Students from 9 countries presented industry digitalization projects at RUDN University

At the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) The qualifying stage of the VII International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" was held. During the qualifying stage, Anton Serikov, the finalist of the "Leaders of Russia" Competition, head of the department for work with partners of the NGO "Russia − the land of Opportunities", met with the participants of the qualifying stage from 9 countries.

International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" − an international competition system for solving engineering cases among students, schoolchildren and young professionals. 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. The project entered the platform this year. "Russia is a land of opportunity", created by decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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 Digital Transformation Championship, one of the priority topics for the Russian and global economies.

Opening the qualifying stage, Director of the RUDN University Engineering Academy Yuri Razumny He emphasized the exceptional experience of RUDN University in training highly qualified specialists for Russia and foreign countries, and also noted the university's long-standing traditions of strengthening the international youth community.

Finalist of the "Leaders of Russia" Contest Anton Serikov He presented the possibilities of the Russia – Land of Opportunities platform for young people. He discussed issues of leadership and professional and personal development with the students, telling about his experience of participating in the Leaders of Russia competition, about the skills and qualities necessary for the growth of future engineers. The participants of the "CASE-IN" qualifying stage took an active part in the dialogue.

RUDN University hosted the qualifying stages of the Student League in three areas: Geological exploration, Mining, and Oil and Gas. More than 100 students from 9 countries took part in the competition, including Azerbaijan, Algeria, Angola, Kazakhstan, Colombia, Cameroon, Mozambique, Uzbekistan and others.

The participants had only 10 days to solve the case on the general topic of the "CASE-IN" "Digital Transformation".

When solving the cases, the participants of the qualifying stage paid special attention to the energy efficiency of their ideas: a question on the topic of energy saving and energy efficiency is included in each case at the initiative of the title partner of the Championship, LLC Transneftenergo.

The students' ideas were evaluated by experts of the qualifying stage – heads and specialists of industry companies and organizations, including: Rosgeologiya Holding, Mikromine Rus LLC, Tatneft PJSC, NTC Tatneft LLC, the Union of Surveyors of Russia, ANO Audit of Subsurface Use and Consulting, Geotechnologies LLC, Institute of Ore Geology deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy and Geochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Central Scientific Research Geological Exploration Institute of Non-Ferrous and Precious Metals, Institute of Oil and Gas Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The experts were also representatives of the faculty of RUDN University and Almetyevsk State Petroleum Institute.

The participants of the Geological Exploration direction proposed ideas for diamond prospecting in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The case was developed based on materials and with the participation of specialists from ALROSA.

The leading geologist of Mycromine Rus LLC Ekaterina Pelenkova noted: "Our company encourages any individual, whether a student or already a professional, to constantly improve themselves. We value knowledge and personal development, and the "CASE-IN" championship allows students to show themselves and their knowledge, allows them to understand that there are people with whom it is interesting to compete and you need to adjust yourself in order to further improve.  The level is excellent, and as students tend to do, creativity and determination often outweigh technical preparedness, and it's always interesting to see.".

The Kimberly team reached the final among the participants are representatives of Russia, Colombia, Mozambique and Angola. Team members: Panasenko Yuri Maksimovich (team captain), Arce Burgos Melissa Carolina, Zacharias Anciu Hamilton, Monteiro Joana Simao Diaz.

The team "Ingots of Society" took the 2nd place: Alexey Sergeevich Zyuganov (team captain), Karolina Nikolaevna Zalevskaya, Maria Vladimirovna Tsupkina.

The team "Drop of the Sun" took the 3rd place: Liteikina Antonina Vladimirovna (team captain), Fomina Anastasia Vladimirovna, Koval Polina Sergeevna, Karelina Nadezhda Dmitrievna.

The participants of the Mining Business presented the solution of a case study on the development of a diamond deposit in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The case was developed based on materials and with the participation of specialists from ALROSA.

The finalist was the Underground Navigators team: Doskalov Akbar Izbaskanovich (captain of the team), Mirkushov Oleg Yuryevich, Myshkovsky Daniil Alexandrovich, Tsyganova Anastasia Vladimirovna.

The Guild of Freemasons team took the 2nd place: Svyatoslav Dmitrievna Verzhbitskaya (team captain), Nikita Igorevich Didenko, Alexey Dmitrievich Kornienko, Oleg Olegovich Markaryan.

The 3rd place went to the Romashki team: Gasanova Abidat Askhabovna (captain of the team), Mukhamadieva Elvina Ruzelevna, Spirin Egor Dmitrievich, Shcherbakova Darya Nikolaevna.

The future oilmen presented a project for the development of an oil field. The case was developed based on materials and with the participation of specialists from PJSC Tatneft.

"The development of the fuel and economic complex requires innovative approaches to solving technological and business problems of companies. Therefore, Tatneft is interested in highly qualified personnel, and we are happy to cooperate with the CASE-IN championship, as this is a great opportunity for participants to express themselves, unleash their creative potential, and gain invaluable experience working as a team on a project.

This year, the case for the qualifying round turned out to be difficult, but interesting. The participants were provided with a wide field to unleash their creative potential, to propose new ideas, technologies and calculate the economic indicators of the proposed solutions. The teams prepared well-developed solutions that were interesting to study and evaluate. I remember an interesting experience in cleaning the bottom-hole zone of the formation from contamination", − commented an expert in the field of "Oil and Gas business", a researcher at NTC Tatneft LLC Zaur Davletov.

The Young Oilmen team reached the finals of the Oil and Gas Business: Mikhail Petrovich Yurtov (team captain), Vladimir Dmitrievich Volkov, Grigory Sergeevich Zemlyansky, Alina Mikhailovna Mereutsa.

In accordance with the rules of the Championship, the guest team representing Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (NIU), which took 2nd place, also reached the final of the "CASE-IN".

The "Up" team: Nosachev Anatoly Alexandrovich (captain of the team), Ishimbaev Grigory Sergeevich, Sudakova Olga Igorevna, Gridina Anna Sergeevna.

The BG team is in 3rd place: Ayupov Amir Rustamovich, Kunitsky Pavel Alexandrovich, Ratnikova Ekaterina Andreevna.

The finalist teams will represent their university in the final "CASE-IN", which will be held from May 30 to 31, 2019 in Moscow. During the finals, the winning teams of the qualifying stages will compete for the title of the best engineering student teams and for the opportunity to complete internships and internships at leading industry companies in the country. CASE-IN Mining Champions – in All-Russian Youth Scientific and Practical Forum "Mining School".

A source: National Association of Oil and Gas Service