Ongoing Research Funded by Overseas Fund

JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY (JICA) (2015-2020)

• Beneficial and Advanced Geothermal Use System (BAGUS): Technology Development of Steam-spot Detection and Sustainable Resource Use for Large Enhancement of Geothermal Power Generation in Indonesia.

The ASAHI GLASS FOUNDATION (2019-2020)

• CO2 release related with tectonic activities and its impact to groundwater chemistry, challenges of carbon capture storage and atmospheric environment.
• Hydro‐geotechnical study of liquefaction potential in Bandung  Basin: Learning from the Paluearthquake.

The Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources Germany (BGR)

• Best available practice in onshore alluvial tin mine reclamation in Indonesia.

UNDP – United Nations Development Programme

• Raising awareness on the dangerous of mercury and ways to reduce its use in ASGM

Ongoing Research Funded by Indonesian Fund (Ristekdikti, P3MI, LPPM-ITB)

• Coal silicification: genesis and its impacts in some Indonesian coal minings.
• Characterization of Indonesian coals for gasification purposes.
• Unconventional method for surface hydrothermal alteration mapping.
• Geochemical distribution of Rare-Earth Element (REE) in soil, vegetation, sediment and their correlation with the morphology.
• Near surface permeability distribution model using space-time geostatistical method in geothermal prospect area.
• Development of optimisation model of underground gold mine with unfavourable hydrogeological condition.
• Drill hole spacing optimization and resource classification with geostatistical methods for non-stationary coal geometry and quality data.
• Spatial correlation model between resistivity data and sub-surface permeable zones to optimize the existence of geothermal reservoir zones.
• Integration of remote sensing, geophysics and geostatistics methods to optimize the tin resources around artisanal mine.
• Reflectance spectroscopy and hyperspectral imaging for the exploration of rare-earth and radioactive mineral.
• Mineralogy, genetic and geochemistry of bauxite in Kotawaringin, Central Kalimantan
• Subsidence identification in lake deposit: A Case study in Derwati area, Bandung