Ural Federal University: Students Prove Themselves at the Electric Power Olympiad

A team of students from the Ural Power Engineering Institute of the Ural Federal University took fourth place in the overall team competition at the 10th International Olympiad in Electric Power Engineering named after A.F. Dyakov. Ekaterina Filippenko, Yulia Sysoeva, Daniil Teplukhin and Ildar Zakirov overcame 18 teams from other universities.

The students successfully solved six tasks in the following areas: theoretical foundations of electrical engineering, high voltage engineering, relay protection and automation, electrical part of power stations and substations, electrical systems and networks, and power supply. In addition, students took part in a team intellectual game “History of Electric Power Engineering and Beyond” and took second place.

“The guys are extremely talented. They defended the honor of the Ural Power Engineering Institute and the entire Ural Federal University in the most difficult and busy academic period. We are very proud of our students and wish them further success,” the institute noted.