(Unila): Twenty-three teams of Unila students received funding from the Directorate General of Higher Education-Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology for the 2021 Student Creativity Program (PKM). They are scheduled to compete against thousands of other teams as a prerequisite to participate in the Pimnas 2021.
Every single leader of 23 teams attended meeting for the briefing from the Vice Rector for Student Affairs and Alumni, Prof. Yulianto, followed by signing the contract of the Student Creativity Program (PKM) on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, in the 4th floor of the Unila Rectorate Building.
The meeting was also attended by the student and alumni work team, BP2M, and the student affairs division both online and in person. Yulianto began his remarks by congratulating and encouraging all group representatives in attendance, hopping that the students would improve the innovativeness, quality, and applicability of their work.
He also suggested that students worked very hard on PKM and did their best, adhering the supervision of their respective lecturers, so that they win tickets to the 34th Pimnas, scheduled in October at the University of North Sumatra (USU). Dr. Mahrus Ali, the national reviewer, provided the students with guidance as a part of Unila’s supports for student groups competing for tickets to the 2021 Pimnas.
This year, some 4,522 student teams from 386 universities across Indonesia received PKM funding in five categories, including PKM-P (research), PKM-K (entrepreneurship), PKM-M (community service), PKM-T (technology), and PKM-KC (KarsaCipta) in 2021.
The funding for PKM amounted to IDR 37.49 billion in total. According to Mahrus, only 5% of thousands of teams funded by the PKM Dikti would be eligible for the Pimnas 2021. Mahrus explained that today’s briefing aimed to equip and mature the entire Unila teams in order to compete in a prestigious creativity competition later this year in Indonesia.
He invited all students, providing them with tips to increase better output of their research so that medals could be achieved as they did last year. At the 33rd Pimnas 2020, two Unila teams won three medals, i.e.,: a gold, a bronze, and a silver medals in the presentation category for PKM Constructive Futuristic Ideas (GFK), and both in Poster categories for PKM Natural Science Research (PE), respectively.
The student creativity programme constitutes an annual event organised by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology’s Directorate of Learning and Student Affairs in collaboration with the Directorate General of Higher Education. The programme was established to foster students’ innovation and creativity through the combination of mastery of science and technology and a strong faith. [PR Team]
Lists of 23 titles of Unila teams with PKM Support
1. Aksi Bencana: Integration of Natural Disaster Education, Evacuation, and Aspiration Using Agent-Based Modeling and a National Geographic Information System
2. Integrated Smart Farming as a Future Solution for Food Security and Limited Land
3. “Si Boya” Boba Yakult as a Modern Drink with Numerous Health Benefits at a Reasonable Price
4. Using Three-Dimensional Photos with Meshlab to Launch an Online Graduation Photo Business
5. Lampung Traditional Cake Innovation with Moringa Powder in an Effort to Prevent Anemia Sweetat (buak tat tapis motif)
6. Microplastic Degrading Agent of Microbial Endophytic Mangrove Avicennia Marina
7. Antidislipidemia Effects ofLampung’sKepok Banana’sSkin Extract of Various Solvents on Total Cholesterol and Triglycerides of White Rats on a High-Fat Diet
8. Effectiveness of Entomopathogenic Fungus Isolated from American Cockroach Periplaneta Americana l. against the Mortality of the Black Ant Dolichoderus
9. Efficiency of Inhibition of Expired Metformin Drug Waste As a Corrosion Inhibitor in Boiler Economizer Pipes in Corrosive Medium
10. Identification and Application of Active Compound Extracts of the Symbiont Fungi of Api-apiAbang Plant against MDR Bacteria: In-Vitro and In-Silico Studies
11. Implementation of an Artificial Neural Model Based on Geographic Information Systems in Handling Stunting Toddlers in Gadingrejo
12. Utilization of PorangTubers and Pineapple Skin to Increase Hydrophobicity and Antibacterial in Biofoam as Safe Packaging in a Pandemic Period
13. Development of High Gain Remote Antenna on Drone Control Station
14. Development of Climatological Monitoring System for Horticultural Agriculture
15. Potential of Cocoa Skin Waste as Antibacterial and Gelling Agent in Making Natural Hand Sanitizer
16. Potential Waste of Cassava Skin and Seaweed Carrageenan (Eucheumacottonii) as Environmentally Friendly Packaging (Bioplastic)
17. Tempuyung (Sonchusarvenlis L.) Leaf Ointment as a Cure for Skin Infections Caused by Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteria
18. Supplementation of Sambiloto (Andrographispaniculata) Immunomodulator through Broiler Drinking Water against Antibody Titers of Newcastle Disease, Avian Influenza and Infectious Bursal Disease
19. Megou Pa’ TulangBawang Lampung Customary Law as a Preventive Effort for Pregnancy Out of Wedlock in the Tulangbawang Community
20. Ngoyok Culture as Flood Disaster Mitigation Education for the Bugis Village Community, Menggala District, Tulangbawang Regency
21. Conservation of Biodiversity and the Typical Environment of Lampung Province through the Ngebabali Tradition
22. Optimization of Lampung Local History Learning Based on the Values of PuspitoManik’s Play in Heutagogy Learning Efforts in the Pandemic Period
23. RepongDamar as a Disaster Mitigation Effort for the UlunSaibatin Landslide in Pesisir Barat Regency
