Universitas Ahmad Dahlan University (UAD) was trusted to be the host of Muhammadiyah Regional Leadership (PWM) DIY Ramadan Al-Qur’an Study of 1439 H on June 1-3, 2018. The study, entitled "Da’wah for Developing Islam" was held in the west hall of UAD campus 4 building on Jln. Ringroad Selatan, Tamanan, Bantul, Yogyakarta.

According to Arum Priadi, M. Pd., BI., the chairman of the committee, the selection of the theme was because Muhammadiyah just entered the second century being strongly committed to the enlightenment movement as a continuation of the renewal movement that was carried out in the first century.

"The Enlightenment Movement is the actualization of da’wah and tajdid mission that is transformative, which is dynamic change strategy that emphasizes the process of liberating, empowering, and advancing people's life," explained Arum.

The enlightenment is realized in all fields, including business fields of Muhammadiyah. It does not stop as a mere thought, so it is realized in a movement that enlightens the lives of the people, nation, and universal humanity. In the development of da'wah, the enlightenment movement is actualized through a community-based enlightenment da’wah model aimed for heterogeneous social groups and the rapid growth of Indonesian society today.

The study was attended by all elements of leadership from the provincial level (provinces), regional level (districts/ cities), branch level (sub-district), to the sub-section level (urban village).

Meanwhile, UAD Rector, Kasiyarno, M.Hum., in his speech expressed his gratitude since UAD was given the trust to organize the annual Ramadan event of PWM. Related to the theme of the study, Kasiyarno highlighted that Muhammadiyah should utilize technology for da’wah, especially in the community.

"The community is already varied. Muhammadiyah must be able to keep in touch with those communities. There should be technology utilization. The challenge that Muhammadiyah currently faces is the virtual community," he said.

On the other hand, Drs. Gita Dhanu Pranata, M.M. the Chairman of PWM DIY conveyed that the presenters of the study for this year were da'wah performers. "The current trend is da'wah through information technology. Muhammadiyah must formulate strategies and methods to adjust with the current condition," he said. (ard)

They are Ahmad Yogaswara (Electrical Engineering), Iqbal Cahya Kurniawan (Electrical Engineering), and Ferosa Ardina Wardani (Faculty of Public Health) who participate in Student Creativity Program Team of Karsa Cipta (PKM-KC) of Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (UAD) and get the fund from Dikti. These three students make gloves that can control wheelchair. The device is named Si Sistem Sarung Tangan Pintar sebagai Pengendali Kursi Roda (Si Sarpin).

Ahmad Yogaswara as the chairman explained that his team wanted to create technology that could facilitate people with disability to perform daily activities.

"Many disabled people have difficulties in accessing public facilities. Lack of access to transportation, building, education, and employment services are some of the examples that hinder their lives. "

Based on the population census data in 2010, they found that there were 10.6 million people with disabilities. Meanwhile, according to the National Socioeconomic Survey of the Central Bureau of Statistics (Susenas BPS) in 2012, there were a total of 6,008,661 people with disabilities.

Based on BPS data in August 2016, the total number of people included in the Working Age category in Indonesia was 189,096,722 million. Among those people, there were a total of 22,563,392 people who had disabilities, consisting of 10,333,806 men and 12,229,586 women.

Improving the quality of public facilities and government breakthroughs for unemployed disabled people are the efforts made by the government, indicating that they take this issue seriously, in order to prosper people with disabilities. As a result, people with disabilities are able to perform daily activities well.

Ferosa explained that in this technological era, it was important for the younger generation to pay more attention to people with disabilities.

"Nowadays, there are still many of us who forget about people with disabilities, whether about their health, work, or public facilities available for them."

In addition, Ferosa also explained that the modern era should be utilized to create new breakthroughs to improve the welfare of people with disabilities.

"The job of the youth is to create something new to facilitate their daily activities. A tool that people with disabilities often use is wheelchairs with manual control. The technology is more advanced now that some even use a joystick. Surely this innovation greatly facilitates those with disabilities. "

The presence of Si Sarpin is new because it is more efficient and the energy released is not too big. (doc).

Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (UAD) baru-baru ini menandatangani nota kesepahaman (MoU) dengan People Friendship University Rusia (RUDN). RUDN merupakan salah satu dari 10 universitas terbaik Rusia yang berlokasi di Moskow. Penandatanganan dilakukan Rektor UAD Dr. Kasiyarno, M.Hum., didampingi Kepala Program Internasional UAD Dr. Dwi Santoso, Ph.D., dan beberapa staf Kedutaan Besar Republik Indonesia (KBRI) Rusia.

Kerja sama  meliputi berbagai macam kegiatan akademik seperti pertukaran mahasiswa, join research, join seminar, visiting professor, dan join publication. Program studi yang dibidik pun  bervariasi seperti Farmasi, Teknik, Kesehatan Masyarakat, Kedokteran, serta jurusan Sosial Humaniora.

“Namun demikian, untuk realisasi kerja sama awal akan difokuskan pada Program Studi Farmasi, Kesehatan Masyarakat, dan Kedokteran. Program studi tersebut merupakan unggulan yang dimiliki RUDN,” ujar Dwi Santoso, Minggu (27/5/2018).

Pada kesempatan tersebut, Director of the Medical Institute RUDN, Prof. Aleksei Abramov, Wakil Rektor bagian Kerja Sama Luar Negeri, serta beberapa profesor dari Medical Institute sempat berbicara dan bertanya langsung melalui video call dengan Dekan Farmasi UAD, Dr. Dyah Aryani Perwitasari, M.Si.,Ph.D.,Apt. mengenai keunggulan akademik Fakultas Farmasi UAD.

Di antaranya yang didiskusikan seperti publikasi ilmiah yang terakreditasi, baik nasional maupun internasional, jenis-jenis penelitian yang telah dilakukan, jumlah mahasiswa, universitas rekanan, staf pengajar, dan beberapa keunggulan Fakultas Farmasi yang lainnya.

Sebagai tindak lanjut MoU, dalam waktu dekat delegasi RUDN akan diundang ke UAD untuk memberikan kuliah tamu di beberapa fakultas dan berdiskusi lebih lanjut dan detail mengenai kerja sama yang akan dilakukan. Kerja sama ini juga sangat didukung oleh KBRI untuk Rusia.

Pada kesempatan sebelumnya, Duta Besar RI untuk Rusia, M. Wahid Supriyadi mengatakan, Rusia merupakan negara yang maju di berbagai bidang, khususnya teknologi modern. Dari hal tersebut, dubes sangat mendorong universitas-universitas di Indonesia untuk melakukan kerja sama dengan universitas-universitas di Rusia.

Pihak kedutaan akan memberikan dukungan penuh terkait kegiatan akademik untuk meningkatkan mutu pendidikan di Indonesia. Di samping MoU, delegasi UAD juga berkesempatan memenuhi undangan menghadiri konferensi internasional yang diselenggarakan oleh QS Worldwide yang berlokasi di RUDN Moskow, Rusia. 

Pada kesempatan ini, delegasi UAD bertemu dengan lebih dari 300 delegasi dari seluruh dunia dalam rangka meningkatkan mutu pendidikan dan rangking universitas sehingga bisa bersaing di kancah internasional. Dengan dikenalnya UAD di kancah internasional diharapkan dapat menambah jumlah mahasiswa asing yang belajar di UAD. (doc/ard)

Kemenristekdikti approved the proposal of students of Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (UAD) who joined in the Student Creativity Program group of Karsa Cipta (PKM-KC). A group of three students are trying to create a unmanned prototype aircraft that can be used to help firefighters extinguish fire on a small or large scale by spreading dry chemical powder on burning land. The unmanned aircraft was named the Prototype of Flying Fire Extinguisher Robot (Propeder). Those students are Rochmat Diantoro (Electrical Engineering), Muhammad Hamam Iqbal (Electrical Engineering), and Eka Fitriyani (Faculty of Public Health), who are guided and accompanied by Anton Yudhana, S.T., M.T., Ph.D.

According to the team leader, Rochmat Diantoro, the idea of ​​making Propeder comes from the frequent fire problems in Indonesia.

"Fires are frequent in Indonesia, especially large-scale fires, such as forest and land fires. Utilizing fire fighters is usually less effective because it takes a long time for them to get to the place. Moreover, the cost is big. Aircraft or helicopter is also usually utilized to extinguish fire, but it needs an expert pilot and a huge amount of fuel. If the extinguishing process is done by land using a fire engine, sometimes it will be very difficult to reach the location. The low number of aircraft is also another issue for the government in tackling forest fires in Indonesia. Seeing the problem, it is only natural that we are trying to develop a new technology in the form of flying robot, which is Propeder. It is an unmanned aircraft capable of carrying dry chemical powder chemicals as a fire extinguisher that can extinguish fires quickly, and fly automatically to the fire location. The operation is done from a long distance according to the determined path and can reach all areas that have caught fire," explained Rochmat.

The latest data, according to the National Board for Disaster Countermeasure (BNPB), shows that large-scale forest and land fires occurred in 2015 in Sumatra and Kalimantan.

Based on the analysis of the National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN) and BNPB, a total of 2.6 million hectares of forest and land caught fire between June and October 2015. The largest fire occurred in Sumatra on 832,999-hectare land, followed by that in Kalimantan with 806,817-hectare land, and Papua with 353,191-hectare land. The President revealed the losses caused by forest fires reached 220 trillion rupiah.

The data proves that forest and land fires in Indonesia cause serious losses. So far, the problem management is not quite effective because of the location access, human resources, and cost problems. In addition, the location of the fire is sometimes difficult to reach, the number of aircraft or helicopter pilots is limited, and the amount of expenses incurred for fuel, transportation, and others is also huge.

Impacts on the Environment

Eka Fitriani explained that forest fires do not only affect the economy but also the health of the people. Smoke from forest fires contains gaseous compositions which can be harmful to living beings, especially humans. It can cause Acute Respiratory Infection (ISPA). If firefighters go directly into the point of fire, their safety will also be threatened.

"As the losses from forest fires are so serious, effective and cost-effective countermeasures which can reduce the risk of fire hazards are needed. We use chemicals that can extinguish fires effectively and environmentally friendly, whichi is dry chemical powder, as a solution to this problem," said Hamam.

Hamam and Eka explained that dry chemical powder is environmentally friendly for use because it is non-toxic, harmless to plants, animals, and especially humans. In addition, the material does not conduct electricity and can withstand heat radiation.

The presence of the new breakthrough, i. e. Propeder, will help speed up and facilitate firefighters in an effort to extinguish fires. Moreover, time, safety, and cost become more efficient because firefighters do not have to go directly into the point of fire and only need to operate the Propeder from a distance. This avoids safety risks that may occur to workers and is more cost efficient because there is no need to use fuel for helicopters or aircraft.

"In addition to the main purpose of Propeder, which is to help in firefighting, we also want to invite friends of the younger generation to start moving and create useful technological tools that can help the community, because today is the time for us, the youth, to innovate," said Rochmat Diantoro.