Four Perm Polytechnic University teams made it to the semifinals of the CASE-IN

Perm Polytechnic University hosted the qualifying stage of the XIII season of the International Engineering Championship CASE-IN, which is supported by the presidential platform "Russia is a land of opportunity". More than 200 students from universities in Perm and Yekaterinburg have developed solutions for mining, oil and gas, electric power and petrochemicals. Following the results of the event, four teams from PNRPU won, they will represent the Perm Region in the semifinals.

"The industries in which our participants compete are not only the basis of the country's economic security, but also those areas where innovations are created and developed. That is why the new season of the championship is dedicated to the theme "Technological innovations". It is important that all the tasks that the participants solve are not theory, but real practical engineering cases of Russian industry leaders," he stressed founder and co-chairman of the organizing committee of the CASE-IN Championship Artem Korolev.

So, in the direction of Mining, the assignment from ALROSA was devoted to improving drilling and blasting operations in open-pit mining. The participants conducted a comprehensive study of existing technological processes, identified key factors affecting the efficiency of drilling and blasting operations and related costs, and developed optimization proposals.

The seats were distributed as follows:

• First place — "Parma". The team consists of students from the Mining and Petroleum Faculty of PNRPU: Svetlana Berdnikova, Maria Adrian, Artem Lyubimovand Yaroslav Kuznetsov;
• Second place — Ural Mining Group. The team consists of students from the UMMC Technical University.: Denis Fattakhov, Nikita Kochetovand Vladislav Khmelev;
• III place — "Edelweiss". The team consists of students from the Mining and Petroleum Faculty of PNRPU: Artur Bogdanov, Anton Chugainov, Vsevolod Sharovand Vladislav Repp.

"We have formed a very experienced team, almost all the guys have participated in the finals of the CASE-IN more than once. There was always a working atmosphere in the group, and the roles were clearly distributed, which allowed everyone to focus on their task," he said. Artyom Lyubimov, a 5th year student at the GNF.

As part of the Oil and Gas Business, students, on behalf of the Yakutsk Fuel and Energy Company, developed solutions for monetization of gas resources.

The top three are:

• The first place is "Dragon Spirit". The team consists of students from the Mining and Petroleum Faculty of PNRPU: Artem Tatarkin, Maxim Kurbatov, Vladimir Shkireevand Elizabeth Bystrova;
• Second place — "Critical mass". The team consists of students from the Mining and Petroleum Faculty of PNRPU: Kirill Novak, Alexey Surovtsev, Valery Yerofeyevand Yuri Baluyev;
• III place — "Flow Force". The team consists of students from the Mining and Petroleum Faculty of PNRPU: Nikita Slautin, Ilya Sadykov, Dmitry Lepikhinand Vitaly Egorov.

SIBUR offered the participants in the Petrochemistry field to analyze the current technological processes of isobutylene production at one of its enterprises and develop several technological solutions to reduce its losses.

The following teams won prizes:

• The first place is the "Mighty Bunch". The team consists of students from the Faculty of Chemical Technologies, Industrial Ecology and Biotechnology of PNRPU: Sabrina Ismatova, Valeria Volosatova, Valeria Rodinaand Arina Pozdnyakova;
• Second place — "All Big Bag". The team consists of students from the Faculty of Chemical Technologies, Industrial Ecology and Biotechnology of PNRPU: Anastasia Shchekaleva, Arseniy Bekishev, Yulia Poletaevaand Sergey Trubin;
• Third place — "lighting road". The team consists of students from the Faculty of Chemical Technologies, Industrial Ecology and Biotechnology of PNRPU: Anastasia Klimova, Nikita Glukhov, Lyudmila Kalininaand Anton Petukhov.

"During the week, we called each other every evening, discussed ideas and strategy for our solution, made a presentation and prepared for the defense. This year's case turned out to be much more difficult than the previous one, as we had to use software for calculations, which made our work much more difficult, but we managed. I liked that the competition was strong enough, and despite this, we won, which made the joy of success much stronger," she shared. Sabrina Ismatova, 4th year student at HTF.

On the instructions of the System Operator of the Unified Energy System, the participants of the Electric Power Industry direction were asked to develop ideas for the introduction of technological innovations for the development of the electric power industry of the UES of Russia.

The winners in this area are:

• First place — "Roma Aeterna". The team consists of students of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of PNRPU: Victor Yuzhakov, Sergey Trenogin, Darina Kramerand Ekaterina Bukharinova;
• Second place — "Common sense". The team consists of students of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of PNRPU: Evgeny Mokrousov, Anton Yukhnevsky, Denis Gusevand Semyon Kotelnikov;
• III place — "ES-22-1b Black Sea Fleet". The team consists of students from the Tchaikovsky branch of PNRPU: Almir Mansurov, Ilya Martynovand Mikhail Gladikov.

The winning teams will represent the university in the remote semi-finals in their respective fields. The authors of the strongest solutions will receive tickets to the finals, which will be held in Moscow at the end of May. 

"The selection stages at our university have been held since 2015, and the number of participants is only growing every year. The high interest in the championship testifies to the desire of young people for professional growth and the active development of fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes. Polytechnics have repeatedly become finalists, which is a significant achievement for our university," she noted Ksenia Saraikina, Vice-Rector for Youth Policy at PNRPU.

In addition, Perm Polytechnic University received the award "For contribution to the development of engineering personnel" within the framework of the event, which highlights the university's achievements in training highly qualified specialists capable of solving complex tasks.

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 project is included in the "Science to Win" initiative of the plan for the Decade of Science and Technology in Russia.

The championship is held as part of the implementation of the federal project "Russia — the land of opportunities" of the national project "Youth and Children".

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