UGM and WIKA Gedung Explore Collaboration on Building and Road Construction Research Applications
UGM and WIKA Gedung Explore Collaboration on Building and Road Construction Research Applications
The Main Director of WIKA Gedung, Hadian Pramudita, paid a working visit to the UGM campus, Friday (13/10). During the visit, the Managing Director of WIKA Gedung and the Chancellor of UGM agreed to open up opportunities for collaboration in the field of building and road construction research applications as well as strengthening the program for sending student work internships.
"We want to build further cooperation in the future where we, UGM together with the community, can build something that the community needs. For example, how do we make houses cheaply and quickly, make construction quickly. "Or collaboration in the field of research to make concrete asphalt roads using a mixture of plastic waste materials from the UGM research team," he said.
To support the Independent Learning Campus Merdeka program, said Hadian, his party opened opportunities for lecturers and students to gain experience at the WIKA company which operates in the field of concrete, building and road construction. "It is our obligation as a state-owned company, apart from supporting our own business interests, one of which is to participate in making the nation's life smarter, especially since we received around 5-6 projects from UGM, so if possible, WIKA must also contribute to UGM," he explained. .
According to him, exploring this collaboration will strengthen the learning ecosystem on campus because for him UGM is quite strong in theory and on the other hand, WIKA Gedung has experience in practical terms in the field. "There are two sides, UGM controls the theoretical side, while we control the practical side. "In the future, how will lecturers, students and us combine these two, so that what is taught by lecturers to students can be immediately absorbed and become more complete," he stressed.
Chancellor of Gadjah Mada University Prof. Dr. Ova Emilia, M.Med.Ed., Sp.OG(K), Ph.D., expressed her appreciation and welcomed the visit from WIKA management to open up opportunities for collaboration in the fields of Research and Education. "We hope that in the future, the collaboration that is built can produce outcomes in the form of developing the knowledge and talents of students and staff based on the results of research products," he explained.
Apart from that, according to the Chancellor, student participation in MBKM activities at WIKA increases students' experience and skills to put their knowledge into practice. "There is a learning process with various experiences they gain during their internship because they increase their ability to handle problems in the field," he said.
During this visit, the Managing Director of WIKA Gedung was accompanied by the Director of Quality, Health, Safety, Environment and Marketing, Dwi Purnomo, and the Director of PT. Semarang Demak Development Company, Dwi Purnomo. Meanwhile, the UGM Chancellor was accompanied by the Deputy Chancellor for Planning, Assets and Information Systems, Arief Setiawan Budi Nugroho, Ph.D., Director of Assets Dr. Ahmad Sarwadi, Director of Global Partnerships and Relations, Prof. Dr. Puji Astuti and Director of Planning, Ely Susanto, Ph.D.