Assistant Professor
Thermal Science and Engineering Research Group
Faculty of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Bandung Institute of Technology
Email: firman.juangsa@itb.ac.id
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.
ASEAN Engineer, AFEO Governing Board, 2024
Intermediate Professional Engineer (IPM), Persatuan Insinyur Indonesia, 2024
Engineers Profession Program, Bandung Institute of Technology, 2022
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology (doctor course), 2016-2019
Department of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology (master course), 2014-2016
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung (bachelor course, Cum Laude), 2004-2008
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia, April 2022 – present
Faculty Member, Faculty of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia, January 2021 – present
Academic Assistant, Faculty of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia, January 2020 – December 2020
Intern, IHI Corporation Tokyo, Japan, October – December 2018
Sales and Field Engineer, Hitachi Asia Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2013 – 2014
Control and Information Engineer, Thermal Power Generation Section, Toshiba Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, 2008 – 2013
Intern, Total Indonesie E&P, Balikpapan, Indonesia, 2007
Sustainable Energy (master), Institut Teknologi Bandung
Power Generation System (master), Institut Teknologi Bandung
Engineering Thermodynamics (undergraduate), Institut Teknologi Bandung
Fuel and Combustion (undergraduate), Institut Teknologi Bandung
Thermofluid System Design and Engineering (undergraduate), Institut Teknologi Bandung
Internal Combustion Engine (undergraduate), Institut Teknologi Bandung
Thermal Engineering (undergraduate), Institut Teknologi Bandung
Basic Fluid Mechanics (undergraduate), Institut Teknologi Bandung
Engineering Laboratory (undergraduate), Institut Teknologi Bandung