The first major introduced was the Chemical Engineering Study Program. Its virtual laboratory tour was led by one of the professors, Wibawa Hendra Saputera, S.Si., M.Si., M.SC., Ph.D. The primary laboratory for this study program is Laboratory X.

“Two of the earliest courses taught to second-year students via hands-on laboratory activities are Methods of Measurement and Analysis as well as Organic Chemistry,” Hendra explained. Laboratories of the Chemical Engineering Study Program also research the production of oxygen concentration used in manufacturing adsorbent materials that act as separators of nitrogen and oxygen.

*Pilot Reactor Laboratory of ITB Chemical Engineering Study Program

Guided by one of its lecturers, Dr. Irsyad Nashirul Haq, S.T., M.T., the next study program to present its laboratory facilities was the Engineering Physics Study Program.

“One of the current projects in the ITB Engineering Physics laboratories is the innovation of three charging stations that are planned to be set at ITB Ganesha and Jatinangor campuses," Dr. Irsyad explained. "This project is done at the Energy Management Laboratory.”

*Medical Instrumentation Laboratory of ITB Engineering Physics Study Program

Another unique laboratory located at the ITB Engineering Physics Study Program is the Medical Instrumentation Laboratory, which creates technologies in the field of public health.

The discussion continued with the ITB Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management Study Program. One of the laboratories described in this session was the Production System Laboratory.

“The Production System Laboratory has a learning factory, a small-scale model of the smart factory,” Faris Hasby, one of the professors from the ITB Industrial Engineering Study Program, illustrated. “In this learning factory, students can learn about the simulation of the manufacturing cycle from the beginning to the end of the production process.” On the other hand, the Occupational Engineering and Ergonomics Laboratory designs the appropriate systems and products according to the needs and safety of the involved people.

In the final session, the ITB Food Engineering as well as the Bioenergy and Chemurgical Engineering Study Programs from the Jatinangor campus follow the same courses as the Chemical Engineering Study Program for the second academic year. Thus, students who wish to enroll in either one will participate in the same laboratory activities as those joining the Chemical Engineering Study Program.

Reporter: Yoel Enrico Meiliano (Food Engineering, 2020)
Translator: Ruth Nathania (Environmental Engineering, 2019)