54 student teams became participants of the qualifying stage at Kuzbass Polytechnic University

Kuzbass Polytechnic University summed up the results of the qualifying stage of the XIII season of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship. The numbers speak for themselves.: 54 teams, hundreds of ideas and lots of ambitions. This year's main theme, "Technological Innovation", has become a challenge for young professionals, and they have responded with bright solutions.

At the opening ceremony, Deputy Vice-Rector for Research and International Cooperation, Head of the Scientific and Innovation Department Roman Belyaevsky noted that CASE-IN is not just a competition, but a powerful educational tool. Participants solve real production tasks by working in teams under tight time constraints. This format allows you not only to test knowledge, but also to develop skills in project work, role allocation and resource management.

The Deputy Minister of Education of Kuzbass spoke about how the championship helps to form a personnel reserve for industry and science. Sergey Pfetzer: "Involving young people in science and technology projects is a key task for both the region and the country as a whole. The CASE-IN Championship brings together students, mentors, and industry partners who help young professionals solve real-world production cases. We would very much like you, the participants and winners, to become one big Kuzbass team, come to enterprises, engage in science and contribute to the technological development of the region and Russia. Today we are focusing on projects related to technological leadership, and we hope that your ideas will be included in national programs."

Kirill Kostikov, Vice-rector for Research and International Cooperation at KuzSTU, noted that the championship has gone from a highly specialized competition to a large-scale event: it was launched in 2013 with only one direction, Mining. Today, the geography and subject matter of the CASE-IN have expanded significantly, and Kuzbass students regularly take prizes. For example, in 2014, the university team won the bronze medal, and ten years later it became the champion. The KuzSTU branch in Prokopyevsk is also showing excellent results: future mining engineers won in 2022 and 2023, and last season they won silver.

The First Deputy General Director of the presidential platform "Russia – the Land of Opportunities" welcomed the new participants in the format of video messages Gennady Guryanov and Director of the Reliable Shift Charitable Foundation, founder of the CASE-IN International Engineering Championship Artem Korolev, who noted that according to the results of the survey, 83% of the contestants are ready to continue competing in the new seasons of the championship.

The strategic partners also supported the students. From the stage, they were addressed by the head of the drilling and blasting section of the Yubileyny quarry of the Aikhal Mining and Processing Plant of the ALROSA company Sergey Prokopyev and Deputy Director for Technical Affairs, Chief Engineer of the branch of PJSC ROSSETI Siberia – Kuzbassenergo – RES Sergey Taradanov.

"Today, more than ever, it is important not to stop at what has been achieved, but to develop initiatives combining creativity and professionalism," said Sergey Prokopyev. – ALROSA is proud to be a long-term partner in the Student League of the Championship. The modern mining industry is experiencing a technological breakthrough, and we are confident that the decisions of the CASE-IN participants will become an incentive for the future success of the industry."

This year, the qualifying stages at KuzSTU were held in five areas. The expert commission, which included representatives of government, public, scientific organizations and employees of leading industry companies, assessed not only the technical component of the projects, but also their economic validity, as well as the ability to effectively present their solutions.

The winners and prize-winners of the qualifying stages have already been determined. The teams will finalize their ideas to present them in the next stage of the championship. The final will be held in Moscow at the end of May. The best of the best will have the opportunity to enroll in master's and postgraduate studies on preferential terms, complete internships at leading companies in the country and join their talent pool.

Winners by destination:

"Thermal Power Engineering"

1st place – Thermoids (Pavel Fadeev, Egor Eremeev, Maxim Pazderin, Dmitry Slizhuk);

2nd place – NAGL (Anastasia Zhdanova, Gleb Kondulevich, Larisa Toplakaltsyan, Artyom Kuznetsov);

3rd place – RosTeplo (Vladislav Korenkov, Alexey Botvin, Yulia Mikheeva).

"Project engineering"

1st place – NFFL (Stepan Afonin, Ulyana Feoktistova, Mikhail Goncharov, Nikita Rusakov);

2nd place – Experts (Gleb Aredakov, Sergey Shchur, Alexandra Bortnikova, Kirill Miroshkin);

3rd place – Vishenki (Andrey Gordeev, Alexander Romanov, Vladislav Sozygashev, Anastasia Evtiheeva).

"Electric power Industry"

1st place – Kuzbass Express (Anastasia Ustyuzhanina, Andrey Vorobyov, Maxim Bastrygin, Yaroslav Avdeev);

2nd place – Volk@.ru (Danila Kirkin, Vadim Mikhno, Tatiana Shubkina);

3rd place – ARA (Angelina Lilyaeva, Ruslan Khaidarov, Anastasia Lepikhina).

Petrochemistry

1st place – Inertia (Vladislav Chirva, Kristina Belousova, Mikhail Garadzha, Sofya Gorpinich);

2nd place – Grapefruits (Valeria Kolmogorova, Daria Neskorodyeva, Veronika Yamashkina, Kirill Bezuglov);

3rd place – MILA (Elizaveta Fil, Mikhail Luzin, Alexey Ivanov, Irina Dotsenko).

"Mining"

1st place – ORANGE (Stepan Amosov, Angelina Maryina, Alexander Zevaev, Yaroslav Yerashov);

2nd place – GeoTim (Sofya Korneva, Vyacheslav Vinogradov, Vladimir Podya);

3rd place – ZPGD (Daniil Khapilov, Dmitry Dyakonov, Artem Chasskikh, Nikita Velko).

KuzSTU students are regular participants and winners of the championship. Since the beginning of its foundation, they have risen to the podium more than once: in 2014, the university team won the bronze medal, and in 2024 became the champion. The Prokopyevsk branch is also showing good results: future mining engineers won in 2022 and 2023, and took silver last season.

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