Universitas Gadjah Mada has received a government mandate to carry out research and development of an electric train specifically for the airport area. This vehicle is named GATe (Gadjah Mada Airport Transporter Electric). The GATe vehicle has the capacity to carry as many as 5 passengers and one driver with a maximum speed of 25 km/hour. This vehicle is based on electricity with energy stored in batteries, with a drive motor of 4000 watts. The cruising ability of GATe is about 50 km and can be extended with higher battery specifications.

This research began with a market survey of electric vehicle needs at the airport, followed by the development of several vehicle designs, and finally the production of the one currently in use. The initial prototype of two units was revealed on National Technology Day on August 10, 2019. In the following year, the prototype was developed into a product that is used by end consumers, namely airport managers. In 2020, three units were successfully made and used at Soekarno Hatta Airport and one unit at Yogyakarta International Airport. This product order was sponsored by the Minister of Transportation with the hope of encouraging the development of domestic electric vehicles.

In 2022 and 2023, the research was devoted to preparing for initial production. During this period, production documents, plant design, supply chain supporting production components, and production facilities were prepared. The product distribution network to end consumers was also prepared. Facilities for initial production were completed, with a production target of 10 units ready for market. At this time, there are already seven units of the vehicle completed.

On this occasion, the GATe product was inaugurated to be included in the e-catalog by the Director of LPDP Research Facilitation, the Rector of UGM, the Director of Research and the Vice Dean for Research, Community Service, and Cooperation of the Faculty of Engineering. The E-catalog is an electronic information system that contains lists, types, technical specifications and prices of certain Goods/Services from various Government Goods/Services Providers. With the inclusion of GATe products in the e-catalog, consumers such as government institutions will be able to order and buy this product easily. Hopefully the UGM team’s electric vehicles will be more successful in the future and provide benefits to many parties.

The Directorate of Research of Universitas Gadjah Mada organized the UGM 2023 Business Meeting and Investment Forum Pre-Event Series activities on Thursday, July 27, 2023 at the Ratu Boko Palace Temple Tourism Park Ballroom. This Pre-Event Series is one of a series of UGM 2023 Business Meeting and Investment Forum activities whose peak will be held in September 2023. As a derivative of UGM’s flagship, namely “Realizing Socio-Cultural Resilience of Society,” this activity raises the theme, “Exploring the Potential of the Archipelago’s Local Wisdom as a Solution and Inspiration in the Era of Resilience.”

This activity featured five speakers who represented the theme raised—Dr. G.R. Lono Lastoro Simatupang, M.A., who is a lecturer in the Anthropology Study Program of the Faculty of Arts UGM; Agustin Peranginangin, the President Director of the Borobudur Implementation Authority Agency; Ema Widiastuti, Director of ITDC Business Development; Prof. Wihana Kirana Jaya, M.Soc.Sc., Ph.D., the Commissioner of PT Aviasi Wisata Indonesia; and Qolbiyati Muthmainah, VP of Finance of PT Taman Wisata Candi. This activity was guided and moderated by Dr. Mohamad Yusuf, M.A., the Head of UGM’s Center for Tourism Studies. Various parties who attended this activity, ranging from academics, representatives of government agencies, companies, and industries were entertained with a mini expo exhibition that featured superior products from UGM as well as innovations from MSMEs, namely Terawang Indonesia (Center for Asia Pacific Studies UGM), SIBAYA (Center for Cultural Studies UGM), Acaraki Herbs (Faculty of Pharmacy UGM), and bulk hampers akukira.id (Startup Directorate of Student Affairs UGM).

UGM’s Vice Rector for Research, Business Development, and Cooperation, Ignatius Susatyo Wijoyo, M.M., expressed hope in his speech that the forum that brings together UGM lecturers, researchers, and inventors with partners can become a strategic forum to synergize the themes and research programs of the university’s academics, so that they can be released and benefit society. In this activity, there was also a symbolic signing of the MoU of cooperation between UGM and PT Sido Muncul Tbk.

The panoramic view of Yogyakarta from the Ratu Boko Palace complex supported an interesting discussion with the speakers. The enthusiasm of invited guests and participants further enlivened the question and answer session, resulting in many new insights and enthusiasm to continue cooperation and collaboration. In addition to providing benefits for each party, the collaboration that was built must also provide benefits to the community at large, especially in the social and cultural fields. Through this activity, UGM lecturers, researchers, and inventors in the future are expected to be more active in creating new innovations and expanding their wings to collaborate with various partners, so as to accelerate downstream and research innovations.

Author: Nimas
Photo: UGM Public Relations

Ir. H. Joko Widodo, President of the Republic of Indonesia, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, S.E., M.Sc., Ph.D.), Minister of Education of the Republic of Indonesia Mr. Nadiem Anwar Makarim, B.A., M.B.A., and President Director of LPDP, Mr. Andin Hadiyanto, visited the Batik Tulis 4.0 Butimo Machine stand at the LPDP Festival 2023, which was held at Kasablanka Hall, Mall Kota Kasablanka 3rd floor, on August 1–3, 2023.

On this occasion Andi Sudiarso, Ph.D, as a researcher, had the opportunity to discuss and show directly how to operate the 4.0 Butimo hand-written batik machine to the President of the Republic of Indonesia, including in this case the LPDP Festival participants. Andi also had the opportunity to show off the batik cloth made by the 4.0 Butimo hand-written batik machine, with a variety of works, ranging from shoes, clothes, and original Batik Butimo cloth.

The Directorate of Research of Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) organized the “Workshop and FGD on Improving the Quality of UGM Scientific Journals in 2023,” which was held on Monday, July 31, 2023 in Bulaksumur Room, University Club (UC) Hotel UGM. This event aimed to strengthen cooperation and collaboration between scientific journal managers, so as to improve journal quality and encourage the growth of journal management at UGM. In addition, this event served as a forum for sharing experiences, thoughts, and best practices in the management of scientific journals at UGM.

The event was opened by the Secretary of UGM Research Directorate, Prof. drg. Diatri Nari Ratih, M.Kes., Ph.D., Sp.KG (K)., who in her opening remarks expressed great hope that all journal managers will increase UGM’s reputation as an excellent research university, through the management of journals with high standing. This hope is supported by the existence of various scientific journal management programs organized by the Directorate. The Head of the Sub-Directorate of Scientific Publication and Intellectual Property Directorate of Research UGM, Ratih Fitria Putri, S.Si., M.Sc., Ph.D., conveyed the various assistance programs, services, facilitation, and policies managed by the Directorate to facilitate and support scientific journals at UGM. The increased reputation of journals at UGM will certainly have a broad impact, both on the performance of the university as well as the development and dissemination of science.

Scientific journal accreditation is one of the instruments to encourage scientific journals to meet certain qualities and implement best practices in scientific publication. In line with this, scientific journal indexing institutions also apply strict standards and a more comprehensive evaluation process to ensure that indexed journals meet good publishing standards. Therefore, managers of scientific journals at UGM are required to have adequate knowledge and follow the latest developments, in either accreditation, indexation, or other important knowledge needed in journal management.

The Coordinator of Scientific Publications and Scientific Journals of DRTPM DIKTI Ristek, Yoga Dwi Arianda, S.T., was presented directly as a resource person in the first session to provide exposure and socialization related to scientific journal accreditation. The next material presentation was best practices in indexing scientific journals in Scopus, delivered by the second speaker, Dr. Miftahul Ilmi, S.Si., M.Si. who is the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Tropical Biodiversity and Biotechnology (JTBB). This first session was guided by moderator Ide Yunianto, S.Si., M.Eng, the Coordinator of Scientific Journal Management at the Directorate.

The Directorate of Research also presented speakers from the UGM Journal Reputation Improvement Acceleration Teams. The first speaker, Dr. Andri Putra Kesmawan, S.IP, M.IP, presented material about the application of Creative Commons licenses in scientific journals, followed by Dr. Purwani Istiana, S.I.P., M.A., who presented material about the best practices for indexing scientific journals in DOAJ. This second session was guided by Agustina Asih Tri Utami, S.T.P.

In the last session, namely the Focus Group Discussion (FGD) session, discussions and direct assistance were held, where a total of 174 participants who were representatives of 103 journals at UGM were divided into four different groups according to the current condition of each journal and according to the scientific cluster of the journal. The discussion of the strategic plan for scientific journals was guided by moderator Dr. Miftahul Ilmi, S.Si., M.Si, and the group of scientific journals in the field of social sciences and humanities was guided by moderator Widya Paramita, S.E., M.Sc., Ph.D.

This workshop and FGD activities are expected to provide several outcomes, including: UGM journal managers attain additional knowledge about best practices and the latest information related to scientific journal management, understand the flow of the national journal accreditation process and indexation of scientific journals, and they receive the latest information related to scientific journal development programs organized by the Directorate of Research. With good management, it is expected that the quality and reputation of UGM journals will increase.

Author: Kiki
Photos: Ma’ruf

In order to improve the quality and quantity of book manuscripts produced by UGM, both by lecturers and education staff, the Directorate of Research held a “2023 Book Writing Workshop” on Tuesday, July 25, 2023 in Multimedia Room I, UGM Central Building.

The event began with remarks from the Director of Research, Prof. Dr. Mirwan Ushada, STP., M.App.Life.Sc., who in his speech expressed his hope that participants would immediately be able to start the preparation of their respective tri dharma works in the form of books, and that hopefully this workshop would produce outcomes that can be facilitated for the publishing process.

The speakers were Dr. Mutiah Amini, M.Hum., from the Faculty of Humanities, in the first session, with the theme “Becoming an Author of Reference Books and Textbooks, What’s the Difficulty?”, followed by Dr. rer. nat. Wiwit Suryanto, S.Si., M.Si., from the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, in the second session, who provided an introduction into LaTeX typesetting, with “Writing a Book in LaTeX Format”. Participants showed enthusiasm following the presentations from both speakers, as evident in the discussion and QA session, where participants asked for writing tips and had discussions with both speakers, in terms of their book publishing experience.

Furthermore, there was a socialization session of the publishing program by the UGM Press Manager, Dr. I Wayan Mustika, S.T., M.Eng., and an explanation of the book publishing and marketing process by the UGM Press team.

The “Book Writing Workshop 2023” ended with a Manuscript Clinic for offline participants who already had a draft of their manuscript. This activity was expected to facilitate participants who already have a manuscript so that their work is ready to be published through UGM Press. This hybrid activity was attended by 53 participants, comprising lecturers and education staff who attended offline and no less than 57 participants who attended online. [Umar/Kiki]