Amazing relations between Indonesia and Germany
Since 1998 students from Germany have been coming to the VEDC Malang to absolve an internship, a diploma thesis or a bachelor thesis abroad. They are coming from universities like the Fachhochschule Darmstadt, Fachhochschule Wiesbaden, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Humboldt UniversitätBerlin, Johan WolfgangGoethe Universität Frankfurt, Friedrich Schiller UniversitätJena but also from ElektronikschuleTettnang.
Today more then 48 students have come to the VEDC Malang from all over the world to attend a semester abroad. For this certain time every student gets a project which has to be finished in an agreed period. The VEDC Malang offers several projects in nearly all areas, like engineering, drive engineering, electro technics, mechatronics, information technology, automation technology as well as business administration, management and controlling.
By inviting foreign students the Vocational Education Development Center Malang gains helpful techical innovations and information, and as a result of the projects the VEDC receives necessary teaching aids for the training courses offered by this institution.
Also the students gain important practical experiences, which is necessary for their further working life. Since this year this program is supported by the Government in
Jakarta and the VEDC Malang receives a budget for this extra-ordinary challenge. As a result ofthis great agreement the VEDC Malang accepted 20 applicants this year.
An engine test bench for a 4 cylinder motor
Marius Müller, born on December 19.1980 and Florian Ganz, born on May 24.1979, in Germany are both students of Fachhochschule Darmstadt in Germany at the department electro- and information technology. Marius and Florian are studying mechatronics mainly focused on drive engineering in the last semester and they are here at the VEDC Malang for six months to write their final bachelor thesis.
Interviewer: Why did you choose ndonesia for your semester abroad?
Marius: I have chosen Indonesia for my semester abroad because I didn’t want tomiss the opportunity to work and live in a foreign country. In addition to that I wanted to get to know about an absolutely new culture.
Furthermore the Fachhochschule Darmstadtput us in a position to absolve our bachelor thesis here at the VEDC Malang due to an agreement between these two institutions.
Interviewer: What was your impression of the VEDC Malang?
Florian: My impression of the VEDC Malang is very good. It’s a brilliant idea to combine production and education, in order to finance innovations or equipment investments from own resources. The support by departments and divisions works well and is unbureaucratic
Interviewer: What is your personal objective during the time at the VEDC Malang?
Marius: objective is, to complete our project in time. In order to accomplish this, the experience of the interaction between different departments is very important for me. Also the processing of our project, which can be useful for the VEDC, is very desirable for us. Further more I want to get to know the country and the people as much as possible.
The project of Marius and Florian is to developand implement an engine test bench for a 4 cylinder motor. This task requires engineering as wellas electro technical skills, which they both learned by studying mechatronics.
Interviewer: Are there any problems with the implementation of your project?
Florian: We work very self-dependent whereby a lot of time gets lost for partially easy but unknown tasks. The financing of our project is due to limited means not always easy but it works.
Interviewer: Thank you Marius and Florian.
An education vehicle for training courses
Interviewer: Why did you choose Indonesia for your semester abroad?
Carsten: Because the globalisation today requires the ability to work in different languages, countries, cultures and continents, and for this reason I have chosen Indonesia
Interviewer: What was your impression of the VEDC Malang?
Heiko: I have never meet such friendly and helpful people in my life like here in Indonesia, especially at the VEDC Malang. The accommodation, the organisation, the working conditions as well as our meal which is offered by the VEDC Malang twice a day is simply perfect
Interviewer: What is your personal objective during the time at the VEDC Malang?
Carsten: I want to complete my project as best as possible and within time. I also wish that our project will be used by this institution and can be helpful to the education of the students.
Interviewer: What is your project at the VEDC Malang?
Heiko: Our project is to on struct an education vehicle for training courses which will be simplified by implementing electrical units, controlled by plug in cards. This project contains a motor control unit, a electronic differential and a communication system between all components via CAN-Bus. Also the visualization of all these data will be possible and for the reconstruction a detailed documentation is also available.
Interviewer: Are there any problems with the implementation of your project?
Carsten: Sometimes the communication is a problem because I can not speak “Bahasa Indonesia” well, but it is in progress, and it is not always easy to get the electronical components which are needed.
Interviewer: Thank you Carsten and Heiko.
Heiko :Christ, born on on October 13. 1980 in Gross-Gerau and Carsten Selzer, born on May 01.1976 in Idar-Oberstein, in Germany are both students of Fachhochschule Darmstadt in Germany at the department electro- and information technology. Heiko and Carsten absolved both an apprentice ship in advance and are now studying electro technology mainly focused on automation technology and information technology in the seventh semester and they are here at the VEDC Malang for six months to fulfil their internship abroad.
e semester abroad in Indonesia
Mobile robotics
Heinz Geist, born on December 23. 1980in Dieburg, Germany is also a student of the Fachhochschule Darmstadt, in Germany at the department electro- and information technology. Heinz is studying mechatronics in the last semester with focus on robotics and is here at the VEDC Malang for six months to write his final bachelor thesis.
Interviewer: Why did you choose Indonesia for your semester abroad?
Heinz: I chose Indonesia because my university gave me the opportunity to attend this program, and because I love to travel and get to know different cultures.
Interviewer: What was your impression of the VEDC Malang?
Heinz: I am very impressed by the way the VEDC combines production and education. I think it is a good idea that the VEDC produces much of its education materials
Interviewer: What is your personal objective during the time at the VEDC Malang?
Heinz: I am here to complete my bachelor thesis for my studies. I hope my project will help the education of the Students here.
Interviewer: What is your project at the VEDC Malang?
Heinz: At VEDC I am working mobile robotics. The robot will be able to drive around the IT department and avigate without colliding with obstacles or people. The robot will make a map of the environment and learn about its surroundings using ultrasonic and infrared sensors. At the moment the project is roughly halfway finished.
Interviewer: Are there any problems with the implementation of your project?
Heinz: The only problems which I have had are due to the lack of availability of certain electronic components. This is why I have had to create most of the components myself, instead of buying them. The time I lost during this process is time I cannot use to make the whole system more advanced.
Interviewer: Thank you Heinz.
Cost calculation for training courses
Volkan: My reason for applying for this program was the great opportunity to work in a foreign country and to increase my knowledge and understanding in a foreign country’s economical system and it’s society. Furthermore, I wanted to improve my knowledge in management, business administration and controlling. In addition to that Indonesia is an interesting economic location for international business from a different point of view.
Interviewer: What was your impression of the VEDC Malang?
Holger: At the beginning I was really surprised about this beautiful and friendly place, and now I became part of it. Our colleges always took their time for us to give us advice and support whenever we needed it and let us finish our project in time.
Interviewer: What is your personal objective during the time at the VEDC Malang?
Volkan: I want to finish my project within time and as best as possible and hope that our project will help the VEDC for it’s future calculations. Further more I want to get to know as much as possible about Indonesia and its culture.
Interviewer: What is your project at the VEDC Malang?
Holger: Our main project of the internship at the VEDC was to develop a cost calculation of existing trainings at the electronics department and to make the cost calculation adaptive so it can be easily transferred to other trainings.
Interviewer: Are there any problems with the implementation of your project?
Volkan: It wasn’t always easy to get the information we needed and of course we also had problems with the communication. Otherwise I am very satisfied with the outcome of our project.
Interviewer: Thank you Volkan and Holger.
Volkan Ulusoy, born on November 24. 1979 in Wiesbaden and Holger Kratz, born on January 22.1980 in Mainz are both students of the Fachhochschule Wiesbaden. Volkan and Holger are studying international business and industrial engineering mainly focused on management in the fifth semester and are here at the VEDC Malang for three months to absolve an internship abroad.
Constructing a brake test bench
Giuseppe Savoca, born on July 18. 1982in Offenbach am Main, Germany is a student of Fachhochschule Darmstadt in Germany at the department electro- and information technology. Giuseppe is studying electro technology mainly focused on automation technology and information technology in the seventh semester. His objective in Indonesia is to absolve an internship abroad which is an obligation for finishing his study with in time.
Interviewer: Why did you choose Indonesia for your semester abroad?
Giuseppe: On the one hand I wanted to become more self-dependent and when our University gave me this great chance, I agreed directly. On the other hand an internship abroad is highly distinguished in the industry and with the addition that I didn’t want to make an ordinary internship, Indonesia was the best solution. Furthermore I wanted to make the experience to work in a different country
Interviewer: What was your impression of the VEDC Malang?
Giuseppe: The VEDC Malang has a really friendly and comfortable atmosphere. Teachers, instructors and the whole workforce are friendly and very helpful. In addition to that the instructors and teachers are well educated as well as the VEDC as a whole, and the institution offers a wide range of useful equipment.
Interviewer: What is your personal objective during the time at the VEDC Malang?
Giuseppe: My main target is, to finish this ambitious project functionaly and within time, and if time remains I want to optimize it, in order that potential nonconformities will be eliminated.
Interviewer: Thank you Giuseppe.
The project of Giuseppe is to create a brake test bench. This brake test bench will be realized by using an AC motor which is controlled by a frequency converter. This AC motor is assembled with a mechanical brake, which is the test item of the test bench at the same time. For managing this system analog inputs/outputs of the frequency converter will be used as well as digital inputs/outputs which will be connected to a Siemens PLC. The brake power can be acquired via the programmed PLC by the actual motor current, and with a visualization of the test cycle it will be possible to arrange and monitor the process.
The amount of students from Germany is rising steadily
This year is a really exciting year for VEDC Malang, which requires scheduling, planning, organisation and much preparation. The first students this year came on February 14. 2005 from Fachhochschule Darmstadt, to attend their sixth semester at VEDC Malang. Andreas Horn and Christian Schäfer are studying electro technology main focused on automation technology and information technology and worked here until July 31. 2005.The second group of Germans arrived at VEDC on May 20. 2005 from Elektronikschule Tettnang. Markus Stefan Budweiser, Christian Kempter and Benjamin LudwigScheibitz worked on a photovoltaic filling station, and Sven Kegel and Markus Weber worked on an emergency generator with fuelcells. The third group came on July 25. 2005 also from Fachhochschule Darmstadt, to write their final bachelor thesis. Marius Müller, Florian Ganz and Heinz Geist will stay here at VEDC Malang until January the 25. 2006.
On August 01 2005 arrived students from Fachhochschule Wiesbaden, to absolve a seminar thesis at VEDC Malang. Kathrin Wilhelm, Linda Meyer, Volkan Ulusoy and Holger Kratz are studying international business and industrial engineering in the fifth semester and were here until October 15. 2005.
The last group of Germans this year arrived at VEDC on August 15. 2005 also from Fachhochschule Darmstadt. Carsten Selzer, Heiko Christ, Konstantinos Kostidis and Giuseppe Savoca are here to attend their practical semester until February 15. 2006.
The amount of students in the following years will increase because of the rising name recognition of the VEDC Malang at German Universities.
Volkan Ulusoy
