IPS (International Physics Seminar) 2023: “The Diversity Research and Development of Physics for Stronger Recovery”
The physics and physics education study program at the State University of Jakarta (UNJ) will again hold the 12th National Physics Seminar (SNF) on June 24, 2023 in a hybrid (offline and online) manner. This is related to the decision of the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, who has revoked the status of the Covid 19 pandemic to endemic. Unlike the implementation of seminars in previous years, this seminar was transformed into an international seminar that was first organized by the physics family. This seminar transformation is named International Physics Seminar (IPS) 2023. In addition, IPS continues to collaborate with the Physical Society of Indonesia (PSI) Jakarta and Banten branches. This year, the number of registered seminar participants is 222 participants (50 offline participants and 172 online participants) from various universities / related institutions.
This year’s IPS theme was “Diversity Research and Development of Physics for Stronger Recovery”. The seminar began by featuring several remarks, namely from the chairman of IPS-2023 Dr. Firmanul Catur Wibowo, Chairman of the Jakarta and Banten branch of PSI Prof. Dr. Agus Setyo Budi, Dean of FMIPA UNJ Prof. Dr. Muktiningsih, then officially opened by the Rector of UNJ Prof. Dr. Komarudin online. To fill the displacement of the event, the SNF committee aired some light entertainment, either in the form of dances or songs performed by UNJ physics students.
The first panel session was presented by Dr. Anggara Budi Susila from UNJ, moderated by Prof. Dr. Agus Setyo Budi from the physics education program at UNJ. This session took place at 08.50-09.30. In his presentation, he explained his research with the topic “Prospect of Aluminum Alloy to Support Industries Sector”. In his presentation, he explained the use of aluminum and aluminum alloys in various industrial sectors, especially Metal Matrix Composites (MMC) such as Al-Cu/SiC, which offer great potential for structural material applications, automotive, aerospace, and electronic packaging industries. The advantages of aluminum alloys include low density, high strength, corrosion resistance, good thermal and electrical conductivity, reflectivity, ductility, and ease of recycling and forming. The event was followed by a question and answer session related to the presentation that had been presented.
The second panel session was presented by Prof. Dr. Mousa Attom from the American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, moderated by Dr. Esmar Budi from the Physics Education program at UNJ. This session took place at 10.20-10.50. In this seminar, he presented his presentation on the topic “The use of crushed glass waste to stabilize expansive clay soils”. He explained the use of crushed glass waste to stabilize expansive clay soils and reduce their development pressure. The objectives of the research included evaluating the effect of adding crushed glass waste on soil properties, finding potential civil engineering applications for the material, and addressing environmental hazards associated with glass waste accumulation and TP costs. This was followed by a question and answer session related to the presentations.
The third or last panel session was given by Prof. Dr. Md Nizam bin Abdul Rahman from Universiti Teknikal Melaka Malaysia, Malaysia, which was still moderated by Dr. Esmar Budi from the Physics Education study program at UNJ. This session took place at 10.50-11.20. He presented his presentation with the topic “Importance of Physics in the Post-19th Era”. In this presentation, he explained the importance of the role of physics in post Covid-19 economic growth, especially those related to research and innovation. According to him, this is useful for improving resilience and preparing the system for future crises. This event was followed by a question and answer session related to the presentations that had been presented.
After the first panel session, the event continued with parallel sessions for each participant starting at 13.00. This session divided 13 parallel sessions moderated by a physics lecturer who was assisted by a physics student / education staff as an operator. In this session, each participant presented their research results offline / online within 7 minutes. Then, a question and answer session was held for 5 minutes. In addition, the moderator also gave scores and announced the best presenters in each room. This parallel session ended around 16.00.
The papers presented will be published in one of the following publications
=> Journal of Physics: Conference Series (scopus indexed)
=> JPPPF: Journal of Physics Education Research and Development (SINTA 2)
=> UNJ Spektra Journal (Sinta 3)
=> SNF National Proceedings (indexed by Google Scholar)
=> International Journal of Physics and Innovation Science (indexed by Google Scholar)
In addition, this is the fourth year that SNF articles will be published in reputable international proceedings (scopus indexed) by the Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS).
Documentation can be found on the website https://ips2023.snf-unj.ac.id/.