RUDN University students reached the finals of the VII International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN"

10 days to study and solve real problems of the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes, hours of brainstorming and teamwork, 6 minutes for the presentation and defense of the project: more than 100 RUDN students participated in the qualifying round The VII International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN". The 3 teams that developed the best projects, according to the jury, will represent RUDN University in the final of the CASE-IN championship, which will be held in Moscow at the end of May.

How to find diamond and oil deposits and how to develop deposits – the CASE-IN championship became a test of professional strength and creativity for students of the RUDN University Engineering Academy. 19 teams presented case solutions on the unified theme of the Championship "Digital Transformation" in three areas – "Exploration", "Mining", "Oil and gas business".

The teams received assignments 10 days before the qualifying stage. The teams were asked to develop solutions to real-world cases, taking into account all their nuances and complexities. The participants in the Exploration area proposed ideas for diamond prospecting in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Mining for the development of diamond deposits, and Oil and gas for an oil field development project.

"In Yakutia, near the town of Mirny, there is a diamond deposit, which has a complex location in the bowels. Taking into account all the conditions – climatic, geographical – we need to choose how we will work it out, how we will get these diamonds. We stuck to underground mining, which is much more efficient and environmentally friendly. Given that the deposit is located near the river that flows into the reservoir, it was necessary to exclude its contamination, as it provides water supply to the city. Therefore, underground mining is the surest way. Work can be carried out on the reservoir and not take waste rocks. This means that there are no unnecessary economic and labor costs."– said the captain of the "Underground Navigators" team Akbar Doskalov, the direction of "Mining".

The students' ideas were evaluated by experts – managers and specialists of industry companies and organizations, including Rosgeologiya Holding, Mycromine Rus LLC, Tatneft PJSC, NTC Tatneft LLC, the Union of Surveyors of Russia, ANO Audit of Subsoil Use and Consulting, Geotechnologies LLC, Institute of Geology of Ore 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.

"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.", − commented an expert in the field of "Oil and Gas business", a researcher at NTC Tatneft LLC Zaur Davletov.

Source: RUDN University