Honor Society® member
Aun Mela
Energy Analyst at Saudi Aramco
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Sustainable Electrical Energy and Power
- Class of 2015
- Dhahran, Ash-Sharqiah, Saudi Arabia
Member since December 2014
About
I am currently working as an energy analyst at Saudi Aramco and doing a masters in sustainable electrical energy from Georgia Tech. My interest areas are energy economics, financial engineering, clean energy and energy storage. I am currently working to expand my repertoire in the energy and power sector. I finished my MSc in micro and nano electronics from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in 2011 - i did summer research in the field of solid state devices at American University of Cairo (AUC) in 2010. I have bachelors of electrical and computer engineer from National University of Singapore (NUS) and McGill university.
Education
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Georgia Institute of Technology
MSc Sustainable Electrical Energy
2013 – 2015
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KAUST - King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
MSc in Electrical Energy
2009 – 2011
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National University of Singapore & McGill University
BEng in Electrical Energy
2005 – 2009
Honors and awards
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Outstanding Employee Award 2013
recognized for my accomplishments in first year at Saudi Aramco
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KAUST discovery scholarship and Provost award
accolade and scholarship for excellent academic performance
Goals and interests
- Career goal
Since starting my job as an energy analyst at Saudi Aramco in November 2011, i have focused primarily on clean and alternative energy. I am currently pursuing a career to become an energy consultant and working on expanding my skills and experience in other energy sectors (conventional power, energy economics, energy storage).
- Graduate school interests
Teaching ( I teach high school and college students in my free time)
Energy economics (I have started writing research articles on different energy issues)
Traveling ( i love exploring new places whenever i get to travel for work or for pleasure)
Financial Engineering (I like developing financial models to help understand some of the energy economics related issues)
I am an avid reader and like self-development books which help me learn something outside of workplace
Experience
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Energy Analyst
Saudi Aramco
Oct 2011 – Jan 2015
Languages
- English (UK) Advanced
- Urdu Advanced
