Students from Kazan became champions of the Autumn CASE-IN Cup

KNRTU students became the winners of the Autumn Cup of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship of the Presidential Platform "Russia – the land of opportunities", the final of which was held on December 19 in Moscow.

26 teams from 25 Russian universities competed in the finals of the Student League within the framework of the industry-wide direction and the Future of Rosneft festival, which presented practical solutions for the country's fuel and energy complex. In total, 146 participants of the Student League and the League of Young Professionals came to the decisive competition of the Autumn Cup. The final was held at the site of the National Research University "MEI".

CEO of the Presidential Platform "Russia – the Land of Opportunities" Andrey Betin He said: "In 2025, schoolchildren, students and young professionals solved cases on the main topic "Technological innovations", the XIII season brought together more than 20 thousand talented children. I am confident that the projects prepared by the participants to introduce innovations into production in the future will become an impetus for achieving technological sovereignty and forming a strong and competitive Russian economy. It is inspiring that a generation of such bright, brave and dedicated minds is growing up in our country."

The winners of the Student League were determined in two directions. The KNRTU Initiators team became the best in the field of Oil Refining and Petrochemistry. KNRTU's "Initiators" team had no equal. In addition, KNRTU students have won the best video exhibition from the "Catalysts of Success" team in the same direction.

The University was also awarded the award of the Energy of Education competition for the successful organization and conduct of the qualifying stage of the project. Let us remind you that the organizer of the preparation for the CASE-IN championship at KNRTU is a leading engineer of the Department of educational and project activities of KNRTU students Elina Vasilyeva.

The KNRTU team solved a complex case related to the development of an olefin business development strategy. It consists of students from the TOONS INKHN Department: the captain of the team is a 1st year undergraduate student Anvar Feyzrakhmanov, 4th year bachelors Dinara Zamaletdinova and Aliya Zakirova and the third year student Denis Mamukov. The mentor of the children is an associate professor of the TOONS department Fauzia Garieva.

"We analyzed the olefin market, including cyclical ones, identified and justified potential bottlenecks, conducted benchmarking, and proposed innovative ways to process olefins,– says Aliya Zakirova. "At the final stage, we created our own business project to introduce an innovative superpolymer, polydicyclopentadiene."

According to the members of the Initiators team, it has unique properties – high impact and mechanical strength, and is of strategic importance for the country.

The second team, "Catalysts of Success" of KNRTU, is a team of students from the Institute of Polymers and INKHN (Sergey Martyugov (Captain), Maxim Bochkarev, Anna Radomskaya, Stepan Slipenky) – received a special prize for the best video game. The mentor of the team is an associate professor of the department TSK Oleg Sazonov.

According to Elina Vasilyeva, the championship consisted of several stages: 23 teams took part in the qualifying stage, 4 teams advanced to the semifinals, and 2 to the finals. Six university teachers participated in the examination of the solutions to the qualifying stage case (Irina Zaraichenko, Elena Cherkasova, Marina Shustrova, Elina Vasilyeva, Oksana Lavrova and Anna Starodubova).

The organizers of the CASE-IN championship are Reliable Change Foundation, The Presidential platform "Russia – the land of opportunities", Non-profit Partnership "Youth Forum of Mining Leaders" and AstraLogica LLC. The championship is included in the "Science to Win" initiative and the plan The Decade of Science and Technology, which takes place in Russia in 2022-2031.

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