Industrial Chemical Engineering Technology (TRKI) Student Won 3rd Place in National Competition

Semarang (18/09/2021). Ni Putu Adeyani or often called it with Ade, one of Industrial Chemical Engineering Technology (TRKI) student won 3rd place in the selection of outstanding students at the national level in 2021. She is 2018 students class made extraordinary achievements in the selection of outstanding students. Starting from the selection at the faculty level and then at the university level to the national level, Ade was able to get rid of his rivals and was able to win the National 3rd Place for the Diploma Student category.

In the selection of outstanding students at the national level in 2021, Ade presented his scientific work on “Improving the Quality of Natural Food Preservation Using Sheca-Edible Spray Based on a Combination of Pectin and Chitin to Achieve Sustainable Development Targets”. According to Ade, “the theme of the scientific work he developed was because of the large amount of green shell and cocoa shell waste that had not been utilized”, she said. “Until now, the utilization of green shells and cocoa shells, which are very common in some areas, causes a buildup that has not been processed optimally and consequently increases the number of wastes and the effects of burning them can increase CO₂ gas emissions which affect environmental, air and water pollution in the area. around,” said Ni Putu Adeyani on a separate occasion. She hopes that this work can provide a solution so that waste becomes a new product called Sheca-Edible Spray, which is a naturally biodegradable preservative for fruit and food derived from cocoa shell pectin and green mussel shell chitin. “So it can indeed be applied to the community and will be useful to reduce the use of harmful preservatives such as formalin or borax,” added Ni Putu Adeyani. For this achievement, Undip Chancellor Prof. Dr. Yos Johan Utama, S.H., M.Hum., is very proud of the achievements of Undip students in the midst of the difficult situation of the Covid-19 pandemic. “Congratulations on your success as the national champion of the 2021 Presidential Election,” said the Undip Chancellor. The Chancellor also added that the work of Undip students in the Pilmapres event was expected to be useful for the community and to be a trigger for other students to excel and also contribute to the community and the surrounding environment.