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| Students of Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Muhammadiyah Malang (UMM) in a product development exhibition with the environmental theme "Go Green" (Photo: Winarno / PR) |
Discovery Renewable energy innovation in all aspects of life had become a necessity. However, this was incompatible with the high energy consumption which was inversely proportional to conventional energy production. Answering that challenge, students of Industrial Engineering Department (University of Muhammadiyah Malang (UMM)) competed for ideas for work in a product development exhibition with the environmental theme "Go Green", Tuesday (7/1).
This annual agenda was in collaboration with the UMM Industrial Engineering Laboratory. The event exhibited the innovations of 5th-semester students that was a series of final events of the Product Development Design (P3) course. A total of 23 innovation products were exhibited in the form of prototype products. "The assessment of product innovation consists of product design, renewable products, favourite groups, posters and banners." Explained Shanty Kusuma Dewi as head of the Industrial Engineering Lab.
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This event did not only stop at organizing exhibitions, but students were also guided so that their work was submitted to the Ministry of Research and Technology of Higher Education (Kemenristekdikti) through the Student Creativity Program. Interestingly, the products exhibited were recycled from factory materials that were still in good condition but were not used. It was hoped that the innovations created could answer environmental problems.
One of the findings of a unique and environmentally saving by the students of Industrial Engineering Department on display was "Winner Street Light". This tool relied on wind power as the main source of substitute electric lighting in the highway lighting system. The prototype which consisted of a propeller as a source of energy capture, controller combined with light sensors and LED lights. This renewable energy innovation could produce up to 12 volts of electric power.
"This work departs from seeing the Malang-Pandaan toll road with minimal light. Wind energy generated from vehicles that move relatively fast, makes us think to make this technology. Besides saving energy, it also helps the lighting of toll road riders, "said M. Noor Fajar, the inventor. In addition, there was also a "Plastic Vending Machine". It was an exchanging plastic waste into money and many other Go Green product innovations on exhibition. (win)
