International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" 2018: Awarding of winners

Students of Samara State Technical University became silver medalists of the VI The International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN", held with the support of SIBURa.

The awarding ceremony took place in Moscow with the participation of the Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Anton Inyutsyn.

The "CASE-IN" Championship − the largest international competition system for solving engineering cases among students, school children and young professionals. The final of the Championship was preceded by qualifying stages at leading technical universities in Russia and three CIS countries.

In 2018, the Petrochemistry field was included in the championship program for the first time, SIBUR He became a strategic partner of the league. Qualifying competitions in the field of Petrochemistry were held in nine Russian universities: Tomsk, Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, Perm, Ufa and other cities.

500 students from 55 technical universities of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic qualified for the finals of the championship in all areas. They presented their engineering ideas for development in six areas to the expert community of the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes.: geological exploration, mining, metallurgy, oil and gas business, electric power industry and Petrochemicals.

The team became the champion of the "Petrochemistry" field National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University The Philosopher's Stone. The silver prize-winner was the team "Method of scientific poking" Samara State Technical University. The bronze medal was won by the KHTTUM Brotherhood team Perm National Research Polytechnic University.

Olga Repina, the captain of the SamSTU team, shares his impressions: "This is an excellent event, it greatly develops the breadth of vision, introduces the real production problems that arise. The jury is very competent, represented by specialists from various departments. The competition is serious, there were no random people there. Teamwork is the main success factor. And they don't necessarily have to be people of different professions, the main thing is the desire to work.».

The CASE-IN winners received the Champions Cup and the title of the best engineering team of 2018. Students of leading teams will be able to complete internships and internships in leading industry companies.

"Participation in projects like the CASE-IN championship is an opportunity for young people to test their own knowledge and gain recognition from the professional community and potential employers. By participating in case solving and making new friends, they are already immersed in the professional community and can participate in forecasting technology development, popularize engineering and technical thought, participate in the social life of the fuel and energy complex of their region and within the framework of federal events.", − said the Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Anton Inyutsyn.

"We are pleased to partner with the largest case championship for engineering students. SIBUR is an environment where you open up. We offer extensive career opportunities and develop your potential through participation in large-scale projects for the country. During the regional stages, it was noted how many talented guys got involved in solving petrochemical cases and offered fresh, original solutions. Everyone who made it to the finals is already a winner, and we hope that we will see many of the participants at SIBUR in the future."- said the Director of Human Resources at SIBUR Albina Labashova.

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The championship is supported as part of SIBUR's Formula for Good Deeds charity program. The International Engineering CASE-IN Championship is the successor of the All−Russian Mining Case Solving Championship (2013-2014) and the All-Russian Fuel and Energy Case Solving Championship (2015). The Championship is being implemented in accordance with the Action Plan aimed at popularizing the working and engineering professions, approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 366-r dated March 5, 2015. The championship is included in the List of all-Russian youth events aimed at popularizing the fuel and energy complex, energy conservation and engineering education for 2018.

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