Students of Kuzbass Polytechnic University gained valuable experience on the CASE-IN

The final of the XIV season of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship has ended in Moscow. Following the results of the CASE-IN 2026, KuzSTU once again became the winner of the Energy of Education award for the best regional organization of the championship. The award is given to universities that actively develop the engineering movement, involve students in solving industry cases and create conditions for the professional growth of future specialists.

Another significant achievement of KuzSTU was the inclusion of a graduate student of the Institute of Energy and Technology in the Research Laboratory of Digital Transformation of Enterprises of the Mineral Resource Complex Elizaveta Kartashova, as well as a teacher at the Talent Center of the Kemerovo Melnichenko Foundation and a graduate student. Anastasia Ustyuzhanina was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship.

Kuzbass State Technical University was represented by nine teams at once. KuzSTU students performed well in the finals, demonstrating their own engineering solutions in various areas.

The Kuzbass Express team Anastasia Ustyuzhanina, Alexey Alyamkin, Muhammad Kurbanbaev and Yaroslav Avdeev won in the field of "Electric power Industry". The students also received recognition in the nominations "Breakthrough Solution" and "Best Video visual aid".

The MILA team – Elizaveta Fil, Alexey Ivanov, Artyom Kuznetsov and Irina Dotsenko – took the second place in the direction of Petrochemistry.

Pavel Fadeev, Elizaveta Ryabchenkova, Egor Eremeev and Anastasia Zhdanova from the Thermoids team They became the best in the "Breakthrough Solution" nomination in the field of "Thermal Power Engineering".

The "OverJobs" team Among the sophomores of IITMA, Stas Yakushev, Vladimir Sakharov, Artur Salmin and Pavel Ilyin took the fifth place in the field of Digital Automation.

"This was our first time participating in a CASE-IN, and we were absolutely delighted! The most vivid impression was the final in Moscow at the MISIS venue. This is a really large-scale event with an incredible atmosphere: a lot of interactive platforms and thematic activities. Everything was organized at the highest level," the students said.

The guys note that the competition in the finals was very high, because the strongest teams from all over Russia and abroad participated in the championship.

"We worked together and harmoniously, we did our best. We did particularly well with the economic part of the project – we calculated the costs in detail and analyzed the company's financial statements. What was missing was probably the experience. After all, it was our first time participating in such a large event, so the excitement played against us. Because of this, at some points we could not make a quick and confident decision. In general, it's good for the first time, but there is something to work on. Many thanks to KuzSTU and the organizers for the opportunity, amazing atmosphere and invaluable experience. We will definitely come back next year with the spirit to win!" said team captain Stas Yakushev.

The GeoTim team performed in the direction of "Mining" and she took the eighth place in the final ranking. The team consisted of fourth–year students Vyacheslav Vinogradov and Vladimir Podya, as well as first–year students Nikita Beloborodov and Dozurash Sanchay.

The participants assigned responsibilities within the team according to their respective competencies: Vladimir Podya was responsible for the technological part of the project and the development of the work plan, Nikita Beloborodov was engaged in economic calculations, Dozurash Sanchay developed the design and visual part of the project, and the captain of the team Vyacheslav Vinogradov coordinated the work and interaction with the organizers.

"Perhaps we took a slightly wrong approach to solving the case, due to the lack of experience. After the presentation, the supervising expert explained to us how the project could be strengthened. Overall, my impressions were positive, and I managed to communicate with participants from other cities, experts and leading specialists," said Vladimir Podya.

According to team captain Vyacheslav Vinogradov, the main conclusion for the team was the understanding of how important not only the technical elaboration of the project is, but also its presentation: "We relied on the technical part and the elaboration of the idea, but we realized that at such competitions, the effectiveness of the performance is also of great importance. That's what we needed."

In 2026, more than 6,000 people from Russia, as well as young people from 13 CIS and BRICS countries, took part in the championship. 208 teams from 70 universities met in the final of the Student League. Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Belarus.

Reference. The organizers of the CASE-IN championship are the Reliable Change Foundation, the Presidential Platform Russia – the Land of Opportunities, the Non-profit Partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders and AstraLogica LLC.

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