The USPU team became one of the three leaders of the qualifying stage of the CASE-IN

The POWER ENERGY team at the USPU Institute of Engineering and Pedagogical Education has once again proved that engineering education in Yekaterinburg is at its best. Students of the Department of Energy and Transport took the 3rd place in the qualifying stage of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship, one of the largest competitions among students of universities in Russia and the CIS countries.

Under the guidance of the senior lecturer of the department Konstantin Glukh's students of the POE-202 group fought for the victory.: Nikita Ilyin, Daria Mikhailova, Ekaterina Rakshina, Vladislav Shelest.

These guys are experienced fighters of engineering competitions. In the Autumn CASE-IN Cup, they took 10th place among more than 200 teams. Students of the IPO Institute with the support of their mentor Konstantin Yurievich has been involved in the project for four years now: they reached the finals, presented their solutions in Moscow, and naturally entered the top 5 strongest teams in Russia and the CIS countries.

This year, the case was more difficult than ever: the participants had to develop a project for the construction of overhead lines from large-scale generation to an energy-deficient area using alternating current or direct current technologies with technical and economic justification. The topic requires not only deep knowledge in the field of energy, but also strategic thinking, the ability to work in a team and find innovative solutions.

The partner of the direction was PJSC Federal Grid Company – Rosseti (PJSC ROSSETI), one of the world's largest public electric grid companies in terms of length of lines and transformer capacity.

The company's representatives separately noted and awarded the USPU team for their competent and well–thought-out proposals, a rare recognition that few can boast of.

The championship has become the largest platform for future engineers, which helps students show their skills in solving real production tasks to the largest employers. More than 4,000 students participate in the championship every year, and each of them gets a chance to be noticed by representatives of the country's leading enterprises.

The championship promotes not only the development of practical skills and engineering thinking, but also forms important qualities such as leadership, responsibility, innovation and teamwork. These are precisely the competencies that high—tech industries require today - energy, mining, nuclear industry, and others.

Vice-Rector for Educational Activities of USPU Lyudmila Gabysheva I congratulated the guys and mentors: "I am proud that our students worthily represent USPU at such a high level, demonstrating that the pedagogical university is able to train specialists who are in demand in high-tech industries. Such student successes confirm the high professionalism of our teachers and mentors, and of course, the importance of a practice-oriented approach to teaching, when theory is closely linked to real production cases. We see how the competencies of a new generation of engineers are being formed — those who are not afraid of challenges and are ready to find innovative solutions. We continue to develop engineering and pedagogical education, opening the way for young people to modern professions of the future. I am sure that this team has many more bright victories ahead!"

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