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Career Insights: Saudi Aramco
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Energy Commons (10-063)
77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142Description
Please join Aramco’s Advanced Materials Team located within the Aramco Research Center—Boston to learn about the group’s work supporting downstream research challenges. Our chemists and engineers will share experiences and discuss opportunities. A presentation by Michele Ostraat, who leads the Advanced Materials Team, will offer an overview of activities and a Q&A session provides a chance to talk with other center researchers.
Lunch will be hosted by Aramco. Please RSVP.
Please note: This event is available to MIT Undergraduate and Graduate Students only. Please confirm your attendance with your MIT email address.
Dr. Michele Ostraat earned her B.S. degree in Chemistry from Trinity University and Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology. Following graduate school, she was a Member of Technical Staff at Bell Labs and Agere Systems where she examined the synthesis of rare-earth doped aerosol nanoparticles and investigated the behavior of chalcogenide phase change materials. She then moved to DuPont’s Experimental Station where she worked in aerosol synthesis and characterization of sub-micron and nanoparticles for advanced electronic applications. More recently, she was Senior Director of the Center for Aerosol and Nanomaterials Engineering at RTI International where she led scientific teams developing products and applications for aerosols and nanomaterials for energy, defense, and health-related technologies. At Aramco, Dr. Ostraat leads an organization focused on the development and optimization of advanced materials for downstream applications in gas separation membranes, heterogeneous catalysts, and corrosion-resistant materials.
About Saudi Aramco
Saudi Aramco is the leading global integrated energy and chemicals company. We are driven by the core belief that energy is opportunity. From producing approximately one in every eight barrels of the world’s oil supply to developing new energy technologies, our global team is dedicated to creating impact in all that we do. We focus on making our resources more dependable, more sustainable and more useful. This helps promote stability and long-term growth around the world. www.saudiaramco.com
About Aramco Services Company
Aramco Services Company (ASC) is the U.S.-based subsidiary of Saudi Aramco. Among its activities in support of its parent company, ASC manages a network of three U.S. research centers; identifies upstream and downstream best practices and potential technology partners; works with suppliers to provide Saudi Aramco with goods; handles quality inspections for materials and equipment procured for Saudi Aramco; and recruits professionals for careers with ASC and its parent company. ASC is headquartered in Houston. www.aramcoservices.com.
Aramco Research Center—Boston
This center is located adjacent to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to support computational reservoir modeling, nanotechnology and advanced materials development. The center is part of a global network of research centers leveraging scientific expertise and collaboration to provide solutions to the long term challenges facing the energy industry.