NCFU students and teachers became winners of two "CASE-IN" championship leagues

For the first time in Stavropol, on the basis of NCFU, the qualifying round of the League of Young Specialists was held «CASE-IN». Seven teams from all over the South of Russia, representing industry enterprises, became its participants. Among them are FGC UES, Gazprom Transgaz (Samara), PJSC SIBUR, JSC UES System Operator and others. The NCFU Engineering Institute also presented its team. The victory in the League of Young Specialists was won by a team of university teachers. The students of the Engineering Institute "Witnesses of the PUE" became the best in the Student League.

In early March, the North Caucasus Federal University hosted the qualifying stages of the VII The International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN". This year, the project was included in the Russia – Land of Opportunities platform, created by decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The championship was attended by more than seven thousand students and young professionals representing 57 universities in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan, and more than 30 companies from the fuel and energy complex and the Moscow Energy Complex.

The first Vice-rector of the North Caucasus Federal University greeted the participants of the qualifying stage. Dmitry Sumskoy, He stressed that the CASE-IN championship is always very popular among students, as it is an opportunity for them to test themselves, acquire new skills, and participate in the work of the team.:

– It is very important for us that respected experts, representatives of large employer companies, are present at this site, together with whom we conduct practice-oriented training of specialists. Today, 25,000 students from 81 regions of the Russian Federation and about 1,700 students from 56 countries study at our university, and I would like to note that today not only Russian but also foreign students of our university participate in the "CASE-IN". On behalf of the university administration, I would like to wish you success and good luck, so that the skills you have acquired will be useful to you in the future., " He said Dmitry Sumskoy.

Welcoming the participants of the qualifying stage on behalf of the region's leadership, First Deputy Minister of Energy, Industry and Communications of the Stavropol Territory Vitaly Shulzhenko He emphasized the relevance of alternative energy sources for Stavropol:

– Energy is the basis of civilization. Stavropol Governor Vladimir Vladimirov is making every effort to replenish our region with large volumes of alternative energy. We have thermal generation, hydrogenation, and soon Russia's largest solar power plant and the largest wind farm in the country will appear. So that the innovative ideas of young people can be applied in practice.

Representative of the strategic partner of the championship − JSC SO UES − Advisor to the General Director of the branch of JSC SO UES ODE to the South Fyodor Mikhailenko He noted the qualitative growth of the championship and the progress of its participants:

– The Electric Power Industry direction of the CASE-IN championship is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year. I have participated as an expert in all five championships, and I see significant progress in organizing the qualifying stage, increasing the number of participants, and reaching the international level. Those guys who started for the first time five years ago are already competing in the qualifying stage as young specialists. Many of them have completed postgraduate studies, teach at NCFU and work with us, in the United Dispatch Management of the Southern Energy System. The championship proves its importance, and I want to thank all the participants for taking the time to prepare and participate in the qualifying stage today: only such active, motivated people will be able to lead energy companies in the future.

Artyom Korolev, co-chairman of the CASE-IN organizing committee and Director of the Reliable Change Foundation, emphasized the exceptional interest and active participation of the Stavropol Territory leadership, NCFU and partner companies in organizing the championship in the region: "Thanks to our joint work, the NCFU championship is developing intensively and attracts more and more participants every year who are interested in gaining practical experience. and motivated for personal and professional growth. Together, we are preparing a reliable shift for the energy sector in the South of Russia!"

All the cases that the participants solved were united by the common theme of the "CASE-IN" of the 2019 season, "Digital Transformation", which is one of the priorities for the Russian and global economies. The decision was given only 10 days.

The student teams presented solutions to an engineering case study on the development of a system for monitoring transitional modes of the UES of Russia. The case was developed based on the materials and with the participation of specialists from JSC SO UES, a strategic partner in the Electric Power industry.

The participants of the League of Young Professionals, in accordance with the task of their case, designed options for the digital integration of large–scale energy and infrastructure projects in the Far East into a macro-regional system in the Asia-Pacific region.

The participants paid special attention to the energy efficiency of their solutions: the issue of energy saving and energy efficiency is included in each case at the initiative of the title partner of the championship, LLC Transneftenergo.

The experts of the qualifying stage – managers and specialists of industry companies – evaluated the ideas of students and young professionals.

In the Student League, the 1st place in the qualifying stage was taken by the PUE Witnesses team: Alexey Starchenko (team captain), Andrey Zhigalkin, Tatiana Strebkova, Daria Tuchina.

The 2nd place went to the Elegaz Sector team: Nikita Meleshko (team captain), Viktor Matvienko, Andrey Mironov, John Burlak.

The 3rd place was taken by the Bright Future team: Yulia Chmuleva (team captain), Alina Kargaeva, Andrey Sergeev.

In the League of Young Specialists, the 1st place was taken by a team of NCFU teachers – finalists of the "CASE-IN" of previous seasons: Dmitry Kostyukov (team captain), Evgeny Zelensky, Olga Rybasova, Peter Revenko.

In second place is the CH4 team, representing Gazprom UGS LLC – Stavropol UPCG: Maxim Zavgorodny (team captain), Alina Konevskaya, Pavel Yurchik, Anna Sysoeva.

The third place went to the ODU Yuga team, representing the branch of JSC SO UES ODE to the South: Olga Lgova (team captain), Anton Zubov, Alexander Goncharov, Yaroslav Tretyachenko.

The best team of PUE Witnesses students will represent their native university at the finals of the CASE-IN International Engineering Championship in Moscow.

Also, the South of Russia will be represented at the "CASE-IN" finals by all three teams that won prizes in the League of Young Professionals.

Source: Vecherka