Perm Polytechnic University determined the winners of the qualifying stages of the CASE-IN

The qualifying stages of the XIV International Engineering CASE-IN Championship have ended at Perm Polytechnic University. The participants of the Student League from the Perm Region and the Sverdlovsk Region spent a month solving practical tasks in three areas: electric power, petrochemistry and mining. The winning teams will present their developments at the final in Moscow at the end of May.

The championship is held with the support of the Presidential Platform "Russia – the land of opportunities". The main theme of the 2026 season is "Technologies of the Future". The partner companies set tasks for the participants aimed at achieving Russia's technological sovereignty: to ensure the digitalization of the energy sector, to introduce artificial intelligence and digital twins in key industries.

"For many years, Perm Polytechnic University has been the only venue in the Perm Region for the full-time qualifying stages of the championship. The high interest of students in competitions is a vivid evidence of the youth's desire for professional growth. The CASE-IN system serves as an important tool for acquiring new knowledge and competencies through solving real production tasks," said Yulia Bolshakova, Director of the Center for Youth Initiatives of the PNRPU Youth Policy Department.

In the Electric Power Industry area, the partner was JSC System Operator of the Unified Energy System. The assignment was related to modern technological solutions for the development of the regional energy system. The first place was taken by the Roma Aeterna team, which included Ekaterina Bukharinova, Sergey Trenogin, Darina Kramer and Victor Yuzhakov. The second place went to the participants of "PowerUp!" — Matvey Chermenin, Mikhail Bazhenov, Andrey Sholin. The third place belongs to "Common Sense": Semyon Kotelnikov, Denis Gusev, Anton Yukhnevsky, Evgeny Mokrousov. All the winners and prize-winners represent the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of PNRPU.

Petrochemistry was supervised by SIBUR. He suggested that the students solve the problem of ensuring technological sovereignty in the production of organic peroxides, critical initiators of polymerization, on which the stable operation of plastics and rubber plants depends. The victory was won Nikita Glukhov, Lyudmila Kalinina, Anastasia Klimova, Anton Petukhov from Lighting Road. Silver at the "Collapse" — Stepan Semushev, Viktor Kozminykh, Dmitry Bykov, Konstantin Isakov, bronze at the "Boiling Point", in which there were Anastasia Bykova, Alyona Sudilovskaya, Sofya Blinova. All the winners are from the Faculty of Chemical Technologies, Industrial Ecology and Biotechnology.

In the direction of Mining, the partner was ALROSA JSC (PAO). The participants solved a case study on the elimination of freezes in the depleted space at the Udachny mine. Students of the Mining and Petroleum Faculty distinguished themselves here. The first place was taken by the UnderMine team consisting of Spartak Oganesyan, Matvey Bochkarev, Ilya Lozhkin, Vitaly Starikov. On the second — Anastasia Toropkina, Dmitry Makarov, Vladislav Repp from Ore. The third place was won by students of the UMMC Technical University — GeoPulse. All the winning teams will travel to Moscow for the championship finals.

The final of the CASE-IN championship will be held in Moscow at the end of May. The winners and prize-winners of the Student League qualifying stages will receive preferential conditions for admission to master's and postgraduate studies, paid internships with the possibility of employment in partner companies, as well as trips to industry youth educational forums.

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