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Caring for the Environment, UAD PBS Students Organize a Beach Cleanup

January 5, 2019/in News /by webmaster

S1 students of the Sharia Banking (PBS) Study Program of the Faculty of Education and Islamic Studies of Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (FAI UAD) and Postgraduate students of English Language Education (PBI) of UAD, in collaboration with the Centre of Tourism & Creative Business (COTRES) of UAD, conducted a clean-up activity in mangrove area in the south coast of Bantul, on Sunday (2-12-2018).

A total of 175 students and lecturers from PBS and 25 PBI graduate students, together with a number of UAD Tourism Lovers volunteer students were deployed to the field to clean up garbage in the mangrove ecotourism area of Baros beach.

Akhmad Arif Rifan, S.H.I., M.S.I., as the Chairperson of Sharia Banking Study Program, who was present to accompany the students and lecturers said that this activity was part of the agenda of the study program that was related to the environment, which was a manifestation of real contribution to the environment from UAD PBS. In addition, he said that this activity also aimed to instill a love for environment for PBS students as well as a manifestation of contribution from UAD as an educational institution in tourism development.

As the coordinator of this activity, COTRES Director, Nur Rifai Akhsan, explained that the activity could help grow a love and concern for the environment for the younger generation. The activity was also aimed at helping the government in developing tourism, especially in Yogyakarta. Nur Rifai Akhsan, who is also a lecturer at English Language Education of UAD, shared his expectation that the movement they carried out would be beneficial and could inspire the people awareness and concern and for all parties to work together to develop tourism in Indonesia. (PEP)

93 Teams Participate in UAD National Robot Contest

January 5, 2019/in News /by webmaster

Electrical Engineering Student Association (HMTE) and Robotic Development Community (RDC) of Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (UAD) held Ahmad Dahlan Robotic Competition (ADRC) of 2018. This National Robot Contest on SD-SMA/K level has entered its seventh year, since it was held in 2011.

“The activity was attended by 93 robotic teams, including 27 elementary schools and 66 high schools. The event, which was held on Thursday, December 27^th, 2018, was attended by teams from various regions such as Semarang, Surakarta, Gresik, Bandung, Magetan, Jakarta, Banyumas, Purworejo, and Yogyakarta.

Opening ADRC of 2018 at Graha Wanabaktiyasha, the Vice Rector III of UAD, Dr. Abdul Fadlil, M.T., said that today we were entering a new era in the industrial revolution of 4.0 which focused on information system. He expressed his hope that through ADRC, students would love science and technology early. “Hopefully, students’ interest in the field of robotics is increasingly developing in line with the theme of the 2018 ADRC, which is to innovate and inspire people in Robotics,” he said.

Two categories are competed in ADRC 2018, Sumo and Line Follower Robot Contest, to compete for the Cups of Governor, Mayor, and Rector of UAD. In Sumo category, the selected champions are those with powerful robots that are capable of taking down their competitors, just like sumo sport. Meanwhile, in Line Followers category, the participants compete to speed towards the finish line. The winners for Sumo category include SD Unggulan Aisyiyah (1st and 4th place winners), SMP Muhammadiyah 3 Yogyakarta (runner up and 3rd place winners), SD Muhammadiyah Bantul Kota (Best Design and Best Innovation), MTsN 6 Sleman (Best Endurance). Meanwhile, the winners for Line Follower category include SMAN 5 Semarang (1st place winner), SMK N 3 Yogya (runner up), SMA N 1 Yogya (3rd place winner), SMK N 2 Yogya (4th place winner and Best Design), serta SMP N 1 Bantul (Best Strategy).

Author: Phisca Aditya Rosyady

Flooded with Ideas in the Final Project Exhibition (FiPEx) of 2018

January 4, 2019/in News /by webmaster

Final Project Exhibition (FiPEx) of 2018 successfully attracted the enthusiasm of students and the general public at Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (UAD). FiPEx of 2018 is an event aimed for exhibiting the work of students of Information System Study Program of UAD in the form of product applications, prototypes, and posters. These works are the result of projects in several courses to be exhibited in FiPEx.

“We are trying out a project-based learning process to trigger students’ new ideas and it turned out the results were very satisfying. There were lots of fresh ideas that emerged and had the potential to turn into startups,” said Farid Suryanto, M.T., as a lecturer at Information System Study Program of UAD.

The exhibition which was held from Friday, December 28^th to Saturday, December 29^th 2018 was attended by Dr. Muchlas, M.T., as Vice Rector 1. “All competencies needed in the industrial era of 4.0 can be found in FiPEx of 2018,” he said in the opening session of the exhibition. Furthermore, he said that activities like FiPEx needed to be initiated in other study programs at UAD so that fresh ideas from the millennial generation could emerge.

In line with Muchlas, Imam Azhari, as the Dean of FMIPA UAD, also said that project-based learning was the answer to challenges in the industrial era of 4.0. “I see the ideas displayed in this 2018 FiPEx worth producing for commercial needs. I also see that in the next two or three years, the ideas displayed here will become startups that will compete in the industry.”

At the opening session of the 2018 FiPEx, Dr. Dedi Pramono, as the Head of Bureau of Student and Alumni Affairs (Bimawa) of UAD said, “the ideas exhibited here are great. They should be followed up,” he said while attending the exhibition stands and trying out web-based game applications that were controlled by body gestures captured by a camera.

The Head of UAD PKM Center, Dr. Endang Darmawan, seemed very enthusiastic when trying out the Virus Shooter application that used Augmented Reality (AR) technology in one of the exhibition stands. In fact, he also had the opportunity to give appreciation Virus Shooter, a work by Muhammad Luthfiansyah, a third semester student of UAD Information System Study Program, by pinning a gold star. In this 2018 FiPEx, the gold star is the highest appreciation that will determine the final grade of students in related subjects.

There was also a talk show in the exhibition held at campus 4 of UAD that presented one of the Google Student Ambassadors for Yogyakarta region, Niken Wulandari. Niken, who is also a student of UAD Information System, shared her experiences at the Google conference held in Bali in 2017 and in Bangalore, India in November 2018.

“We deliberately presented Niken to inspire students to be more proactive to take the opportunity in networking with communities outside campus,” said Hudzaifah Saiful Haq from the event division of 2018 FiPEx.

Farrizal Alchudri as the head of the committee added that there were 90 works exhibited in FiPEx of 2018. Furthermore, Farrizal said, “They have worked optimally of one semester to prepare their works and the technical implementation of the event and it turned out that it received big appreciation from the people.”

Contact Activity Information:

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Caring for the Environment, UAD PBS Students Organize a Beach Cleanup

93 Teams Participate in UAD National Robot Contest

Flooded with Ideas in the Final Project Exhibition (FiPEx) of 2018

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