Singaraja– Ganesha University of Education (Undiksha) continues to encourage the birth of innovative works, both from lecturers and students. This was welcomed by students of the Mechanical Engineering Study Program, Department of Industrial Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Vocational. The product that has been successfully designed is an electric motor for the physically disabled. This work is named E-Gadis (Ganesha Electric Disability).
Student, Ida Ayu Putu Indah Komala Dewi explained that the making of this motorbike started from problems in the community, especially those experienced by people with disabilities who had difficulty when they wanted to go out of the house. “The reason we created E-Girl is because we see people with disabilities experiencing difficulties when carrying out transportation or activities outside the house,” he said, Friday on September 17th, 2021.
The manufacturing process begins with design and continues to prepare tools and materials for the manufacture of these innovations. In order to speed up the work, the student, Kadek Ariantika said that there were four teams prepared, consisting of a chassis group in charge of making frames or a kind of frame, an electrical group tasked with designing for electrical systems such as safety reading, reting, flashing lights, and others. The design group is in charge of making designs and the proposal group is in charge of making further proposals.
The advantages of this motor with other motors, which is more environmentally friendly because it uses electric power. “The advantage of E Gadis is that it is environmentally friendly because it uses an electrical system,” he explained. Another student, I Ketut Andika Wiguna admitted that during the manufacturing process there were difficulties experienced, both in technical design and communication with the team due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Head of the Department of Industrial Technology, Dr. Kadek Rihendra Dantes, S.T., M.T., expressed his appreciation for the innovations that have been made and developed by students. This is in line with university and faculty programs in order to support the achievement of Higher Education Key Performance Indicators. “Overall, the departments under the Faculty of Engineering and Vocational Schools for the development of innovations made/developed by students are quite good. The faculty has accommodated these innovations into a book or a kind of collection of innovation products in our Vocational Engineering Faculty,” he explained.
Furthermore, the development of this motor is actually the forerunner in carrying out the learning process. Students can gain more knowledge, so that in the manufacturing process they get full support from the department and also the mechanical engineering study program, including in terms of funding. “This funding is continuous funding from the study program, so there are several things that are assisted in terms of materials and other things,” he said.
It should be noted that this innovation is not the first made by Undiksha Mechanical Engineering Education students. Previously, there were also electric vehicles for land and electric vehicles for cleaning marine debris (Surface Water). In order to develop this innovation and be able to be used by the community, it is hoped that there will be support from the local government. “Actually we want that to happen so that there is a synchronization between campus products and the local government so that it provides opportunities for products made by campuses to be implemented in several areas in Bali, especially Buleleng Regency,” he added. (hms)
