Hasanuddin University (Unhas) has qualified 21 Student Creativity Program (PKM) teams to compete in the 32nd National Student Scientific Week (PIMNAS), scheduled for late August 2019. Udayana University in Bali will host Indonesia’s largest and most prestigious student creativity event.
The 21 teams Unhas has qualified are noteworthy in their own right. It means that over the past three years, the number of Unhas teams reaching PIMNAS has jumped significantly. In 2017, Unhas qualified 13 teams, while in 2018, 16 teams made it through.
“This year, Unhas actually had 71 PKM proposals funded by the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education (Kemristekdikti). We rank seventh nationally in terms of the number of funded proposals. Thank God, 21 of those proposals have made it through to PIMNAS,” said Prof. Dr. drg. A. Arsunan, M.Kes, Vice Rector for Student Affairs and Alumni.
PIMNAS is the most prestigious reasoning and creativity competition among Indonesian university students. The Unhas Student Affairs division runs a series of structured and systematic programs to support students’ participation in the annual event.
Prof. Arsunan explained that students’ involvement in creative work receives close personal attention. At Unhas, students are given the widest possible room for creativity and are encouraged to conceive and produce creative, innovative and reliable ideas.
“We maximize the mentoring provided by supervising lecturers. We set up a Pokja, or PKM working group, for each activity. So we accompany students from the theme-selection stage through to proposal writing, via a coaching clinic. It doesn’t stop there: we also carry out internal monitoring and evaluation up to three times,” explained Prof. Arsunan, who is known for a prolific scientific output.
Having put these internal measures in place, Unhas also rewards teams that achieve success. In 2018, Unhas won gold and silver medals. Both the student teams and their supervisors received rewards from the university in recognition of bringing honor to the Unhas name.
“Let us pray that Unhas wins as many medals as possible at this year’s PIMNAS,” said the professor of public health, who has authored 14 Scopus-indexed articles.
Ten Faculties and Six Schemes
The Unhas PKM teams that qualified to compete at PIMNAS 2019 come from 10 faculties. The Faculty of Engineering qualified five teams, followed by the Faculty of Forestry and the Faculty of Dentistry with three teams each. Meanwhile, three faculties — the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (ISIPOL), the Faculty of Agriculture and the Faculty of Marine Science and Fisheries — qualified two teams each.
Four other faculties — the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (MIPA), the Faculty of Animal Science, the Faculty of Economics and the Faculty of Medicine — qualified one team each.
By PKM category or scheme, Unhas qualified teams in six schemes, with the following number of teams in each:
PKM Karsa Cipta (Technology Creation, PKM-KC): 8 teams;
PKM Research (PKM-P): 5 teams;
PKM Community Service (PKM-M): 3 teams;
PKM Social Sciences and Humanities Research (PKM-SH): 3 teams;
PKM Entrepreneurship (PKM-K): 1 team;
PKM Constructive Futuristic Ideas (PKM-GFK): 1 team.
PKM Titles of the Unhas Teams
Title: COMEL (Millennial SOS Smartphone Case): Implementing RFID in Smartphone Cases as an SOS for Natural Disaster Victims, “Help Me, I’m Here”
Team Leader: Fauzan Alif Anwar
Supervisor: Dr. Ir. Indrabayu, MT
Category: Karsa Cipta
Title: SELF-POWERED E-DOOR LOCK: Harnessing Door Handle Rotation as an Energy Source for Electronic Doors.
Team Leader: Muhammad Reyhan Thirza Istaqnalik Ramadhan
Supervisor: Ir. Zaenab, MT
Category: Karsa Cipta
SAR-VEST (SAFETY HEART RATE VEST PROTOTYPE) FOR SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND (MINING) AREA: Development Pulse Heart Rate Sensor And Global Positioning System Receiver
Team Leader: Muhammad Akbar Musseng
Supervisor: Dr. Aryanti Virtanti Anas, ST.,MT
Category: Karsa Cipta
Title: “TRANSFORMER C-2-OXY”: A Device for Transforming Carbon Dioxide into Oxygen Using a Phytoplankton Bioreactor as a Mitigation Solution for Reducing Carbon Emissions
Team Leader: Sukmawati
Supervisor: Dr.rer.nat. Muhammad Lukman, ST.,M.MarSC
Category: Karsa Cipta
Title: DUBSMASH (A Caries-Preventing Sodium Bicarbonate Mouthwash Dispenser to Help Manage Morning Sickness in Pregnant Women)
Team Leader: Andi Ainul Qalbi Mutmainna Ishak
Supervisor: drg. Nursyamsi, S.KG.,M.Si
Category: Karsa Cipta
Title: Three In One Dental Mirror: An Oral Diagnostic Tool Innovation in Dentistry
Team Leader: Andi Muhammad Riza Lazuardi
Supervisor: Dr. drg. Irene Edith Riuwpassa, S.KG.,M.Si
Category: Karsa Cipta
Title: E-Dento Si Smart (Android Smartphone-Based Electromyography for Early Detection of Temporomandibular Disorder)
Team Leader: Nurul Mutmainnah
Supervisor: Dr. Muhammad Harun Achmad, S.KG.,Sp.KGA.,M.Kes
Category: Karsa Cipta
Title: Water Exhaust Filter: An Eco-Friendly Exhaust Filter of the Future That Converts Air-Polluting Gases into Liquid and O2 Gas with the Effectiveness of MINNE: An Organolithium Compound and Nanoformulated Zeolite Pellets
Team Leader: Abdul Rahman
Supervisor: Dra. Indah Raya, M.Si.,Ph.D
Category: Karsa Cipta
Title: Modeling Parti (A Dynamic Model of the Environmental Economics of Construction Material Mining) in Gowa, South Sulawesi
Team Leader: Andi Arjan
Supervisor: Dr. Aryanti Virtanti Anas, ST.,MT
Category: Research
Title: Exploring Eco-Friendly, Biomass-Based Natural Silk Dyes
Team Leader: Ainun Zalzabila
Supervisor: Syahidah Ph.D
Category: Research
Title: A Bioadhesive Innovation Made from Shrimp Shell Waste as the Particleboard Adhesive of the Future
Team Leader: Nur Fahrah Yusuf
Supervisor: Sahriyanti Saad Ph.D
Category: Research
Title: Reducing Fat and Cholesterol in Chicken Meat Using Immobilized Coconut Haustorium (Kentos) Lipase Enzyme
Team Leader: Laras Budyghifari
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ir. Amran Laga, M.Si
Category: Research
Title: DORINDDAM AMELIORATION (Dolomite, Sand, Straw and Manure) to Improve Vertisol Soil
Team Leader: Nursila Umar
Supervisor: Dr. Ir. Muh. Jayadi, MP
Category: Research
Title: BLUE-FOREST (Best Learning by Using English-card For Enhancement Satisfied of Tourism): Eradicating English Illiteracy in the Community as an Effort to Improve Human Resource Quality and Tourism in Tanah Kuri Caddi
Team Leader: Andi Hurul Auni Usman
Supervisor: Ira Taskirawati Ph.D
Category: Community Service
Title: The Pancing Method: A System for Eliminating Illiteracy Through Early Reading Lessons for Preschool Children on South Sulawesi’s Outermost Islands
Team Leader: Nur Yanti Pangloli
Supervisor: Dr. Marlina Achmad, S.Pi.,M.Si
Category: Community Service
Title: 2-FAT (FUN FARM ANIMAL THERAPY): Efforts to Improve the Focus of Students at Bunda Special School for Autism (SLB Autis Bunda)
Team Leader: Gidion Lanu Pakendek
Supervisor: Prof. Ir. Raden Roro Sri R.A. Bugiwati, M.Sc.,Ph.D
Category: Community Service
Title: A Multiplier Effect Strategy for Developing the Tourism Economic Potential of the World’s First Smoke-Free Village, Case Study: Bone-bone Village, Enrekang Regency
Team Leader: Muhammad Taufik
Supervisor: Dr. Amanus Khalifah Filardy Yunus, SE.,M.Si
Category: Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Title: Rise or Be Forgotten: The Existence of the Art of Pinisi Shipbuilding as a World Cultural Heritage in Bulukumba Regency
Team Leader: Muslimin
Supervisor: Ahmad Ismail, S.Sos.,M.Si
Category: Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Title: “Becoming Bugis”: A Study of Ethnic Manipulation Among the Bajo People in Pulau Sembilan
Team Leader: Wahyu Ramadhan
Supervisor: Dr. Drs. Munsi Lampe, MA
Category: Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Title: THALLASANA: Thaharah Mughallazhah, a Practical Solution for Ritual Purification Using Soil Soap in Paper Form
Team Leader: Andi Ananda Sekar Ayu Pertiwi Syakir
Supervisor: Dr. drh. Dwi Kesuma Sari, S.Kh
Category: Entrepreneurship
Title: Sustainability of Cities and Communities: Green City
Team Leader: Nur Zahrah Afifah
Category: Constructive Futuristic Ideas
Editor: Ishaq Rahman
This article is an English translation of the original Indonesian report.