More than 100 students took part in the CASE-IN selection stage at Samara Polytechnic University.

On March 19, Samara Polytechnic University hosted the qualifying stage of the XIII International Engineering CASE-IN Championship. More than 100 students of our university and its branches competed for reaching the semi–finals of the competition - a total of 29 teams. The participants solved engineering problems in four areas: "Oil and gas business", "Thermal power engineering", "Electric power Industry" and "Architecture, design, construction and housing and communal services". This year's main theme of the championship is "Technological Innovations".

Each case represented a real production task formulated based on materials from CASE-IN partner companies. For example, YATEK has prepared a case for future specialists in the oil and gas industry. The participants of the Electric Power Industry direction solved the task from the System Operator. The work of the future thermal power engineers was coordinated by Gazprom Energoholding. And the direction "Architecture, design, construction and housing and communal services" was supervised by the Metropolis company.

The winners of the competition were determined by an expert commission, which included specialists from leading industry companies and teachers of the Polytechnic University.

The team of the Electrical Engineering Faculty of Electronics became the winner in the field of Electric Power Engineering:

• Vladislav Romadanov;
• Alice Lastochkina;
• Andrey Fedorov.

Mentor – Associate Professor of the Department of "Electric Stations" Ludmila Migunov.

The leader in the field of Thermal Power Engineering is the team of the GreenGoats Faculty of Thermal Power Engineering:

• Miroslav Ivashchenko;
• Ivan Kozhin;
• Danila Popov.

Mentor – Associate Professor of the Department of Thermal Power Plants Vasiliy Tkachev.

The team of the AKND Institute of Oil and Gas Technologies had no equal in the field of Oil and Gas business:

• Artur Akhmetgaleev;
• Ilya Shevyrev;
• Sergey Ermishev;
• Artem Kozorev.

Mentor – Associate Professor of the Department of Oil and Gas Drilling Olesya Tomazova.

Finally, the Polaris team, which included students of construction training fields, distinguished itself in the field of Architecture, Design, Construction and Housing and Communal Services.:

• Ivan Smirnov;
• Svetlana Polyaeva;
• Olesya Shachugina;
• Andrey Gurkov;
• Dana Zelenova;
• Elizabeth Rudneva;
• Grigory Koblov.

Mentors – Associate Professor of the Department of Urban Planning Konstantin Vinogradov and the teacher of additional education Olga Samokhvalova.

By the way, it recently became known that another Polytechnic team, the Energy of Thought, won the qualifying stage of the CASE–IN championship in the field of Biotechnology. It consists of students from the Institute of Oil and Gas Technologies. Victoria Glushkova, Marina Kabanova, Daria Antokhina, Ekaterina Eroshenko. The mentor of the team is an assistant of the Department of Chemical Technology and Industrial Ecology Gore Shushanyan. Engineering competitions were held in Almetyevsk.

Now these five teams will represent Samara Polytechnic University in the next stage of the CASE-IN. The final will be held in Moscow at the end of May 2025. Champions and prize-winners will be able to enroll in master's and postgraduate studies at CASE-IN partner universities on preferential terms, as well as complete internships and internships at partner companies.

"The CASE-IN is a big event for us," said the Vice Rector for Integration Projects Anton Eremin. – Since 2015, the Polytechnic has been gathering talented students and industrial partners of the university. From year to year, Polytechnic students perform well at all stages of the championship. They solve real production tasks identified by leading employers. Over the years, the guys have developed many industry-relevant solutions and proved that they can think outside the box. There are winners and prize-winners among our students, the most successful participants enter the "CASE-IN Hall of Fame" and become mentors of youth teams."

By the way, Gore Shushanyan leads not only the student teams participating in the championship. He also He teaches courses at the Polytechnic to prepare young engineers to participate in the School CASE-IN League. So, this year, six teams of his students are competing for the victory.

"The guys and I will work towards a Case Solution," Shushanyan said. – The assignment for schoolchildren this year was prepared by SIBUR Holding. Participants will have to offer innovative solutions in the field of petrochemical complex development in their region."

As in the previous year, the winners of the School League Championship will be awarded additional individual achievement points, which are taken into account when applying to bachelor's degree programs in Russian universities. So, at the Polytechnic University and the Syzran branch of the university, CASE-IN champions and prize–winners will receive five points added to the results of the Unified State Exam, and participants - two.

The International Engineering CASE-IN Championship is held with the support of the presidential platform "Russia – the land of Opportunities". The organizers of the competition are the Reliable Shift Foundation, the non-profit partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders and AstraLogica LLC.

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