Prof. Dr. Ir. Muhammad Mukhlisin, MT, a lecturer at the Civil Engineering Department, Semarang State Polytechnic (Polines) was officially confirmed as a professor in the field of soil surveying. This was marked by the inauguration of professors at the Polines campus, Tuesday (30/7). The event, which was held in an open meeting of the Polines senate, was also attended by the leadership of universities in Central Java, colleagues, TNI/Polri officials, related officials, lecturers and Polines students.
Director of Polines, Ir. Supriyadi, MT in his speech admitted that he was proud and grateful for the highest academic achievement of this Polines lecturer. "This proves that Polines lecturers can achieve the title of professor/professor," he said. Also the first professor/professor at Polines. We continue to encourage Polines lecturers to be motivated to achieve the title of professor. "The first professor of Polines is also a special gift ahead of the 37th Anniversary of Polines next week," he said proudly.
In his inaugural speech entitled “Avalanche in the Perspective of Basic Studies, Risk Assessment and Mitigation”, Prof. Dr. Ir. Muhammad Mukhlisin, MT said, according to data on landslide events from the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) it shows a trend of increasing the number of landslides in Indonesia from year to year. "From the incident data, the provinces of Central Java and West Java are the largest compared to other provinces in Indonesia," he explained. However, according to the BNPB survey, the capacity to save oneself from landslides is still low, especially in remote areas. The danger of this landslide disaster threatens the property and lives of the Indonesian population, so basic, applied and development research on landslides is very much needed to reduce the level of loss and loss of life.
It can be concluded that research on disaster mitigation, especially landslides, still needs to be developed and improved. With the increasing number of residents causing the expansion of residential areas so that its spread to hilly areas. This causes the potential for landslides to increase. This problem occurs both in Indonesia and in other countries. Many prevention and mitigation efforts have been carried out both using technical approaches with technological and social development, namely by raising awareness of the people living in disaster-prone areas. A technical approach is needed to provide facilities for immediate access to landslide mitigation, namely by using an early warning system, while a social approach is carried out by developing the capacity of local communities in landslide-prone areas. Therefore, an integrated approach, both with a technical system and with a social approach, must be taken to build an effective community early warning system. "With this strategic approach, community resilience in disaster-prone areas can be improved properly," he hoped.