Faculty of Engineering Universitas Sebelas Maret (FT UNS) has successfully held the International Conference of Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical, and Chemical Engineering (ICIMECE). ICIMECE was formerly known as IMECE which first held on 4-5 November 2015. In 2016, ICIMECE held coincided with the conference of Engineering Faculty Universitas Diponegoro entitled “International Joint Conference of 2016 2nd International Conference of Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical, and Chemical Engineering (ICIMECE) and Annual Conference on Industrial and System Engineering (ACISE) 2016”.
The event was held at Royal Amabarrukmo Hotel, Yogyakarta on 6-7 October 2016. Furthermore, ICIMECE and ACISE 2016 was supported by School of Electrical and Informatics, Institute Technology Bandung (ITB), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) with the technical co-sponsored from the Indonesia Section C-Chapter and Indonesia Section SP/ED/E/PES Joint Chapter.
Sholihin As’ad, as the steering committee and the Dean of Engineering Faculty, delivered in his speech that ICIMECE and ACISE 2016 will be presented by 110 papers which were selected from more than 150 papers afiliated by not only Indoneisa, but also Australia, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Philipines, UK, Tiongkok, and Turkey.
Muh. Nizam, the chief of Institute of Development and Educational Quality Warranty (LPPMP) UNS, on behalf of Rector of UNS opened the International Joint Conference of ICIMECE and ACISE 2016. In the opening ceremony, the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was also held between PT Festo Indonesia and UNS in terms of Education and Automation Research of Production System.
The main speakers are Amran Md. Rasli, Director of UTM Innovation and Commercialisation Center, Teknologi Malaysia University delivering the material entitled “Promoting Innovation and Commercialization of University Research and University’s Ecosystem: Lessons From UTM”; Erdem Cuce, Asst. Professor Bayburt University delivering “Novel building materials toward low/zero carbon buildings. Safri Susanto as the Didactic Manager of PT Festo Indonesia also delivered the material about “Industry 4.0 – Future Production Process”.
On the second day, Muh. Nizam, the professor of Power System UNS, was pointed out to be the speaker to deliver the material about “Renewable Energy, Opportunities and Challenge (Indonesian Case)” while Sarjiya as the Chair of Power and Energy Society Chapter, IEEE Indonesia, delivering “Commercialization of Renewable Energy: Power System and Technology”. Then the material entitled “Commercialization of Renewable Energy: Policies and Regulations” was also delivered by Warsono M. as the General Manager Transmission of East Java and Bali Region PLN. Along with Muh. Nizam, Sarjiya and Warsono, Slamet Aji Pamungkas as the Head of Sub-Directorate Information and Data Analisys of Creative Economy Board (BEKRAF) also presented the material related to the Creativity Board.
Agus Purwanto, the vice dean of Academic Affair FT UNS, stated that ICIMECE will anually be held in which the department of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Chemical Engineering will take turn being in charge of the event. “In 2017, the department of Chemical Engineering has been pointed out to be in charge of ICIMECE,” he stated.
Wahyudi Sutopo, the chief of committees expects that the conference entitled “Commercialization of Renewable Energy as part of Creating Innovative Culture In Engineering Disclipines” can be the scientific meeting among the government, communities and academicians.
He added that this annual event have involved the students as the presenters and the committees, “The students have participated as the presenters in this international conference, one of them is the Chief of Students’ Scientific Study (SIM),” he explained. Besides, the involvement of Industrial Engineering Students’ Association in the committees was the real contribution to the improvement of students’ soft skill through this international conference indexed by SCOPUS.
This conference further will continually contribute to the era development to face the globalization and ASEAN Economic Community. [] (denty.red.uns.ac.id)
