The MGSU National Research University team performed in the finals of the CASE-IN Engineering Championship

The final of the XIV International Engineering CASE-IN Championship, one of the largest competitions in the field of engineering solutions and project management, took place at the NUST MISIS site. This year's championship, supported by the Presidential Platform "Russia – the Land of Opportunities," brought together more than 1,300 finalist participants, experts from major industry companies, mentors, and guests from 14 CIS and BRICS countries.

The Young Builders team representing the Department of Management and Innovation at the Institute of Industrial and Civil Engineering (IPGS) participated in the championship. Under the guidance of Oksana Grinik, a senior lecturer at the department, students performed in the prestigious field of Project Engineering, a track that values systems thinking, the ability to calculate economics and environmental risks, as well as willingness to work in multidisciplinary teams.

This season, students had to develop technological solutions for processing non–traditional raw materials: rice husk, a valuable source of amorphous silicon dioxide necessary for import substitution in the production of catalysts, sorbents and components for the tire industry; white and black ash (waste from thermal power plants), promising raw materials for the extraction of rare earth metals and the production of active fillers. The participants not only proposed technological schemes, but also justified the choice of specific regions-donors of raw materials, which makes it possible to scale the project to the whole country.

The Young Builders national team participated in the Championship Final:

• Artur Artenyan (IPGS-3-50)
• Anastasia Kalancha (IPGSm-1-70)
• Egor Pechenin (IPGS-3-51)
• Nelly Safarova (IPGS-3-51)

Reaching the finals of the team is the result of serious preparation, well–coordinated work during the qualifying stages and the support of a mentor. SIBUR experts, evaluating the decisions of the semi-finalist teams, gave their recommendations for finalizing projects, and our students successfully used these tips.

For MGSU students, participation in the final CASE-IN is not only a test of professional competencies, but also a unique experience of publicly defending projects in front of industry leaders, an opportunity to adopt best practices and make themselves known.

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