Globalization and Collaboration between JSME and ICME-HE

 

Indonesian Consortium of Mechanical Engineering Higher Education, ICME-HE, congratulates JSME’s 120th anniversary.

ICME-HE was declared by 12 heads of Mechanical Engineering Department on May 29, 2002 at Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya.

ICME-HE was established for various reasons: (a) to enhance cooperation and collaboration between Department of mechanical engineering in education, research and community development, (b) to enhance the cooperation between ICME-HE members with other institutions, and (c) to improve the capability of members to face challenges and global competition.

Currently, ICME-HE has members of 60 Departments of Mechanical Engineering. These numbers are always increase every year. The main activities of ICME-HE are education, research, industrial cooperation and publications. ICME-HE is an important partner for government, Indonesian engineer institutions and other institutions. ICME-HE has many activities such as annual meeting, conferences, workshops and training, student design competitions and the publication.

ICME-HE is developing global collaboration with foreign mechanical engineering academic societies. Therefor, ICME-HE would like to make collaboration with JSME for (1) exchange of information on mechanical engineering research, (2) invited Japanese professors and engineers for mechanical engineering workshop undertaken in Indonesia, (3) Conducting JSME and ICME-HE annual meetings in Japan or Indonesia annually, (4) to make an engineering dictionary written in English – Japanese – Indonesian language, (5) to make textbooks of the mechanical engineering for students and engineers, (6) the contribution of human resources, (7) the exchange information of university – industry linkage, and (8) the management of the academic society. In connection with (2), ICME-HE is very interested in the Vibration Database under the JSME Dynamics, Measurement and Control Division as well as flow-induced vibrations in the JSME Fluid Engineering Division. This research is increasing year-by-year in Indonesia therefore ICME-HE wants to cooperate with JSME especially in this field.

In terms of (4) and (5), the engineering dictionary written in English – Japanese – Indonesian language is strongly needed for communication between Japanese and Indonesian engineers who are working in companies and factories located in Indonesia.

In addition, ICME-HE would like to publish textbooks on basic engineering subjects, which is useful for improving human resources. We know that JSME publishes many excellent textbooks. ICME-HE is delighted that JSME may seek advice to ICME-HE to publish this textbook for Japanese working in Indonesia and Indonesian engineers and students.

With regard to (6), We recognize that Japanese companies have succeeded in producing excellent products with high performance and durability. Although many Japanese companies have factories in Indonesia, the lack of high-level Indonesian engineers who want to work in Japanese factories is a very serious problem for the company. Indonesian engineers and students must acquire the knowledge and technology of these productions. Universities in Indonesia should not only teach traditional mechanics but they should also teach automation control techniques, Toyota Production Systems, and others.

Finally, ICME-HE would like to strengthen the above collaboration activities with JSME by frequent communications and to develop collaboration between Japanese and Indonesian researchers and engineers working in the mechanical engineering fields.

Annual Meeting Organized by ICME (Lampung, Indonesia)

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Mulyadi Bur, Prof., Dr.-Ing.

Affiliation:Department of Mechanical Engineering Andalas University
Research Field: Mechanical dynamics

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