Education

Ph.D. – Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 2000

M.Sc. – Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 1995

B.Sc. – Petroleum Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Indonesia, 1991

Research Interests

• Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)
• Coreflooding Experiments and Fluid–Rock Interactions
• Reservoir Simulation & Numerical / Probabilistic / Neural Network Methods
• Optimization of Chemical Agents & New Materials
• Data Structures, Data Management & Analytics
• Well Log Data Interpretation and Well Logging

Courses Taught

• TM4014 – Enhanced Oil Recovery by Chemical Injection
• TM3103 – Well Log Analysis

Selected Publications

• The Effect of CO₂–Brine–Rock Interaction Towards Sand Onset Modeling in Dolomite-Rich Sandstone: A Case Study in Air Benakat Formation, South Sumatera, Indonesia (2024)
• Enhancement of Surfactant Performance via Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles: Implication for Oil Recovery in Sandstone (2024)
• A Regression Analysis Approach to Van Everdingen–Hurst Dimensionless Water Influx Variables for Infinite and Finite Aquifers (2024)
• Effect of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles on Surfactants and Their Impact on the Interfacial Properties of the Oil–Water–Rock System (2023)
• Data-Driven Approach Using Capacitance Resistance Model to Determine Polymer In-Situ Retention Level (2023)

Projects & Activities

• Live Observation of Chemical EOR Mechanisms in Micromodel (2025)
• Coreflooding Experiments for Electrokinetic Properties of Subsurface Formations (2025)
• Application of Probabilistic and Neural Network Methods as Linear Solvers in Reservoir Simulators (2025)
• The Effect of Nanoparticle Addition on Low-Salinity Waterflooding and Its Impact on Oil Recovery Enhancement (2024)
• Optimization of TiO₂ Nanoparticle Addition in Surfactant Flooding Injection for Enhanced Oil Recovery Applications (2024)