Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program Edition

Dr Budi Harsanto’s research is on “Sustainability-oriented Innovation (SOI) in the Urban Infrastructure Project: A Case Study of the National Strategic Project in Sumatera” at Michigan State University. He sees the US as a knowledge hub for SOI and innovative urban development. He intends to advance understanding and practice for more sustainable and innovative development.. Read More.

At the University of California, Santa Cruz, Dr Benny Baskara is conducting research on sea reclamation and its impacts on the life of the Bajo people. He hopes to place the research results in the context of general Indonesian and Southeast Asian studies. He believes there are sources only available in the U.S., and he.. Read More.

At Duke University, Dr Bayu Andalas’s research is “Using a comparative study of Building Carbon Emission between Jakarta and Boston to build a roadmap for Jakarta City Resilience and Net-Zero Emission in 2050: Learning from BERDO (Building Energy Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance).” He thinks the comparative information he gains from BERDO can be helpful in.. Read More.

Dr Novitri Hastuti’s research is in forest technology at the United States Department of Agriculture. Her research project is “Nanostructured Paper from Cellulose Nanofibers as Wearable Temperature Sensor Components” – a super-thin thermometer from wood-based fibers. She wants to further her expertise in nanocellulose research and hopes to apply it on an industrial scale to.. Read More.

Dr Wiwik Sushartami is an assistant professor at Anthropology Department, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta. Through the Fulbright Visiting Scholar grant, she researches “Tourism and women’s empowerment: Cases in Indonesia and the United States” at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She hopes to obtain empirical and literature evidence about women’s participation in the tourism industry.. Read More.

As a Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Dr Tastaftiyan Risfandy researches “Executive compensation and risk-taking in Islamic banks” with Professor M. Kabir Hassan from the University of New Orleans, the institution which invited him. Dr Tastaftiyan is a lecturer and researcher in economics at Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta. He completed a PhD and a second master’s degree,.. Read More.

Sri Nuryani is a researcher at the Center for Political Studies, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), in Jakarta. She was an Election Commissioner from 2007-2012. Through the Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program, she researches political science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, focussing on the roadmap to E-elections in Indonesia. Dr Sri completed her PhD in.. Read More.

As a Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Dr Sri Nur Aminah Ngatimin’s research at the University of Colorado, Denver, is on the relationship between predation and eye span of stalk-eyed flies. Dr Sri holds doctoral and undergraduate degrees in entomology from Universitas Hasanuddin, Makassar, and a master’s degree from Institut Pertanian Bogor, also in entomology. She is.. Read More.

Dr Senny Suzanna Alwasilah is Dean of Faculty of Arts and Letters at Universitas Pasundan, Bandung. She carries out research on” Fiction Writing 2.0” at Indiana University, Bloomington. She holds a Ph.D in curriculum development from Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. She did her bachelor’s degree in literature from Sekolah Tinggi Bahasa Asing Bandung and her master’s.. Read More.

Dr Rudy Agung Nugroho is a researcher and lecturer at Universitas Mulawarman, Samarinda. As a Fulbright Visiting Scholar grantee, he researches “Fish meal replacement in aquafeed” at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. He holds a PhD in animal physiology from Curtin University, Perth, Australia. He earned his bachelor’s degree in animal physiology from.. Read More.