The qualifying stage of the International Engineering Case-IN Championship was held on the basis of VGUIT

On March 22, the Voronezh State University of Engineering Technologies hosted for the first time the competitions of the Student League of the International Engineering Case-in Championship. Future specialists proposed engineering solutions in the field of Petrochemistry. 

 In 2018, the national partners of the Championship were 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.

 SIBUR, Russia's largest petrochemical holding company, became the strategic partner of the Petrochemistry direction. SIBUR specialists have developed a case study on a production project for the deep processing of by-products of oil and gas production in Western Siberia: "Tobolsk Petrochemical Cluster: a new formula for integration and value creation". The construction of ZapSibNeftekhim, an enterprise for the deep processing of by-products of oil and gas production, is one of the world's largest projects in this field today. The complex involves the use of the latest advanced technologies in the field of hydrocarbon processing and production logistics.  

 The event was attended by I.I. Korzhenovsky, General Director of Voronezhsintezkauchuk JSC, A.S. Korolev, Director of the Reliable Shift Foundation, P.T. Sukhanov, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs at VSUIT, and A.P. Marin, a leading consultant at the Department of Education, Science and Youth Policy of the Voronezh Region. 

 Leading experts on the topic were invited to evaluate the projects of 8 teams consisting of 2-4-year students of VGUIT studying in the fields of Chemical Technology and Chemical Production Machines and apparatuses: D.N. Varlamov, Chief Technologist of Gazproyectingengineering, D.N. Varlamov, Director of Scientific and Production Association Biotechnologies and Nanomaterials LLC." A.V. Chichvarin, SIBUR experts S.Y. Zolotarev, I.S. Kiselyov, A.A. Filatov, Director of the ISS Design Bureau I.E. Shabanov, Head of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technology of Organic Compounds and Polymer Processing at VGUIT O.V. Karmanova, Associate Professors T.I. Igumenova, V.A. Sedykh, Professor Yu.F. Joking. They evaluated the work according to several criteria, the most important being the technological component and economic efficiency. 

 O.V. Karmanova, Head of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technology of Organic Compounds and Polymer Processing, noted the students' activity in preparing for the Championship and positive impressions of the projects: "This is a very useful educational form - the preparation of engineering cases." Future specialists are involved in the development of practical solutions for real production even at the stage of university studies, develop skills in system analysis and teamwork. 

 The winners of the Student League competitions were the Neosodruzhestvo team (Sukhrap Yusupov, Behzod Obidov, Maxim Maltsev, Vyacheslav Sushchenko). The second place was taken by the Thermodynamics team (Alexander Golyakevich, Elena Lintsova, Lyubov Balabanova, Anastasia Zabolotnyaya). The third was the Engineering team (Ekaterina Koroleva, Ksenia Ignatova, Alina Lomakina, Yulia Ishunkina). 

"Fruitful teamwork was carried out on the case – all the guys joined the process with full dedication. We presented ourselves as real production workers and tried to apply all our knowledge and skills, taking into account all available data, in order to develop truly effective solutions for production. And we succeeded: we proposed to improve the scheme of all rectification plants, add additional equipment, and modernize the pyrolysis plant. As a result, we got a tangible economic effect," said Sukhrap Yusupov, captain of the Neosodruzhestvo winning team. 

 The best team will represent VGUIT at the final of the Student League of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN", which will be held in Moscow on May 30-31, 2018. Following the results of the Championship, the winners will have the opportunity to complete internships and internships in leading industry companies. 

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