MPEI took part in the contest of school teams of the East Kazakhstan region in the field of energy

April 21, 2022 on the platform of D. Serikbayev East Kazakhstan technical university (EKTU) an international online hackathon of the contest of school teams in the East Kazakhstan region took place to create an idea on a topic related to energy "Tasks from the life of power engineers".

MPEI acted as a partner at the event along with the Maritime State University (Vladivostok) and industrial partners of the contest - NPP Ust-Kamenogorskaya CHP and Shulbinskaya HPP. The jury included a teacher from MPEI, who offered the young participants of the hackathon to find a solution to the task. To complete the task, school teams showed their competence in physics, mathematics and informatics. The main criteria for evaluating the results of the teams' work were creativity and quality.

Vanin A.S., candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Electric Power Systems MPEI gave a brief guest lecture on the reliability of power supply on the topic of the assignment, the case of which is related to network reliability indicators, data analysis, forecasting of electric grid company reliability indicators.

At the end of the event, the winners were awarded prizes. Participants of all teams and teachers of schools representing the teams were awarded certificates.

Saule Rakhmetullina, Vice-Rector for Development Strategy of EKTU, said that such sectoral contests for schoolchildren are a great opportunity to feel and determine their future on their own. Andrey Bobylo, Advisor to the Rector for International Relations of the Maritime State University noted the relevance of energy topics and the opportunity at such contests to show the future generation the ability to think outside the box and creatively present engineering solutions. Zulfiya Boranbayeva, Head of HR and Administrative Department, NPP Ust-Kamenogorskaya CHP expressed the great interest of industrial partners and support in the training of engineers, power engineers at all stages of education from school to college and university, and also noted the high importance of interest in the power engineering profession and the willingness to support and develop it in further cooperation.

D. Serikbayev East Kazakhstan technical university was founded in 1958 and is one of the leading technical universities in Kazakhstan, which trains specialists for metallurgy, mechanical engineering, energy, architecture and construction, transport, information systems, as well as professional economists.