[:id]Juang Arwafa Cita, Mahasiswa Berprestasi Prodi Rekayasa Hayati 2018[:en]Juang Arwafa Cita, The Most Outstanding Student of Bioengineering Undergraduate Study Program[:]

[:id]Penulis : Fakhira Rifanti Maulana, S.T.

JATINANGOR, RH.SITH.ITB.AC.ID – Pemilihan Mahasiswa Berprestasi (PILMAPRES) tingkat Nasional sudah menjadi acara tahunan yang diselenggarakan oleh Direktorat Jenderal Pembelajaran dan Kemahasiswaan Kemenristek Dikti. Di tahun 2018 ini, program studi Rekayasa Hayati kembali ikut berpartisipasi dengan mengirimkan calon mahasiswanya yang telah melalui rangkaian seleksi di tingkat program studi. Calon mahasiswa ini tentu tidak menonjol dari sisi prestasi akademik saja namun juga memperlihatkan kemampuan berbahasa asing, pengalaman organisasi dan prestasi yang diraih dari lomba tingkat nasional maupun internasional. Dari seleksi penilaian berkas dan tahap wawancara, akhirnya program studi Rekayasa Hayati menetapkan Juang Arwafa Cita (11215017) sebagai mahasiswa berprestasi Rekayasa Hayati tahun 2018.

Juang Arwafa Cita, Mahasiswa Berprestasi Rekayasa Hayati dengan Akademik yang Gemilang dan Segudang Prestasi

Juang Arwafa Cita atau yang biasa dipanggil sebagai Juang, merupakan anak pertama dari dua bersaudara yang lahir di Jakarta pada 11 September 1997. Semenjak masuk kuliah, Juang sudah memiliki ketertarikan pada program studi Rekayasa Hayati sehingga tak heran jika ia berhasil menunjukkan antusiasimenya dengan mengikuti banyak kegiatan akademik dan non-akademik. Sebagai mahasiswa, Juang aktif di beberapa organisasi seperti divisi keprofesian HMRH, Boulevard ITB dan mengikuti berbagai macam kepanitiaan seperti Lab Tour Aku Masuk ITB, OSKM ITB, Olimpiade Jatinangor dan kepanitaan di himpunan. Selain itu, Juang juga memiliki prestasi akademik yang gemilang dengan IPK 3,78 dan bersama rekan timnya berhasil menorehkan prestasi di berbagai perlombaan tingkat nasional dan internasional. Beberapa prestasi tersebut diantaranya Juara 2 pada ITS Expo Paper Competition 2017, Juara 1 Biology on Science Aplication Paper Competition (BIONIC) 2017 di IPB dan Best Paper in International Engineering Student Conference 2017 di UI.

Motivasi yang ditularkan oleh teman-teman terdekatnya merupakan hal yang mendasari perjalanan Juang dalam mengikuti perlombaan. Menurutnya, teman-teman di program studi Rekayasa Hayati pun memiliki keinginan besar untuk berkarya. Di bangku perkuliahan, pengetahuan tentang rekayasa hayati dan konsep-konsep baru yang diajarkan dosen menjadi sumber inspirasi bagi Juang. Hal tersebutlah yang membuatnya sadar bahwa pengetahuannya di kuliah sangat potensial untuk diaplikasikan ke masyarakat dan mulai mengikuti banyak kegiatan perlombaan.

“Selama berkuliah saya jadi aware bahwa potensi pengetahuan tentang rekayasa hayati ini sangat besar untuk diaplikasikan. Namun, bagaimana agar pengetahuan ini sampai ke masyarakat? Saya dan teman-teman lalu menemukan bahwa cara pertama yang paling mudah untuk membawa pengetahuan tersebut ialah dengan mengikuti lomba. Dari situ, kami mulai merumuskan ide-ide, mempresentasikannya ke perguruan tinggi dan berbagi ilmu dengan teman-teman di jurusan dan universitas lain,” ujar Juang.

Aktivitas-aktivitas Juang selama di kampus tersebut memberikan pengalaman dan pembelajaran besar baginya. Pengalaman paling berharga bagi Juang selama perlombaan ialah bagaimana cara mengemukakan suatu ide dalam bentuk lisan (presentasi) dan tulisan (karya ilmiah) dengan baik. Proses itu di mulai dari mencari informasi tambahan untuk memperdalam ide, menerima masukan dari berbagai pihak, belajar dari keunggulan tim lain dan belajar dari masukan para dosen dan juri. Pembelajaran tersebut menjadikan Juang terus berkembang dan semakin mengasah idenya. Di samping itu, kegiatannya di organisasi dan kepanitiaan membuatnya belajar dalam hal berinteraksi satu sama lain. Menurutnya, selama menjadi panitia, Juang banyak berkoordinasi dengan teman di divisi lain sehingga hal tersebut sangat penting untuk menggapai harapan organisasi. Terlebih lagi, saat berada di tingkat 3 Juang diberi kesempatan untuk menjadi pimpinan redaksi Boulevard ITB yang menjadikannya belajar menjadi koordinator bagi rekannya untuk berhasil mencapai target yang diinginkan.

Juang mengaku bahwa terdapat beberapa kunci keberhasilan untuk sampai pada prestasi ini. Dalam mengikuti perlombaan, Juang dengan terbuka selalu mau belajar dari kakak tingkat yang lebih berpengalaman bahkan menjadi satu tim dengan mereka. Juang juga memanfaatkan fasilitas Advokasi Lomba Himpunan Mahasiswa Rekayasa Hayati (HMRH) sebagai tempat belajar bagi dirinya. Selain itu, Juang selalu membagi aktivitasnya berdasarkan priotas, membuat lini masa harian, bulanan dan tahunan dan displin pada dengan lini masa tersebut. Hal ini membuatnya dapat mengaktualisasi diri di berbagai kesempatan. Kunci keberhasilan lainnya ialah menumbuhkan rasa keingintahuan. Juang pun menyatakan kebiasaan yang ia lakukan dalam menggali rasa ingin tahu tersebut.

“Saya biasanya ketika di kelas sering buka laptop. Setiapa dosen berbicara sesuatu yang menarik, saya langsung catat di buku atau dicari di internet. Setelah itu saya gali lagi karena biasanya ide penelitian didapat dari perkuliahan atau tugas. Dari sana saya dapat mengkonstruksi banyak ide,” jelas Juang.

Juang juga menuturkan harapannya pada seleksi mahasiswa berprestasi ini. Adanya PILMAPRES, membuat Juang berkeinginan untuk bertemu orang-orang yang lebih hebat dan berbagi pengalaman dengan mereka.

“Saya bersyukur dengan adanya seleksi ini. Saya berharap dapat jadi penyalur aliran transfer ilmu dari orang-orang hebat tersebut pada teman-teman saya. Untuk teman-teman yang lain juga semoga selalu semangat”, tuturnya.

[:en]Writer : Fakhira Rifanti Maulana, S.T.

JATINANGOR, RH.SITH.ITB.AC.ID -National level Selection of Outstanding College Student or Pemilihan Mahasiswa Berprestasi (PILMAPRES) in Indonesian is an annually event that being held by Directorate General of Education and Student Affairs, Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education of the Republic of Indonesia. This year, 2018, Biological Engineering Major takes part with sending its student that has passed through Major level selection. The student who take part in this event is not only excel in academic, but also good in foreign language, active in organization, and has some accomplishment in either national or international event. Finally, after document and interview based selection, Juang Arwafa Cita with Student Number 11215019 came out as an outstanding student from Bioengineering Major.

Juang Arwafa Cita, Outstanding Student from Bioengineering Major with Marvelous Academic Record and Numerous Achievement

Juang Arwafa Cita – or Juang for short – is an eldest son from two siblings that born at Jakarta September 11^th 1997. Since enrolled in Bandung Institute of Technology, Juang already has some interest in Biological Engineering Major and thus no wonder he shown his enthusiasm with participating in a lot of academic and non-academic activities. As a student, Juang has joined and become an active member of organizations, such as Vocation Division of Biological Engineering Student Association (Himpunan Mahasiswa Rekayasa Hayati in Indonesian), Boulevard ITB, and participate in other event like Lab Tour Aku Masuk ITB, OSKM ITB, Jatinangor Olympic, and so on. Besides his active member record, Juang has an outstanding academic achievement with GPA score 3.78 and seize some trophy with his team in some event such as 2^nd place in ITS Expo Paper Competition 2017 at Sepuluh November Institute of Technology, 1^st place in Biology on Science Application Paper Competition (BIONIC) 2017 at Bogor Agricultural University, and Best Paper Credit in International Engineering Student Conference 2017 in University of Indonesia.

Motivations that came from his best friends are both basis and driving force for Juang to participate in many competitions. He acknowledge that his friends in the same major, Biological Engineering, have a big desire and eagerness to compete as well. While studying, Juang got an inspiration and lots of new information along with the knowledge about Biological Engineering and the applicable concept about this major to society. Those inspirations that makes Juang conscious about the flexibility and applicative knowledge related to Biological Engineering could be applied to solve some society related problems, so Juang take his first step by take a part in some competitions.

When interviewed, Juang stated: “In college, I had become aware about how huge the potential of Biological Engineering to be applied in society. But the real question is, how to make the people out there realize about the importance of this knowledge. The answer that we found is, the easiest way to do that is by take those knowledge and take part in competitions or events. After we found that conclusion, I and my friends started to generate some ideas, brought and presented it to other university, and shared some knowledge with other people in different major and university.”

Activities that Juang do in university gives him a big impact and experience. One of the most valuable experience for him is how to express the ideas and knowledge to a real things by writing a scientific journal or article and present it to other people. The process start from seek other knowledge to deepen his ideas, ask for input and review from many source, learn from other teams, and respect to lecturers’ and juries’ suggestion. Those repetition of learning made him to keep growing and honing both him and his ideas. In addition, his activities in organization and committee helped him to learn how to interact with different types of people. He agreed that, while joining committee, Juang learn to coordinate with many types of people in the division to actualize the organization’s vision. Moreover, in his third year, Juang became chief editor of Boulevard ITB that aid him to learn coordination with his team in order to reach their target.

Juang tells that there are some noteworthy key to be able to reach this state. In the competition, he put aside his own ego and try to learn something especially from experienced senior and fellow team members. Besides that, Juang make use of Advocacy of Contest facility from Biological Engineering Student Association as another place to study. In order to be able to learn efficiently, Juang scheduled and took his daily, weekly, and monthly timeline seriously. This method prove to be a success for Juang to show his best performance in many things. Another key that has been mentioned before is to crave for knowledge and curiosity. Juang has a unique habit that helps him feed his curiosity.

“In class, I often turn on my laptop. Each time our lecturer give some information that pique my interest, I immediately take a note or search it in internet. Then after class, I deepen and extend that information since research ideas usually came from class or assignments. Next, I arrange, compile, and construct those into a new ideas.” said Juang.

He also stated his hope in this Outstanding Student Selection which makes him eager to meet other outstanding students and share some experience with them.

“I’m very grateful with this selection program and I wish to be someone who could share my and others knowledge to my friends. To all of my friends, keep your head and spirits high.”

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