The repeated winner of the CASE-IN championship from Kuzbass passes on the experience to the younger generation

On the air of radio Mayak-Kuzbass, winner and prize-winner of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship, Master's student at the Institute of Energy, laboratory assistant at the Kemerovo Talent Center Yaroslav Avdeev He told how he instills in students an interest in engineering sciences and shares his experience.

Yaroslav himself had previously studied at the Talent Center, and years later began teaching there. "I studied at the Center when it was just beginning, and it recently turned 8 years old. Then I entered KuzSTU, started working at the same time, and at some point became a teacher. When I was a student, I also worked on various projects, but probably the biggest one - "UniCube Training Kits" - appeared already as a student. I used it to write my diploma," Yaroslav said.

Under the guidance of a senior lecturer at the Department of Power Supply of Mining and Industrial Enterprises According to Ivan Paskar, he created kits for students in grades 5-11, according to which they will be able to master the basic basics of digital electronics, robotics, design and other more complex processes.

Yaroslav has many students now. A tenth grader is among them Maxim Kashirskikh, who entered the Talent Center in the 5th grade. "It was engineering that attracted me, I've been interested in it since childhood. I see prospects in it, now there are not enough engineers in the country. I have a technical mindset, so classes are easy. I regularly participate in Olympiads and conferences. For example, in the All-Russian Olympiad of schoolchildren, the regional conference "Galaxy of Science", the competition "Big Challenges", - said Maxim.

According to Yaroslav, the guys under his leadership are preparing technological projects that solve the problems of certain groups of the population or industrial enterprises. Projects go first to conferences, after which they can be patented and integrated into real organizations. So, the guys are not doing childish things at all.

In the classroom, students immerse themselves not only in theory, but also in practice. Even fifth graders work on CNC machines, 3D printers, laser machines, milling machines, creating unique products.

Classes are also held in specialized laboratories, such as robotics, natural sciences, and equipped workshops.

"We want the guys to be as versatile as possible. Therefore, they are not only involved in projects, for example, but also solve engineering problems. They participate in case championships. This is a format where enterprises set some kind of task, because they have a real problem, and they offer schoolchildren and students to solve it," the graduate student shared.

It should be noted that Yaroslav Avdeev himself regularly participates in solving various cases that relate both to the work of enterprises in the Kemerovo region and beyond the region. The master's student is a member of the national team of KuzSTU "Kuzbass Express", which shows high results.

• In December 2024, in the XII season of the Autumn Cup of the International Engineering Championship CASE-IN, the team became the absolute winner. The students defended a unique solution – the delivery of fuel to the company's enterprises by airships.
• In May 2025, in the XIII season of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship in the field of "Electric Power Industry", the team took the third place. The guys also won in the nominations "Best video visionary" and "Breakthrough solution".
• In December 2025, the team took second place in the Student League of the Autumn Cup of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship. The guys worked on the Krasnoyarsk Territory Government's case "New Frontiers of the Digital Industry and Energy", offering solutions for the digital transformation of the region's energy sector.

Also in May 2025, Yaroslav Avdeev's name was included in the Hall of Fame of the CASE-IN community of those who contribute to the development of engineering competitions and the popularization of technical education.

Yaroslav passes on his experience to schoolchildren: he oversees teams, two of which reached the finals of the CASE-IN championship, and one became the winner in the "Breakthrough Solution" nomination. Four teams of the Kemerovo Educational Talent Center have reached the finals of the School League.

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