The final round of the Student League of the International Engineering Championship CASE-IN was held at NUST MISIS, bringing together 208 teams from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Brazil, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Ethiopia, and South Africa. 36 teams became prize winners for presenting the most effective engineering solutions aimed at achieving full digitalization in key industries, as well as implementing artificial intelligence and digital twins. Students from MISIS University earned one silver and two bronze awards.
“CASE-IN is a format where students face not academic exercises, but real industry challenges. For companies, it is an opportunity to see young professionals in action, while for participants it is a chance to test themselves in conditions as close as possible to a real professional environment. As a participant in the pilot project for improving the higher education system, NUST MISIS designs its academic programs in close cooperation with business partners, based on one of its key principles — practice-oriented education,” Elena Shaforostova, Director of the Career and Practical Training Center at NUST MISIS.
Results:
Metallurgy. RUSAL Case Study: Environmental Modernization of the Krasnoyarsk Aluminum Plant (KrAZ): Transition to the Innovative RA-550 Technology — Reducing Fluoride Emissions by 70%, Completely Eliminating Benzopyrene, and Achieving Target Energy Efficiency Indicators by 2030.
Second place and the special award for “Most Creative Video Presentation” got the students from College of Materials Science, Additive and Scalable Technologies and College of New Materials: Yulia Sadykova, Ruslan Gizatulin, Egor Ivanov, and Anna Kamerilova.
Mining Engineering. ALROSA Case Study: Eliminating Ore and Rock Hang-Ups in the Mined-Out Areas of the Udachny Mine — Innovative Solutions for Improving Safety and Reducing Production Losses
Third place was awarded to the “Underground” team from College of Mining, consisting of Kirill Pigolkin, Natalia Zhukova, Irina Koreshkova, and Nikolai Fyodorov.
Electric Power Engineering. FSK Rosseti Case Study: Comprehensive Protection of Power Grid Infrastructure Against Cyber and Information Threats — Technological and Organizational Measures for a 330 kV Substation Serving Category I Reliability Consumers
Third place was won by students from College of Mining, team “Council Without a Market”: Mikhail Lobanov, Vladimir Karabaktsiev, Polina Ovcharenko, and Fyodor Ovcharenko.
The winners and prize winners received preferential admission terms for master’s and doctoral programs at 36 partner universities, as well as opportunities to undertake paid internships with energy-sector companies, with prospects for future employment.
The International Engineering Championship CASE-IN is one of the largest intellectual competitions for students and young professionals in the energy and mining sectors. Since 2013, the championship has been held with the support of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation and the country’s leading industrial companies. Its mission is to revive and develop the Russian engineering school as a foundation for the country’s technological sovereignty. The championship is organized by the Reliable Shift Foundation, the Youth Forum of Mining Industry Leaders, Astralogika, and the presidential platform “Russia — Land of Opportunity.” The competition is held as part of the “Science to Win” initiative and the Russian Decade of Science and Technology program.
