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Two USU Students Win 3 Gold Medals at International Innovation Event in Russia

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15 April 2019

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MEDAN – USU PUBLIC RELATIONS: Two students from the University of Sumatra Utara (USU) won 3 gold medals and 1 special trophy in the 22nd Moscow International Salon of Inventions and Innovative Technologies Archimedes in Moscow, Russia, which took place on March 26-29, 2019. Those who brought glory to Indonesia’s name in the Land of the Red Bear were Winelda Mahfud Zaidan Haris from the Faculty of Dentistry, class of 2015, and Wahid Nurhayat from the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, class of 2017. Both are members of the Schneider USU team, a community of outstanding students from several faculties at USU.

In the prestigious event, they demonstrated an innovation in brake pads made from candlenut shells. This product is believed to be more durable for motorcycle braking functions.

“The brake pads made from candlenut shells that we made are called Bayo secret. This is a new technology, we replace the main composition of the brake pads with candlenut shells,” said Winelda Mahfud Zaidan Haris in a press conference held by the USU Public Relations, Promotion and Protocol Office, on Friday (5/4).

According to Wiwin, as she is usually called, brake pads are currently mostly made from asbestos. It took 3 years to conduct brake pad research. Previously, they had also participated in similar competitions in India, Malaysia, Japan and most recently in Russia. Wiwin said that as a result of this competition, they received investment in the form of funds to continue the same research. Later, the brake pads will have a patent and be mass-produced.

“There are countries that want to buy this license and patent, but we refused. Because we want our work to be produced by USU,” she said.

Wiwin explained that the brake pads they made will last for 8 months and are priced at IDR 35,000. They will take the marketing segment in Indonesia.

“In addition to Indonesia, we will market it in Saudi Arabia and Thailand which are interested in the innovation we created,” he explained.

Wiwin and Wahid expressed their gratitude to the USU Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Runtung Sitepu and his staff, the Indonesian Government and the Indonesian Embassy (KBRI) for Russia and all Indonesian people who have prayed for their success.

Meanwhile, Juliaster Marbun, Team Schneider’s supervisor, said that the achievements achieved by Wiwin and Winelda were inseparable from the hard work done by his students. For the production of brake pads, according to him, there will be no obstacles with the raw materials available in North Sumatra.

“I have conducted direct checks in 33 districts/cities in North Sumatra. 21 regions have candlenut plantations and the harvest is carried out in stages. So this innovation can be mass produced,” he explained.

On that occasion, USU Vice Chancellor I, Prof. Dr. Ir. Rosmayati, MS, expressed his pride in the achievements of his students. According to him, the bonus will soon be given by the rectorate to them in the near future.

“USU is interested in the brake pads they created. However, to be mass produced, it will be discussed again with the USU rectorate. In essence, many parties are interested in the innovation. However, we hope that the innovation will not be sold. It will definitely be mass produced soon,” he concluded. (Public Relations)

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