Following the public lecture on creating sustainable and climate-resilient cities the previous day, FTUI held the first day of the Pre-Bootcamp Academic Writing on Wednesday (26/06). With the same speakers, Prof. Veronica Soebarto and Dr. Scott Hawken, this first training session covered the topics of academic writing and abstract introduction. Academic writing is a style...
Furfural is a promising biomass-based commodity. Derived from lignocellulosic biomass, furfural is a renewable material that can be used as a raw material for various industrial commodities, including as a solvent in petroleum processing, the production of nylon, pharmaceuticals, and agrochemicals. Muryanto, a doctoral student in Chemical Engineering at FTUI, researched developing lignocellulosic biomass sourced...
Indonesia, located along the Ring of Fire, possesses 40% of global geothermal resources, equivalent to 29 gigawatts of electricity. Geothermal energy is vital for the development of a sustainable energy system in Indonesia. This energy can be utilized for Geothermal Power Plants (PLTP), but its utilization in PLTP development has not yet been optimized. Geothermal...
On Friday (28/6), the Faculty of Engineering at Universitas Indonesia (FTUI), through the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Unit, continued its entrepreneurship program with the On-Boarding Technopreneurship Camp event. This activity marks the beginning of a series of entrepreneurship training activities for its participants. The event was held in the Smart Meeting Room at the FTUI Dean’s...
The advancements in science and technology over the past two decades have stimulated the creation of cutting-edge products with micrometre-sized features. Products such as microchannels, microreactors, micromechanical tools, micro moulds, and micro nozzles have physical features in micro sizes, and all are needed in biomedical fields, surgical instruments, and microelectromechanical systems. Micro-milling is one of...
To expand its network of international partnerships, the Faculty of Engineering at Universitas Indonesia (FTUI) held a meeting with delegates from the University of Exeter on Thursday (27/06). The meeting took place at the FTUI Dean’s Building and was led by the Head of the FTUI International Office, Fadhilah Muslim, S.T., M.Sc., Ph.D., DIC. The...
To improve student welfare services, the Student Executive Board of the Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia (BEM FTUI) held a peer counselling training session on Saturday (6/8). The event took place at the FTUI Building S and was attended by 50 students from the 2021, 2022, and 2023 cohorts, including members of the Daily Management...
On Monday (06/24), FTUI held a meeting with PT China State Construction Overseas Development Shanghai (Indonesia) at the Smart Meeting Room, FTUI Dean’s Building. The meeting was organized to follow up on the planned collaboration involving engineering and Indonesian language training for the employees of PT China State Construction Overseas Development Shanghai (Indonesia). “There are...
Thermal cameras have long been recognized for their advantages over visible-light cameras, particularly in low-light conditions such as at night. However, the biggest challenge in their use is occlusion (when objects are covered) and thermal crossover (when objects have similar thermal appearances). Therefore, Dr. Nur Ibrahim, a Doctor from the Faculty of Engineering (FT) at...
On Tuesday (06/25), FTUI held a public lecture discussing the creation of sustainable and climate-resilient cities. The lecture featured two topics presented by two speakers: “Cooling the Urban Environment: Strategies to Alleviate Heat Wave-Induced Thermal Discomfort in Buildings” by Prof. Veronica Soebarto and “Designing Climate Adaptive Cities: Understanding the Role of Green Infrastructure and Landscape...
