Young engineers from Magadan are finding out how to simplify diamond mining.

11 teams and about fifty young engineers took part in the qualifying stage VIII The International Engineering CASE-IN Championship. The first round was held at the Polytechnic Institute in Magadan. The theme of the championship is "Technological modernization". Future geologists presented projects to optimize work at mining enterprises. The guys were given 10 days to develop an idea and draw up a plan. 

CASE-IN is an international engineering championship. This year it is being held in 56 universities in Russia and the CIS countries.  During the qualifying stage, more than 10,000 students were registered, among them about fifty from Magadan. Sergei Plitschko is one of the most experienced, he is participating in the championship for the fifth time. Twice his team took the first place. Sergey is currently a second-year student at Northeastern State University, majoring in Mining. I decided to link my fate with geological exploration in order to continue my family traditions. According to him, participation in the championship is a good opportunity to learn something new, to learn how to work as a team and overcome difficulties together.

Sergey Plitschko, participant of the VIII The International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN":

There are always difficulties, and that's the point. We need to solve them. The difficulty was that they gave too much information, and therefore it was necessary to find something more alternative, interesting and, consequently, innovative. Finding this information was the main difficulty.

As part of the qualifying round, the teams spent 10 days solving problems. The cases were divided into two areas — "Geological exploration" and "Mining". There are three tasks in each of them. This year, future geologists were faced with the task of developing effective diamond mining methods. And before the future, mining engineers must clear the airspace above the mining site. Representatives of the expert commission believe that such a championship is a great opportunity for a student to prove himself as a promising specialist. Who can and should be hired.

Roman Korsun, Rector of Northeastern State University:

First of all, it is the ability to solve non-standard production tasks. And this is where all the knowledge from different industries will be useful to students on the one hand. On the other hand, it's teamwork. This is a design method. This is very cool. This is an independent expert assessment by employers. A real gauge of what we can do on the part of the students. What we stand for as professionals.

After the qualifying stage, the best teams will defend the honor of their university at the championship finals, which will be held in Moscow in May. 

A source: Kolyma+