Another good news came from Ganesha Education University (Undiksha) students for their success in becoming the 2nd Winner (Silver Medal) in the international level event of the World Youth Invention and Innovation Award 2021, which lasted from July 16 to August 21 2021. In the competition, the Undiksha team consisted of Gede Sandita Widada from the Electrical Engineering Education Study Program, Kadek Reda Setiawan Suda who was an alumnus of Electrical Engineering Education, Luh Putu Restu Adi Utami from the magister program of English Language Education, Komang Putrayasa from the Law Science Study Program, and I Gede Ardi Darmawan from the Electrical Engineering Education Study Program. This team successfully competed with teams from 35 countries, such as the United States, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Thailand and other countries.
In the competition organized by Yogyakarta State University (UNY) in collaboration with the Indonesian Young Scientist Association (IYSA), the team from Undiksha led by Sandita Widiada presented a work entitled “Matic-Kumbung” Temperature and Humadity Control Device which is a tool to assist farmers in maintaining the temperature and humidity of the mushroom kumbung (storage), so it can be without manual controller (human). The student, who was born in Banyuning, Buleleng, said that this innovation was made because of the complaints from oyster mushroom farmers in Bebandem village, Karangasem Regency. “The impact perceived by farmers every day from 1000 cultivated media, baglog (the growing media) that are overgrown with mushrooms are only 10-20 baglog with an average harvest of 1 baglog of 0.2 kilos. So, every day the farmers harvest 2-4 kilos of oyster mushrooms per day which should be 20-40 kilos.” he said. (Wed, September 8, 2021)
In addition, it is said that the quality of the harvest of oyster mushrooms is also not good. It is inspired him and his team to make the tool (Matic-Kumbung). “With this tool, the manpower is not needed to regulate temperature and humidity and also increase the quality and quantity of oyster mushroom harvest,” he added. He admitted that his success in achieving this achievement cannot be separated from the role of his supervisor, Dr. Nyoman Santiyadnya, S.Si., M.T. “With this achievement, we are very happy and we can feel the struggle, starting from the intention to help oyster mushroom farmers, it turns out that our work is appreciated at the international level,” he explained.
This achievement was appreciated by the Vice Chancellor for Student, Alumni, and Public Relations Affairs of Undiksha, Prof. Dr. I Wayan Suastra, M.Pd. “We are very proud because this pandemic does not stop the students to make achievements. Hopefully, it will increase the motivation of other students to continue working. Likewise, lecturers can be more enthusiastic in guiding the students, ” (pr)
