Associate Prof. S. Sumardiono completed B.Eng. (1998) from the Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Universitas Diponegoro, M.Eng. (2001) from Department of Chemical Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, and Ph.D. (2005) from University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria. He works as an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia. His field of interest includes the processing of food and renewable energy sources.