The winner of the CASE-IN championship from Kuzbass became the recipient of a scholarship from the Government of the Russian Federation

Egor Yeremeyev, a fourth-year student at the Institute of Energy of KuzSTU, won a scholarship from the Government of the Russian Federation. This is not the first high assessment of the results for the future of thermal power engineering: over several years of study, his student work has grown into a full-fledged scientific field combining publications, inventive activities and solving practical problems in the coal industry.

Today, Yegor's main research area is related to the processing of industrial waste into secondary fuel and energy resources. Together with his supervisor, Associate Professor of the Department of Thermal Power Engineering Konstantin Ushakov, and Professor Alexander Bogomolov, the student explores technologies for briquetting coal fines, including raw materials containing a plastic layer.

For Kuzbass, such a task is of quite practical importance. Coal plants produce a significant amount of rock, which, due to its small size or poor quality, is not suitable for sale. Some of these raw materials are not used as a full-fledged energy resource and are sent to storage. The KuzSTU team's research is aimed at returning it to the fuel cycle and obtaining a product with the required energy and strength characteristics.

This work has already brought concrete scientific results. In 2026, the journal Teploenergetika published an article "Processing industrial waste from enrichment plants into fuel briquettes," one of the authors of which was Egor. Another result of the work of the KuzSTU research group is a patent for a method for producing fuel briquettes from filter cakes, among the authors of which is also a student.

Egor's scientific work is not limited to the laboratory. As a member of the THERMOEDS team, he became the bronze medalist in the Thermal Power Engineering field of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship, which is held with the support of the Presidential Platform "Russia – the Land of Opportunities". The team also received special awards for a breakthrough solution and the best video game. In 2026, Egor won the KuzSTU Student of the Year University competition in the Intelligence of the Year nomination and continued to represent the university at engineering and scientific venues. Egor is also a resident of the UnikUm Student Design Bureau, performing the production tasks of SIBIATS JSC for modeling boiler units of SGK thermal power plants.

Egor himself says that he perceives receiving a government scholarship primarily as confirmation of the chosen path: "For me, this scholarship is a sign that I am moving in the right direction, choosing the right goals and putting enough effort into achieving them. This is an important support for my scientific and professional interests and an additional motivation to continue my research and strive for new results. I would like to say a special thanks to my scientific supervisor Konstantin Yuryevich Ushakov. Without his support, advice, and trust, many of these results simply would not have happened."

Egor is not going to stop there. He plans to continue research in the field of carbon-containing waste recycling and develop the results obtained. At the same time, the life of a future thermal power engineer consists not only of laboratories, articles and calculations: in his spare time, Egor plays the guitar, writes poetry, goes fishing and travels.

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