Biography
Abderrazak Traidia is an R&D Specialist at Saudi Aramco with expertise in mechanics of materials. He joined Saudi Aramco in 2012 and has actively contributed to establishing and leading multiple teams and R&D programs in the general field of asset integrity management with particular focus on hydrogen embrittlement of metals and polymer degradation in hydrocarbon service. He co-led the establishment of Saudi Aramco’s Nonmetallic Innovation Center (NIC) in Cambridge (UK) in 2018 and is currently assigned to the Aramco Overseas Company in London (UK) managing partnership R&D projects in Europe in the field of polymer composites for energy applications. Abderrazak holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Ecole Polytechnique (France). He represents Saudi Aramco in various RTO research boards and JIP/standards technical committees. He co-authored over 17 peer-reviewed publications and 25 conference proceedings. He is also a co-inventor for 13 Saudi Aramco granted patents.