Institution Partnership and Researcher Team
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Prof. Bambang Riyanto Trilaksono
Laboratory for Control and Computer System
School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics
Institute of Technology Bandung |
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Dr. Dina Shona Laila
Coventry University |
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Dr. Muhammad Riyansyah
Structure Engineering
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Environment
Institute of Technology Bandung |
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Seno Adi Putra, S.Si., M.T
Laboratory for Control and Computer System
School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics
Institute of Technology Bandung |
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Gatot Sukmara, S.T, M.T
PUSJATAN |
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Dr. Faris Elasha
Coventry University |
Involved Students:
- Pratama Budi Wijayanto (Master Degree Student in Civil and Environment Enginenering)
- Adi Trisna Nuewijaya (Bachelor Degree Student in School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics)
- Abikarami Anandadiga (Bachelor Degree Student in School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics)
- Gede Agus Andika Sani (Bachelor Degree Student in School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics)
Institute of Technology Bandung
Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) or Insitute of Technology Bandung was founded on March 2, 1959. The present ITB main campus is the site of earlier engineering schools in Indonesia. Although these institutions of higher learning had their own individual characteristics and missions, they left influence on developments leading to the establishment of ITB.
In 1920, Technische Hogeschool (TH) was established in Bandung, which for a short time, in the middle forties, became Kogyo Daigaku. Not long after the birth of the Republic of Indonesia in 1945, the campus housed the Technical Faculty (including a Fine Arts Department) of Universitas Indonesia, with the head office in Jakarta. In the early fifties, a. Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, also part of Universitas Indonesia, was established on the campus.
In 1959, the present lnstitut Teknologi Bandung was founded by the Indonesian government as an institution of higher learning of science, technology, and fine arts, with a mission of education, research, and service to the community.
Government Decree No. 155/2000 pertaining to The Decision on ITB as Legal Enterprise (Badan Hukum) has opened a new path for ITB to become autonomous. The status of autonomy implies a freedom for the institution to manage its own bussiness in an effective and efficient way, and to be fully responsible for the planning and implementation of all program and activity, and the quality control for the attainment of its institutional objective. The institution has also freedom in deciding their measures and taking calculated risks in facing tight competition and intense pressures.
Coventry University
Coventry University (CU) is among the higher ranking universities in the UK. Engineering, including mechanical engineering and civil engineering, is the main strength of CU, which was formerly the most prominent technical polytechnics in the UK. Transport, mobility and infrastructure is among the prime research themes at CU, which is the home of the National Transport Design Centre and the Transport and Mobility Research Centre, with which the CU researchers are affiliated.
CU also has a strong representation in Indonesia, with one of its international office in Jakarta. The co-applicant, Dina Shona Laila (DSL) is a leading researcher in control and instrumentation. She is one of the most active researchers in this area in the UK, with rich experience in leading and delivering various research and development projects. Faris Elasha (FE) is an expert in fault detection and vibration analysis. The expertise and skills of the researchers are crucially important to deliver the proposed project.
The roles: CU researchers will provide technical expertise in instrumentation, signal processing, fault detection and control, support the training requirement for the Indonesian partner and lead the development of the Civionics training/workshop modules. They will also lead the reporting and dissemination of the project outcomes. Existing collaboration: While this collaboration is new, DSL is a native Indonesian and an ITB alumnus. DSL familiarity with Indonesia education system will assure smooth and effective communication within this collaboration.
Long term vision: Bridge health monitoring and management is a crucial infrastructure issue in Indonesia, which currently is still lacking. Therefore, sustainable development of national technical capability and independency in bridge monitoring system, and improving the management strategy, including the safety standard, will be a long term project that needs to be carried out. It is the long term vision of this partnership to be play the main role in the R&D, and possibly the production, of local bridge monitoring systems, and to provide training in this field of engineering. Besides R&D, ITB and CU have been in communication to develop join degree programmes. This project is a mean to realize this long term R&D and education partnership plan.
PUSJATAN
Institute of Road Engineering (IRE / PUSJATAN) is a government authority body under the Research and Development Agency (RDA), Ministry of Public Works and Public Housings (MPWPH) of Indonesia, that is responsible for the maintenance and management of roads and bridges in Indonesia. Establish since 1925 IRE has the main function to conduct R&D, and to develop standard, guidelines and manuals for road and bridges in Indonesia.
The main objective of this partnership is to explore affordable embedded system and wireless sensor network (WSN) technology for effective bridge monitoring and early warning. Therefore, IRE is naturally the most suitable partner for this project. Its participation is particularly important, as be able to carry out this project, access to information, data, and field work to a real bridge is necessary. In this programmes IRE researchers/engineers will provide expertise in structural engineering, including testing and analysis, and also road & bridge management. IRE will also provide information and data and permission to access GEOSAN Bridge that will used for the field work location. IRE will also provide facilities for the measurement and fieldwork as in kind contribution which is a great added value to the project.
Existing collaboration: Both ITB and IRE are located in Bandung, West Java. IRE and ITB, particularly the Department of Civil Engineering, also have a number of collaborations in research, development and training. Collaboration between LSKK ITB and IRE in this bridge health monitoring study has also been initiated, although it is still at an early stage.
Long term vision for this partnership: Bridge health monitoring and management is a crucial infrastructure issue in Indonesia, which currently is still lacking. Therefore, sustainable development of national technical capability and independency in bridge monitoring system, and improving the management strategy, including the safety standard, will be a long term project that needs to be carried out. It is the long term vision of this partnership to be play the main role in the R&D, and possibly the production, of local bridge monitoring systems, and to provide training in this field of engineering.