• News Archive
  • Simaster
  • Webmail
  • Directory
  • Crisis Center
  •  English
    • Indonesia
Universitas Gadjah Mada Universitas Gadjah Mada Universitas Gadjah Mada Universitas Gadjah Mada
  • Education
    • Doctoral dissertation
    • Inauguration of Professor
    • Graduation
  • Achievement
  • Research and Innovation
    • Research
    • Innovation
  • Campus Info
    • Cooperation
    • Seminar and Workshop
    • Student Community Service Program
    • Other
  • News Report
  • Home
  • Achievement
  • Making Water Sensors for Shrimp Farming, UGM Students Win International Competition

Making Water Sensors for Shrimp Farming, UGM Students Win International Competition

  • 06 May 2015, 15:24 WIB
  • By: Marwati
  • 2185
Ciptakan Alat untuk Bantu Petani Tambak Udang, Mahasiswa UGM Menang Kompetisi Internasional
Ciptakan Alat untuk Bantu Petani Tambak Udang, Mahasiswa UGM Menang Kompetisi Internasional
Ciptakan Alat untuk Bantu Petani Tambak Udang, Mahasiswa UGM Menang Kompetisi Internasional
Ciptakan Alat untuk Bantu Petani Tambak Udang, Mahasiswa UGM Menang Kompetisi Internasional
Ciptakan Alat untuk Bantu Petani Tambak Udang, Mahasiswa UGM Menang Kompetisi Internasional
Ciptakan Alat untuk Bantu Petani Tambak Udang, Mahasiswa UGM Menang Kompetisi Internasional
Ciptakan Alat untuk Bantu Petani Tambak Udang, Mahasiswa UGM Menang Kompetisi Internasional
Ciptakan Alat untuk Bantu Petani Tambak Udang, Mahasiswa UGM Menang Kompetisi Internasional
Ciptakan Alat untuk Bantu Petani Tambak Udang, Mahasiswa UGM Menang Kompetisi Internasional
Ciptakan Alat untuk Bantu Petani Tambak Udang, Mahasiswa UGM Menang Kompetisi Internasional
Ciptakan Alat untuk Bantu Petani Tambak Udang, Mahasiswa UGM Menang Kompetisi Internasional
Ciptakan Alat untuk Bantu Petani Tambak Udang, Mahasiswa UGM Menang Kompetisi Internasional

YOGYAKARTA –Engineering students of Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Ridwan Wicaksono and Imaduddin Madjid, won International,Technology and Innovation competition, ASME Innovation Showcase, held in India from 19-21 April. As many as 55 teams from corporations, communities, and students joined the competition. The only Indonesian team became the winner along with two others from India. They were entitled for a 15 thousands US dollars in prize.
 
Talking to the media (6/5), Ridwan and Imaduddin said they had not expected to win the competition. The tool they created was to help farmers in Bantul regency who complained that their vaname shrimps had died before being harvested. “We were invited to help resolve the problem,” the electrical engineering graduate student said at UGM Main Office.

Despite their lack of knowledge in agriculture, Ridwan and around ten of his fellow students then discussed to overcome the problem, facilitated by an agricultural company. They eventually learned that the death of the shrimps was due to the abnormal condition of pond water. Lack of oxygen, salinity excess, ammonia and heavy metals in the water all pose the risks for the shrimps.
 
Then, Ridwan and friends made a micro-controller and sensors to control the water condition. The lunch-box-shaped tool measuring 15x10 cm and weighing 500 grams cost them Rp10 millions to make.

It has six sensors to measure temperatures, humidity, (pH), oxygen, salinity and heavy metal levels. “The data in the sensor is read by the micro-controller, then processed and uploaded to the Internet to be downloaded on smartphones. Farmers without smartphones may send sms with broadcast technology,” said Ridwan. As such, the condition of the water can be obtained real time and farmers can take a quick step to tackle it.

Imaduddin said the vaname shrimps are to be exported to China, Japan, and the U.S.  Ridwan and friends will introduce the tool to other farmers in Bantul, and Cirebon and Pangandaran in West Java. They hoped the tool can be produced in mass for an affordable prices. “We hope our shrimp farmers would become more prosperous and our shrimp exports increase,” Ridwan concluded.

Related News

  • UGM Students Runner-up in Trisakti Management Game National Business Plan Competition

    Thursday,06 January 2011 - 11:23
  • White Spot Syndrome Virus Decreases Tiger Shrimp Production

    Friday,24 September 2010 - 9:19
  • Hydropo-shifter Succeeds at International Smart Farming Competition 2021

    Thursday,08 July 2021 - 17:00
  • UGM Students Make Toilet Sanitizer from Shrimp Shells

    Friday,08 June 2018 - 8:47
  • UGM Students Help Farmers Breed Owls as Rat Control

    Thursday,19 July 2018 - 9:34

News Releases

  • 18,964 UGM Students Receive Scholarships, Director of Student Affairs Says 20 January 2023
    Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) annually allocates hundreds
    Salma
  • Prof. Budi Setiadi Daryono Recounts Origin of His Apple Melon Cultivar 'Hikapel' 16 January 2023
    In 2012, a team of researchers from the UGM Facult
    Salma
  • UGM Graduate Fajar Kelana Named Top 20 International James Dyson Award Winner 13 January 2023
    Fajar Sidik Abdullah Kelana, an alumnus of UGM and
    Salma
  • Chemical Eng. Students Win International Youth Ideas Competition 05 January 2023
    UGM Chemical Engineering students Andhirta Rukmarata Chani
    Salma
  • UGM Secures IDR 67 Billion From 2022 Kedaireka Matching Fund, Most Among Other Universities 30 December 2022
    Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) has topped the list of unive
    Salma

Event

No latest event at this time

Universitas Gadjah Mada
UNIVERSITAS GADJAH MADA
Bulaksumur Yogyakarta 55281
   info@ugm.ac.id
   +62 (274) 588688
   +62 (274) 565223
   +62 811 2869 988

PARTNERSHIP

  • Alumni
  • International Affairs

ABOUT UGM

  • Rector's Welcome
  • History
  • Vission and Mission
  • The Board of Executive
  • Management

VISIT UGM

  • Campus Map
  • Event

REGISTRATION

  • Undergraduate
  • Graduate
  • Vocational School
  • Professional Program
  • International Program

© 2023 Universitas Gadjah Mada

PRIVACY POLICYCONTACT