Category: NEWS!

  • Working Paper Forum UNS

    Prof. Heru Setyawan menjadi pembicara pada Working Paper Forum yang diselenggarakan oleh International Office (IO) Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) di Gedung Rektorat UNS, Surakarta pada tanggal 12 juli 2012. Topik yang disampaikan berjudul: “Pentingnya publikasi pada jurnal internasional bereputasi.” Dengan forum ini UNS mengharapkan agar publikasi, terutama di jurnal internasional, yang dihasilkan oleh dosen UNS…

  • Presenting paper on IRWNS 2012

    Rizka Zulhijah (Master student) presented a paper on “Industrial Research Workshop and National Seminars (IRWNS) 2012 held by Bandung Polytechnic in 11 July 2012 in Bandung. She presented a paper entitled: “Formation of layer on steel by electrolysis-hydrothermal for corrosion protection.”

  • Final Presentation of Bachelor Students

    Our bachelor students (20 students) have successfully defended their research works (skripsi) held on 4 (wed) – 10 (tues) July 2012 at the Department of Chemical Engineering ITS. They have worked hard during the last two weeks to prepare the presentation, including writing thesis, preparing powerpoint presentation, practicing the presentation, etc. Some of the students…

  • Lab Seminar 9 June 2012

    Students presented their progress this time were Nanik Astuti Rachman (D2): Amine grafting on silica from bagasse ash Sri Muljanie (D3): Effect of aging and pH on the properties of silica gel from geothermal sludge Adrian Nur (D2): Electrochemical synthesis of nano-sized particles of hidroxyapatite Vania Mitha (M1): Review a paper on characterization of proton…

  • Accepted as international students at NCKU

    Three of our students (Laksmi Dewi Kasmiarno, Metra Fitri Rizkiana & Febryan Harmansyah) were accepted for National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) Fall 2012 Admission for International Degree Students as master students at the Department of Chemical Engineering. The information can be read in the website of the Office of International Affairs NCKU. Congratulations.

  • Lab Seminar 26 May 2012

    We have seminar periodically to monitor the progress of research works carried out by our students. In this seminar, students present the progress of their research works for about 10 min each and continued by discussion. Saturday, 26 May 2012: Rian/Ririn – Electrophoretic deposition of nanosilica on steel surface for corrosion protection Reyhan/Junita – Synthesis…

  • Present papers on a symposium

    Our students presented papers on “National Seminar on the Progress on Research and Technology in Industrial Field” held by Research Center for Engineering Science, Gajah Mada University in May 16, 2012. This seminar was aimed to discuss and share information about the recent progress on research and technology on industries in Indonesia. The students who…

  • Qualification exam and poster papers

    Today is a busy day for us: (i) qualification exam, (ii) presentation of poster papers, and (iii) monitoring and evaluation of PKM-P (Students Creativity Program-Research). Adrian Nur (doctoral student) took a qualification exam to be a doctoral candidate. The exam started from 11.00 a.m. and finished at 12.30 p.m. The examiners were Prof. Sugeng Winardi…

  • Silica gel from bagasse ash

    We have succesfully produced silica gel from bagasse ash (boiler waste of cane sugar mills) by a simple low-energy chemical method. We published the results on Advanced Powder Technology, a reputable scientific journal published by Elsevier BV on behalf of The Society of Powder Technology Japan. The method can be an alternative for the commercial…

  • Electrosynthesis of magnetite nanoparticles

    We have successfully synthesized magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles and SiO2-coated magnetite nanoparticles by an enviromentally friendly electrochemical method. The results have been published in: (i) Advanced Powder Technology and (ii) Journal of Nanoparticle Research. Below is summary of the articles Advanced Powder Technology (2011), in press Synthesis of magnetite nanoparticles by surfactant-free electrochemical method in an…