Two KuzSTU student teams surprised CASE-IN experts with bold decisions

KuzSTU young engineers represented Kuzbass in the final of the XIV season of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship and won the highest awards.

The Kuzbass Express team Anastasia Ustyuzhanina, Yaroslav Avdeev, Muhammad Kurbanbaev and Alexey Alyamkin won in the field of "Electric power Industry".

The guys proposed a solution that will help to cope with a massive cyberattack on the power plant. The young scientists analyzed specific regional risks, pointing out the vulnerability of telemechanics cabinets located in the basements of residential buildings, where physical access to equipment can become an entry point for hacking the entire city network. The technological roadmap of the project until 2030 includes the introduction of modern modules for more effective protection. The economic effect of the solution is confirmed by calculations: the implementation of the project reduces the probability of an attack success by 53%, which reduces the potential annual damage from 27 million to 6.58 million rubles.

"We also used SIEM systems to monitor servers and industrial network controllers. Such systems help to quickly detect suspicious activity and prevent possible attacks. To protect against phishing mailings, SEG technology was proposed, and to counter DDoS attacks, an Always On and On Demand hybrid protection system was developed, which allows repelling both constant and sudden cyber attacks.", – Anastasia Ustyuzhanina, the captain of the team, told us.

The MILA Team Elizaveta Fila, Alexey Ivanov, Artyom Kuznetsov and Irina Dotsenko took the second place in the field of Petrochemistry.

The winners designed a flexible technology cluster based on microfluidic technologies and artificial intelligence, as well as capable of performing complex data analysis in just two minutes instead of the usual two weeks. In addition, the team proposed an effective model of cooperation with partners, which reduces the cost of building the plant by 15-20% by transferring part of the production stages to specialized companies. As experts noted, the project stood out for the deep integration of digital technologies into the work of technologists.

"Our solution combines ten products into three technology clusters. Low–temperature initiators, substances that are used in the chemical industry to trigger reactions at low temperatures, were chosen as the main cluster. The use of microfluidic synthesis made it possible to switch between the production of products within a cluster in 4-8 hours without stopping production. The use of artificial intelligence has accelerated technological screening and clustering by 24,000 times with 95% accuracy, and outsourcing of four synthesis stages has reduced capital costs by 15-20%.", – the captain of the team, Elizaveta Fil, explained.

The teams' projects combined engineering competencies, digital technologies, artificial intelligence and a deep understanding of industry specifics.

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. The CASE-IN International Engineering Championship is included in the "Science to Win" initiative and the plan for the Decade of Science and Technology, which takes place in Russia in 2022-2031. 

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