SamSTU students have been selected for the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN"

On March 27, the selection stage was held at the flagship university VII International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN". 120 students of the Polytechnic became participants in the selection in three areas – "Oil and gas business", "Petrochemistry" and "Electric power industry".

The championship began with a solemn ceremony, which was opened by a representative Reliable Change Foundation Olga Maslova.

– «"CASE-IN" is not only a platform for competitions in solving engineering cases. It is also a platform for discussing various issues related to the development of the fuel and energy and mineral resources complex.- she noted. – More than 7,000 students from 57 universities in Russia and the CIS countries participated in the 2019 season. I hope that these guys, who are playing in the student league today, will participate in the league of young professionals in the future..

On behalf of the flagship university, the experts, participants and guests of the championship were greeted by the Vice-Rector for Innovation Konstantin Savelyev.

– Polytech has been serving as a venue for the championship for the fifth year now," he emphasized. "CASE-IN is developing every year, new leagues are emerging, new directions are opening up, and more participants are becoming available. This is largely due to the well–chosen format of the competition - solving practice-oriented cases presented by customers. Students can try their hand at solving a real production problem, and we have the opportunity to strengthen ties with industrial partners. This factor is a key one for us, as a technical university, a flagship university.

Representatives of the project's partner enterprises also addressed the participants with welcoming words.

Then the practical part of the championship started – the participants defended the solutions of engineering cases that the students had been working on for 10 days. All tasks were united by a common theme – "Digital transformation".

Each case represented a real production task formulated based on the materials of the CASE-IN partner companies. Thus, the assignment for the Oil and Gas Business was developed with the participation of specialists from PJSC Tatneft and concerned the development of an oil field. Experts from PJSC SIBUR Holding participated in the creation of a case study on the work of SIBUR Tobolsk LLC and Voronezhsintezkauchuk JSC in the field of Petrochemistry. And the assignment in the field of "Electric Power Industry", which is based on diagnostic systems for power transformers and power transmission lines, was prepared with the assistance of FGC UES PJSC.

In addition, in the process of solving the cases, the guys paid special attention to the energy efficiency of their proposals. At the initiative of the title partner of the championship, Transneftenergo LLC, a question on energy saving and energy efficiency was included in each case.

Today, the guys presented solutions to the expert commission's cases. It consisted of managers and specialists from industry companies, as well as representatives of the faculty of the Polytechnic University. 

After reviewing the student projects and summarizing the results, an award ceremony was held.

Three teams of students from the Faculty of Chemical Technology became the winners in the field of Petrochemistry. The first place was taken by the Radical Chain team consisting of Tatiana Skizhnikova, Makhpal Adilova, Olga Repina and Vasilina Frolova. The second place went to Vladimir Yemelyanov, Yulia Yamshchikova, Alyona Morgun and Stanislav Spiridonov, their team was called Chromatograph. And the experts gave the third place to the Random team, which included Anastasia Berezovskaya, Ilya Shepelev and Yuri Lipatov.

Students of the Faculty of Petroleum Technology participated in the field of "Oil and gas business". Maria Schumacher, Arseny Melnikov, Artyom Paveliev and Dmitry Likhosherstov, members of the Hydraulic Fracturing of the Brain team, became the leaders here. The second place went to the team "In business" consisting of Anna Tenyaeva, Dmitry Pidgirny, Elena Petrenko and Margarita Krasilnikova. The third place went to Irina Malkina, Natalia Fesenko, Dmitry Konnov and Elena Plieva, the Tetrasynergy team.

Students of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering fought for victory in the field of "Electric power Industry". The champion was named by the Systems and Networks team, its members are Elena Soldusova, Artem Saveliev, Artem Pronichev and Kirill Chubarov. The experts awarded the second place to the men's team "KBR 2.0" consisting of Kirill Polozov, Evgeny Kukin, Kirill Dyatlov and Dmitry Nikitin. The third place went to Natalia Bondareva, Yuri Grunis, Alexey Blinov and Victoria Beloglazova from the Parallel Work team.

– The well–coordinated work of the team, as well as the knowledge and experience gained at forums, conferences and championships of various levels led us to victory, - said Artem Pronichev. – I am especially pleased that this year we did not even resort to the help of experts, we solved everything on our own. I would also like to add that Elena Soldusova, Veronika Odruzova, and I were awarded honorary badges as graduates of the Reliable Shift Foundation program who enrolled in specialized training areas. We graduated from the technical lyceum together, attended an energy class, and now we are studying at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering.

By the way, the first-place teams will represent Polytech in the finals of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" in Moscow.

The project is part of the Russia – Land of Opportunity platform, created on the initiative of the President of Russia.

Source: NIASAM