Judul: Rekayasa sistem pembiayaan dan kelembagaan untuk optimalisasi industri gula
Abstrak: Agroindustri gula memiliki peran strategis dalam pembangunan ekonomi nasional. Gula yang dihasilkan merupakan salah satu kebun pokok rakyat, dimana proses produksinya melibatkan petani, pabrik, distributor, dan berbagai lembaga keuangan. Karena pelaku yang terlibat dalam industri gula banyak dengan kepentingan yang beragam, maka untuk optimalisasi perm tersebut memerlukan koordinasi, sehingga menjadi satu aktivitas industri yang saling mendukung dan saling menguatkan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk merekayasa sistem pembiayaan dan kelembagaan untuk optimalisasi industri gula.
Keyword: General system theory, Teknik peramalan, Material requirement planning, Analisis finansial, Metode perbandingan eksponensial, Analytical Hierarchy Process, Interpretative Structural Modeling, Analisis Dampak Lingkungan

Judul: System dynamic modeling of complex decision making for the development of sugar cane agroindstry
Abstrak: Agroindustri gula tebu merupakan industri dengan karakter sistem dinamis yang kompleks (complex dynamic system), bercirikan adanya hubungan terus menerus antar pelaku atau anggota sistem. Penggunaan pendekatan sistem dinamis dapat diterapkan dalam rangka melakukan kajian agroindustri gula tebu seperti pada kajian proses pegambilan keputusan untuk tujuan pengembangan. Pasokan produksi gula tebu nasional lebih rendah jumlahnya dari pada permintaan, sehingga terjadi defisit pasokan gula. Hingga saat ini persoalan defisit pasokan belum dapat teratasi dengan baik. Kompleksitas permasalahan dimulai ketika tingkat produktifitas pertanian tebu dan pabrik gula masih rendah. Rendahnya produktifitas pertanian tebu ditengarai terjadi karena penurunan luas lahan tanam, pergeseran lahan dari lahan basah ke lahan kering yang disebabkan karena persaingan penggunaan lahan tanam oleh berbagai jenis tanaman lainya serta meningkatnya alih fungsi lahan bagi keperluan lain di luar pertanian. Penurunan produktifitas pabrik gula disebabkan karena semakin tua usia mesin yang kurang diimbangi oleh peremajaan mesin baru yang lebih produktif. Permasalahan non teknis pertanian masih sering timbul, seperti terjadi ketidaktepatan pelaksanaan kebijakan importasi gula yang dilakukan pada saat tingkat persediaan gula dalam negeri masih tinggi dan mencukupi. Persediaan gula yang berlebih ini dapat mengakibatkan penurunan harga. Permasalahan inilah yang secara perlahan telah mengurangi daya mampu petani tebu dan pabrik gula sehingga produktifitas menurun, pasok bahan baku tebu menurun, efisiensi pabrik menurun dan peremajaan pabrik terlantar hingga gejolak harga gula sewaktu-waktu dapat terjadi secara tinggi.
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Judul: Thermal Characteristics and Dynamics of Tropical Cyclone over Western North Pacific Ocean: A Case Study of Typhoon Songda (Chedeng) 2011
Abstrak: The frequent occasion of Tropical Cyclone (TC) over Western North Pacific (WNP) Ocean lies from 10˚N to 26˚N and 121˚E to 170˚E. Sources of TC development come from warm ocean temperature where latent heat is released during condensation processes and subsequently concentrated in the boundary layer. Relative humidity at 850-700 hPa is responsible to produce the most intense storm. Meanwhile, weak vertical wind shear between 850-200 hPa is one of the dynamical factors that lead to the development of TC. Pressure level of 850-200 hPa is chosen to minimize the thermodynamic effect in the lower troposphere. Typhoon Songda (Chedeng in the Philippines) or TSC lasted from May 18th to 30th, 2011 and strengthened into powerful Super Typhoon stage between May 24th and 27th. Long curving track and the exhibition of all sequences of TC life cycle, TSC is then considered as an ideal case of TC. The objective of the study with case of TSC is to investigate the role of thermal characteristics and dynamics on TC intensity. The research is carried out by using Advanced Research of Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF ARW model) version 3.3. Two domains are employed in the model. The first domain situate from 02˚N to 40˚N and 118˚E to 149˚E and cover spatial resolution () of 33.1 km. The second domain situate from 09˚N to 27˚N and 119˚E to 132˚E with of 11 km. Timestep of the model () is 120 seconds. The model is supported by the following physical parameterization, i.e., Yonsei University Scheme (YSU) in the boundary layer, Kain-Fritsch scheme (KF) in the cumulus, and WRF Single-Moment 3-class scheme in the microphysics. Initial meteorological condition prior to the formation of the cyclone is generated using WRF ARW standard-release model. Sensitivity of the model output is obtained from a selected single-parameter change scenarios, namely, 10 % to 20 % decrease and increase of wind shear initial data at 850-200 hPa, and by 10 % to 20 % decrease of relative humidity initial data at 850-700 hPa. The result showed that the negative correlations between wind shear and intensity are found in wind shear scenarios. Wind shears of 10 ms-1 which lead to strengthening of the wind intensity in the early period of Typhoon development are found in wind shear scenarios. The effect of wind shear changes on wind intensity is statistically significant in the 20 % wind shear scenarios. During mature stage, weak wind intensity occurred when wind shear increase as given in the WRF standard-release and the 20 % decreasing scenario. Different situation is found in the 20 % increasing scenario where wind shear tend to weak and lead to strong wind intensity at this stage. Meanwhile, the reduction of moisture supply at 850-700 hPa resulting from 20 % decreasing relative humidity play a major role in the weakening of wind intensity and reduces mechanical energy of the cycle process as much as 300 J kg-1.
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