AspenTech signs training deal with leading Saudi university

Aspen Technology on Wednesday announced a three-year co-operation agreement with the Chemical Engineering Department of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), a leading academic and research-based university located in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Under the terms of the agreement, the global leader in asset optimisation software will deliver technical training and competency development on process and asset optimisation technologies and operational analytics to students and academic staff at the University’s Chemical Engineering Department, AspenTech said in a statement.

The training will be based on the technologies and software products that AspenTech supplies. The company will also provide the university with electronic course materials to support competency development, training classes and curriculum content development, it said.

“We are delighted to be collaborating with AspenTech. We are looking forward to working with them to ensure students and staff get the opportunity to use innovative process optimization technologies and receive high-quality training to support that use,” Dr. Hassan M. Baaqeel, Chairman, Chemical Engineering (CHE) department, KFUPM, said in a statement.

According to Craig Smith, Managing Director - Saudi Arabia, Bahrain & Pakistan, the goal of the collaboration is to empower students with the latest optimisation tools and skills that will enable them to drive next generation technologies in Saudi energy markets. “Building Saudi Arabia’s knowledge economy is the driver for the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 strategic framework,” he said.