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Engineering Graduate School Aspirations

The applicant has gained a variety of research, leadership, and work experiences. They interned at Honeywell learning product design and testing, aided a physics professor with data analysis, and conducted independent breast cancer detection research. The applicant served as president for three student organizations to develop leadership and coordination skills. For graduate study, the applicant wishes to study solid-state devices at UC Berkeley, taking related coursework and conducting research with a faculty member to improve their understanding and help optimize device performance through experimentation. The end goal is an academic career involving teaching and research.

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Engineering Graduate School Aspirations

The applicant has gained a variety of research, leadership, and work experiences. They interned at Honeywell learning product design and testing, aided a physics professor with data analysis, and conducted independent breast cancer detection research. The applicant served as president for three student organizations to develop leadership and coordination skills. For graduate study, the applicant wishes to study solid-state devices at UC Berkeley, taking related coursework and conducting research with a faculty member to improve their understanding and help optimize device performance through experimentation. The end goal is an academic career involving teaching and research.

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  • Personal Statement

Throughout my undergraduate career, I have tried to obtain a wide

variety of experiences so my graduate studies can build upon this


solid foundation. I have worked in industry, in a professor's
research lab, and on my own individual research project. I have also
gained valuable leadership and communication skills by participating
in many extra-curricular activities. My diverse background and strong
academic performance prepare me well for graduate school.

As an engineering intern at Honeywell for three consecutive summers, I


learned how a product is designed, tested, re-tested, and brought to
the market. I also gained experience with automation and control by
writing the software to automate the efficiency test for electronic
air cleaners.

As an aide to a grauate student in a physics research lab at the


Univeristy of Minnesota, I wrote data analysis software and helped
with the testing for an experiment which analyzes the gaseous
composition of cometary dust.

This academic year, I am doing a senior honors project in EE. My


research involves the design of a temperature sensing system which
will monitor and record breast surface temperature over time.
Evidence suggests that abnormal rhythmic variations in surface
temperature may indicate that the underlying tissue is cancerous;
therefore this system may become a pre-screening for breast cancer.

I have also been involved in many student organizations, and I served


as president of three different groups. Through these experiences I
learned to work well with groups of people and to co-ordinate their
efforts to reach a common goal.

At the University of California at Berkeley, I want to study


solid-state devices and semiconductors. During my first year there, I
will take a number of courses relating to the characteristics of
solid-state devices. I plan to learn as much as I can about their
operation, and especially the factors that limit their performance. I
will study the semiconductor materials that are used to make these
devices, and develop an understanding of the physics of their
operation. I hope to also be involved with a professor doing research
in this area, so I will get some experience in fabricating and testing
these devices.

After I have acquired enough educational background, I want to do some


independent research into ways of improving the performance of
solid-state devices. In an effort to optimize the performance, I will
experiment with varying one parameter and then measuring the resulting
device characteristics. Through repeated experimentation, I hope to
be able to fabricate an improved device and theoretically explain its
improvement.

After I complete my M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, I want to pursue an


academic career involving teaching and research at a university.

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