Fakultas Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam Universitas Indonesia menggelar puncak perayaan Dies Natalis ke 60 tepat di hari jadinya, Senin (21/12/2020) secara virtual maupun langsung secara terbatas di Aula Sinarmas Gedung Laboratorium Riset Multidisiplin FMIPA UI – PT Pertamina, Kampus UI, Depok.

Kegiatan tersebut turut dihadiri oleh sejumlah tokoh penting, yakni Dr. Puan Maharani Nakshatra Kusyala Devi, S.I.Kom. (Ketua Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat), Jenderal TNI (HOR) (Purn.) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, M.P.A. (Koordinator Bidang Kemaritiman dan Investasi Republik Indonesia), dan Prof. Bambang Permadi Soemantri Brodjonegoro, S.E., M.U.P., Ph.D. Menteri Riset dan Teknologi Indonesia / Kepala Badan Riset Inovasi Nasional (BRIN), sekaligus sebagai Keynote Speaker Orasi Ilmiah bertema “Inovasi Sains Lawan COVID-19 dan Untuk Masa Depan Indonesia”.

Dekan FMIPA UI, Dr. Rokhmatuloh, M.Eng. menyampaikan “Peringatan hari lahir ke-60 tahun FMIPA UI ini menjadi momentum untuk menggelorakan semangat sinergitas, dan optimisme para sivitas akademika, dan harapan akan masa depan, serta pencapaian – pencapaian yang telah dan sedang dilakukan untuk mewujudkan visi FMIPA UI”.
Terlebih lagi, lanjut Rokhmatuloh, tahun ini dengan adanya pandemi COVID-19 menjadi tantangan yang berat bagi FMIPA UI untuk melahirkan dan mempercepat inovasi-inovasi terbaik sebagai upaya membantu pemerintah dalam penganggulangan wabah tersebut.

Inovasi yang telah berhasil diciptakan berkat kerjasama dan kolaborasi para sivitas dan berbagai pihak pendukung di lintas bidang ilmu antara lain APD Respirator Pemurni Udara Bertenaga Baterai, Disinfektan Portable : Sinar UV 25 NM, Peta Daring Sebaran Covid-19 atau SiVovid-19, Sterilisator Pernapasan Pasien Covid-19.

Prof. Ari Kuncoro, S.E., M.A., Ph.D (Rektor UI) yang turut menghadiri acara tersebut mengatakan bahwa dalam mengembangkan riset dan inovasi, FMIPA UI kedepannya harus menekankan ke arah relevansi. “Relevansi ini menjadi penting jika dikaitkan dengan kerja sama triple helix. Universitas tidak bisa lagi hanya membuat penelitian, dibuat paper, lalu diterbitkan di jurnal, tanpa bisa menunjukkan bahwa penelitian tersebut telah mendapatkan pendanaan dari industri ataupun pemerintah. Itulah hilirisasi, relevansi, yang dimaksud,” ujar Ari menjelaskan.

The importance of cooperation with the triple helix concept in this innovation was also emphasized by Prof. Bambang Permadi Soemantri Brodjonegoro, S.E., M.U.P., Ph.D. (Minister of Research and Technology of Indonesia/Head of the Indonesian National Research and Innovation Agency) in his speech.

The complexity of human problems, according to Minister Bambang, cannot be solved in just one particular field of science, but must also be able to collaborate with other fields/faculties. “The triple helix is ​​the key to ensuring good communication and interaction between academics and industry, so that research results can be downstreamed, because society needs real output. This is the importance of downstreaming, so that there is relevance to society,” he said.

Different from the previous year’s Dies Natalis celebration, in this year’s celebration, FMIPA UI gave the “Heroes Achievement” award to important figures who were the pioneers of the establishment of FMIPA UI, namely Prof. dr. G. A. Siwabessy, the founder and first Dean (period 1961-1964), and Prof. Dr. Ir. Sumantri Brodjo Negoro, Dean Period 1964-196, both of whom are national heroes. The award was given by officially changing the names of Hall C.101 and Hall B.101, respectively to Hall Siwabessy and Hall Sumantri Brodjo Negoro.

Not only giving awards to its pioneers, on this 60th anniversary FMIPA UI also presented a mini documentary film that raised the historical value of the establishment of FMIPA UI entitled “ANTARA Sebuah Perjalanan, Sebuah Pencarian” which was specifically and first released as an offering on its anniversary. This film is expected to be able to revive the spirit of synergy of all its academicians to jointly bring FMIPA UI to achieve its vision as a leading faculty that is able to play a role at the national and international levels.

At the age of 60, FMIPA UI has achieved several achievements, including in 2020 FMIPA UI has become one of the largest contributors to UI International publications. FMIPA UI has also succeeded in holding international cooperation and collaboration in various fields of research and academics with 32 international and domestic partners. In the field of student affairs, in 2020, the number of achievements of FMIPA UI students in academic and non-academic fields at the national level was 48 achievements and at the international level was 77 achievements.