LKTI 2010: UPH Team, a Champion

Four students majoring in Industrial Engineering ? Universitas Pelita Harapan, have recently won the first prize in the Industrial Engineering contest (Lomba Keilmuan Teknik Industri ? LKTI) on March 12, 2010.

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(left-right): Natalia Kristiani, Yuliana, Antonius Budianto, and Yovan Aditya holding their prize.

Four students majoring in Industrial Engineering ? Universitas Pelita Harapan, have recently won the first prize in the Industrial Engineering contest (Lomba Keilmuan Teknik Industri ? LKTI) on March 12, 2010. The competition that was organized by Universitas Indonesia is an annual event to test students? capability in theory and practice of industrial engineering field.

In the preliminary round the participants were asked to make paper with the topic of drought in Nusa Tenggara Timur Province. Twenty selected teams were allowed to continue to the next round, which was on calculation and simulation. The calculation round was meant to test students? basic knowledge in industrial engineering, related to statistics and engineering economics. Six teams were then selected from this round to compete in the final round.

“We were given a case study of an earthquake in Sunda Strait, to be resolved by simulation. The questions that arouse were about the risk management and business continuity plan ? how the disaster being handled, and how long a company can be fully recovered after a disaster,” said Antonius Budianto, UPH student majoring in Industrial Engineering class of 2007.

Antonius? teammates were Natalia Kristiani (TI 2007), Yuliana (TI 2008), and Yovan Aditya (TI 2008). The four of them managed to amaze the jury at the last round because the casualties in UPH team simulation were the least among the other five teams. “During the competition, we?re not allowed to consult with our lecturers. Hence, starting from making the paper until the simulation round, it was all pure the result of our own hard work,” added Natalia proudly.

The competition was held starting March 8, 2010 and attended by 32 teams from 20 universities in Indonesia, both private and public ones. Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) was in second place, UI in the third place, Universitas Bina Nusantara (BiNus) team 1 in the fourth place, Universitas Andalas in the fifth place, and BiNus team 2 in the sixth place. In 2009, UPH was the second runner up and in 2008 was the runner up. (cyn)

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