ANNUAL REPORT - The Petroleum Institute

The Petroleum Institute | Annual Report - Academic Year 2011 - 2012
University) which have encouraged many
students to consider undertaking graduate
studies.
Arzanah celebrated the launch of its Alumnae
Association, “Danat Arzanah”. Alumnae
addressed WISE students as “Big Sisters”
in the “Freshman Success Seminar” course
and the “Danat Arzanah Forum” where they
shared their work experience with students.
During Abu Dhabi’s ‘Leaders of the Future
Summit: Bridging the Gender Gap in the Oil
& Gas Sector’ in April, alumnae and senior
students spoke on “The Petroleum Institute’s
WISE Program: What Makes Us Different!”
Efforts Focused on Curriculum,
Student Learning and Opportunities:
In the past year, thanks largely to outside
sponsors, students have been given the
opportunity to travel and to have authentic
work and research experience.
• JODCO/INPEX Group sponsors five
WISE senior students from Petroleum
Engineering and Petroleum Geosciences
for a 3-week summer workshop in
Japan.
• PI Research funds two Petroleum
Geoscientist senior students on a
17-day American workshop on different
geological formations.
• Wintershall, together with the PI, funded
an 8-day industrial visit to Germany for
10 junior and senior students.
• Borouge sponsors a Chemical
Engineering senior student in a 2-day
visit to the European Petrochemical
Association Conference (EPCA) and
Students’ Workshop, Berlin.
Three alumnae have enrolled full-time in PI’s
graduate programs and five as part-time
students. Two PI graduates are currently
studying in the US (MIT and University of
Minnesota). Two more students are about to
enroll in Stanford and Cornell Universities and
fifteen senior students are currently enrolled
in the PI’s 4+1 program.
Commencement:
The 6th Commencement celebrated the
graduation of the Class of 2011 which included
60 female engineers and geoscientists. By
the end of Academic Year 2011-2012, over 100
WISE alumnae will have joined the ADNOC
workforce, of which 81% are Emiratis. Table
II reflects the profile of the Class of 2011 and
partial projection for Class of 2012.
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