Rafi Muhammad

Rafi Muhammad

Rafi Muhammad

Post: Research Fellow
Phone: +3620 611 1103
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Publications:

#Geophysics #Seismology #DAS #FiberOpticSensing 

Career Path:

Muhammad Rafi's academic journey began with a BEng in Geophysics Engineering from the Institute technology of Sepuluh Nopember, subsequently he is obtained his MSc degree in Geoscience at the Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP), Malaysia.  Where he is currently pursuing a PhD degree in Geoscience at University of Twente (UT ITC), Netherlands and working as a Geophysicist Researcher at HUN-REN Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science under Seismology Research Group. Her research spans a wide array of interests, including earthquake seismology, passive seismic, seismic imaging, fiber optic technology, non-seismic acquisition & processing, and the cutting-edge fields of CCS and petrophysics.

Research Projects and Grants:

  • Advance seismic monitoring for Geothermal exploration with HUN-REN Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science– Geophysicist – 2026
  • Fiber Optic Sensing technology advancement on passive and active monitoring for CCS applications with Total Energies EP Malaysia – Geophysicist – 2023

Memberships / Professional Communities:

  • Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) International – Technical Section – 2025
  • Society of Exploration of Geophysics (SEG) Internation – Young representative Section – 2024

Honours / Awards:

  • Best Technical Oral Presenter at EAGE Conference – 2025
  • Best Technical Oral Presenter at International Conference on Upstream Energy Technology and Digitalization (ICUPERTAIN) – 2024
  • Best Oral Presenter at 37th National Geoscience Conference (NGC 2024) – 2024
  • Best Technical Presenter at IPA 47th Convex – 2023
  • 1st place in International Geothermal Case Study Competition by Inception UNDIP – 2024

Education:

  • PhD in Geoscience – University of Twente (UT ITC) – 2026
  • MSc in Petroleum Geoscience – Universiti Teknologi Petronas – 2023
  • BEng in Geophysics Engineering – Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology – 2026

Recent / Selected Publications:

  • Rafi, M., Noh, K. A. M., Latiff, A. H. A., Rashid, A., Asfha, D. T., & Mustafa, H. I. (2026). Big data architectures for distributed acoustic sensing: A review of storage, real-time processing, and scalable analytics. Results in Optics, *24*, Article 101028. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rio.2026.101028
  • Rafi, M., Mohd Noh, K. A., Abdul Latiff, A. H., & Yumnanisa, K. S. (2026). Comparative DAS application for near surface imaging with hammer and vibroseis seismic source. 8th Asia Pacific Meeting on Near Surface Geoscience & Engineering, *2026*, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.202671116
  • Rafi, M., Mohd Noh, K. A., Abdul Latiff, A. H., & Hashim, H. S. (2025). Developing a surface distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) data processing in comparison with conventional geophone response for near surface survey. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, *1521*(1), Article 012016. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1521/1/012016
  • Rafi, M., Mohd Noh, K. A., Abdul Latiff, A. H., Otchere, D. A., Tackie-Otoo, B. N., Putra, A. D., Riyadi, Z. A., & Asfha, D. T. (2024). Application of Distributed Acoustic Sensing in Geophysics Exploration: Comparative Review of Single-Mode and Multi-Mode Fiber Optic Cables. Applied Sciences, 14(13), 5560. https://doi.org/10.3390/app14135560
  • Rafi, M., Anggoro, S., & Nur Rochman, J. P. G. (2023). Preliminary prioritization on steam flood injection in oil field using random forest regression method. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, *1127*(1), Article 012016. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1127/1/012016