TANGSEL - The success of the Assessment and Application of Technology Agency (BPPT) to make the first pharmaceutical salt factory in Indonesia and master the pro-analysis salt production process is worth emulating. It is because the innovations produced by BPPT can shorten the salt harvest period from 10 days to only 4-5 days by building multilevel seawater reservoirs and mechanizing the harvesting method.

Learning from these successes, UPN "Veteran" Yogyakarta (UPNVY) made a working visit to the BPPT Chemical Resources and Chemical Technology Center (PTSEIK), in Puspiptek, Serpong, Thursday (1/31).

"This visit as well as a reciprocal visit was in December 2018 then PTSEIK BPPT made a visit to the UPN," said the Deputy Dean for Student Affairs and Cooperation at the Faculty of Industrial Engineering (FTI).

The success of BPPT, said Mahreni, could increase the understanding of lecturers and students in carrying out salt researches.

The planning is both lecturers and students can carry out research and community service as well as practical work and field lectures to BPPT.

Mahreni hopes that collaboration with BPPT will encourage the collaboration between campuses and researchers. The results of research done by researchers on campus can be realized into industrial products or downstreams of the research results that can be accepted in the national and global markets.

"In the field of salt research, we have collaborated with other universities, namely the UniversityTrunojoyo Madura. For this reason, we would like to establish a partnership with BPPT, "said Mahreni.

Meanwhile, PTSEIK Director Dr. Hens Saputra M.Eng welcomed the collaboration initiated by UPNVY.

The UPNVY Chemical Engineering Alumni said that the cooperation plan could be immediately followed up by drafting a Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation Agreement. (BMW-fti)