A doctoral student from the Chemical Engineering Department (DTK) Faculty of Engineering (FT) Universitas Indonesia (UI), Darmawan Ahmad Mukharror, won the Best Presenter award at the Loss Prevention Asia 2023 International Conference (LPA 2023) in Malaysia. This conference was held by the Center for Advanced Process Safety (CAPS) Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) Malaysia, together with PETRONAS Technical Delivery Excellence, and took place at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center on 21st-22nd of August 2023.
At the conference, Darmawan presented a paper entitled “Analysis of Hydrocarbon Gas Buried Onshore Pipeline Accidents in Indonesia as the Databases for Failure Frequency Evaluation in a Quantitative Risk Assessment.” He presented the results of research that had been carried out together with the professor of the Department of Chemical Engineering who currently serves as Dean of FTUI, Prof. Dr. Heri Hermansyah, S.T., M.Eng., IPU.
“Winning the title of best presenter is an honor, not only because I represent UI, but also because I represent Indonesia as a whole. Of the 35 presenters in the Process Safety category, only 7-8 people came from Indonesia, while the rest came from various other countries. I hope that this achievement as best presenter can be a motivation for young UI researchers to continue contributing to the development of science, at least by participating in seminars or other international scientific conferences,” said Darmawan.
The paper submitted by Darmawan is a small part of his dissertation in the FTUI Doctoral Program. Nevertheless, it is important to note that this paper is one of the first scientific efforts that includes data collection and analysis of data related to pipeline accidents in Indonesia. His research has important value, because in quantitative risk analysis for oil and gas pipelines, the data used so far comes from abroad, which results in a level of uncertainty in the results of risk analysis when used in Indonesia. Darmawan’s paper is a bridge that reduces uncertainty in quantitative risk analysis for pipelines.
Prof. Heri Hermansyah, Darmawan’s research supervisor, emphasized that the quantitative risk analysis research for the pipeline produced by these students reflects not only high academic quality, but also dedication in carrying out a serious and comprehensive research process.
“We sent three postgraduate students from FTUI to this conference with the aim of presenting research results directly to industry experts from various countries. FTUI students’ presentation of research results is a valuable contribution to relevant scientific disciplines. In the future, their research will also be published in the international journal Process Safety Progress. Hopefully, this achievement will be an encouragement for other FTUI students to innovate and excel, both at the national and international levels,” said Prof. Heri.
LPA 2023 is a forum that brings together experts, academics, and industry practitioners to share experiences and the latest methods in managing human factors and human performance in order to improve safety and risk management. With the theme “Improving Human Performance Towards Loss Prevention,” LPA 2023 discussed several special themes such as Human Factors & Safety Culture, Risk Management & Emergency Response, Digitalization & Data Analysis, Environment Safety, Social & Governance (ESG), Integrity Reliability, Process Security, Occupational Safety & Health.
