The Trans-Baikal Territory is in the final of the Championship!

On March 24, 2015, Zabaikalsky State University hosted the qualifying stages of the All-Russian Fuel and Energy Case Solving Championship.

ZabGU has been participating in the Championship for three years, and in 2015, the university joined the geological exploration and electric power industry leagues, becoming the first university in the Championship, which hosted three leagues at once.

Opening mining and exploration leagues, Svetlana Starostina, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs at ZabGU, noted: "The task of education at the present stage is to use new, active teaching methods. Cases occupy one of the first places in this row. In the course of solving cases, you gain knowledge, learn to listen to each other, find information, and work as a team."

The stages of the Championship in ZabGU were held with the support of the authorities of the Trans-Baikal Territory.  The participants were welcomed by graduates of ZabGU  Viktor Kurnyshev, Consultant, Department of Interaction with Institutions of Higher Education and Science, Ministry of Education of the Trans-Baikal Territory and  Roman Shcherbakov, Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Trans-Baikal Territory, Deputy Chairman of the Committee for the Development of Productive Forces, Infrastructure and Innovation: "Mining ─ It is a lifelong profession that enjoys respect both in our region and throughout Russia. I wish the representatives of our Trans-Baikal Territory to win the Championship finals!"

Each stage of the Championship attracts the largest fuel and energy sector employers. The stage in ZabGU was no exception. Natalia Zhdanova, Deputy Managing Director for Personnel at Novo-Shirokinsky Mine Management Company  She spoke about the company's youth policy and thanked the organizers of the Championship for the opportunity to meet the best mining students from Russian universities.

Anatoly Fomin, Advisor to the Director of Human Resources at JSC SUEK - a regular participant in the qualifying stages of the mining league, a representative of the general partner of the SUEK Championship presented in his speech the principles of working with the personnel reserve at SUEK and encouraged students to demonstrate their best professional and personal qualities at the competitions.

The work of the teams in the qualifying stages of the mining and exploration leagues was evaluated by an expert jury consisting of representatives of industry enterprises: JSC SUEK, JSC Novo-Shirokinsky Mine of RUSSDRAGMET Management Company, JSC Kharanorsky Section, LLC Tigninsky Section, LLC Zabaikalsky Mining and Technical Center, JSC Aldan Zolotoe GRK, PiterGORproekt-Vostok; representatives of Zabaikalsky State University and the Mongolian State University of Science and Technology (MoscowUlaanbaatar). 

7 teams took part in the qualifying stage of the mining league. The contestants presented solutions to the case "Choosing the most effective option for a mining and transportation complex and improving its efficiency." She won The Bulldozer team Alexander Shikuts (team captain), Vasily Dneprovsky, Sergey Kuklin, Evgeny Mitin are among the 4th year students of the Department of "Open Mining" of the Mining Faculty of ZabGU. It should be noted that this team has reached the finals of the Championship for the second year in a row, and last year they took the second place. 

5 teams participated in the qualifying stage of the exploration league. They solved the case of "Increasing the profitability of a deposit based on a geological study with the preparation of a work project."

Stage winners - The Geologist and I team Alexander Perelomov and Alexey Sabigatulin are 3rd year students of the Department of "Open-pit Mining" of the Mining Faculty of ZabGU. 

League competitions in electric power industry in ZabGU opened Alisa Khatkova, Vice-Rector for Science and Innovation at ZabGU. She noted that the university had readily decided to participate in the new Championship leagues.: "The championship has shown its importance for the preparation of students of the Trans-Baikal State University. Starting this year, the Faculty of Energy will include league competitions in the electric power industry among its priority events. Technology combines the educational principle, the scientific component, teamwork, and a comprehensive assessment of the problem.".

Andrey Nazarov, Head of the Housing and Communal Services Department of the Ministry of Energy of the Ministry of Territorial Development of the Trans-Baikal Territory He welcomed the students on behalf of the Ministry and expressed confidence that ZabGU students would adequately represent the region at the finals in Moscow.

Representative of the general partner of the Championship - JSC "System Operator of the Unified Energy System" - Alexey Drapp, Director of the branch of JSC SO UES "Regional Dispatching Department of the Energy System of the Trans-Baikal Territory" He told the students about the opportunities that the company provides to young professionals and emphasized the value of the project for the System Operator.: "The championship is important for the System Operator because it develops the most modern technologies for training specialists.  I am sure that today we will see truly creative solutions to the case, and the most active students will have the opportunity to get to know our branch during internships and internships." 

5 teams of future power engineers offered their ideas for solving the case "Development and selection of the optimal scheme for the supply of electric energy to a thermal power plant during its reconstruction".  The expert commission included teachers from the Faculty of Energy and the Technology Transfer Center of ZabGU and representatives of the region's energy companies.:  branch of JSC "SO UES" "Regional Dispatching Department of the energy system of the Trans-Baikal Territory", JSC "TGC - 14".

The winner of the qualifying stage was The Borsch team The team consists of 4th-year students of the Department of Electric Power Engineering and Electrical Engineering of the ZabGU Faculty of Energy Olga Stremilova (team captain), Dmitry Ishenin, Konstantin Ovchinnikov, Vitaly Potapov.

The Fuel and Energy Case Solving Championship is held with the participation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which brings the project to the international level. A new impetus to the development of the Championship as an international project was given by the participation of a delegation in the work of the stage in ZabGU Mongolian State University of Science and Technology (Ulaanbaatar).  The university representatives highly appreciated the level of organization and the content of the Championship and expressed their intention to join the case-solving competitions in 2016. In addition, a preliminary agreement was reached between the NP "Youth Forum of Mining Leaders" and representatives of the Mongolian State University of Science and Technology to hold a case event of the Case Contest Forum on the basis of ZabGU. 

Partners of the qualifying stage in ZabGU The speakers were JSC SUEK, the Management Company RUSSDRAGMET and the Government of the Trans-Baikal Territory.

The general partners of the Championship are: JSC "System Operator of the Unified Energy System", JSC "Siberian Coal Energy Company", Micromine company, JSC "MHC "EuroChem", LLC "Siberian Generating Company", EVRAZ company, RUSDRAGMET Management Company, LLC "Dassault System Djeovia RUS". 

The next stages of the mining and geological exploration leagues and the Fuel and Energy Case Solving Championship will be held on March 26, 2015 at Irkutsk State Technical University.

The next stage of the league will be held on April 2, 2015 at the Siberian State Industrial University.

Photos of mining and exploration stages

Photo of the Electric Power Industry League stage