Experts in engineering cases

On April 7, the qualifying stage of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" was held at Kuzbass State Technical University. This is the largest practice-oriented competition in Russia and the CIS countries for solving engineering cases of fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes.

"The most courageous and inquisitive university students have gathered here. Students learn to find and substantiate their ideas from a technical, scientific and economic point of view – this is what companies in the real sector of the economy require from specialists., – emphasized the acting rector of KuzSTU Andrey Krechetov, - therefore, the championship site is mutually beneficial and mutually interesting. From young people, production workers receive dozens of non-standard ideas to solve their problems. And, as far as I know, some of them actually find application in the work of enterprises."

The opening ceremony was attended by representatives of the regional administration and the largest enterprises of Kuzbass and Russia.

"This forum unites professionals of the present and the future, – said the Deputy Head of the Department of Education and Science of the Kemerovo region in his welcoming speech . Sergey Pfetzer, - and although it takes place in the format of a competition, the main thing here is not to win, but to gain invaluable practical experience and learn how to take responsibility for decisions made.".

"What is important for the employer now? To ensure that a specialist has basic knowledge, understands the physics of production equipment processes, has trained systems thinking, strives for professional development, and is ambitious. The selection stage is a way to identify such students, and we will be glad to see them among our staff."– I am sure the head of the department of recruitment, evaluation, and personnel development of the Kuzbass branch of SGK LLC Elena Solonko.

Leagues in mining and electric power industry were held in KuzSTU as part of the championship. The future miners analyzed the mining and geological conditions of the deposit in the northwestern part of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and proposed a project concept for the development of the Kholodny mine. Their work was evaluated by university scientists and representatives of JSC SUEK-Kuzbass, JSC Siberian Anthracite, LLC Raspadskaya Coal Company, JSC Evrazruda, JSC EuroChem, JSC Yuzhkuzbassugol, etc. They asked the contestants questions, noted the originality of their ideas, the realism and economic impact of the projects, and gave practical advice.

"All participants are confident in their knowledge of the technological part According to the Head of Human Resources at the Mining Division of EuroChem Group Mikhail Lebedev, - They have a good idea of what alternative mining technologies exist and how they differ. But the guys need to use innovative, original ideas more boldly in their decisions and consider the economic part in more detail."

The best of the six GI teams were the "Miners of Kuzbass" – Ivan Kravchenko (captain), Evgeny Raifekerst, Vadim Shinkevich and Vladimir Ivanov.
"We took a thorough approach to solving the task, tried to take into account all the climatic, infrastructural, mining and geological conditions of the Yakutsk deposit and proposed, in our opinion, the most complete and technically and economically sound solution."

In the qualifying stage of the electric power industry league, experts – university scientists and employees of JSC SUEK-Kuzbass, JSC EVRAZ ZSMK and the Kuzbass branch of LLC SGK, JSC Kuzbassenergo and others – were struck by the various "keys" to the "Energy on the Edge" case, which were found by students of 2-4 courses. They reviewed the current and prospective balances of capacity and electricity at the Yamal-LNG industrial site, and also drew up a scheme for the operation and development of the plant's external power supply system. At the same time, the possible prospective construction of new power plants and industrial consumers for the period up to 2035 was taken into account. The fourth-year students of the Evening Scout team prepared the most rational, innovative and technically thought-out solution. Alexander Denisov, Kirill Kudryashov, Stanislav Smirnov and captain Anton Yevtushenko participated in the championship for the first time and immediately brilliantly.

"The innovation of our project lies in connecting to the UES of Russia via a direct current network, since all the country's networks are powered by alternating current. Reconstruction of the substation in Salekhard and construction of a substation on the territory of the Yamal-LNG plant are proposed. Salekhard has a connection to the UES of Russia and is the shortest distance away, so we chose this city. The new substation will convert alternating current to direct current and then direct current to alternating current of the original or other frequency", – the happy ones told debutants.

The winners were awarded with diplomas and prizes from the organizer of the CASE-IN International Engineering Championship, the Reliable Shift Charitable Foundation, as well as memorable gifts from the Kuzbass branch of SGK LLC and EVRAZ ZSMK JSC.

The fourth-year students of the Paradigm team, led by captain Roman Lebedev, became the second at the end of the championship. In third place are the third-year students from "V" (captain Ilya Klyuev).

The remaining qualifying stages will be held in the regions of Russia and neighboring countries before the beginning of May. The winners of the regional stage will have to defend the honor of the KuzSTU uniform and compete for the title of the best engineering teams at the finals of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" in Moscow on May 30-31.

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