Silver and national love: OmSTU students successfully performed in the finals of the CASE-IN championship

The final of the XIV International Engineering CASE-IN Championship, which brought together 760 future and current specialists from Russia and abroad, has ended in Moscow. At a large-scale venue where 208 teams from 70 universities presented their solutions, students of the Omsk Polytechnic Institute of Energy won silver awards in the field of "Electric Power Industry" and won the audience vote, receiving the title of the most popular team of the finals.

The event was held on the basis of NUST MISIS. More than 6,000 people from Russia participated in the 2026 qualifying stages, and teams from 13 CIS and BRICS countries reached the final stage. The main theme of the season – "Technologies of the Future" – required from the participants not only deep professional knowledge, but also the ability to quickly adapt to new digital realities within the framework of clearly separated industry tracks.

The honor of the university was defended by Evelina Dobrotvorskaya, Alina Yemelyanova, Vlada Denisova and Daria Gusak. For them, the struggle in the direction of "Electric Power Industry" has become the main professional challenge. The girls solved a production case from PJSC ROSSETI, developing a cybersecurity solution for power systems. The project was highly appreciated by the expert commission and brought the polytechnic a well-deserved silver medal. Viktor Fedyanin, Associate Professor of the Department of Electrical Engineering at OmSTU, was involved in the preparation and support of the team at all stages.

Vlada Denisova, a student at the OmSTU Energy Institute: "The CASE-IN Student League is a real challenge. For us, participating in such a large-scale project was our first serious experience. We did our best and created a working cybersecurity solution for power systems in a short time. This topic was far from our specialty and required additional knowledge. Fortunately, we have successfully completed the task. This was made possible thanks to our mentor Viktor Viktorovich Fedyanin, who was there at every stage: he helped, guided, and believed in us. We are grateful to be a part of such an event and to be able to try something new."

A special pride for the participants was the title of "The most popular team", determined by audience voting in the interactive and career zones of the finals. This recognition confirms not only the high level of training, but also the ability of polytechnics to present complex technical ideas and their willingness to adequately speak on behalf of the university on the federal platform.

As CASE-IN winners, girls will be able to receive preferential conditions for admission to master's and postgraduate studies at partner universities, as well as the opportunity to complete paid internships in specialized companies. The championship final opened up new career prospects for the team and cemented OmSTU's reputation as a forge of sought-after engineering personnel.

It is important to note that OmSTU was represented in the final not only by the participants of the student league. Pavel Rysev, Associate Professor of the Department of Power Supply of Industrial Enterprises, joined the expert commissions of the League of Young Specialists and the League of Young Specialists of the CIS, evaluating the breakthrough solutions of colleagues from leading industry companies. This confirms the high level of expertise of the Polytechnic and the trust of the organizers in the university and its staff.

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