FINAL

The final of the Main Season of CASE‑IN is still ahead. 

Future engineers from OmSTU have upgraded the electric power industry
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15 Apr 2020
Student League

The best of the OmSTU teams reached the final of the Student League VIII International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" − competitions included in the the presidential platform "Russia – the land of opportunities". During the Championship, students from universities in Russia and the CIS countries solve engineering cases on topical issues of fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes. The organizers of the Championship are the Reliable Shift Foundation, the Non-profit Partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders and AstraLogica LLC. The CASE-IN Championship is particularly supported by ANO Russia – the Land of Opportunities.

On April 10, the flagship university of the Omsk region hosted the qualifying stage of the Student League of the CASE-IN Championship in the field of Electric Power Engineering, which has already become the third in a row. The competition was attended by students enrolled in bachelor's, specialist's, master's and postgraduate programs: a total of 7 teams from two universities – Omsk State Technical University and Surgut State University.

This year, the theme of the competition was technological modernization, which is one of the priorities for the Russian and global economies. In just 10 days, the teams had to solve a complex case compiled by the Reliable Shift Foundation and specialists from PJSC Federal Grid Company of the Unified Energy System. The tasks were devoted to the problem of the efficiency of the Unified National Electric Grid (UNES). This network is formed by power transmission lines, transformer substations with a voltage from 220 to 750 kV and connects regional energy systems into a Single Russian energy System.

The participants were required to analyze the performance indicators of the UNES, propose measures, technical solutions and indicate the amount of technological modernization aimed at improving the efficiency of the network.

Despite the fact that the participants had to work on cases in difficult conditions of self–isolation (the protection of solutions took place in the video conference format), this in no way affected the intensity of the struggle for primacy, and the solutions presented were innovative and unconventional.

The expert commission, which included teachers of the OmSTU Energy Institute, specialists from the Unified Energy System System Operator, the Federal Grid Company of the Unified Energy System, NPO Mir LLC, highly appreciated the level of engineering solutions presented in the reports.

As a result of the competition, the bronze award was awarded to the "Worth thinking about" team from Surgut State University. She was introduced by Khava Asueva (team captain), Aynur Shaimardanov and Ilnur Shaimardanov. 

The team of Omsk Polytechnic University "DISCOVER INNOVATION", consisting of students of the 3rd year bachelor's degree in Electric Power Engineering and Electrical Engineering from the Khamza Apobekov Energy Institute (team captain), Radmir Khasanov, Kirill Olenev and Timur Alitovsky, took the honorable second place.

The team of Omsk's leading technical university, the Dream team, also became the winners of the qualifying stage It consists of 4th-year students of the Energy Institute Andrey Zokov (team captain), Lilia Fedoryak, Daria Meshchanova, Daria Gase, studying in the specialty "Heat and electrical supply of special technical systems and facilities". 

Andrey Zokov, OmSTU student, captain of the winning team:

"We have been participating in these competitions since 2018. Each member of our team is unique in his own way - in addition to scientific work and writing articles, we manage to engage in various activities, ranging from photography and advertising, to dancing and social activities. After all, the success of any person consists in his development. By participating in the championship, first of all, we learned teamwork, shared responsibility of each participant, and learned to listen to each other's opinions. This, in my opinion, is the main part of the solution to the case. When solving problems, it is always interesting to consider various approaches to the very essence of the case, because there is no single correct solution. And the most difficult thing is to choose the right material for protection."

In September this year, the students will represent their native university in the finals of the competition in Moscow, competing for the title of the strongest student engineering team with participants from other universities in Russia and the CIS countries.

The winners and prize-winners of the Student League of the CASE–IN Championship will receive a worthy reward - valuable prizes from the organizers and partner companies of the championship, internships and internships in leading industry companies, participation in summer meetings and forums, as well as the opportunity to enroll on preferential terms in master's and postgraduate studies at partner universities of the CASE-IN Championship.

Congratulations to the finalists and wish them continued success!

A source: OmGTU

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