Permenergo appreciated the ideas of digital transformation presented by engineering students

The regional stage has been completed in PNRPU  The VII International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN". The project is part of the Russia — Land of Opportunity platform, created on the initiative of the President of Russia.

The qualifying stages of the Student League were held in the following areas "Mining", "Metallurgy", "Petrochemistry", "Oil and gas business", "Electric power industry".  Students of various faculties and courses presented solutions to engineering cases – real production tasks based on materials from partner companies of the CASE-IN championship. This year, the cases of each league pay special attention to the issues of digital transformation. 

During the qualifying stage, the teams defended their ideas before an expert panel consisting of executives and specialists from leading companies. Dmitry Boyarshinov, head of the dispatch service of the Grid Management Center of the branch of IDGC of the Urals - Permenergo, became one of the experts in the Electric Power Industry League. The case of the Electric Power Industry field was devoted to diagnostic systems for power transformers and power transmission lines. 

The best teams in each of the fields will have the right to compete for victory in the finals of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" in Moscow. 

The International Engineering CASE-IN Championship is an international competition system for solving engineering cases among schoolchildren, students and young specialists in the fuel and energy and mineral resource industries. 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 will solve engineering cases on the unified theme of the Digital Transformation championship, one of the priority topics for the Russian and global economies.  PJSC ROSSETI is one of the general partners of the CASE-IN International Engineering Championship.