YOGYAKARTA-Sebanyak enam peserta yang berasal dari mahasiswa Jurusan Teknik Mesin UGM , Kamis (27/1) mengikuti lomba kendaraan yang memiliki daya tahan dan irit bahan bakar di halaman Fakultas Teknik Mesin. Para mahasiswa ini mengikuti lomba untuk memenuhi mata kuliah proyek kompetisi. Selain peserta, puluhan mahasiswa Teknik Mesin lainnya juga nampak bersemangat menyaksikan acara tersebut. Galih Oktavian Putra, selaku koordinator kegiatan mengatakan bahwa lomba tersebut dibagi menjadi dua, yaitu irit bahan bakar dan daya tahan.

“Peserta diharuskan mengelilingi lintasan sepanjang 2 km secara bertahap, dan harus memiliki daya tahan kuat,” papar Galih di sela-sela lomba.

Senin (24/1), Fakultas Teknik menggelar Pemilihan Calon Ketua Jurusan dan Calon Sekretaris Jurusan periode 2011-2015 di lingkungan Fakultas Teknik UGM di Gedung Kantor Pusat FT UGM. Pemilihan dilakukan serentak oleh 8 Jurusan di lingkungan FT UGM dengan disaksikan oleh para Pengurus Fakultas.

DEADLINE SOON AUN/SEED-Net Scholarship: 25 Januari 2011 for MASTER in ASEAN and DOCTORAL SANDWICH Program in ASEAN.
1. Master's Degree in ASEAN
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Over the last three decades, its vision and commitment to quality made the Group a dominant player in the spheres it operates in. Today, Musim Mas has rapidly expanded into a large FULLY INTEGRATED PALM OIL CORPORATION.

Growing from strenth to strength, Musim Mas is one of Indonesia's most dynamic groups, with a diversified portfolio of product and assets. Its activities are centered on its core business of palm cultivation and palm oil processing. It is a market leader in the manufacturing of palm oil, soap, margarine and owns ships, tankers, a grain terminal and bulk tank terminals.

To support our operation, we are looking for highly potential people to fill in the position:

1. Japanese Professor Dispatch Program (JPDP):  deadline for tentative summary plan is by March 31, 2011 and Individual application should be submitted 3 months before each dispatch.

University Network for Climate and Ecosystems Change Adaptation Research
Postgraduate Courses on Building Resilience to Climate Change
On Spring 2011

The United Nations University Institute for Sustainability and Peace (UNU-ISP), Tokyo, invites applications for the new intensive 4 week postgraduate programme on Building Resilience to Climate Change, developed under the framework of the University Network for Climate and Ecosystems Change Adaptation Research (UN-CECAR). UN-CECAR is a collaborative initiative of more than 20 leading universities across Asia. It is committed to developing postgraduate educational and research programmes on climate and ecosystems change, adaptation and sustainability science. UNU-ISP acts as the Secretariat for UN-CECAR.

Upaya-upaya yang dilakukan dalam mengejar pertumbuhan ekonomi sering menimbulkan dampak negatif terhadap lingkungan. Oleh karena itu, pembangunan berkelanjutan (sustainable development) menjadi suatu keharusan yang tidak dapat dihindari jika bangsa Indonesia ingin menjaga kelestarian sumber daya alam dan lingkungan bagi generasi mendatang.

In 2000, Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT) started YSEP (Young Scientist Exchange Program), which will provide each overseas student with the first opportunity to experience long term research in the SOTSURON (Research Project) as well as reloted subjects and courses of Japanese language and society.

Japan Scholarship Program untuk program master dan doktor (International Graduate Program scheme C) di International Development Engineering Dept. Beasiswa ini
khususnya diperuntukkan bagi yang telah memiliki pengalaman profesional minimal 2 tahun. Untuk informasi lebih lanjut dapat dilihat di link berikut:
http://www.ide.titech.ac.jp/ADB-JSP/toppage.html