NCFU students offered their ideas on the development of the UES of Russia

The qualifying stage of the Student League XIII took place in the Technopark of the North Caucasus Federal University (NCFU), the partner university of the System Operator. The International Engineering CASE-IN Championship in the fields of "Electric Power industry", "Oil and gas business" and "Geological Exploration". The general theme of this year's engineering championship is "Technological Innovation".

CASE-IN is one of the largest practice–oriented projects for engineering students. The championship is held in a competitive format and allows participants to independently develop and present solutions to practical cases.

The expert commission of the Electric Power Industry direction, formed from specialists from the Branch of JSC "System Operator of the Unified Energy System" of the UES of the South and university teachers, evaluated the solutions proposed by ten NCFU student teams on the topic "Technological innovations of the UES system development".

When summing up the total points awarded by the expert commission, the best team of the CASE-IN qualifying stage in NCFU was determined. She became the Empires team, consisting of three graduate students – Captain Dmitry Turchenko, Alexander Ovcharenko, Beslan Shidov and undergraduate student Pavel Chernikov.

The team proposed a case study of solutions for the development of the UES of Russia based on modern technologies – the further construction of renewable energy generation with a complex for predicting renewable energy generation based on a neural network and the creation of a closed-loop nuclear cycle system at one of the promising nuclear power plants with fast neutron reactors.

The second place in the qualifying stage was taken by students from the 220 Volt team, and the third place was taken by Free Networks.

"I am glad that all the participants presented very interesting solutions, despite some controversial points in the substantiation of their ideas. I would like to note the high quality of the preparation of presentations by each team, the guys confidently answered additional questions and explained their decisions," said the chairman of the expert commission, a leading specialist in the Personnel Management Service of the UDE of the South. Vladimir Pastorov.

The winning Empires team has reached the semifinals of the engineering championship and will compete for a ticket to the final competition, which will be held in Moscow at the end of May. 

Previously, the teams of the North Caucasus Federal University became finalists of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship several times, and in 2024 the NCFU team became the best in the country in the field of "Electric Power Industry".

The International Engineering CASE-IN Championship is held with the support of the presidential platform "Russia – the land of Opportunities". The championship is supported by 170 partners, from federal agencies to companies in the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes, the oil and gas, petrochemical and nuclear industries, metallurgy, architectural and construction design and other industries. The championship is included in the "Science to Win" initiative of the plan for the Decade of Science and Technology in Russia.

NCFU University has been a partner of the System Operator since 2021. The participation of NCFU student teams in the field of Electrical Power Engineering and Electrical Engineering in the Student League of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship is provided for in the Action Plan for the development of cooperation between JSC United Energy System System Operator and NCFU for the 2024/2025 academic year, which is developed and signed annually in addition to the concluded cooperation agreement.

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