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Wahid Nurhayat (left) and Winelda Mahfud Zaidan Haris display their gold medals and trophy at the USU rectorate office in Medan, North Sumatra. The students' plant- based brake pads were recognized at the 22nd Moscow International Salon of Inventions and Innovative Technologies. (JP/Apriadi Gunawan)
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Winelda’s fellow team member, Wahid Nurhayat, said that the biodisc brake had undergone selection processes in five countries, until finally it reached the competition stage in Russia in late March.
Wahid said that a limited number of the brake pads would be manufactured with the support of the Research, Technology and Higher Education Ministry through the Technology-Based Beginner Company Candidate program. He said 2,000 would be produced in the first phase.
“We will sell them for Rp 35,000 (US$2.47) each. [That is] Rp 10,000 cheaper than conventional brake pads,” said Wahid, a student of USU’s School of Math and Science. He said that in the future he would seek an Indonesian company willing to produce biodisc brakes en masse for local and international markets.
USU deputy rector Rosmayati said the university was prepared to set up a company to help manufacture the innovative product. “USU is interested in helping,” she told The Post.
She said it was the highest achievement ever by USU students in an international competition.
“This makes USU proud,” she said, expressing hope that other students would follow suit. (yun/mut)