Dr. Eng. Adhika Widyaparaga, S.T., M. Biomed.E. and Ir. Andi Sudiarso, ST, MT, M.Sc., Ph.D., IPM, (DTMI Lecturers) received the 2021 RINTEK award. The award was presented by the Minister of Industry at a series of events for the 2021 Industrial Technology Pioneer award on Wednesday, December 1, 2021, at the Ministry of Industry (Kemenperin), Jakarta. Since 2006, the Ministry of Industry has presented an annual RINTEK award. This activity has been held every two years on even-numbered years since 2012. However, due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2020 RINTEK Award activities were postponed until 2021. This award is given each year to national industry players and researchers who are dedicated and committed to producing innovation via independent research and innovation to boost productivity and global competitiveness in the Industrial Revolution 4.0 age. The RINTEK 2021 award is meant to stimulate national industry players to improve their business performance via high-value industrial technology research, development, and engineering activities.
Butimo batik machine founder Ir. Andi Sudiarso, S.T., M.T., M.Sc., Ph.D., IPM This technology may reduce the time required for the manual batik process from 6 hours to 3 hours. Meanwhile, Dr. Eng. Adhika Widyaparaga, S.T., M. Biomed.E. is a pioneer in the development of ventilator equipment for Covid-19 patients.
Congratulations to Mr. Adhika and Mr. Andi Sudiarso; hopefully, they may continue to work and contribute to industrial technology research, development, and engineering.