ITB Went to JAYSES 2011, Thailand
By UKM Student English Forum
Editor UKM Student English Forum
BANDUNG, itb.ac.id - Four of ITB's brightest mind had participated in the Japan-Asia Young Scientist and Engineer Study Visit (JAYSES) 2011 on 22-29 August 2011 in Bangkok and surrounding province, Thailand. Together with 5 students from UI and UGM, our four delegates : Anastasia Ratna Wahyu Wijayanti (Urban and Regional Planning year 2008), Gamma Adam Firdaus (Oil Engineering year 2008), Marsha Faradina (Chemical Engineering year 2009), and Reinhardt Albert Matondang (Aeronautics and Astronautics year 2008) became the youngest delegates from Indonesia.
JAYSES was held to explore technology application, especially those related to industry and to comprehend how those technology affected Asia's society in every aspects. Apart from that, this visit was to strengthen the bonds between Japan and other Asian countries, especially the member of ASEAN. For one week, JAYSES's participants which consisted of students from Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, and Philipine, had completed many activities, including field observation, group discussion and presentation.
During the observation, participants was divided into 6 small groups which are given the task to visit Thailand's company (Betagro, Siam Cement Group, PTT-RTI), Japan's company in Thailand (Ajinomoto and Yamashin Filter), the locations of Japan's aid program in Thailand such as ODA and JICA (includes the making of wastewater system and algae photobioreactor prototype), and also many education institutes in Thailand. Observation result was then brought to the group discussion and later, it would be presented in the Final Presentation held in Chulalongkorn University.
"I'm really glad to participate in this activity," said Marsha Faradina as one of the delegates. "The observation was truly what engineering is all about, especially for Chemical Engineering students. The companies that are visited was related to the field (chemical eng.), it's good to see how college's theory can be put on real application in industry."
Marsha explained that Indonesian's students were really active in participating in that activity. In the observation, Indonesian delegates, especially ITB, show a high curiousity and were very actively asking questions so that they impressed other delegates and gave an image of Indonesian student who are active, smart, and enthusiastic. The good impression continued until the group discussion. "Although I'm a woman, I can be the leader of the group", stated Marsha. The same tone of excellence were also heard from Anastasia, Gamma,and Reinhardt who also stood out in each of their group.
Indonesian students had a huge world-class potential, this fact had already proven in many forum and competition in the international world. Hence, our young generation ought to be more opmtimistic to achieve a better Indonesia, because with every effort from our own brightest and loads of support from every stakeholder, the glory of Indonesia is in our grasp.
During the observation, participants was divided into 6 small groups which are given the task to visit Thailand's company (Betagro, Siam Cement Group, PTT-RTI), Japan's company in Thailand (Ajinomoto and Yamashin Filter), the locations of Japan's aid program in Thailand such as ODA and JICA (includes the making of wastewater system and algae photobioreactor prototype), and also many education institutes in Thailand. Observation result was then brought to the group discussion and later, it would be presented in the Final Presentation held in Chulalongkorn University.
"I'm really glad to participate in this activity," said Marsha Faradina as one of the delegates. "The observation was truly what engineering is all about, especially for Chemical Engineering students. The companies that are visited was related to the field (chemical eng.), it's good to see how college's theory can be put on real application in industry."Marsha explained that Indonesian's students were really active in participating in that activity. In the observation, Indonesian delegates, especially ITB, show a high curiousity and were very actively asking questions so that they impressed other delegates and gave an image of Indonesian student who are active, smart, and enthusiastic. The good impression continued until the group discussion. "Although I'm a woman, I can be the leader of the group", stated Marsha. The same tone of excellence were also heard from Anastasia, Gamma,and Reinhardt who also stood out in each of their group.
Indonesian students had a huge world-class potential, this fact had already proven in many forum and competition in the international world. Hence, our young generation ought to be more opmtimistic to achieve a better Indonesia, because with every effort from our own brightest and loads of support from every stakeholder, the glory of Indonesia is in our grasp.
