NEFU has identified the best in engineering

The regional stage of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" has ended at Northeastern Federal University. The winners of the qualifying round will represent the university on May 30-31 in the final in Moscow.

Vladimir Zarovnyaev, Head of the line production Department of the main gas pipelines of the Sakhatransneftegaz company, said that 11 teams out of 13 announced participated in the oil and gas business. "This year, the national teams have prepared better, the presentation material was presented at the highest level. I thank everyone for their participation and wish you to continue moving forward and developing," said Vladimir Zarovnyaev.

Maxim Tretyakov, Dean of the NEFU Geological Exploration Faculty, noted that the oil and gas business was carried out thanks to the joint efforts of the faculty, the Mirny Polytechnic Institute of NEFU, Taas-Yuryakh Neftegazobycha and Sakhatransneftegaz companies. "This year, the geography of the participants has expanded: there were representatives of the Neryungrinsky and Mirny branches. The guys learned how to properly organize teamwork and competently present their solutions. The acquired skills will help them defend their theses and term papers," said the dean.

The Horizon team of the Neryungrinsky branch of NEFU Technical Institute took the first place in the field of mining. The captain of the team, fifth-year student Eduard Ivanov, said that he is participating in the championship for the third year: "We have presented a new development for moving fresh air in the deep parts of the quarries. It took a week to prepare. At first, we thought about which method is better to choose. As a result, we chose the one that is more innovative and profitable."

The Friendship of Geologists team won the first place in the field of geological exploration – they presented a study of the Alakit-Markha kimberlite field, where kimberlite diamond-bearing pipes are located. "Our task was to analyze the geological conditions of the field and identify the most promising areas for diamond mining operations. We have developed a method for mining and searching for kimberlite pipes – magnetotelluric sounding. Last year we took the second place, this time we are aiming for victory," said Karl Varlamov, the team captain and a fifth–year student at the GRF.

Maria Ushakova, Ivan Kochergin and Elvira Orlenko transferred to NEFU from the Chukotka branch in January of this year to complete their pre-graduate internship and its defense. "We presented a project on technical modernization in diamond exploration and took the second place in the field of geological exploration. We have a slightly different profile: we are more focused on gold. Panic prevented us from taking the first place: initially the idea was correct, but, panicking, they began to correct it. NEFU is a big university, there are more opportunities to unlock the student's potential," said the students of the Geological exploration faculty.

A source: NEFU