Firman Bagja Juangsa is currently working as an assistant professor in the Faculty of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology (Institut Teknologi Bandung, ITB). Dr. Firman completed his BSc ('08) in Mechanical Engineering at Bandung Institute of Technology. He then pursued his professional career at Toshiba Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, and Hitachi Asia, Indonesia. He continued his graduate studies in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, where he achieved his M.Eng. ('16) and Dr.Eng. ('19) there. 

He has a research background in thermodynamics, heat transfer, nanotechnology, as well as sustainable energy-related topics. He has also been conducting research on non-carbon fuel production and combustion (including ammonia and hydrogen), CCUS technology, and developing new-generation power plants through process simulations. Besides academic research, Firman has working experience in the coal-fired power generation industry in Japan's headquarters as a control and information engineer. He was in charge of several overseas projects of coal-fired steam power plants, as well as the combined cycle power plant.

He believes that technology development should be inclusive and involve many people from different backgrounds; thus, he created the Energy and Thermochemistry Laboratory as a multidisciplinary research hub for student collaboration and technological discussion with various disciplines, from mechanical engineering and beyond.