The Bimasena Team and the Gatotkaca Team from the Civil Engineering and Planning Education Study Program won First Place and Best Paper in the National Long Span Bridge Competition Civil EXPO ITS at Grand City Mall, Surabaya (5-6/05/2012). The Bimasena team consisted of I Wayan Eka Widiasuta and Kimin Triyono while the Gatotokaca team consisted of Debby Wahyu Jatmiko and Wisnu Rachmad under the guidance of a lecturer at UNY Faculty of Engineering, Faqih Ma'arif, M.Eng in making a 1:100 scale model of the bridge.

This event aims to provide solutions to the latest problems in the world of Civil Engineering and create appropriate technology in the field of civil engineering that is useful for society. In the long span bridge competition category, Wayan explained the advantage of the bridge designed by his team is the application of solar cells to meet electricity needs, such as lights and water pumps, so that this bridge does not require electricity from PLN (State Electricity Company). "Besides that, we are also adding a canopy to this bridge which will be very useful for pedestrians as well as a place to install solar cells," he explained.

"Another innovation is that we use rattan material which has a very high level of rigidity so it is very suitable for application as a bridge material plus cables to support the strength of our bridge," said Wayan.

"Meanwhile, the Bimasena team, which won the best paper, created a suspension system for their bridge. "As well as the bridge floor using balsa wood which is light but strong, as well as the use of wind turbines as wind power generators," said Wayan.

"We really salute the departments and supervisors who continue to faithfully accompany, direct and motivate us in the process of making this bridge mock-up, it takes us approximately two weeks with vulnerable hours of work from day, night and even early in the morning to complete it," he said.

"This achievement will further motivate me and my friends in the department to continue to compete, and we always hope for even better campus support," hoped Wayan. (hryo)