Ichwan Agusta Elfajrie

Ichwan Agusta Elfajrie

Ichwan Agusta Elfajrie was born on August 24, 1989, in Jakarta. His parents, Faisal Rofei and Dewi Iriani, were native-born Palembang. Ichwan began to start his organizational intuition, since formal education at SMPN 14 Jakarta, where he was actively involved in Student Council, Islamic Spiritual, and the School Safety Patrol. Since then, he has a greater desire to improve his soft skills. Ichwan then continued his education in SMAN 48 Jakarta, where he was given the responsibility as Chairman of Student Council. Besides, he also a member of Islamic Spiritual and Scientific Group of Teenagers.After graduation, Ichwan continued to the Universitas Indonesia (UI). He passed various campus situations, from Chemical Engineering Student Association, Student Executive Board of the Faculty of Engineering UI (BEM FTUI), to lead the Brigade 04. He sought to practice three functions of college student; iron stock, moral force, and agent of change.Ichwan began to recognize geothermal energy when he and his friends built Forum Energi FTUI (FORGI FTUI), a forum aimed to conduct various studies related to energy security of Indonesia. This forum was established under the Strategic Studies Division of BEM FTUI with him as Chairman. Since then, he wants to contribute developing the utilization of geothermal energy, especially in Indonesia. Therefore, after resigning from his first job, Ichwan decided to continue his education at Geothermal Technology Master Program, Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) in 2013. To date, Ichwan is finishing his thesis on the topic "Geomechanics and Fluid Flow Modeling". His hope that his contribution is really beneficial in the development of geothermal energy knowledge.