On November 8, 2017, Delegates from the Construction Research Institute of Malaysia (CREAM) visited the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, welcomed by the Secretary of the Department, Ali Awaludin, S.T., M.Eng., Ph.D. Dr. Ir. Zuhairi Abd. Hamid, as the leader of the Group, led the discussion about research on “Flood and Landslide Hazard Assessment for Critical Infrastructure for Specific Areas in Malaysia” and “Development of Sustainable Vulnerability Index for Critical Infrastructure for Specified Areas in Malaysia”. The event was also attended by Academic Staffs of the Department in the related fields.

On November 7, 2017, Delegation from National Central University (NCU) Taiwan visited Universitas Gadjah Mada as part of their tour in Indonesia. The delegation was first visited the Office of International Affairs UGM. Furthermore, the group that consisted of 17 people was divided into several groups, according to their expertise / research interests and visited the relevant Faculty / Department, as one of them went to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering UGM.

The visit to the Department is led by Dr. Hsieh-Lung Hsu, Vice President for International Affairs, along with the other Academic Staffs, Dr. Ching-Ju Monica Chin and Dr. Han-Hsiang Wang, welcomed by Head of Department, Prof. Ir. Joko Sujono, M. Eng., Ph.D. In this occasion, Delegates from NCU expressed their interest in research collaboration, particularly in the areas of construction management, transportation, and natural disasters. NCU also opens the opportunity to establish cooperation for the student exchange or double degree.

Enterpreneurship General Lecture Series Part 2 by Ir. Moh Edi Isdwiarto, held on November 4th 2017 in 3rd floor Civil and Environmental Engineering Department FT UGM. Ir Moh Edi Isdwiarto, MBA is one of the alumni of Civil Engineering UGM year of 1981. He delivered a lecture about “Transformation of Corporate Culture from Multinational to BUMN”

Enterpreneurship General Lecture Series Part 1by Ir. Wijayanto Samirin, MPP held on October 28th 2017 in 3rd floor Civil and Environmental Engineering Department FT UGM. Ir. Wijayanto Samirin is one of the alumni of Civil Engineering UGM year of 1990. He delivered a lecture about “Dynamic Changing Management Inside Work and Social Environment”

Saturday, October 28th 2017 has held a final judgement for 5 groups finalist of Design of Precast Building KMTS FT UGM Competition. The board of jury are :

1. Dr. Ing. Ir. Andreas Triwiyono (Chairman)
2. Dr. Ing. Ir. Djoko Sulistyo (Member)
3. Ir. Ikaputra M.Eng., Ph.D. (Member)
4. Ir. Moch. Cholis Prihanto (Member)

Also being invited some of KATSGAMA (Keluarga Alumni Teknik Sipil Gadjah Mada) member.

Final result of this competition are as follows :
1st Place – Group 4
Members : Jabar Raikhan Khusna, Rizki Prana Antariksa, Genta Alim Adinegoro, Farras Irvanda, Fitha Aulia
With prize amount of Rp. 25.000.000,-

2nd – Group 1
Members : Rage Rino, Fadhil Rizky, Dilla Ari, Ismawarti, Rusgiyanto
With prize amount of Rp. 15.000.000,-

3rd Place – Group 7
Members : Estetika Chinta, Muhammad Muyassar
With prize amount of Rp. 10.000.000,-

Dynamic Load Bridge Competition is one of the various events series at ITS Civil Expo 2017 held by the Civil Engineering Student Association of Institut Teknologi Sepuluh, Surabaya. The theme was “Lightweight Bridge that is solid, environmental-friendly, with Indonesian archipelagic vision”, and the maximum bridge loading is 100 kg. This year, Team of Cita Sandya VIII Universitas Gadjah Mada had the opportunity to get to the Final after passed the stage of paper examination. This team consists of Agustinus Sri Pandu (DTSL 2015), Rahmat Gusdian (DTSL 2015), and Yendri Maryesi N (DTSL 2016).

Final session of Dynamic Load Bridge Competition was held on 27 – 30 September 2017 at the Institut Teknologi Sepuluh, Surabaya. The competition starts on 27 September 2017 with Technical Meeting followed by all contestants who were qualified for the final stage of the competition. On September 28, 2017 was a session for presentation of bridge planning, and continued with bridge making session on September 29, 2017. The bridge loading test session was created on 30 September 2017. There were eight teams in the final round, i.e. Universitas Gadjah Mada, Politeknik Negri Jakarta, Universitas Diponegoro, Universitas Indonesia, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Universitas Negeri Malang, Universitas Lambung Mangkurat, and Universitas Kristen Krida Wacana

On September 28, 2017, a presentation session was held. Team from Universitas Gadjah Mada University got the 10 minutes presentation session and 20 minute of question and answer session. On 30 September 2017 evening, the awarding and closing ceremony were held with the announcement of the winner. On this occasion, Team of Cita Sandya VIII successfully became the first Winner and winner of “the Most Implemented Construction” category.

Socialization and training on Security, Safety, Occupational Health and Environment was conducted on Thursday, August 3, 2017, by Center for Safety, Occupational, Health and Environment (PK4L) of Universitas Gadjah Mada.
The socialization and training program which is also a series of new student orientation day (INFODAY) of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering FT UGM was attended by all new DTSL students, as well as Lecturers and Staffs. This event showed various potential hazards in DTSL FT UGM’s area and how to overcome the hazards.

On this occasion also introduced CARED Siaga UGM application, an application for civitas academica of UGM so they can send their self-safety information during emergency situation. This application can be downloaded in googleplay (for android users).

The socialization was continued with fire fighting field training, assisted by 4 officers of PK4L UGM. This training provides students with knowledge on how to extinguish fire using APAR or other wet cloth that can be found in the area.

Infoday is an event aimed at new students of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering FT-UGM which aims to provide information about Environment, Student Organization and BSO (Semi Autonomous Body), and Introduction of Lecturers at DTSL FT UGM and socialization of curriculum and procedure of KRS.

The event was attended by 101 new students and representatives of students who are members of the organization and BSO and representatives of DTSL FT UGM lecturers.