Tag: Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia

A research team from the University of Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI) is currently delving into the cognitive processes behind critical thinking skills through a neuroscience lens. The team, led by Dadang Sudana, M.A., Ph.D., includes senior members Wawan Gunawan, M.A., Ph.D., and Dr. Jatmika Nurhadi, M.Hum. Additionally, four students—Hazim Mujahid, Aulia Shabrina, Nur Cipta Mustikasari, and Syifa Nuraini—have actively contributed to the research.

One of their notable publications, titled “Superior Frontal Gyrus and Higher Order Thinking Skills: A sLORETA Study of Brain Activity during Speaking,” reveals how the Superior Frontal Gyrus (SFG) plays an integral role in supporting Higher-Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) when an individual speaks.

Utilizing the standardized Low-Resolution Brain Electromagnetic Tomography (sLORETA) technique, the researchers gauged participants’ neural activity, pinpointing the highest peak values achieved during tasks involving HOTS operational verbs. Results indicated that activity within the SFG peaked when participants articulated tasks such as Comparing, Detailing, and Clarifying.

“With advancements in technology, like brain scanning, researchers can now observe processes occurring in the mind, paving the way for understanding how to optimize critical thinking skills based on brain functions,” shared Dadang Sudana.

This research not only sheds light on the realm of education and training but also aspires to formulate a model to cultivate critical thinking skills. As a next step, the research team plans on developing an Android/iOS application aimed at honing these critical thinking skills.

Five students from different departments at fPz  had an opportunity to be selected to participate in a 10-day program of Campus Asia Summer School with a total of 24 college students from China, Korea, Thailand, and Japan which took place from 23 to 31 August 2022. This program is part of a consortium of universities in five countries, i.e. Hiroshima University (Japan), Beijing Normal University and Chancun University (China), Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (South Korea), Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (Indonesia), and Kasetsaart University (Thailand), which agree to conduct international collaboration to improve the quality of highly diverse human resources in Asia in order to shape college students who have inclusive perspectives.

There are four schemes in the Campus Asia, in which Summer Program is an annual program launched in 2021 and will be carried out up to four years from now. The other three schemes are joint e-course which began in 2022; short exchange visit to Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia which will be held this early September 2022; and one semester exchange, in which UPI will send two delegates to Hiroshima University in October 2022.

Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia participants in Summer School are Ahmad Fauzy (Physics Education), Aninda Putri Gunawan (English Language Education), Chintia Khorunnisa and Andlily Aprilia Rahmawati (Special Education), and Nisaudzakiah Utami (Technology and Vocational Education). Some of these participants have taken part in an e-course themed Inclusion and Diversity which was taught collaboratively by Dr Norimune Kawai (Hiroshima University) and Arif Hidayat, Ph.D. Ed. (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia) since January 2022

This Summer School was organized into lectures, group discussions, idea mining seminar, workshop, and excursion. The participants were given opportunities to engage with superior research from lecturers in Hiroshima University, which include Ultrasound in Linguistics, Learning Engineering in STEM learning, research in Cultural and Religious Diversity, and neuroscience of cognitive aspect in foreign language studies. By the end of the program, the participants presented their knowledge and experience in exploring one of the topics after having direct discussion with the researcher from the chosen topic.

The coordinator of Campus Asia from Hiroshima University, Professor Kazuhiko Koike expressed his gratitude for the presence and contribution from Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia delegates who had actively involved and presented the work well. Meanwhile, the supervisor from UPI, Arif Hidayat PhD Ed, who was present in the location, said that this program is beneficial to give global and multi-perspective horizon for the students in the effort to build and support a more inclusive individual and society.

According to Aninda Putri Gunawan, one of the participants of Summer School, the activities in the Summer School had opened a new perspective on inclusive education. In addition, the lectures by the professors were very useful to be applied in the classroom teaching learning process. Aninda successfully got the third place in the presentation session with her presentation “Inclusive Education in Teaching Foreign Language” with Kim Sumin from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and Wang Dejiang from Beijing Normal University.

Another participant, Andily Aprilia Rahmawati, said that the most impressive from this program was that learning about inclusivity and diversity in different countries was very fun. There were many benefits, such as exploring theories on inclusive education, getting introduced to various technologies to support inclusivity, and sharpening language skills by interacting with students from many countries. In the end of the program, all students had final presentations assessed directly by all the professor. The last presentation delivered by Andily was even assessed by Professor Delakorda Yawashima, the Director of CEDAR, a world peace organization.

The independent student exchange program (PMM) of the Directorate General of Higher Education (Ditjen Dikti) of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (Kemendikbudristek) has been successful and has successfully inspired Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia students as well as students in Indonesia. Through this program, the Ministry of Education and Culture and universities in various parts of Indonesia have succeeded in increasing students’ insight into Bhinneka Tunggal Ika, as well as strengthening cross-cultural and ethnic brotherhood.

In addition, this program is also successful and successful in building student friendships between regions, ethnicities, cultures, and religions, thereby increasing the spirit of national unity and integrity. This program also succeeded in forming students’ attitudes in respecting the diversity of cultures, views, religions, and beliefs, as well as opinions, working together and having social sensitivity and concern for society and the environment.

Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia participates and participates in taking an important part in realizing the independent learning campus policy (MBKM). Through this program, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia seeks to realize the National Policy Direction and Strategy of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology in the Mental Revolution Development Agenda and Pancasila Ideology Development to Strengthen National Cultural Resilience and Form an Advanced, Modern, and Character Mentality of the Nation.

Through this independent student exchange program, as a concrete form of Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia in realizing a mental revolution as an academic and cultural movement in affirming Indonesia as a pluralistic nation-state, having a diversity of ethnicities, customs, cultures, languages, and religions, which form a unity in diversity : Bhinneka Tunggal Ika in the education system in higher education, especially at the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia.

In this 2022 independent student exchange program, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia participated in and succeeded in two types of independent student exchanges in the form of inbound as host or recipient which was attended by 92 students from 30 universities in Indonesia and in the form of outbound as participants by sending 45 students to take part in the program. held in 22 other universities in Indonesia.

The independent student exchange program is coordinated by Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia through the Vice Chancellor for Education and Student Affairs and the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia Directorate of Education. Director of Education Dr. rer.nat Asep Supriatna, M.Si explained that the mechanism for the independent student exchange carried out by UPI was by compiling or adjusting a curriculum that facilitated students to take courses, determining and offering courses that students could take, setting a quota of participants taking the offered courses., and set the number of credits that can be taken. Learning activities are carried out face-to-face and online (online).

The Coordinator of the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia MBKM Team as well as the Head of the Financial and Resource Administration Section at the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia Directorate of Education, Agus Sutiawan, SE said that Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia role as a sending university as well as a destination or recipient university, seeks to make independent student exchanges run well and establish cooperation between universities to organize credit transfers that students can participate in and allocate quotas for inbound and outbound students. In addition, UPI strives to provide the best service for students in implementing this program, monitoring the implementation of student exchanges, assessing and evaluating student exchange results for later recognition of student credits, and reporting the results of learning activities to the Directorate General of Higher Education Kemendikbudristek.

Agus Sutiawan, SE explained that students participating in the Independent Student Exchange Program (PMM) must participate in and complete the Nusantara Module program which contains providing a comprehensive understanding of diversity, national insight and love for the homeland which includes four types of activities, namely cultural exchange, inspiration , reflection, and social contribution. In the implementation of the Nusantara Module, the PMM participant students are guided by the Nusantara Module Supervisor who is responsible for making materials and carrying out the Nusantara Module activities based on the guidelines for the preparation of the Nusantara Module.

Guiding and facilitating PMM Participating Students in accordance with the activities specified in the Nusantara Module to be able to take part in the Nusantara Module properly. Conduct an assessment of participant engagement, dynamics, and progress. Compile and submit monthly reports based on activities carried out in the Nusantara Module on the page provided. Approved the monthly report of PMM students. Provide final assessment to PMM Participating Students. Following up on the feedback provided by the Directorate General of Higher Education regarding the implementation of the Nusantara Module and Managing the funding of the Nusantara Module activities.

Back in twenty years ago while national educational improvement in Indonesia was assisted by JICA through series of project including a building inaugurated by President Megawati Soekarno Putri and Ambassador of Japan Mr. Hideaki Domichi; Faculty of Mathematics and Science Education (FPMIPA) Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia commemorates this reflecting on experience of JICA cooperation in education, to share best practice in Indonesia and beyond, and to explore of driven status of lesson study development and partnership.

The committee chairman, Sumar Hendayana, said the FPMIPA Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia have been set up three activities since February 2022: (1) Faculty members training for enhancing science and mathematics learning through lesson study for learning community at FPMIPA Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, (2) development of Memoar Essay book, there are 42 out of 52 articles lesson learnt of learning improvement with authors (nationwide, from Aceh to Papua), (3) JICA Reflective meeting (26 August 2022), along with launching of Asia-Africa Learning Improvement Network (AALIN), the 13th ICLS & 3rd ICLIm (27 August 2022), ALSI meeting (28 August 2022), dan open class at UPI-Labschool (29 August 2022).

About three hundred sixty-nine participants joined the event, which 93% of the participants participated online. Also, about Ninety-four presenter shared their papers include 5 keynote speakers, 12 plenary speakers, 3 symposium speakers, and 66 parallel speakers across from various background in education such as from teachers, principals, board of education, Ministry of education, students, and academicians both national dan internationally.

Prof Tatang Herman, Dean of FPMIPA Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, explained the success of the 20 years commemoration of JICA cooperation in education is made possible by the supports of strong commitment of organizing committee members for their hard work over the last one year to provide interesting and stimulating the commemoration program for all participants.

Furthermore, JICA Indonesia Representatives, Mr. Kenji OKAMURA feels proud and happy and express JICA thanks-full on the 20th years of commemoration of cooperation between JICA-UPI, through a collaborative study of classroom-based learning that develop as a good practice that we called it as “Lesson Study”. He explained that this Japanese “lesson study” has been adopted in many collaborative education projects. JICA started its first technical collaboration aimed at improving the quality of basic education in the mid-1990s, responding to the global commitment to quality basic education, and Indonesia was one of the first five countries in basic education partnership emphasis on “ownership”, “partnership”, “independence” as the basic philosophy.

Business Education Study Program, Faculty of Economics and Business Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia in collaboration with Co-hosts, University of North Sumatra (USU), Tourism Polytechnic NHI Bandung, Indonesian Institute of Education (IPI) and University of Garut (UNIGA) held The 7th UPI Global Conference on Business, Management and Entrepreneurship (UPI-GC-BME 2022) on Monday, August 8, 2022. The UPI Global Conference on Business, Management and Entrepreneurship was officially opened by Rector Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia Prof. Dr. M. Solehuddin., M.Pd., MA.

Prof. Dr. Hj. Ratih Hurriyati, MP as the Conference Chair explained that UPI-GC-BME 2022 is the seventh conference held in order to improve and develop a strong academic culture and sustainability for lecturers, students, and practitioners globally. Prof. Dr. Eeng Ahman, M.S as the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia explained that this conference provides an opportunity for delegates to exchange ideas and new implementation experiences, build business or research connections, and find Global Partners for future collaboration.

According to Prof. Dr. Hj. Ratih Hurriyati, MP, UPI-GC-BME 2022 took the theme: “The Utilization of Sustainable Digital Business, Entrepreneurship, and Management as a Strategic Approach in the New Normal Era” with the aim of providing a media platform for educators, researchers , scholars, managers, graduate students and business people from diverse cultural backgrounds to present and discuss their research, knowledge and innovations in the fields of business, management and entrepreneurship.

Keynote Speakers of the UPI Global Conference on Business, Management and Entrepreneurship, namely Dr. (H.C.) Ir Airlangga Hartarto, MBA, MMT, IPU as the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia. Prof. Dr. Gangqiang Zheng (Tony), M.Ed, Professor of Zhejiang Technical Institute of Economics China who discussed the Utilising Workers’ Skills for Improving Green Competitiveness to Address the Challenges of Greening of Industries. Prof. Dr. Vanessa Gaffar, S.E., Ak., MBA., CSBA, Professor of the Faculty of Economics and Business Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia who discussed Tourism & Digitalization, Strategic Approach In New Normal Era. Assoc. Prof. Affero Ismail, Ph.D, from Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) Malaysia who discussed The Emerging of Metaverse in Digital Era and Dr. Indra Cahya Uno, M.Sc Founder OKe OCe and the leadership of PT. Saratoga Investama Sedaya Indonesia which discusses Independent Successful Entrepreneurs.

The conference in 2022 was led by moderator Denny Andriana, SE., PGDip., MBA., Aj., CMA., CA who is a lecturer in the Accounting Study Program, Faculty of Economics and Business Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia and was attended by 304 participants both as presenters and participants. Participants of the UPI Global Conference on Business, Management and Entrepreneurship come from within and outside the country such as Ghana, Malaysia, China, Korea, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Egypt, as well as from various regions in Indonesia. Over 181 papers were selected for a rigorous peer-review process, and these papers will be published in conference proceedings.

The participants presented their best articles on various topics in parallel sessions which presented their best articles in the fields of Organizational Behavior, Leadership & Human Resource Management, Innovation, Operations & Supply Chain Management, Marketing Management, Financial Management & Accounting, Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship & Contemporary Issues , Economic Education, and Green Business. Articles presented at this conference were selected through a rigorous peer review process with the advantage of getting a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) unit code, and will be published in two internationally reputed publishers, namely Atlantis Press, Springer Nature which has a reputation for the SCOPUS index, Web of Science, and Google Scholar.

Faculty of Language and Arts Education, FPBS, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI), Bandung held the sixth International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE) with the theme “Revitalization of Language, Literature, Culture, an Education in The Era Digital Era”.

This conference was conducted online on Wednesday, 03 August 2022, presenting Prof. Dr. Yayat Sudaryat, M.Hum (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia) and Prof. Kimura Toshiaki (Universitas Tohoku, Japan) as the keynote speakers; Prof. Julian Millie (Monash University, Australia) and Dr. Luh Ade Mayani, S.S., M.Hum. (Director of SEAMEO QITEP in Language/Language Development and Fostering Agency, Indonesia) as the Plenary Speakers; and Dr. Ida Widia. M.Pd and Dr. Asep Sopian, S.Pd., M.Ag (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia) as the Featured Speakers.

This seminar was officially opened by the Vice Rector for Education and Students Affairs, Prof. Dr. Didi Sukyadi, M.A. in his opening remarks, he congratulated and extended his appreciation to all committee of The 6th ICOLLITE for successfully conducting this seminar. “This seminar is very important for discussing language-related issues in this digital era,” he added. This was the sixth international seminar held by the Faculty of Language and Literature Education attended by professors, scholars, researchers, Indonesian language activists, students, and speakers from other countries such as Algeria, Andorra, Australia, India, Japan, Malaysia and so son as many as 23 participants. This seminar was livened up by a show from Katumbiri, one of Student Activity Units of the faculty.

This seminar aimed at revitalizing language, literature, culture and education in facing the dynamics of the changes in the digital era. The Dean of FPBS, UPI, Prof. Dr. Tri Indri Hardini, M.Pd. expected that it will result in extraordinary insight related to language and there will be mutual support and cooperation in order to be able to implement Kurikulum Merdeka Belajar (Freedom of Learning Curriculum) imposed by the Ministry of Education and Culture, Republic of Indonesia. The scope of this seminar was related to various aspects of language, literature, culture, and education as the place for experts and professionals to share their research and experience on this issue. In this seminar, presenters and participants were encouraged to discuss and disseminate the current issues and offer solutions for the challenge of this era. Discussion on digital literacy trend this time was expected to pave the way to learn from each other for the advancement of the global community regardless of the social, economic, and cultural background.

In this 6th ICOLLITE 6, the presenters and participants were not only provided with materials from the speakers, but also some Sundanese traditional art show presented by UKM Katumbiri, FPBS. This was not only to give entertainment, but also as an effort to promote Sundanese traditional arts to the international world. To close this session, Dr. Rudi Adi Nugroho, M.Pd., the Chair of the 6th ICOLLITE said that this event was held successfully, attended by not only local presenters but also international presenters from many countries. He further stated that this activity was made possible due to the cooperation and assistance from various parties, including lecturers, administration staff, and students of FPBS. He expected that this event will generate some ideas and solutions in revitalizing language, literature, culture and education to face the global challenges in this digital era.

A total of 20 Students of the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia successfully passed the selection and achieved achievements as participants in the Indonesian International Student Mobility Award (IISMA) International Mobility Award (IISMA) 2022. The 20 students of the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia will attend lectures at 19 universities and in 11 different countries.

Vice Rector for Education and Student Affairs of the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia Prof. Dr. Didi Sukyadi, MA explained that the Indonesian International Student Mobility Award (IISMA) Program is an Merdeka Belajar-Kampus Merdeka Program (MBKM) organized by the Ministry of Education and Culture in order to provide opportunities for undergraduate students in Indonesia to acquire knowledge and skills, exchange ideas and culture, and develop networks with students and academics in overseas universities so as to become scholars with a global perspective.

According to Prof. Dr. Didi Sukyadi, MA, the reason for the importance of students joining this program is the recognition of credits from Domestic Universities (PTDN) and Foreign Universities (PTLN). Students can take classes according to their passion, learn from the world’s best universities, interact and adapt to new cultures from different countries, build international networks, and prepare themselves to be able to plunge on a global level in the future.

Prof. Dr. Didi Sukyadi, MA explained that participants of the Indonesian International Student Mobility Award (IISMA) Program of the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia who passed the selection increased from the previous year. In the Previous year’s Indonesian International Student Mobility Award (IISMA) Program in 2021, Students of the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia successfully passed the selection and achieved the achievements of 19 students. Meanwhile, in 2022, students of the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia successfully passed the selection and achieved the achievements of 19 students as many as 20 students.

Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia responded quickly to the offer of the Indonesian International Student Mobility Award (IISMA) Program which is the Merdeka Belajar-Kampus Merdeka (MBKM) Program organized by the Ministry of Education and Culture by conducting socialization to students throughout the faculty and UPI Regional Campus and collaborating to hold the IISMA Info Session Festival with partner universities of Padjadjaran University, Parahyangan Catholic University, Telkom University, Maranatha University, and the National Institute of Technology. Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia also provides assistance funds for English language tests, provides essay writing training for students who will apply for IISMA, and provides interview training for students who have registered for IISMA 2022.

According to Ahmad Bukhori Muslim, Ph.D, as Director of the Directorate of International Affairs of the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia explained that in 2022, UPI, through the Vice Rector of Education and Student Affairs, recommended more students to join the IISMA program, as many as 186 people. But due to increasingly competitive competition, only 38 students passed the diversity test and were eligible for interviews. Of these, alhamdulilah as many as 20 students were declared successful in becoming IISMA awardees. This number increased by 1 from the previous year, as many as 19. We will continue to strive and look forward to passing more IISMA students in the coming year.

Coordinator of IISMA-UPI Directorate of International Affairs, Tuszie Widhiyanti, Ph.D explained that 20 Students of the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia who attended lectures through the Indonesian International Student Mobility Awards program included 8 students from the Faculty of Language and Literature Education (1) Yanti Yulianti, students of the English Language and Literature Study Program, stationed at University College Dublin, Ireland; (2) Mutiara Dini Isfaizal, a student of the English Language Education Study Program, is placed at the University of Glasgow, UK; (3) Shidqi Muhammad Fadhil, a student of the English Language Education Study Program, is placed at the University of Queensland, Australia; (4) Athaya Hasya Hafiezha, English Language Education student, is placed at the University of California Davis, US; (5) Eki Lazuardi Akbar, a student of the English Language Education Study Program, is placed at the University of Liverpool, UK (6) Kirana Anjani Ariella Lugijana English Language Education study program student, placed at Monash University, Australia; (7) Amira Zalfa Setyadykusumah, a student of the Korean Language Education Study Program, is placed at Hanyang University, South Korea; (8) Karyn Maharani, a student of the Korean Language Education Study Program, is placed at Korea University, South Korea.

Furthermore, two IISMA scholarship students from UPI came from the Faculty of Economics and Business Education (9) Mojang Zulfa Amadea, a student of the Islamic Finance Economics Study Program, placed at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia; (10) Rayandra Valera Edhie Putra, a student of Management Study Program, is placed at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia.

Five students from the Faculty of Social Sciences Education also managed to get an IISMA scholarship, namely: (11) Khaupillah Wulandari, a student of the Resort and Leisure Management Study Program, placed at the University of Szeged, Hungary; (12) Nadhifa Aulia Karimbi, a student of the Resort and Leisure Management Study Program, is placed at the University of Szeged, Hungary; (13) Shelma Feraniza, student of Resort and Leisure Management Study Program, is placed at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; (14) Rayhan Arellio Syahbudiman, student of Resort and Leisure Management Study Program, is placed at Lancaster University, UK; (15) Haris Norfaizi, student of History Education Study Program, placed at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan.

Afterwards, 2 students from the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Education, 2 students from the Faculty of Art and Design Education and 1 student from UPI Serang Campus are: (16) Faiza Maila Yusfiana, a student of the Biology Education Study Program, is placed at the Centro de Lenguas Modernas de la Universidad de Granada, Spain; (17) Nur Ilmiah Sakinah, Biology Education, placed at Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuani (18) Fathia Salma Ramadhani, student of Visual Communication Design Study Program, placed at the University of Pecs, Hungary; (19) Dzaki Aziz Nugroho, student of Visual Communication Design Study Program is placed at the University of York, UK; (20) Muhammad Fakhrurrazi, a student of the Marine Information Systems Study Program, was placed at the University of Padua, Italy.

The Cool Roof Team of the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia and international partners have issued a product labeled beCool which has the meaning of cold. The product is under the license of Millennium Solution, USA, is produced at the Science, Technology, and Building Materials lab of the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia and it has been registered with the directorate general of intellectual property and coolroof rating council (CRRC).

Eng. Beta Paramita, who is an Assistant Professor in the Architecture Study Program of the Faculty of Technology and Vocational (FPTK) of the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia and is also the project manager of Cool Roofs Indonesia, explained that beCool is a solution in overcoming global warming as a result of building density, especially in big cities and causing the Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon. The warming trend continues and global temperatures in 2021 = 0.85 degrees Celsius above average since modern records began in 1880. This phenomenon is characterized by the increase in the temperature of the downtown area compared to the surrounding area. The density of buildings and short waves of solar radiation reflected on the city’s cover materials cause trapped heat and lead to an increase in the microclimate of the region.

beCool has a white color which has SRI’s 106 specifications, solar reflectance 0.84, thermal emittance 0.90, so it can economize electricity by 5-6% of total usage per month. The drying time is quite fast + 30 minutes. Product quality resistance up to 3 years depends on the level of humidity and air pollution in each location and this product has advantages based on water and waterproof.

Eng. Beta Paramita explained that beCool presents solutions for society with institutional, academic, and community partners to overcome these challenges to achieve these targets and make cool roofs more affordable and accessible to many rural and underdeveloped areas of our country.

We are developing additional resources to bring the benefits of cool roofs to more users in Indonesia and hope our learning helps increase the use of these cooling solutions around the world.

Becool is part of the Cool Roof project of the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia in a global project, the Million Cool Roofs Challenge (MCR). The Million Cool Roofs Challenge (MCR) is a global initiative to accelerate access to affordable and sustainable cooling through the rapid deployment of cool roofs.  Noah Horowitz, director of the Clean Cooling Collaborative, said that the lack of access to cooling is deadly and become a problem for more than a billion people worldwide. We need to fulfill the growing demand for cooling with more climate-friendly and equitable solutions. The Million Cool Roof Challenge offers the global potential to expand the scale of solar reflective roof deployments that make buildings more comfortable for the occupants and reduce the onset of heat stress.

The Million Cool Roofs Challenge was launched in 2019 as a project of the Clean Cooling Collaborative in collaboration with the Global Cool Cities Alliance, Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), and Nesta Challenges. The Million Cool Roofs Challenge awarded $125,000 in grants to 10 finalist teams based in South Africa, Bangladesh, Cote D’Ivoire, the Philippines, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Niger, Rwanda, and Senegal. In less than two years, collectively, the ten countries managed to apply more than 1.1 million square meters of cool roofs — an area equivalent to 250,000 small rooftops, despite the numerous obstacles due to the coronavirus pandemic. The global competition for the scale of cool roof uses in developing countries officially announced that Indonesia represented by the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia(UPI) is the winner of the Million Cool Roofs Challenge to demonstrate the best sustainable model through innovation and solar reflective roof technology. UPI is then entitled to a prize of $ 750,000 or equivalent to 11 billion Rupiah to expand the implementation of cool roofs in Indonesia.

UPI’s Becool products were developed in collaboration with the University of Florida, and Millennium Solutions, USA. The Cool Roof Team of the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia in MCR activities has applied cool roofs to eight provinces and fifteen cities in Indonesia which are perceived by more than 10,000 building users. Noted in factory buildings, schools, MBR houses, government offices, mosques, OR (sports) facilities, and boarding schools and orphanages have become pilot projects in the implementation of MCR. Based on field measurements from the pilot project, the application of cool roofs in industrial buildings are able to lower the room temperature to 10 degrees Celsius. On the other hand, the use of cool roofs is able to reduce the energy consumption of buildings and it is counted as equivalent to 5-6% of total energy.

During MCR activities, the Cool Roof Team of the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia has been able to produce its own cool roof coating paint under the millennium solution license, USA. UPI’s Science paint lab, Technology, and Building Materials Lab production paint have obtained an international certificate issued by CRRC (Cool Roof Rating Council). This production has provided opportunities for field workers, as well as practical learning opportunities for lecturers and students who work together in a series of MCR activities. The impact of the Cool Roof team activities of the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesiahas met the targets which are imposed by the MCR jury, namely being able to provide thermal comfort and access to cooling; energy savings, as well as significantly contributing to the reduction of the effects of UHI.

UPI Becool’s products as part of the efforts of the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia to participate in developing local product innovations. Cool Roofs Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia plans to establish the first SRI (Solar Reflective Index) testing facility in Indonesia by increasing local production and hopes that it could reduce the production costs by about 20%, and make this solar reflective paint cheaper and accessible to all walks of life. Becool UPI also opened cooperation with the central government through ministries, as well as local governments to build on the success of their Million Cool Roofs Challenge project and develop its policies (e.g., Indonesian National Standards, green building applications, etc.) that will facilitate the continued adoption of solar reflective roofs across the country.

Advanced Materials for Renewable and New Energy are works written by Prof. Dr. Ida Hamidah, M.Si in the inauguration of a professor at the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia.

He was appointed as a professor at the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia in the field of Physics Science.

Still fresh in our memories, how outstanding was China that managed to create a hospital to accommodate its citizens that has been affected by Covid-19 in just ten days.

Ten days is a very quick count to build a hospital on 5.6 hectares of land with a bed capacity of 1000 units. Of course, we really appreciate the Chinese government system that is able to manage an activity very well, which is able to make 7000 workers work day and night without stopping.

But behind that, have you ever thought about what materials/materials they use so that the hospital can stand firm with all its modern equipment? The answer is advanced materials.

Advanced materials are produced by modifying the structure of natural materials so that their characteristics are much better. Some examples of advanced materials are amorphous silicon, amorphous iron, composites, catalysts, and polymers.

Smartphone cases, super light bikes, and high-speed fuselages are some of the latest products that use advanced materials. Scientifically, advanced materials are one of the fields of material physics work in addition to electronic materials, optical materials, magnetic materials, quantum phenomena in materials, physics nonequilibrium, and physics of condensed materials.

With the successful modification of the structure of natural materials, nowadays many advanced materials have been applied in various fields of technology, one of which is technology to harvest energy from something that is moving. This technology is called an energy harvester.

The energy that comes from moving things, such as river water, wind, machinery systems, and the earth’s motion, is the kinetic energy available in our environment that has not been used optimally. Several attempts have been made to capture mobile energy using advanced materials, including piezoelectric materials and carbon nanotubes.

However, low efficiency, low-frequency band, and low device reliability are still the main drawbacks of this concept. Among the causes that reduce the performance of the energy harvester system are the low flexibility of the membrane design and the use of inappropriate materials. Inflexible membranes can reduce the performance of the device to induce an electric current.

Energy harvesting by combining electromagnetic waves is the best alternative way of providing electrical power for a very wide range of applications. For this reason, research on nanomagnetic polymer-based membranes is now a research trend that is quite intensively carried out.

If the performance of the harvester energy system has been optimal, then this is in line with Indonesia’s National Energy policy in the form of increasing the share of new and renewable energy (EBT) from 5% (2014) to 23% (2025).

The government calculates that increasing the share of EBT in the energy mix to 23 percent can save budget up to tens of trillions each year. The EBT portion is targeted to be realized in 2025. The potential to be achieved by EBT in the national energy mix in 2025 is 45.1 gigawatts (GW). With details, 7.2 GW of geothermal, 18 GW of hydropower, 3 GW of mini and micro-hydro, 5.5 GW of bio-energy, 6.5 GW of solar power, 6.5 GW of wind power.

In order to support Indonesia’s National Energy policy, several domestic universities have welcomed it with various programs, for example, the University of Indonesia through the University Development Agency and Logistics Management and the Directorate of Facility Management and Maintenance to develop new and renewable energy program initiatives. Likewise, with the Physics Doctoral Program of Universitas Brawijaya which forms the field of interest in Renewable Energy and the Environment.

It is hoped that awareness of the importance of EBT to maintain a balance in the availability and use of energy on earth is expected to be able to touch all groups, both the public and the government, both stakeholders and institutional leaders. If only all parties work continuously, then it is not impossible that the target of increasing EBT in 2025 will be realized.

Likewise, countries in various parts of the world have realized the importance of developing new and renewable energies by providing understanding and skills about EBT through curricula.

Examples include the Hydrogen Education Curriculum at Michigan Technological University, the Hydrogen Technology and Energy Curriculum at the University of California, and the Innovation Research Center for Fuel Cells at The University of Electro-Communication-Japan. We all understand very well that all technological advances will not be on target without the role of education.

In line with the spirit of the Minister of Education and Culture regarding independent learning, one of which is outlined in the form of Permendikbud No. 3 of 2020 Article 11 paragraph (1), that the characteristics of the learning process consist of interactive, holistic, integrative, scientific, contextual, thematic, effective, collaborative, and student-centered characteristics. For that, Hopefully, all forms of activities to produce technology need to be integrated through research activities in learning.

In this way, it is hoped that students will be able to generate creative ideas to provide solutions to all problems faced, including problems in the supply of new and renewable energy.