Solutions for the development of the Arctic will be offered at the qualifying stages of the "CASE-IN" at TPU

On March 15, the International Cultural Center of Tomsk Polytechnic University (13b Usova St.) will host the qualifying stages of the Student League of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" — an international competition system for solving engineering cases. 

 International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" is a federal case championship, during which students of leading technical universities in Russia and neighboring countries solve engineering cases: practical tasks based on real production situations in companies of fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes.

The qualifying stages at TPU will be held in five areas at once: "geological exploration", "metallurgy", "petrochemistry", "oil and gas business", "electric power industry".

«"Petrochemicals" — a new industry direction within the framework of "CASE-INIt is on the site of TPU that its grand opening will take place and competitions in other participating universities of the championship will be launched. The strategic partner of the direction will be the company "SIBUR" — Russia's largest petrochemical holding company"— says the organizer of the qualifying stages of the championship in TPU Elena Vorontsova .

The opening ceremony will be attended by representatives of the Tomsk Region Administration, the TPU administration and strategic partners of the championship. After the opening, the practical part will begin, where the teams will present their solutions on a single topic of the championship. "Arctic Development" and the expert commissions will determine the winners.

For example, geological students will have to give a geological and economic assessment and develop an exploration project for a placer deposit of garnets in the Arkhangelsk region.

Future metallurgical engineers will propose ways to increase cold resistance and weldability in the production of marine structural steels used as structural materials for ships of the Arctic icebreaking fleet.

The case study on petrochemistry will be devoted to a production project for deep processing of by-products of oil and gas production in Western Siberia. As part of the case study, the participants will study the largest oil and gas launch project in the recent history of Russia.

The participants of the oil and gas business direction will propose approaches to the development and development of a hydrocarbon deposit on the Arctic shelf of the Russian Federation.

And the task of future power engineers is to provide external power supply to the plant located in the village of Sabetta, Yamalo—Nenets Autonomous District. "Yamal-LNG", intended for processing natural gas extracted on the Yamal Peninsula and shipping liquefied natural gas through the port to tankers.

"52 teams have applied for participation, each with three or four people. The teams that presented the best solutions in each area will become finalists of the Student League of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN".

The final of the championship will traditionally be held in Moscow on May 30-31. As a result, the winners will have the opportunity to complete internships and internships in leading industry companies. Winners in the field of "electric power engineering" will also have a chance to participate in the annual summer educational forum "The energy of youth"», — clarifies Elena Vorontsova.

The expert commission of the selection stages at TPU this year consists of representatives of: Nordgold LLCNeryungri-Metallic", JSC TomskNIPIneft, LLC "Special Geostroy", JSC "Yurginsky machine factory", JSC "NPC "The pole", PAO "SIBUR Holding", Institute of Petroleum Chemistry SB RAS, NTC LLCREASSIB", LLC "Tomsk Catalyst Plant", LLC "Tomskneftekhim», «Smith Siberian Services", CJSC TF "SSK", JSC "Vostsibneftegaz", PAO "Orenburgneft", JSC "ROSPAN INTERNATIONAL", TVT SEZ "Tomsk", JSC "SO UES", PAO "FGC UES", LLC "SGC", LLC "Gazprom dobycha Yamburg" and other companies.

In 2018, the national partners of the championship will be the federal ministries — the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology, the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of the Russian Federation for the Development of the Far East, as well as the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh) and the Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects.

The championship will be held with the support of leading fuel and energy complex and MSK companies, including JSCSO UES", LLC "Transneftenergo", PJSC "NK "Rosneft", PAO "SIBUR Holding", PAO "FGC UES", JSC "SUEK", JSC "MHK "EuroChem", JSC "Rosgeologiya", LLC "Mycromine Rus", LLC "Eastern Mining Company", JSC "Siberian Anthracite", LLC "EvrazHolding", LLC "I. M. C. Montand", PAO "RusHydro"and others.

The organizers of the championship are the FoundationReliable shift", non-commercial partnership "Youth Forum of Mining Leaders" and OOO "Astrology". The co-organizer of the electric power industry direction is the Association "Russian National Committee of the International Council for Large High Voltage Electrical Systems». 

INGG SB RAS