{"id":6679,"date":"2026-05-15T14:20:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/?page_id=6679"},"modified":"2026-05-15T14:20:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:20:57","slug":"raneem-sharaf-18","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/fall-2022\/alumni-qas\/raneem-sharaf-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Raneem Sharaf \u201918"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6683 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/05\/Raneem-Sharaf-18-279x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/05\/Raneem-Sharaf-18-279x300.jpg 279w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/05\/Raneem-Sharaf-18.jpg 557w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/>DEGREE:<\/strong> B.S. in engineering with a concentration in mechanical engineering<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOB TITLE:<\/strong> Associate technical professional and coiled-tubing operations supervisor with Halliburton Overseas (international petroleum services company)<\/p>\n<p><strong>FAVORITE TRINITY MEMORY:<\/strong> Definitely\u00a0with no hesitation, my first semester at Trinity. We were playing a [squash] match against\u00a0Penn, and my match was the final one, as I think we were 4\u20134 and my match was the tiebreaker. I was down 2\u20130 and came back to win the match, and we won 5\u20134. This was the match that actually described my experience\u00a0at Trinity College. Always get up after you get knocked out, and always look at the finish line and not the distractions around it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does your work entail?<\/strong> I am responsible for leading high-profile jobs, handling all of the equipment and crew, and being Halliburton\u2019s representative to the customer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you get into this field?<\/strong> After graduation, I applied to hundreds\u00a0of jobs\u00a0and did a paid internship at Halliburton in Egypt (my home country). I started in a different department but then ended up in the department I felt most passionate about.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you enjoy most about your work?<\/strong> I have always enjoyed working with hydraulics in mechanics, and the whole coiled-tubing unit (equipment) I am working with is powered hydraulically. I also enjoy\u00a0breaking the stereotypes here in Egypt as the petroleum industry is dominated by males. This challenge is basically a double-faced coin, both a blessing and an extremely\u00a0tough challenge that I have to overcome every day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Would you tell us more about the challenges you face?<\/strong> I am the first female coiled-tubing operations supervisor in Egypt and the Middle East, and my biggest challenges are acceptance\u00a0as a female among hundreds\u00a0of males and gaining the respect I deserve without the need to prove\u00a0more than once how competent\u00a0I\u00a0am. At the end of the day,\u00a0I am a 25-year-old female leading a crew of 20 males who are older and have worked in my field longer than I have.\u00a0This also means having to deal with people from backgrounds very\u00a0different from mine. However, I have always loved challenges,\u00a0and\u00a0it is one of the things that I love about my job.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your brother Mohamed \u201924 is a Trinity student, and he also plays squash for the Bantams. What does it mean to you that he followed in your footsteps at college?<\/strong> Honestly, it means the world to me. I visited him last February, and seeing him at Trinity made me super emotional and proud. Being an international student at Trinity College and a part of its\u00a0squash team is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and I am super happy that Mohamed gets the chance to enjoy it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did Trinity prepare you for what you do now?<\/strong> I was a part of the women\u2019s squash team at Trinity, and during my four years, the team represented 13 nationalities. Having teammates with extremely\u00a0different backgrounds around me taught me a lot\u00a0and made me learn how to accept people, treat them with respect, and sometimes lead them, as I learned\u00a0during my senior year as a captain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was the most memorable course you took at Trinity?<\/strong> \u201cBiomechanics.\u201d I got to mix my two favorite things\u2014mechanics and squash\u2014in my final project in that course, and I loved it. I made an experiment to measure the amount\u00a0of power needed in every squash shot, and it worked! It also was one of my last projects at Trinity, so I had a lot of emotions going into it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Was there a professor at Trinity who was particularly influential? <\/strong>Professor Randy Lee. Although he is a psych\u00a0professor, he also was our sports psychologist for the team. Honestly, I wouldn\u2019t have survived my four years without him. He was inspiring, supportive, and always there when I needed him. Shout-out to you, Randy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEGREE: B.S. in engineering with a concentration in mechanical engineering JOB TITLE: Associate technical professional and coiled-tubing operations supervisor with Halliburton Overseas (international petroleum services company) FAVORITE TRINITY MEMORY: Definitely\u00a0with no hesitation, my first semester at Trinity. 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