ITS Leads Global Community Service in EIA 2025

Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) continues to demonstrate its commitment to international-scale community service through the Engineers in Action (EIA) 2025 program. This year, ITS, through the Department of Chemical Engineering, hosted the collaborative initiative in Kemiri Village, Mojokerto, bringing together students from National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) and Osaka Institute of Technology (OIT) to create practical technological solutions for rural challenges. 

Dr. Kusdianto, Coordinator of EIA 2025, emphasized that ITS took the lead in mobilizing this cross-border initiative to address pressing community needs. One of the main innovations was an LPG-fueled crop dryer that significantly reduces the drying time of rice, offering a safer and more efficient alternative to the conventional roadside drying method. 

Further underscoring ITS’ community empowerment mission, the team built a greenhouse facility to promote sustainable agriculture and introduced a biodigester to transform organic waste into eco-friendly fertilizer, demonstrating ITS’ active role in transferring environmentally sound technologies to society. 

Beyond infrastructure, ITS and its international partners conducted educational workshops to increase environmental awareness among residents. These included interactive waste-sorting games for students, hands-on training for farmers, and eco-friendly product making using local ingredients. 

The program involved 20 lecturers and 20 students, including 10 from ITS, 9 from NTUST, and 1 from OIT. Through EIA 2025, ITS reaffirms its leadership in community service at a global level, aligning its initiatives with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), particularly Goal 12 on responsible consumption and production.