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Sample Personal Statement for MSEE / MSTE
A person with dreams is a person of the future. The future of a
particular profession comes from the incessant strivings on the part
of a multitude of professionals who cherish beautiful dreams about the
profession they are committed to. The rocketing growth of electrical
engineering in the past millennium is the fruition of the sustained
efforts by countless people who have maintained an unswerving vision
in their professional pursuit. Even at the age of seven, I wondered at
the miraculousness of an old transistor radio at my home, which
aroused my determination not only to understand the mysterious world
of electricity and electronics but also to develop myself into a
specialist in it. That was my dream. For the past two decades, I have
been incessantly obsessed by this dream and the dream has always
sustained me through the entire process of making hard efforts on my
part. Whenever I am confronted with challenges and difficulties and on
the verge of retreating, it is the sonorous words of Martin Luther
King Jr., “I Have A Dream …” that keep ringing by my ears to endow me
with the courage to face the challenges. The faith with which he
fought for the realization of his lifelong ideal becomes a source of
constant inspirations for me. Under its profound and powerful
influence, I keep surmounting challenges and making important
achievements.
Up till now, I have undertaken relatively deep explorations in the
field of electrical engineering. From my graduation in 1989 from the
Department of Automatic Control and Electronic Technology, Northern
China Polytechnic University, to being an electrical engineer at
Shanghai Mint, I have accumulated a 12-year work experience, which can
only be described as “rich”. During this process, I have mastered the
technology of designing intelligent control systems by means of PC and
PLC Programmed Controller, and the technological application of
high-low voltage power transmission and distribution. I specialize in
such technical fields as: the realization of self-diagnosis and
self-correction of the disorders in complicated electrical equipment
and PLC Programmed Control Systems by applying PC technology, the
computer-based sophisticated intelligent systems, robotics, sensing
technology, and signal transmission over power transmission and
distribution circuits.
During my undergraduate studies, I had been enamored of the specialty
of electrical engineering that I majored in. For the first time in my
life, I was systematically exposed to the world of electronics that I
wished to conquer. I was especially attracted by the computer-based
and PLC-based technology of designing automatic control system for the
realization of a particular purpose. I frequently stayed at the
laboratory alone, attempting at some systems designing and hardware
setup, and then proceeding onto software designing. I experienced
failures, but each single success gave me tremendous satisfaction and
a strong sense of achievement. The designing of computer-based and
PLC-based automatic control system is part of intelligent system. The
ultimate achievement in this field is production of robots capable of
human thoughts and actions. My dream is to facilitate this ultimate
human dream. Consequently, I became particularly interested in all the
courses related to this subject, such as sensing technology, data
collection technology, data communication technology, electrical
circuits, analog circuits, digital circuits, high-frequency circuits,
PC Principles, Automation Theory, etc. My strong academic interest, my
intelligence and my industry contributed to my top ranking in my
class. My scholastic performance received the top fifth ranking among
a total of 30 students and I was awarded first-class scholarships for
two consecutive years.
The most part of my professional knowledge and achievements is derived
from my 12-year actual work experience as an electrical engineer. I
have participated and directed 8 major projects, all of which received
awards from my company. Currently, I am involved in three important
projects: renovation of P150 high-speed puncher manufactured by
MINSTER Company of the United States by using SEIMENS Company’s S-7PLC
Programmed Control System, designing the production of electroplated
wires controlled by the PLC-5 Programmed Control System of ROCKWELL
Company, and designing the communication interface between the analog
system of the rectifier and ROCKWELL Company’s PLC-5 Digital System
and using the PLC-5 Programmed Control System to regulate the
rectifier. At present, I am applying for the professional title of a
senior engineer. As a model employee of my company, I have received a
series of honors of merit for my expertise and distinguished
performance (for a detailed description of my honors and awards,
please refer to my Resume).
Due to the special nature of the mint in which I work, almost all the
equipment and technology that I come into contact with are
sophisticated electrical equipment and technology imported from the
West. For instance, PLC equipment and technology come from SIEMENS,
NEC, GE, MODICON and ROCKWELL. In particular, the sophisticated
large-scale PLC virtually all come from the United States. With
China’s own scientific and technological development, especially with
China’s participation in the WTO, China will utilize a large amount of
most updated electrical equipment and technology. China should cease
to entirely depend on importation. Instead, it is imperative that
China be able to produce its own equipment and technology. It is
against this backdrop that I plan to seek advanced education in the
United States, the country with the most advanced development and the
widest application of electrical engineering in the world. To be able
to contribute to China’s future development and application of
electrical technology constitutes my essential motivation in applying
for an advanced degree program at UNL, one of the most celebrated
universities in the United States. In addition, I am frequently
frustrated by the fact that, even if I have designed a computer-based
and PLC-based intelligent system, it sometimes breaks down because of
problems in data collection and transmission. This frustration has
also led me to the belief that I also need further trainings in
sensing and communication technology. Meanwhile, I intend to pursue
advanced studies in the designing of computer-based sophisticated
intelligent systems and in the self-diagnosis and self-correction of
system disorders. As far as I have learned, UNL possesses unique
advantages in GEEN and in EE, therefore UNL naturally becomes my first
choice. My plan for the next four years is divided into two stages.
For the first two years I will endeavor to obtain my MSEE or MSTE. I
will spend the next two years on the completion of a Ph. D. Program in
IT.
My qualifications for pursuing the foregoing two-stage objective are
numerous and sufficient—the faith in the ultimate success of human
quest in the field of electrical engineering for the realization of
highly intelligent robots, my undergraduate academic knowledge, my
12-year work experience and my technical expertise, my capacity for
independent analysis and independent problem-solving that I have
cultivated in the process of my work, my heightened awareness of
teamwork, my independent and self-reliant spirit developed since the
age of 12 when I left my home to pursue education in a remote school,
and my strong sense of responsibility to the family and the society.
As always, I have no doubt about my ability to accomplish what I have
chosen to accomplish and I cherish the implicit faith in developing
myself into an accomplished professional in electrical engineering, a
professional with an American academic background who is bent on
making contributions to his native country. |
