Representatives of Novosibirsk RDU acted as "CASE-IN" experts at NSTU

The ceremony was attended by Gennady Rastorguev, First Vice-Rector of NSTU, Sergey Chernov, Dean of the Faculty of Energy of NSTU, Ekaterina Kurganova, Head of the Department of Scientific and Educational Complex and Innovations of the Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation Policy of the Novosibirsk Region, Tatyana Vereshchagina, a leading specialist in the Energy efficiency Department of Transneftenergo LLC, Director of the Novosibirsk Hydroelectric branch of PJSC RusHydro Svyatoslav Poltaranin, Dmitry Makhiboroda, Director of the Branch of JSC SO UES "Regional Dispatching Department of the Power System of the Novosibirsk Region, Altai Territory and the Altai Republic" (Novosibirsk RDU).

Dmitry Makhiboroda addressed the participants with a welcoming speech, wishing them good luck and emphasizing that the championship is a good platform for further cooperation between gifted and motivated students working in the electric power industry and industry enterprises. The Director of Novosibirsk RDU noted that specialists with unique knowledge in the field of electric power industry are in high demand today, and the long-term cooperation between the System Operator and Russian universities in training students in specialized programs opens up wide opportunities for graduates. "Our cooperation has been going on for more than ten years, and today the System Operator's experts will evaluate your solutions in terms of their potential use in the company's activities, so we are waiting for new ideas and a scientific and technical breakthrough from you!" – He said.

The qualifying stage of the Electric Power Engineering field brought together more than fifty participants from twelve student teams from Novosibirsk State Technical University and Siberian State University of Water Transport. The guys presented solutions to an engineering case on the topic "Arctic development". Future power engineers were faced with the task of ensuring reliable and uninterrupted external power supply to the Yamal-LNG plant located in the village of Sabetta in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

The decisions of the participants were evaluated by an expert commission, which included specialists from JSC SO UES, PJSC RusHydro, LLC Transneftenergo. The experts from the System Operator were Vladimir Fishov, Deputy Director for Information Technology at Novosibirsk RDU, and Anton Dekhterev, Head of the Department of Stability and Emergency Automation at the Electrical Modes Service.

The finalist of the qualifying round of the "Electric Power Industry" direction was a team of students from the Faculty of Energy of NSTU "Medusa". The second and third places are also taken by the teams of this university "Stubborn University" and "Babi Boom". The winners of the qualifying stage will represent NSTU in the final "CASE-IN" on May 30-31 in Moscow.

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