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Semar Team is ready to compete in Driver’s World Championship London

On the last day of Shell Eco-Marathon Asia 2018 in Changi Exhibition Centre, Singapore, Semar Team made a surprise. After competing with hundreds of other participants from various countries in Asia, Semar team succeeded to catch the highest achievement as long as this team joins this competition a few years ago. In this competition, Semar Team sent their two precious cars, namely Semar Proto Electric and Semar Urban Gasoline.

Semar Proto Electric who join this competition for the first time shows their fantastic achievement through become the 4th champion for the category of proto battery-electric in Asia and the 1st in South East Asia after compete with 26 other competitors.

“This achievement is really remarkable considering it’s the first time Semar Proto Electric competes in this competition. I think this achievement is quite good, a lot of experience that we get for future improvement materials, “said Antonius Adhika, as a leader of SEMAR, Monday (12/3). On the other side, Doanta Edison as the coordinator of Semar Proto Electric added that there was a problem in the bearing that broke out at the end of the race so it could not improve the mileage although there was still a chance.

Semar Urban Gasoline, which competed in the urban category, catch the 2nd  place in the Internal Combustion Engines (ICE) class, and was the 1st winner in the prestigious event of Driver’s World Championship (DWC) Asia. From this achievement, Semar Team is entitled to advance to World Driver’s World Championship which will be held in London, England, on July 8, 2018.

Dr. Jayan Sentanuhady as the supervisor of SEMAR said that DWC is the most prestigious automotive competition at the college student level. In DWC, the vehicle not only competes in speed and reliability, but also the efficiency of fuel used. He’s added that the machine performance, aerodynamics body, reliability of vehicle structure, and driver’s ability become the crucial factors to be the winner in this competition.

Finally, in the end, all of the hard work that has been done for approximately 1 year led to the desired results. SEMAR team also promised and ready to provide the best performance in London to initiate the name of Universitas Gadjah Mada and Indonesia in the international.

We are on behalf of SEMAR Team UGM, thanked for the support of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Innovation Center for Automotive – UGM, Mechanical Technology Laboratorium, and also our sponsor, such as: PT Badak LNG, Gulaku, Tanoto Foundation, BNI 46, and other parties supporting the SEMAR team, “said Naviga Widowati, as the Non-Technical Coordinator of UGM SEMAR Team.

Dr. Muslim Mahardika wins Best Lecturer in Science & Technology 2017

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering UGM’s lecturer, Muslim Mahardika, S.T., M.Eng., Ph.D. was crowned as 1st rank of The Best Lecturer (Dosen Teladan Nasional) in Science and Technology category running at National Awards Gala for Lecturer and Academic Staff, held by Ministry of Research and Higher Education (KEMENRISTEKDIKTI), on Monday (30/10) at Grand Mercure Hotel Harmoni, Jakarta.

Dr. Muslim Mahardika is an expert in non-conventional manufacturing system. His research areas are development of Electric Discharge Machine (EDM), advanced manufacturing system, and development of electric vehicle. He also leads to produce many scientific publications in high-impacted journals and many more scientific conferences. He experiences a structural career as the Head of Master Program in Mechanical Engineering UGM since 2015-now. As a young and talented lecturer, he successfully showed the outstanding achievements in teaching, research, and community development activities, that well presented in the final presentation session. Previously, he was also the winner of UGM The Best Lecturer in 2016.

In this competition, Dr. Muslim Mahardika set aside 95 other participants. This award was awarded by Prof. Ali Ghufron Mukti as a Director General of Science and Technology of KEMENRISTEKDIKTI. The detailed information for this award can be seen as follows:

Bidang sains dan teknologi

  1. Muslim Mahardika, S.T., M.Eng., Ph.D. (Universitas Gadjah Mada )
  2. Ir. Chairul Hudaya, S.T., M.Eng., PhD. IPM (Universitas Indonesia)
  3. Prof. Dr. Tjok. Gde Tirta Nindhia, S.T., M.T. (Universitas Udayana)

Bidang sosial dan humaniora

  1. Dr. Drs. Yoseph Yapi Taum, M.Hum. (Universitas Sanata Dharma)
  2. Dr. M. Shabri, S.E., M.Ec. (Universitas Syah Kuala)
  3. Dr. Drs. Kuswarsantyo, M.Hum. (Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta)All academic community of Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering UGM congratulate Dr. Muslim Mahardika for this award. We feel so proud of the achievements.

The Achievements Of Team Bimasakti And Team Arjuna In FSAE Japan 2017

Team Bimasakti Pertamina UGM and their car, BM-6 was able to prove their ability as a team by having a significant improvement in the Technical Inspection. BM-6 completed the Technical Inspection in one and a half day. After they completed the Inspection, Team Bimasakti continued their feat by participating in the Dynamic Event. In the Acceleration Event, BM-6 able to completed it in 5,962 second, while in Autocross Event they were able to complete it in approximately 1 minute. Team Bimasakti Pertamina UGM also one of the two team form Indonesia that was able to qualify to Endurance Event, but unfortunately for them, at the 9th lap, BM-6 got an unexpected problem and forced to let go this event without being able to finish it.

Another notable feat can be seen from the Static Event points that improved greatly from last year. In the Cost & Manufacturing Event, Team Bimasakti Pertamina UGM able to get 45th position out of 98 participants. In the Design Event, they are able to get 77 points which placed them in 31 position out of all participants and also the highest score from all Indonesian Team. The biggest feat came from Business Presentation when Team Bimasakti Pertamina UGM able to be one of the five team with the highest scores.

UGM also sent another participant to FSAE Japan 2017, Team Arjuna, which is also their first time participating. There are 115 teams participate in this year event and 17 of them are from Electric Vehicle category. Team Arjuna was one of those 17 participating teams. They were participating in Static Event and Dynamic Event. Arjuna Electric Vehicle Team was able to get Best Peresentation for Overseas Parcticipant and got 2nd Best Overall Result in ASEAN for EV Class which is something to be proud of.

Those achievements mentioned above were able to be accomplished because of hardwork and cooperation from every part. Even though there are problems at the competition, Team Bimasakti able to overcome those problems by supporting each other and learning from past experiences. Not only Team Bimasakti, Team Arjuna have prepared for this competition for 8 months, starting from design, manufactur, to administration. There are lots of hardships and joys while preparing and attending the competition. Team Arjuna in particular, was participating for the first time so there are so much rules and things to understand before they are qualified to participate in this competition. This is a new experience for Team Arjuna and these experiences will surely help them for their next participation in FSAE 2018.

Problems that arose is a lessons for the future achievements. “I hope that in the next FSAE competition Team Bimasakti will able to achieve things that cannot be ahcieved this year. Also, prepare yourself for Bimasakti Open Recruitment in the near future,”said by Rifqi, Leader of Team Bimasakti Pertamina UGM.

(Writter : SNW)

A Student of Mechanical Engineering of Gadjah Mada University Win a Medal at UISF 2017

Mechanical engineering student of UGM. This time Aditya Pranata , student of mechanical engineering UGM batch 2016 get the opportunity to be the champion in our neighbooring country , Malatsia . Aditya Pranata and the team became the 2nd Runner Up of Badminton Team Event , UISF 2017 (UiTM Interntational Sport Fiesta 2017 ) in Universitas Technology Mara , Shah Alam , Selangor , Malaysia.

In the first row, UGM team could beat the team from Srilanka and goes to the seminifal , in this stage the team faced the UNIKOM Bandung’s team , but Adit and the team hadn’t been  able to pass the final stage and must be satisfied with the bronze medal.

The happy and proud feeling came to him and the team because they came home with medal in hand . The gratefullnes and some evaluations to improve their ability to the next tournament. Nervousness that goes around him can be overcame with the hardwork , pray , and blessing from parents . Nervousness was not an obstacle for Adit and his team to be the winner . Adit also persuaded another athletes to become the greatest version of themself and eventually bring proudness to KMTM UGM . “ If I am given a chance to represent mechanical engineering , UGM , even Indonesia , I will sacrifice all I have , because no sweat are useless”. , Adit message in the last question.

UGM Has Achieved an Award in Competition of KOMURINDO Kombat 2017

UGM has achieved an award in competition of Komurindo Kombat 2017 such as third winner in payload rocket, fourth winner in control system, and best poster in control system. The competition was held on 22-25 August 2017. Agung Fathurrahman, as a chief of GMAT, said that the award was a result of teamwork and good preparation by entire GMAT crews.

Furthermore, when the competition in progress, many teams showed their maximum effort and quality. That things could be a challenged for GMAT team.  In other hand, GMAT also got some problems as technical trouble in payload division or control system trouble.

After this competition, GMAT has planned to participate in other competition like Apsco Cansat Competition which held by NASA in Texas on next year. They have an ambition by targeted fifth winner on this competition. Apsco Cansat Competition becomes a special moment for GMAT, because GMAT is the first team from Indonesia who participates in this contest.  Besides Apsco Cansat Copetition, GMAT also has planned to participate on Komurindo Kombat 2018. They hope they are able to win competition like in 2015, when they become general champion on this competition.

GAMAFORCE UGM Team Got 3rd Place on UAV International Competition

Ankara – Gamaforce UGM team had succeeded to show their best performance in Ankara, Turki by reaching the 3rd Place in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) International on fixed wing category. The competition was held on July 13-16 2017. This victory was the result of the hardwork which began in March to prepare everything for UAV competition. The preparation time was just as much as student money on end days of every month which means very little preparation time. Rifyal Garda Prambudi as a team leader of Gamaforce UGM expressed that his team also collided with unforeseen obstacles. For example, UAV rudder and some parts were broken when on the flight to Turki, so they got extra work to fix the problems.

The competition consisted of three stages, where the first stage was for the report, second stage was for detailed report and flight video, then the final stage. Gamaforce made it to 8th rank from 97 teams and qualified to the final. Gamaforce was the only indonesian team competing in the final.

(translator : Yusuf Rahman)

GMRT Team Becomes General Champion Of National KRI 2017

Universitas pendidikan Indonesia has been recorded that GMRT UGM team out as overall champion of Indonesia National Robot Competition, known as Kompetisi Robot Indonesia (KRI), 2017 for the first time throughout participation. This general KRI champion tittle becomes the new beginning for GMRT team with spirit and passion which are more effervesce .

This year KRI runs more fierce than before. As Stated by Ahmad Kholid Kartiyoso as GMRT team leader that  rivalry in this competition is mostly smooth or there are no domination from either universities, underdog teams are brave to show off. Because of that, GMRT team got fierce rivalries from various universities such as ITS, PENS, Akprind, UMM, Unisula, UNY, etc.. This fierce competition makes this general KRI champion tittle to be very prestigious tittle for GMRT team.

After grabbing this tittle, GMRT team is not conceited as said by Ahmad Kholid Kartiyoso. GMRT team needs to do internal evaluation and prepares KRPAI berkaki team for achieving champion again in international competition at Trinity, United State. However, it cannot to be disowned that other divisions  may also go international.  Ahmad Kholid Kartiyoso also added his hope that the achievement of GMRT team can be a passion for other UGM teams to be able to scent this alma mater together.

GMRT Snatched Some of Great Achievements in National Level of KRI 2017

GMRT participated in a national robot competition, named KRI 2017 Region 3. There were 4 types of competition that being contested in this competition, they were Art of Dancing (KRSTI), Fire fighter/ extinguisher (KRPAI), Soccer (KRSBI), and Abu Robocon (KRAI). Eventually due to extraordinary effort and spirit that the team gave on the competition, GMRT snatched some of great achievements, such as 1st place in KRSTI(Alfan Team), 3rd place in KRPAI(Alfatih team), the best strategy nomination for wheeled KRSBI (Fukuro Team), 3rd place in KRAI (HEROES Team), and the last one is the best design nomination for KRAI (HEROES Team).

Before participating in KRI 2017 Region 3, GMRT had to compete in KRI 2017 region 4 first.A team who competed in KRI 2017 region 4 were humanoid KRSBI. In this competition which was held at Brawijaya University Malang on Mei 3-6th 2017, humanoid KRSBI successfully got 3rd place.

With various achievements that GMRT got, GMRT had a right to participate at KRI 2017 on national level. KRI National 2017 was placed in Pendidikan Indonesia University, Bandung on July 6-9th 2017. Just as Ahmad Kholis stated, KRSTI, KRAI, KRPAI, and humanoid KRSBI had advanced to national competition, but there was 1 team which have not decided yet that is wheeled KRSBI. Wheeled KRSBI have not gained any achievements yet, but there is still an opportunity to get wild card. For facing KRI National 2017, GMRT put extra work in preparing accommodation and fixing the robots form mechanical, electornic and its program aspect.

MECC American B52 Bomber’s Team Achieve 1st Winner Mechanical Modelling ITS

Blessed expression was showed on Wira Irawan (Mechanical Engineering 2015), Adil Rasyidi (Mechanical Engineering 2015), and Haryo Bagus Budiawan (Mechanical Engineering 2015) due to their success of getting the first winner on Mechanical Modelling Competition, Mechanical City ITS. Mechanical Modelling Competition is a contest who has been conducted by Mechanical Engineering of ITS and it is a part of annual Mechanical City Competition. Mechanical Modelling Competition by theme “Innovative Ideas for Paddle Wheel Aerator to Optimize Fisheries Product” was conducted this year. Because Paddle Wheel Aerator that currently distributed is not a local product therefore required an innovation from college student to innovate Paddle Wheel Aerator which already existed. Paddle wheel aerator that was enclosed on this competition got innovation on aerator’s surface angle that has furrow to create a turbulence and manufactured by 3D printing’s method.

Initially, Wira’s team deliver letter of submission and product design, after passed an elimination round on February 5-12th 2017, they are be qualified to get through to the next stage with 4 another team from different university. Continues with prototype’s construction, presentation, animation’s video related to the product design of paddle aerator that has been devised before. And presentation stage is conducted on April 14th 2017. Utilizing 3D printing’s method for manufacturing process. Finally, announced that UGM’s team achieve the first winner of this Mechanical City ITS.

“There was still much to do, still required to conduct advanced research, like processing the oxygen that we hadn’t compared product which already existed with real condition in embankment.” Said Wira Irawan as the chief of MECC American B52 Bomber’s Team when asked about the follow up of this product.

Mechanical engineering UGM student win “ESPRIEX Business Model Contest 2017″

Yogyakarta – once paddle two three island were exceeded, is a proverb the suitable to describe the success of Arief Faqihudin mechanical engineering 2013 and team in winning the ESPRIEX Business Model Contest 2017 in Malang, East Java. They managed to become the first place in the business model competition by relying on the previous idea he had in Hongkong Asia Social Innovation award 2016 that is an innovation in health called COASS which is a platform that brings together a coas or co-assistant with his patients. ESPRIEX Business Model Contest is a business model competition canvas organized by Harvard University, Stanford University, and Brigham Young University as one of the regional selection for the bigger competition that is International Business Model Competition 2017 which will be held at Sillicon Valey, USA.

Achievements that he achieved this time is not something easy, it is a struggle that he acknowledged himself because he and the team managed to crawl from 627 teams that competed to 181 teams as the remaining ASEAN are entitled to proceed to the next step and then after the process that he went through, they earned a semifinal ticket with twenty-four other teams until finally won the first champion which will represent ASEAN in International Business Model Competition 2017 (IBMC) in Sillicon Valey, USA after beating the other four teams who made it to the finals.

“To solve a problem does not have to see what your background. Not only mechanical student to solve problem about machine . Many other fields need engineering. Here I want to find a solution to the problem of dentistry education that has no solution at all, “said Arief Faqihudin whose team is supported by the University of Gadjah Mada, when asked why a brave engineer exists in business competitiohttps://dtmi.ft.ugm.ac.id/wp-admin/post-new.php#n.

(Translator : WWP)