SUSU power engineers and metallurgists at the Case-in Championship
On April 19, South Ural State University hosted the qualifying stage of the Electric Power and Metallurgy Leagues of the V International Engineering Case-in Championship, during which student teams solve an engineering case based on materials from leading industry companies in ten days and defend their ideas before an expert commission, the correspondent of the Access News Agency reports.
The championship is held in 47 universities and covers 35 regions of Russia and the CIS countries, with more than 85 qualifying stages. More than 3,000 students are taking part (in 2012 there were 500 people) – they are fighting for the opportunity to compete in the finals of the championship, which will be held in Moscow on May 30-31. The winning teams of the qualifying stages will compete for the title of the best engineering student teams and for the opportunity to complete internships and internships in leading industry companies. The winners of the Mining and Electric Power Engineering Leagues will also have a chance to participate in the annual summer educational programs "Mining School" and "Energy of Youth". Today, the championship unites five areas – mining (21 universities), metallurgy (8), oil and gas (15), electric power (23), and geological exploration (12).
According to Ivan Ilyin, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Materials Science and Metallurgical Technologies, the SUSU qualification stage has started today in two areas – electric power engineering and metallurgy. The participants are students of the Faculty of Energy (35 people) and the Faculty of Materials Science and Metallurgical Technologies (27). The team that takes the first place will defend the honor of the university among all universities of the Russian Federation in the finals.
«This championship is one of the interesting stages of your personal growth, which allows you to realize knowledge and find new original solutions. After all, cases do not imply one absolutely correct solution – they are multivariate. We focus on what is available now, and you will be evaluated by representatives of companies that live in the present day. Such championships are an option for finding new interesting solutions. My wish is that, in addition to correct and reasonable solutions, you try to find new extraordinary ideas that will grow into projects of the future.", – said Andrey Keller, Vice Rector for Strategic Development at SUSU, in his opening remarks.
Sergey Ganzha, Dean of the Faculty of Energy, also delivered a welcoming speech. "This is becoming a traditional event for our faculty – this is the third time we have participated in the Case-in (metallurgy was added only in 2017. – Approx. AN "Access"). And we attach great importance to such intellectual competitions, in particular, we try to make our training practice-oriented, we strive to bring the educational process closer to the tasks that you will have to solve in real production. The case-in allows you to do this" Sergey Ganzha noted, adding that he wishes the participants to solve the cases in a creative way.
The International Engineering Case-in Championship is Russia's only federal case championship, an effective tool for transferring practical knowledge, experience and new competencies to future engineering specialists. The organizers of the championship are the Reliable Change Foundation and the Non−profit Partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders. The League on Electric Power Industry is co–organized by the International Council for Large High−Voltage Electrical Systems CIGRE, and the League on Oil and Gas Industry is co-organized by Tyumen Industrial University. In 2017, the national partners of the championship are five federal ministries − the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Industry and Trade, as well as the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh) and the Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects.
The championship is supported annually by the largest industry companies. This season, the following companies plan to use the championship platform to select the most promising future specialists: JSC SUEK, JSC SO UES, PJSC Tatneft, JSC Rosgeologiya, PJSC FGC UES, PJSC NK Rosneft, PJSC Mechel, JSC MHC EuroChem, JSC Siberian Anthracite, LLC Kolmar Management Company, LLC EvrazHolding, LLC Vostochnaya Mining Company, PJSC RusHydro, LLC IBM SI Montan, DMT, Sverdlovsk Branch of PJSC T Plus, PJSC Novolipetsk Metallurgical Combine, LLC Mycromine Rus, Raspadskaya PJSC.
The educational partner of the project is Lingualeo, an online service for learning and practicing English.
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