The finalists were determined at the qualifying stage at SPSU

In St. Petersburg Mining University The qualifying stage has passed The VII International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN". The winners of the intellectual competition received tickets to the finals, which will be held in Moscow.

The purpose of the championship is to popularize engineering and technical education and attract the most promising young specialists to the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes. In 2019, it is attended by more than 7,000 students and young professionals representing 56 universities in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan, and more than 30 companies from the fuel and energy complex and MSK. The scale of the competition is constantly growing, and the competition is getting higher. Last year, about 4,000 young people from 52 universities were among the participants.

The theme of the 2019 season was "Digital Transformation". The teams were provided with cases in five areas: geological exploration, mining, metallurgy, oil and gas and electric power industry. The participants spent 10 days solving real production tasks prepared by representatives of industry companies. In particular, students and young specialists had to demonstrate and defend their ideas regarding steel production at the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Combine, oil production in the Caspian Sea, diamond prospecting and mining in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), and the development of a transitional monitoring system for the UES of Russia.

"Digitalization in the energy sector is no longer a fashion trend, but a reality. The management of industry companies is actively involved in promoting and stimulating new technologies that can improve the efficiency of existing and newly commissioned energy infrastructure facilities. Our case study at the championship was devoted to this topic. Thanks to the knowledge we gain during our studies at the Mining University, including internships and lectures by world-class visiting professors, our team has shown good results. While solving the case, we delved into the study of such modern trends in the energy sector as digital transformation and the development of our own Russian technologies in distributed generation."– shared the captain of the winning team in the field of "Electric Power Engineering", a graduate student Daria Batueva.

The final will be held on May 30-31, 2019 in Moscow. The leaders of the qualifying stages will compete for the title of the best and for the opportunity to complete an internship in the country's leading industry companies. For example, the partner of the championship, PJSC Tatneft, announced his offer: a three-month paid internship at his company.

"The case touched upon the current topic of introducing digital technologies into production. This trend has been set for a long time, but with the development of technology, it is gaining new strength, as it opens up unprecedented opportunities for companies. The production of unique products, the reduction of harmful effects on the environment, and the efficient use of energy are made possible by digital transformation. All these are the tasks of the past case"- said the bachelor of the Department of ATPP, captain of the team "Comet" Roman Savelyev.

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