IRNTU summed up the results of the qualifying stage of the XIV CASE-IN championship

Irkutsk Polytechnic University hosted the qualifying stage of the XIV International Engineering CASE-IN Championship in the fields of mining, electric power industry, metallurgy and oil and gas business. The polytechnic teams presented projects in the interests of UC RUSAL, PJSC YATEK and JSC ALROSA, JSC System Operator of the Unified Energy System. The winners will compete in the semi-finals and the final stage of the competition.

According to Svetlana Diripasco, head of the Department for the development of research and entrepreneurial activities of students, the theme of the 2026 championship is "Technologies of the Future".

GG became the best team in the oil and gas business. Fyodor Andreevich Korytov, Senior Gas Preparation Foreman at GAZPROM DOBYCHA IRKUTSK, awarded the students and congratulated them on their victory. The students solved a case study aimed at finding solutions to monetize gas resources by organizing data processing centers in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

In the metallurgy qualifying stage, the AlTeam team became the best, receiving diplomas from Nina Nemchinova, Head of the Department of Metallurgy of Non-Ferrous Metals.

Frokula excelled in mining. The award was presented to the winners by Boris Leonidovich Talgamer, Professor of the Department of Mineral Deposits Development at the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "IRNTU". The participants had to solve the case of solving the actual problem of rock mass hanging.

The contestants of the Electric Power Industry direction solved a case on the topic "Development of the regional energy system based on future technologies". The most reasoned answer was provided by the team of Irkutsk State University of Railway Engineering "361 degrees". Vladimir Nikolaevich Kornilov, Head of the Department of Long-term Planning and Market Support of the Irkutsk RDU Energy Management and Balance Service, awarded the students, and he also invited all participants of the course to a study tour of the Irkutsk branch of the System Operator.

The CASE-IN Championship – it is a platform for career guidance and youth development, a starting point in building a career trajectory. In 2026, the organizers of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship are the Reliable Change Foundation, the Non-profit Partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders, the Astralogica company and the presidential platform "Russia – the Land of Opportunities".

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