Odai Elyas

Odai Elyas, SPE, is pursuing a PhD in civil and environmental engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where his research applies advanced artificial intelligence on multimodal data structures to optimize large-scale drilling operations, with a focus on lowering costs and reducing carbon footprint. He previously worked for Saudi Aramco as a research engineer in drilling technologies and has experience as a gas drilling engineer and a drilling rig foreman. Elyas holds a MSc in petroleum engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and dual BSc degrees in petroleum engineering and energy business and finance from The Pennsylvania State University.