Winners Podium

Champion is Defined by The Feeling of Not Being Afraid to Try New Things

TEL-U

WINNER’S PODIUM

Even in these difficult and destructive days, delegates of the Society of Petroleum Engineers ITS Student Chapter continued to rise to new heights. This time, it was the TEL-U team with members Tyara Novia Andhin (Chemical Engineering 2020), Evania Christiana Febiani (Chemical Engineering 2020), Latif Setyabudi (Chemical Engineering 2020). As the champions of APECX 2021, the largest annual event hosted by The Society of Petroleum Engineers Universitas Gadjah Mada Student Chapter, the TEL-U team has maintained its calm over a long path to accomplish this achievement. The TEL-U team participated in the Paper and Poster Competition against delegates from a variety of different universities, and they succeeded.

Introducing, the TEL-U Team

It turns out that this competition in the oil and gas industry is not the first competition in which these two women have participated together in the previous. The Smart Tournament hosted by SPE ITS SC in 2020, called Petroleague, was discovered to be another competition Tyara and Evania had competed in. From there, they won third place, and it was at that point that they bravery to participate in various smart competitions from various existing SPE student chapters in Indonesia. In the following months, they have been actively participating in the competition. They initially consisted of three persons from the previous smart competition, but one of their members eventually dropped out of the competition because of their hectic schedules and other factors. Then they got the idea to attempt something new, like poster and paper competitions, and it worked out really well! They decided to participate in the paper and poster competition held by APECX UGM after viewing and considering the numerous competitions. However, due to the fact that evania and tyara are not particularly skilled at visual design and editing, they decided to hunt for people who have knowledge in these fields in order to be able to address the existing shortcomings, namely Latif. They came up with the name TEL-U for their new team, which is a combination of the initials of each of the three members of their group. This APECX competition is the first poster and paper competition they have participated in.

Champion of Poster and Paper Competition at APECX 2021

Never allow a lack of knowledge to stand in the way of your success

The interesting fact about the TEL-U team is that none of the members have ever competed in a poster or paper competition before. These three smart individuals do not come naturally with the ability to create posters and papers, as well as to offer visually appealing presentations. They continue to study and discover new things while following the coaching guidance provided by SPE ITS SC. They had numerous discussions with the coach about how to construct an attractive presentation, and they subsequently presented their views and opinions in an interesting, brief, and comprehensive manner in front of the professional judges.

Competitions are all about how powerful it is to learn

The Poster and Paper Competition, as the title indicates, is a competition in which contestants must come up with solutions to existing problems, particularly in the oil and gas industry.

Champion of Poster and Paper Competition at APECX 2021 Ideas of inspiration will come from this point onwards. Another piece of advice is to never stop learning from the experiences of others, which they do by participating in various webinars that examine paper and poster competitions, among other activities.

The fact that this is the first paper and poster competition in which they have participated means that they will have to learn a lot of new things about how the paper and poster competition is run will be tough. A lot of hard work went into the TEL-U's poster and paper competition journey. Moreover, because the competition is a proposal-based, the search for ideas is the most time-consuming process for the participants. In addition, maintaining consistency is a challenging task while trying to make posters and papers that can help you grow further. Because this competition does not just collect abstracts, papers, or posters, it also includes a presentation session. They are faced with the challenge of communicating their thoughts and ideas in a limited amount of time.

In fact, curiosity is the key to dealing with existing problems

As delegates in this competition, each participant has a lot to say about the most important tips and tricks that they have learned during the period of the competitions. First thing first is to learn on your own initiative and continuously, for example, by reading new journals and existing references, in addition to developing a curiosity. This is particularly crucial for a team that is competing during their first paper and poster competition. The key to mastering the presentation stage is to keep practicing, and don't forget to familiarize yourself with the many types of questions that may be asked during the presentation. (TIWI)

"We don't stop to learn from the experiences of others, we do this by participating in many webinars that review paper and poster competitions, not only within the area of SPE ITS SC such as 'introduction to competition' (SPE ITS SC’s work program) but expanding to various universities that exist." Said Tyara.

No matter win or lose, take the chance and learn! Don't be afraid to challenge yourself.“

-Tyara Novia Andhin, member of the TEL-U Team