ELECTICS ITS Records Achievement: 9 Lecturers Secure 2025 Research Downstreaming Grants

Surabaya, ELECTICS ITS – The Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Technology through the Directorate General of Research and Development has officially announced the recipients of the 2025 Priority Research Downstreaming Program. This program is divided into three schemes: Industry Engagement, Technology Push, and SINERGI. Several lecturers from the Faculty of Electrical Technology and Intelligent Informatics (ELECTICS) ITS successfully secured funding through this program, reaffirming ITS’s contribution in strengthening research downstreaming at the national level.

Industry Engagement Scheme
Through collaboration with industry, several ITS lecturers’ innovations successfully passed the selection:

• Prof. Dr. I Ketut Eddy Purnama, S.T., M.T. – Intelligent Control System for Energy-Efficient Air Conditioning (Partner: PT PAL Indonesia)
• Prof. Ir. Gamantyo Hendrantoro, M.Eng., Ph.D. – Underwater Acoustic Communication (Partner: PT PAL Indonesia)
• Dr. Rudy Dikairono, S.T., M.T. – Wireless Robot for Optimizing Visual Inspection (Partner: PT PAL Indonesia)
• Prof. Dr. Diana Purwitasari, S.Kom., M.Sc. – Seviai: AI Innovation to Enhance Access to Information in Digital Education Ecosystems (Partner: PT. Sentra Vidya Utama)

Technology Push Scheme
In this category, ITS was also involved as an expert/reviewer team for the feasibility study of research products, one of which was through the contribution of Rezki El Arif, S.T., M.T., Ph.D. from Politeknik Negeri Semarang with ITS participating as reviewer.

SINERGI Scheme
In addition, several ELECTICS ITS lecturers also secured funding under the SINERGI scheme, which emphasizes the downstreaming of innovations both commercially and socially:

• Dr. Arief Kurniawan, S.T., M.T. – Smart Building Management System for SMEs’ Smart Buildings (Partner: PT Javadwipa Duta Mandiri)
• Dimas Anton Asfani, S.T., M.T., Ph.D. – R-VITS 1B (Partner: CV. Manufaktur Robot Industri)
• Prof. Dr. I Ketut Eddy Purnama, S.T., M.T. – Building Ethical Artificial Intelligence Literacy in Schools (Partner: East Java Provincial Education Office)
• Reza Fuad Rachmadi, S.T., M.T., Ph.D. – TemanKelas: Mobile Learning Application with Large Language Model Technology (Partner: PT GESIT Indonesia)
• Prof. Drs. Ec. Ir. Riyanarto Sarno, M.Sc., Ph.D. – Accuracy Enhancement in BrainNav and BrainRY Software for Neurosurgical Navigation (Partner: Zenith Allmart Precisindo)

The involvement of ELECTICS ITS lecturers in this program demonstrates the significant role of ELECTICS in addressing technological challenges and meeting national industrial needs. Beyond commercial downstreaming, several innovations are also directed toward supporting literacy and ethics in artificial intelligence within the education sector.