Students from 9 countries will present digitalization ideas at RUDN University

On March 19, the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) will host VII International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN". The project is included in the platform "Russia is a land of opportunity", created on the initiative of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" — this is an international competition system for solving engineering cases among schoolchildren, students and young specialists in the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes.

The championship is held in 57 universities in Russia and the CIS countries. During the qualifying stages in February – May 2019, more than 7,000 future and young engineers of the fuel and energy and mineral resources complexes are solving engineering cases on the unified theme of the championship "Digital Transformation" - one of the priority topics for the Russian and global economies.

The event will be attended by:

• Belova Elena Aleksandrovna − Director of the Youth Policy Department of the Directorate for Human Resources of JSC Rosgeologiya
• Artem Sergeevich Korolev, Director of the Reliable Change Foundation, founder and Co-Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the CASE-IN International Engineering Championship
• Kupreev Sergey Alekseevich − First Deputy - Deputy for Scientific Work of the Engineering Academy of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
• Pelenkova Ekaterina Alexandrovna − The leading geologist of Mycromine Rus LLC
• Representative of PJSC Tatneft
• Anton Vladimirovich Serikov − Finalist of the Leaders of Russia Management Competition, Head of the department for work with partners of the Autonomous Non-Profit Organization "Russia - the Land of Opportunities"

RUDN University will host the qualifying stages of the Student League in the fields of Geological Exploration, Mining, and Oil and Gas. More than 100 students from 9 countries will take part in the competition, including Azerbaijan, Algeria, Angola, Kazakhstan, Colombia, Cameroon, Mozambique, Uzbekistan and others.

Students will present solutions to engineering cases – real production tasks based on materials from partner companies of the CASE-IN championship. The participants were given only 10 days to solve the cases. During the qualifying stage, the teams will defend their ideas before an expert panel consisting of executives and specialists from industry companies. The event will be attended by a representative of the RUDN University management, representatives of Rosgeologiya JSC, Mikromain Rus LLC, Tatneft PJSC and other guests.

Future geologists and miners will present diamond prospecting and mining solutions in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The cases in the areas of "Geological Exploration" and "Mining" were developed based on materials and with the participation of specialists from ALROSA, a strategic partner in these areas.

Oil and gas specialists will present a project for the development of an oil and gas field. The case of the Oil and Gas Business area was prepared based on the materials and with the participation of specialists from PJSC Tatneft.

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

The best team in each field will represent their native university at the finals of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" in Moscow.

The event will be held at the following address: Moscow, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Ordzhonikidze St., 3, RUDN University Engineering Academy Club. The event starts at 09:00. Summing up and awarding the winners: 14:00.

Source: RATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES