Fiqey Indriati Eka Sari, 1st Winner of ITS Mawapres 2022 Undergraduate Category from Department of Informatics Engineering

ITS Campus, ITS News – Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) set out The Most Outstanding Student (Mawapres) for the Undergraduate category in 2022. Fiqey Indriati Eka Sari from the Informatics Engineering Department was the student who got selected to represent ITS at the upcoming 2022 National Mawapres event.

Having abundant achievements during college, Fiqey managed to win the title of Mawapres ITS 2022. In addition to being active in scientific writing competitions, Fiqey is also involved in many robot competitions with his team, the ITS Humanoid Robot Ichiro team, also known as Soccer Robot.

In the field of Scientific Writing (KTI), Fiqey involved in various scientific writing competitions since the first semester of college. One of them is by participating in the Student Creativity Program (PKM) which is held by the Directorate General of Higher Education, Research, and Technology (Ditjen Diktiristek) through the Directorate of Learning and Student Affairs (Belmawa) of the Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (Kemdikbudristek). During the three years of college, her research proposals have succeeded in obtaining funding five times.

Fiqey and her team have also won awards at the National Student Scientific Week (Pimnas). In 2020, she won a bronze medal in the Poster category for Community Service. While in 2021 she won a gold medal in the Presentation category for the Creative Initiative (PKM-KC). “At PKM-KC, my team and I created an application for kidney failure patients, especially Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) users,” explained the student from Pasuruan City.

Fiqey Indriati Eka Sari (second from right) and the ITS team at the 34th National Student Scientific Week (Pimnas) in 2021

In the field of robotics, Fiqey has been a programmer for the Humanoid Robot Ichiro ITS since 2019. She is responsible for creating algorithms that control the behavior, vision, movement, and communication of robots to play in soccer matches. “In this programmer division, we also develop a humanoid robot system using the Robot Operating System (ROS),” said the student who was born on August 16, 2001.

Ichiro ITS Humanoid Robot has won many awards at national and international events. In 2021, Fiqey as a programmer contributed to bringing her team to nine awards at the international FIRA SimulCup 2021 in the HuroCup field which was held online from Brazil. In this event, Ichiro’s team competed in Sprint, Basketball, Weight-lifting, and Archery competitions.

In addition to writing and robotics, Fiqey as an ITS Informatics Engineering student is also very interested in the field of Intelligent Computing and Vision, especially those related to deep learning. “I feel that this technology can be used for various applications, such as biomedical and industrial, which are very much needed in this era,” said this graphic design hobbyist.

Fiqey Indriati Eka Sari (second from the left of the second row) with the ITS Humanoid Robot Ichiro team

Regarding the selection process for ITS Mawapres, the eldest of four siblings explained that he had to go through the Outstanding Achievement (CU) selection or achievements in various fields. Starting from competition, recognition, organizational career, work, humanitarian action, and entrepreneurship. In addition, the psychological test is continued orally and in writing. “Finally, we were asked to present scientific papers in English and Indonesian,” she said.

Being the first winner of Mawapres ITS 2022 in the Undergraduate category, of course, this woman with glasses has the right to represent ITS at the National Level Mawapres event. Currently, she is starting to prepare herself for this by honing public speaking as a form of preparation for the presentation of creative ideas. “I also have to improve my English skills,” she said.

When being asked about her motivation to become Mawapres ITS, Fiqey said that it all started with the intention to do the best for herself and the environment. She hopes the process she goes through can be a lesson for others. “It’s not just an achievement, but it can motivate others, both students at ITS and throughout Indonesia,” she said.

Eventually, Fiqey hopes to always contribute and make ITS proud, as well as help the people around her. She also believes that ITS students have their own amazing potential. “Because we can’t be perfect, but it’s possible to do our best,” she said firmly. (ITS Public Relations)

Reporter: Shinta Ulwiya