Dr. Taufiq Hidayat obtained his B.E. degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the Mining Engineering Department, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia. He completed his M.Sc. in Philosophy in Pyrometallurgical Engineering from the School of Mining and Mechanical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Australia. Dr. Hidayat received a Ph.D. degree in Philosophy in Pyrometallurgical Engineering from the School of Chemical Engineering at the University of Queensland. Dr. Hidayat is also a member of TMS–the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society. Currently, Dr. Hidayat is the Head of the Bachelor Program of Metallurgical Engineering. His primary research interests include slag chemistry, non-ferrous high-temperature processing, kinetics of heterogeneous reactions, and computer coupling of phase diagrams and thermochemistry (CALPHAD).