Championship in Yakutia: the qualifying stage took place at the Northeastern Federal University named after M. K. Ammosov

On March 30, 2015, the qualifying stage of the mining league was held at the Northeastern Federal University named after M. K. Ammosov  The All-Russian Championship for solving fuel and energy cases.

Northeastern Federal University is hosting the Championship for the third time. Rector of the University  Evgeniya Mikhailova She welcomed the qualifying stage of the Championship on the Yakut land and parted words to the participants.: "By taking part in the Championship, presenting your decisions to experts, you first of all overcome yourself, go to the court of mining professionals, and this is worthy of respect.  I am sure that our winners will adequately represent the university at the federal level in the finals, and next year the university will join the electric power and exploration leagues.".

The objective of the Championship is not only to help students improve in their profession, but also to give an incentive to scientific activity, therefore, representatives of industry scientific institutes participate as experts in the qualifying stages. Alexander Kurilko, Deputy Director for Scientific Work, N.V. Chersky Institute of Mining of the North, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, highly appreciated the stimulating competitive environment that the Championship creates: "Today, students who are not indifferent to their profession have gathered here. I consider the Championship to be an excellent project, because such competitive events allow students to plunge deeper into production processes by solving practical problems, and the spirit of competition forces them to improve their knowledge and skills."

The NEFU qualifying stage was held with the support of the Government of the Republic of Sakha "Yakutia". He welcomed the participants and wished them good luck. Alexey Pavlov, Head of the Graduate Employment Department of the Ministry of Vocational Education, Training and Placement of Personnel of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), and   Specialist of the Fuel Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Dmitry Akimov He acted as an expert of the jury.

Students from 6 teams competed for the title of finalist. The participants presented their ideas for solving the case "Choosing the most efficient option for a mining and transportation complex and improving its efficiency".  The students' ideas were evaluated by an expert jury consisting of representatives of the Government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), teachers and scientists of the NEFU Mining Institute and the N.V. Chersky Institute of Mining of the North of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.  

Dmitry Akimov summing up the results of the qualifying stage, he noted: "This is not the first time I have participated in the Championship as an expert and I would like to note the positive dynamics of the teams' preparation. I see that the participants of the previous championships demonstrate more competent technical solutions and better presentations, which means that the Championship works as a project, justifies its goals and objectives, so we are ready to continue supporting this project." 

I reached the final of the Championship The Legion team the students of the NEFU Mining Institute are Grigory Petrov (team captain, 5th year, Department of Underground Mining), Elena Gladysheva (5th year, Department of Safety of Technological Processes and Productions), Alexander Lavrentiev (5th year, Department of Underground Mining), Dmitry Kornilov (3rd year, Department of "Underground mining of mineral deposits"). 

The winners and participants of the qualifying stage were awarded with diplomas and gift certificates.  The winning teams also received diplomas from the Ministry of Industry of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and the Ministry of Vocational Education, Training and Personnel Placement.

General Partners The Championship is performed by: JSC "System Operator of the Unified Energy System", JSC "Siberian Coal Energy Company", Micromine company, JSC "MHC "EuroChem", LLC "Siberian Generating Company", EVRAZ company, RUSSDRAGMET Management Company, LLC "Dassault System Geovia RUS".

The next stage of the Mining League, the Fuel and Energy Case Solving Championship, will be held on March 31, 2015 in National University of Mineral Resources "Gorny" in St. Petersburg. 

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