputy Director of the Volga-Don TPP of the FGC UES – MES Center branch, the proposed options deserve attention.

— The championship showed how students of a modern technical university are ready to solve specific production tasks, and how well they can present their work. These qualities of future specialists are important for us when forming the personnel reserve of the company., — said Alexander Vladimirovich.

The representative of the Organizing Committee of the Championship, Anna Roze, noted the high level of preparation of the teams and the organization of the event.

Following the results of the Championship, the 3rd place was awarded to the Fourenergy team (Alexander Syshchikov, Alexey Goncharuk, Vera Goncharuk, Igor Riga), the 2nd place went to the Ascent team (Anton Ryabov, Irina Makarova, Alexander Mazin, Fedor Erokhin).

The winners of the championship were the Adrenaline team consisting of Grigory Karpov, Alexey Smirnov, Olga Rakovskaya, Daria Yanina. The next stage for them will be the final federal case, where students will compete for the title of the best engineering student teams and for the opportunity to complete internships and internships in leading industry companies. The winners of the Electric Power Industry League will have a chance to participate in the annual summer educational programs "Energy of Youth". The final of the Championship will be held in Moscow on May 30-31, 2017.

We sincerely congratulate the Adrenaline team for their victory and well-coordinated work! Good luck in the finals!

A source: https://www.vfmei.ru/2017/04/11187/