The team of Almazy Anabara JSC reached the final of the CASE-IN championship

On March 12, the regional stage of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" ended at the Northeastern Federal University named after M.K. Ammosov, where students and young specialists presented their solutions to engineering cases in five different areas. The University hosted five leagues on its site: "Mining", "Geological Exploration", "Electric Power Industry", "League of Young Specialists" and "Oil and Gas business".

"CASE-IN" is the largest practice-oriented competition in Russia and the CIS countries for solving engineering cases. This is not just a venue for competitions in solving engineering cases. This is a project for those who want and want to get better.

The topic of the cases of the League of Young Specialists was the project "City of Youth 2.0", related to the technological modernization of energy facilities that ensure the sustainable development of Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Almazy Anabara JSC presented two brilliantly performing teams of young specialists who adequately represented their company. The Up.ALAnab team presented a project for the development of small aircraft, and the Karat team presented the modernization of the energy supply system in Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

The leader of the championship among young specialists was the IN-Energy team of PJSC Yakutskenergo, their colleagues, Team No. 1, took the honorable third place, and the Karat diamond team won the silver "CASE-IN", lagging only one point behind the first place.

Maxim Odintsovo, captain of the Karat team:

- We immediately showed interest in participating in the championship. I wanted to test my engineering skills and teamwork skills. The staff of Karat was formed from willing activists of the Association of Young Specialists of Almazy Anabara JSC. Our team came out as a geological and economic team, so when we received the case with the task, we started to worry, because its essence was the technological modernization of the energy complex, and we are far from energy engineers.

But we are not those who give up without a fight. It was very interesting to work with the case materials: we searched for additional information, conducted an analysis, and formed various ideas. In addition, we were lucky to find someone in our environment who understands energy. It was he who competently shaped our ideas, or chopped them at the root. They devoted all their free time to preparation.

The task was quite difficult, but I think we handled it well. The most important thing is that we were a united, cohesive team, and I think that's what allowed us to enter the top three.

Of course, we are glad that we will be able to participate in the Championship finals. We understand that the final level will be much higher, and therefore we will make every possible effort to show the best result. We will try to perform with dignity, defend the honor of our company and seriously compete with the other finalists.

Peter Kychkin, captain of the Up.ALAnab team:

- We were given 10 days to prepare, but, as is usually the case, one day was not enough for us to show a really cool result. After analyzing our performance after the competition, we came to the conclusion that we should have asked the organizers questions about which direction we should move in. After all, if we plan to perform next year, it would be nice to know how to "upgrade" and choose our direction.

When we applied for participation, we did not know the subject of the cases, we hoped that we would be able to choose something closer to mining, enrichment or geology, but it turned out that all the cases were under the same theme of energy. This created a feeling of inequality between the teams. That's why we are proud of our colleagues, who managed to present their project with dignity and take the second place of the championship.

But our negative experience made us want to grow and develop. We will try our hand next time and we will definitely win!

Now the top three will have to go through the final competition of the teams on May 30-31 in Moscow, where the best of the best will gather. More than 500 people from all over Russia and the CIS countries will meet in the capital and demonstrate all their best abilities and skills.

We wish our colleagues further success!

A source: Alabara Diamonds