Meet The Women At GE Aerospace’s Middle East Technology Center Who Are Helping Airlines To Soar – Entrepreneur

Meet The Women At GE Aerospace’s Middle East Technology Center Who Are Helping Airlines To Soar – Entrepreneur

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As a child in Poland, Katarzyna Paluszkiewicz would work alongside her father, helping him to fix cars. Building on that experience, she went to university, ultimately earning a master's degree in mechanical engineering, with a specialization in aircraft engines. She had never coded, nor studied data science.So, it was a complete surprise when Paluszkiewicz was exposed to data engineering at GE Aerospace, and fell in love with the field. "I found that data was my passion," she says. "I could dig in, and make beautiful correlations, and then use my engineering background to explain what that data was saying."Paluszkiewicz is a Staff Analytics Engineer, and one of several women who work at the GE Aerospace Middle East Technology Center (MTC) in Dubai. She is part of a team of engineers and data analysts who help GE Aerospace and customers use data to enhance safety, reduce costs, improve operations, and extend engine time on wing.

She works on analytics-based maintenance (ABM), which leverages big data analytics and deep aviation and aircraft engine knowledge to give airlines insights that help them anticipate engine maintenance needs, optimize inspection schedules, and plan for engine replacements.Engineers