Students from Arkhangelsk presented technologies of the future at the CASE-IN championship

The qualifying stage of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship on "Technologies of the Future" was held in the main building of NArFU, which brought together 15 teams of students.

The purpose of the championship is to identify and select talented young people who are ready to solve engineering, technological and managerial tasks, and to popularize engineering and technical education.

Alexey Yudin, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Economic Development and Industry of the Arkhangelsk Region, addressed the students with a welcoming speech. He noted that today it is important for the country to ensure competitiveness in world markets by creating import–substituting products - advanced products that will be better than their counterparts in foreign countries.

"Therefore, the championship is an important milestone in your development, it allows you to test yourself on specific cases, solve practical problems in such compact and compressed conditions, prove yourself, and in the future, maybe it will give some of the participants additional chances to find employment," said Alexey Yudin.

The participants were also addressed by Marat Yeseev, Scientific Director of the world-class Russian Arctic Research Center, Head of the Department of Fundamental and Applied Physics at NArFU. He stressed that the university's many years of experience in organizing and holding such events at the regional and federal levels is a real pride.

"We know that our students always show high results. I am sure that each of the fifteen teams will bring something unique and interesting to the competition. I would especially like to note the importance of the tasks that our industrial partners are setting for you to form a case – the Yakutsk Energy Fuel Company. I have no doubt that the questions will help students to better understand the actual practice and requirements of the industry," concluded Marat Yeseev.

Students' projects are traditionally dedicated to solving real engineering problems. NARFU students Olesya Saskina, Alyona Moskina, Ekaterina Shestakova and Maria Plahotnikova worked on the case "Monetization of gas without pipes" as part of the Neftyanochki777 team. In their work, they investigated how gas from the deposits of the Yakutsk Fuel and Energy Company (YATEK) can be effectively used to create a data processing center (DPC) in the Republic of Sakha.

While working on the project, the students analyzed the electricity consumption market, selected the best gas-fired power plant to supply gas from YATEK and calculated the economic efficiency of their idea. The results showed that the project has a high potential for a quick payback.

According to the expert jury, the winners of the qualifying stage in NArFU were the team "Mohorovichich's Group".

The winners of the final of the CASE-IN championship will receive valuable prizes and gifts, as well as the opportunity to complete internships, internships and jobs in industry companies. Additionally, the winners may receive preferential admission to master's and postgraduate studies at leading universities in Russia.

The CASE-IN championship has been held since 2013, and during this time the competition has turned into an entire ecosystem that unites more than 100 schools and universities, 170 industry companies, 1,000 mentors and curators, and various services and resources.

By presidential decree, the strategy for scientific and technological development of the Russian Federation was approved in 2024, which provides for the advanced development of fundamentally new scientific and technological solutions, including those ensuring the competitiveness and development of the Russian economy in the strategic perspective.

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