Risvan Dirza

The topic of my Ph.D. project is Field-wide production optimization, and I am working under the supervision of Professor Sigurd Skogestad from the Department of Chemical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), and Dr. Dinesh Krishnamoorthy from the Harvard John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University. My Ph.D. project is part of SFI SUBPRO Research Center, which is financed by the Research Council of Norway, major industry partners (i.e., Equinor, Kongsberg, AkerBP, Total, etc.), and NTNU. I have been entitled to carry the title of Ingenieur (ir.) and have been granted the degree of Master of Science (with the distinction of great appreciation) in Systems and Control by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), The Netherland in 2018. My master thesis work was entitled “Real-Time Integration of Max-Plus-Linear (MPL) Scheduling and Control”, which mainly investigates and proposes a new formulation of integrating scheduling, that is modeled in the MPL system, and control layer. The work was under the supervision of Asst. Professor Leyla Ozkan and Dr. Alejandro Marquez-Ruiz. I have been granted the degree of Bachelor of Science (Cumlaude) in Electrical Engineering (concentration: control engineering) by the Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB), Indonesia in 2011. My final project was under the supervision of Professor Bambang Riyanto Trilaksono. Before I start my Ph.D. project I have research experience in Fujita Lab, Department of Mechanical and Control Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology (TokyoTech) in 2009-2010, and Smart Process Operations and Control (SPROC), Control Systems Research Group, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) In addition to research, I have also 7 years of working experience in oil and gas companies and was exposed to operation, engineering, and project management.