Future engineers "pumped up" their skills at the MSTU Championship

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19 Mar 2019

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How to develop a diamond deposit in Yakutia in permafrost conditions or start mining copper ore? Such tasks are solved by MSTU students at the international engineering Championship. The winners will receive prestigious jobs in addition to awards.

This is the seventh time that the CASE-IN engineering Championship has been held, in which 54 universities from 34 regions are taking part this year. RMK specialists know firsthand about the shortage of personnel – they faced a problem during the construction of the Mikheevsky GOK.

“We were looking for a wide range of machine operators. We found and trained young men and women who had bright eyes and wanted to work.”, – shares Alexander Ivlev, expert of the international engineering CASE-IN championship.

Therefore, three years ago, the Russian Copper Company signed a cooperation agreement with the Moscow State Technical University. Fifteen graduates are already working at the Mikheevsky GOK, and students are interning at almost all RMK enterprises.

“This event provides students with additional skills – communication with employers, assessment of employers. And it is precisely the skills in solving complex tasks that are practice–oriented.”, – emphasizes Alexander Savinov, Director of the Institute of Metallurgy, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Processing at Moscow State Technical University.

There are no more than four people in each team. It takes six minutes to perform. During this time, students should tell you how they are going to solve a particular real-world problem. For example, how to develop a diamond deposit in Yakutia in permafrost conditions at the lowest cost.

“The case was provided to us last week on Wednesday. Starting from that day, we met with the teacher and spent at least 6-7 hours preparing for the case. To solve the problem”, he says Nikita Sorokin, participant of the CASE-IN championship.

It was up to the jury to decide whether the idea would be not only viable, but also cost-effective. The winners have been awarded, and in May they will travel to Moscow for the finals of the CASE-IN engineering championship. And the RMK experts have already looked for some talented guys.