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Sample Personal Statement for Material Engineering
When China, my motherland, is mentioned anywhere in the world,
people will naturally awaken association with the exquisite and
beautiful chinaware made in China, the country that enjoys a history
of porcelain production one thousand years earlier than other
countries and a reputation for her elevated art and remarkable
craftsmanship. European people attempted at any cost to acquire the
technology of porcelain making and at last achieved the satisfaction
of this goal from a priest named Francois-Xavier D’Entrecolles, thus
the present variety and brilliance of chinaware in both China and the
West. Nevertheless, in an era of electronics and information today,
China has fell far behind the advanced countries in the field of
information materials science and engineering, in its research and
application as well. As a graduate majored in physics and technology
of electronic thin films, I am eager to trace the footprints of
Francois-Xavier D’Entrecolles so as to bring the advanced technology
of material engineering to China by means of studying in your
prestigious university for Ph.D. program in the area of material
engineering, realizing my dream of being a useful scholar to my
motherland.
University of XX is a world-famous university and especially
well-known for her intellectual strength in the area of material
engineering with her irresistible magnetic power pulling excellent
students from all over the world to her. Therefore I justify clear
realization of the sharp competition I am confronted with. But with a
fine background of education in specialty, a firm foundation in
theoretical study, the practical skill in experiment, and the cultured
ability to engage myself in independent research work, I have the
confidence to meet the challenge from other rival applicants.
In University of XX of China, which enrolls brilliant students from
various areas in China with her strength in the area of material
science, I accomplished my undergraduate study in the specialty of
magnetic materials and components and my graduate study in physics and
technology of electronic thin films, in the period of which I kept to
be the top student in my class and was awarded the school fellowship
every year. I was elected “Graduate with Merit” of my university upon
graduation.
Benefiting from the strict training in my university, I gained fair
acquaintance with the knowledge and theories in my specialty.
Meanwhile, I read various journals and magazines at home and abroad,
following the footsteps of the development of new theories and
technology. I tried my best to participate in possible experimental
work and research work, cultivate my skills in the use, maintenance,
and modification of vacuum-evaporation equipment and pulse-laser-
deposition equipment, and attend academic workshops and symposiums.
The modulation rate of the BST voltage controlled thin film variable
capacitor I produced reaches the level of 80%, approximate to the
highest level in record so far.
My achievement was highly appreciated by relevant scholars and
specialists and I have been invited to participate in various programs
experiments. As a result of my persistent effort, I have published
“BST Voltage Controlled Microwave Electronic Components” and “STO
Pulse-Laser-Deposition Growth of Thin Film” respectively on such
kernel academic journals as XX in China, the former article being
praised by relevant specialists as “assuming the function of guidance
to the application research on BST thin film in China.”
Based upon the confidence of my theoretical background and research
capacity, I chose the topic “Production of High-frequency Composite”
for my Bachelor’s thesis. On the basis of extensive collection and
absorbing of the recent information on magnetic materials and
components, I decided to do my research on the project of compounding
Co2Z material by applying Y2O3 and Sr2+ and adopting pre-processing
technology, in addition to the control of working procedure and
temperature point. In consequence, the improvement of magnetic
property of the material. In the oral defense of my thesis, the
present specialists concluded that the research, measuring high
academic significance, was novel in topic selection, logical in
argument, and creative in idea. My Bachelor’s thesis was chosen as
“Excellent Thesis” of the university through critical assessment.
At present, I am busy with my Master’s thesis “Au/BST/YBCO
Ferro-electro Thin Film Voltage Controlled Components.” There exists a
great difference between China and Western countries in experimental
conditions with regard to BST thin film materials and we cannot
produce desirable microwave components with available references
nowadays. But the RMS on the surface of the BST thin film I designed
and produced is of merely several angstroms , the modulation rate 80%,
and the power loss 4‰, which satisfies the need of microwave component
production. This achievement is at forefront in China at present.
During this period of study and research, I have deeply felt that my
country falls far behind the advanced countries in the area of
materials science and an intense need to study the advanced theories
and technology in the fullest enforced academic institute. Thus I
select University of XX where I believe I can realize my dream. In
addition to the unparalleled strength in the area of materials science
and technology, University of XX boasts the international background
with scholars and students from different regions all over the world,
the congenial atmosphere of academic research, and the systematic
cultivation of creativity in her students. I am eager to enjoy an
opportunity to enrich myself from this valuable academic nutrition and
at the same time I hope, on the premise of the improvement of my
theoretical construction and of my experimental capacity, to give full
play to my initiative and potential strength and in this way to
contribute my intelligence to University of XX -+in the participation
in relevant research projects.
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