The future power engineers of Novosibirsk determined the finalists of the Championship

On April 16, 2015, Novosibirsk State Technical University hosted the qualifying stage of the Electric Power Industry League of the All-Russian Fuel and Energy Case Solving Championship.

The qualifying stage competition opened Rector of Novosibirsk State Technical University Nikolay Pustovoy: "I am very happy for those guys who will take part in the Championship today. This will raise your level of professionalism and serve as an advertisement for you. You can always present participation in the Championship as your achievement, because even simple participation in solving cases is of fundamental importance to you as students. I wish you to strive for victory!"

Each stage of the Championship is held with the support of the leading employers of the fuel and energy complex of the region, who use the infrastructure of the Championship to assess the quality of training of future specialists and select the most promising of them in the personnel reserve. On behalf of the general partner of the Championship, JSC "System Operator of the Unified Energy System", the students were welcomed Alexander Sutyagin, First Deputy Director and Chief Dispatcher of the Branch of JSC SO UES Regional Dispatching Department of the Novosibirsk Region Power System. He He spoke about the specifics of the System Operator's activities and the principles of working with young people in the company. He highlighted the results of cooperation between JSC SO UES and the Reliable Change Foundation: "Working with young people and attracting talented young professionals is one of the key activities of the System Operator. We welcome the joining of new universities to the projects of the Reliable Shift Foundation and are glad to have the opportunity to support such a large-scale educational project with the participation of power engineering students, such as the Championship. I wish all participants bright solutions and success in their future professional activities."

Irakli Khelaya, Deputy Director of the Reliable Change Foundation, Member of the Board of the NP Youth Forum of Mining Leaders, noted the advantages that students receive by solving engineering cases within the framework of the Championship: "The tasks of an engineer include finding ways to solve a wide variety of production tasks. Solving and defending cases is the formation of a whole range of skills and knowledge that will definitely be useful to each of you in further employment. Participation in the Case Championship may well be the beginning of your successful professional start, because the task of the qualifying stage is completely based on the real situation, and your decisions are evaluated by representatives of leading industry enterprises. All you have to do is try to prove yourself as well as possible and demonstrate all your knowledge."

The Electric Power Industry League was included in the Championship program for the first time, however, the students of NSTU were interested in the opportunity to prove themselves: 9 teams of future power engineers took part in the idea competition at once. During the previous 10 days, the students solved the case "Development and selection of the optimal scheme for the supply of electrical energy to a thermal power plant during its reconstruction" and presented their solutions to the expert commission.

The experts were representatives of the Branch of JSC SO UES "Regional Dispatching Department of the Novosibirsk Region Power System", a branch of  JSC NTC FGC UES - SibNIIE, JSC SIBECO, NOU Energocenter and teachers of NSTU. 

 The "4S" team consisting of Ksenia Skurikhina (team captain), Svetlana Slugina, Stepan Sologub, Vladislav Shipilov was recognized as the winner of the qualifying stage.

It is this team that will represent Novosibirsk State Technical University at the grand final of the Championship in Moscow on May 28-29, 2015. 

All participants of the qualifying stage received certificates, the winners and prize-winners were awarded diplomas and sweet prizes. The partner of the Championship, JSC SO UES, also awarded the participants of the Victory Energy team on its behalf.

During the qualifying stage, a Memorandum of Cooperation was signed between NSTU and the Reliable Change Foundation in the field of youth and personnel policy, aimed at professional orientation, formation of an active professional and civic position among the youth of the electric power sector of the Russian Federation. "We are ready to sign a memorandum of cooperation, because the Reliable Change Foundation is a promising foundation formed to ensure that young people in the energy professions move forward and grow professionally," said Nikolai Pustovoy, Rector of NSTU, signing the document.

The general partners of the Championship are: JSC "System Operator of the Unified Energy System", JSC "Siberian Coal Energy Company", Micromine company, JSC "MHC "EuroChem", JSC "Siberian Generating Company", EVRAZ company and JSC "Raspadskaya Coal Company", RUSDRAGMET Management Company, LLC "Dassault System Geovia RUS".

Stage Partner at NSTU: JSC Siberian Generating Company. 

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The official website of the Championship: http://vseros.yminer.ru/