INNOVNESA #3 Highlights Unesa’s Expanding Innovation Landscape, Featuring Multidisciplinary Breakthroughs from Across Campuses

Surabaya, 24–26 November 2025 — Universitas Negeri Surabaya successfully held INNOVNESA #3 – Unesa Innovation Product Exhibition, one of the university’s flagship annual events dedicated to showcasing the advancement of research, technology, and applied innovations across disciplines. The exhibition, which took place at the Ground Floor of the Unesa Rectorate Building, Lidah Wetan, brought together innovators from various faculties, study programs, research centers, and collaborating institutions.

Carrying the overarching theme “Shaping a Sustainable Future through Creativity & Collaboration,” INNOVNESA #3 affirmed Unesa’s position as a leading innovation-driven university. The event also served as a collaborative platform that connected academia, industry, policymakers, and the community, emphasizing the university’s commitment to fostering sustainable and socially impactful innovations.

A Comprehensive Exhibition of Multidisciplinary Innovations

This year’s exhibition was organized into multiple thematic zones, each presenting a curated lineup of innovative products, prototypes, and technology demonstrations. These zones highlighted the breadth of Unesa’s innovation ecosystem, ranging from engineering and digital technology to education, healthcare, fashion, and community-centered sustainability.

1. Spotlight Areas: Technology and Industrial Innovation

Three Spotlight Areas displayed advanced engineering solutions and applied technologies, including:

• VTIS, HHD, Speer Bicycle, and TAG Us Shoes
• Digital Wellbeing Assistive Applications, Tsunami Prediction Models
• Smart PJU lighting (YOLO PJU), IoT Irrigation Systems, Sensor Farming
• Robotics, PID motor testing systems, eco-friendly exhaust innovations
• MERV vehicle prototype, Agricultural Drone Technology, and Business Matching Corner

These clusters demonstrated the university’s growing contributions to industrial technology, automation, environmental sensing, robotics, and disaster mitigation.

2. Edutech Area: Digital Learning and Pedagogical Innovation

The Edutech Area showcased modern educational technologies such as:

• VR Lato-Lato and Eye Tracking applications
• Digiguru.id (FIP), VR/AR learning media (FISIPOL)
• Neo Sorogan Learning Platform (FIP)
• Innovations from collaborating universities including UNAIR’s Kinara
• Contributions from Unesa Campus 5 (Magetan), underscoring its active participation in Unesa’s innovation ecosystem

This area highlighted Unesa's leadership in digital pedagogy and technology-enhanced learning.

3. Sustainable Nature Area: Green Products and Environmental Solutions

Products in this zone emphasized ecological sustainability, including:

• Organic bacterial and fungal starters for peatland fertilizer
• Instant guava powder
• Ecoenzym sanitizer, sunflower soap, livestock feed innovations
• Probiotic goat feed, ecobites
• Collaborative products from ITS, UNUSA, and others

These innovations addressed environmental restoration, agriculture, and food sustainability.

4. Batik & Craft Area: Cultural and Artistic Innovation

Featuring batik textiles, handcrafted fans, and creative craftworks from LPPM and Dharma Wanita, this area celebrated the fusion of cultural heritage and modern design.

5. Learning Media Area: Creative Tools for Education

A wide array of teaching tools were presented, including:

• Mathematics learning kits such as Rumah Perkalian
• Educational innovations from FT, PAUD, FBS, and Labschool
• Multilingual books, pop-up media, wooden alphabet books, and thematic STEM teaching tools

This area highlighted Unesa’s strong roots in educational innovation.

6. Sustainable Fashion Area

Exhibitions of modern textile development, 3D batik, and vocational fashion products emphasized circular design and eco-conscious fashion concepts.

7. Food & Beverage Innovation Area

Various UMKM-style and research-driven culinary products were displayed, such as:

• Traditional Roti Gapleki, purple brownies, sambal products
• Moringa crackers, yogurt, herbal beverage innovations, quick rice, and specialty coffee

These products demonstrated innovation in food technology and local empowerment.

8. Special Needs Education Area

Products supporting inclusive education were featured, including:

• Digital Inclusion Center (DIC) innovations
• Portable literacy-numeracy tools for the visually impaired
• AI-enabled CCTV for child safety
• Assistive technology from collaborating institutions

9. Healthcare Area

Innovations in public health, medical education, and wellness were presented, including:

• Sports dentistry education kits
• Molecular edugames
• Children’s health detection website
• Psychology-based emotion cards, storytelling books, and the Siwalma system
• Nanogold-related wellness technologies

10. Art Gallery Area

The gallery featured eco-friendly artistic outputs:

• EcoTik panels
• Recycled polymer panels
• Ceramic glaze calligraphy
• Metal embroidery panels
• Ceramic tableware
• Videos and performing arts from the Department of Dance and Music

11. Poster Exhibition Area

This section presented academic and service-based posters, such as legal aid services, business incubation, journal services, mobility programs, SDGs Center initiatives, and facial expression detection research.

Participation of Unesa Campus 5

As part of the university’s collaborative innovation network, Unesa Campus 5 joined this year’s exhibition by contributing works to the Edutech sector. This participation reflects the campus’s continuous involvement in Unesa’s strategic efforts to strengthen research-based learning, foster student innovation, and support cross-campus integration within the university.

Strengthening Unesa’s National Innovation Framework

INNOVNESA #3 once again underscored Unesa’s commitment to driving innovation that is multidisciplinary, sustainable, and impactful for society. The event not only highlighted technological breakthroughs but also celebrated cross-sector collaboration, creative problem-solving, and wide community engagement.

By hosting this comprehensive exhibition, Universitas Negeri Surabaya reinforces its identity as an institution that bridges education, technology, and societal needs—committed to shaping a sustainable and innovation-driven future.

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