(Semarang, 11 November 2022) Another proud achievement was won by Electrical Engineering Students at Diponegoro University. Two students consisting of Electrical Engineering Students class of 2020, namely Ariya Permana Putra and Guntur Awaludin Saptadi won gold and silver medals at the 2022 Tanoto Student Research Award (TSRA) competition at the Bandung Institute of Technology on November 6, 2022.
The 2022 Tanoto Student Research Award is a student innovation competition to offer real solutions for society in an increasingly challenging and rapidly changing world. The competition that was held carried out the concept of cross-university and cross-scientific collaboration, where each competing team consisted of students from different campuses. TSRA 2022 was organized by the Bandung Institute of Technology together with the Tanoto Foundation and partner campuses of the Tanoto Foundation in the form of an Interdisciplinary Capstone Design Challenge (ICDC) activity, with the research theme raised being “Education”. This activity is held online for approximately 6 months from May 2022 in the form of a Capstone Design Challenge. The highlight of this competition will be held offline at the Bandung Institute of Technology on 3-6 November 2022.
With the educational research innovation of Teaching Aids to the Human Digestive System, Ariya managed to get a Gold Medal with a score of 79.6, while Guntur with the PAHAMPOLY innovation: Educational Innovation integrated with Games Monopoly where this product has also received a Letter of Creation Registration from the Director of Copyright of the Ministry Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia, managed to get a Silver Medal with a score of 75.5.
It is hoped that an increase in research achievement like this will encourage other students, especially UNDIP Electrical Engineering students, to be more enthusiastic about achieving achievements and to be more active in conducting research and innovation.