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Dear,
here is a statement of purpose that I have prepared for an admission in postgraduate in USA. Please any comment is welcome.
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From many years ago, the discovery and invention of new material has enhanced the world’s development. For instance, in some applications, metals have replaced wood. Centuries later, semiconductor materials were introduced and allowed us moving from huge computers of the size of a house to smaller and faster pocket computers, blackberry... Inspired by such evolution, I have always had the love of physics in the way that I can use it to make new types of materials to build a better world. As a graduate student in applied physics, my goal is to continue physics as a subject of my postgraduate course especially in fields related to the innovation of new materials.
Since my young age, I was curious about how things work: How come that we can hear voices from radios? Why do people cook in metals but not in plastic? Those were the kind of my questions. It is my father who made me a point that all of that depend actually on the properties of materials. Since, I started interested in physics such that in my high school I did Mathematics and Physics Option and then after I could graduate in applied physics, material science option, at Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST).
During my training at KIST, I always made an effort to perform well in the way that, in second year, I was selected to be part of a team of three interdepartmental students (physics, electronics and mechanics) who participated in an inter-university contest of making the fastest solar powered car toy. In fourth year, my final year project was entitled “Thermodynamic Properties of Ionic Associates of CsCl on the Basis of High Temperature Mass Spectrometric and Quantum Mechanical Investigations”.
The latter project was so well done that I got an opportunity to work on another work entitled “Theoretical Study of Structure, Vibration Spectra and Thermodynamic Properties of Cluster Ions in Vapors over Potassium, Rubidium and Cesium Chlorides”. This work was presented and proposed for publication during the International Conference on Pure and Applied Chemistry (ICPAC), held in Mauritius in 2010.
In November 2010, our team was invited in the National University of Rwanda’s Third International Research Conference, where I gave a presentation entitled “Theoretical Study of Properties of Cs2Cl+, CsCl2–, Cs3Cl2+ & Cs2Cl3– ions: Effect of Basis Set and Computational Method” in which part of my final year project work was used. The same topic was presented in a symposium, regional integration of human resources in science and technology, organized by the Ministry of Education and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and held at Kigali in December 2010.
Among other things, I underwent a two months internship in an industry called BRALIRWA. This is a well renowned beverage industry where I was working in the engine room. It was an opportunity for me to observe and understand some physics principles in the real life where things are no more ideal. I also had a chance to be part of its personnel team of more than 200 people.
In addition, during my path at KIST, I was part of team that got an idea to start the first association of physicists. That association is called KIST Physicists Association and I was elected the advisor in charge of research.
As a postgraduate course, I will be pleased by having Physics because I like that subject. Furthermore, seen a few number of instructors having a PhD in physics in my country, there is no PhD program in Rwanda and I would like to undergo a training that will provide me with enough ability to conduct physics researches and hence contributing to the building and enhancement of PhD granting programs in Rwanda. I should emphasize that, this few number of qualified instructors and scientific researches is one of the causes of the lack of industrial investment in our country. In other words, there still not enough qualified personnel to work in industries.
In order to accomplish my objectives of making new materials and building PhD granting programs in Rwanda, I wish and hope to remain in academia as a professor so that I can pursue my research interests while training and recruiting others to solve relevant problems in physics. For that purpose, as training in research skills and postgraduate studies, I would like to join Brandeis University because it has larger physics research groups that have already started projects related to materials’ innovation. For instance I would like to be part of Professor Seth Fraden’s team. In addition, Brandeis University is well placed since Boston is among the best research centers of the world. Hence, I would like to take advantage of the emplacement and its facilities.
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here is a statement of purpose that I have prepared for an admission in postgraduate in USA. Please any comment is welcome.
____________________________________________
From many years ago, the discovery and invention of new material has enhanced the world’s development. For instance, in some applications, metals have replaced wood. Centuries later, semiconductor materials were introduced and allowed us moving from huge computers of the size of a house to smaller and faster pocket computers, blackberry... Inspired by such evolution, I have always had the love of physics in the way that I can use it to make new types of materials to build a better world. As a graduate student in applied physics, my goal is to continue physics as a subject of my postgraduate course especially in fields related to the innovation of new materials.
Since my young age, I was curious about how things work: How come that we can hear voices from radios? Why do people cook in metals but not in plastic? Those were the kind of my questions. It is my father who made me a point that all of that depend actually on the properties of materials. Since, I started interested in physics such that in my high school I did Mathematics and Physics Option and then after I could graduate in applied physics, material science option, at Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST).
During my training at KIST, I always made an effort to perform well in the way that, in second year, I was selected to be part of a team of three interdepartmental students (physics, electronics and mechanics) who participated in an inter-university contest of making the fastest solar powered car toy. In fourth year, my final year project was entitled “Thermodynamic Properties of Ionic Associates of CsCl on the Basis of High Temperature Mass Spectrometric and Quantum Mechanical Investigations”.
The latter project was so well done that I got an opportunity to work on another work entitled “Theoretical Study of Structure, Vibration Spectra and Thermodynamic Properties of Cluster Ions in Vapors over Potassium, Rubidium and Cesium Chlorides”. This work was presented and proposed for publication during the International Conference on Pure and Applied Chemistry (ICPAC), held in Mauritius in 2010.
In November 2010, our team was invited in the National University of Rwanda’s Third International Research Conference, where I gave a presentation entitled “Theoretical Study of Properties of Cs2Cl+, CsCl2–, Cs3Cl2+ & Cs2Cl3– ions: Effect of Basis Set and Computational Method” in which part of my final year project work was used. The same topic was presented in a symposium, regional integration of human resources in science and technology, organized by the Ministry of Education and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and held at Kigali in December 2010.
Among other things, I underwent a two months internship in an industry called BRALIRWA. This is a well renowned beverage industry where I was working in the engine room. It was an opportunity for me to observe and understand some physics principles in the real life where things are no more ideal. I also had a chance to be part of its personnel team of more than 200 people.
In addition, during my path at KIST, I was part of team that got an idea to start the first association of physicists. That association is called KIST Physicists Association and I was elected the advisor in charge of research.
As a postgraduate course, I will be pleased by having Physics because I like that subject. Furthermore, seen a few number of instructors having a PhD in physics in my country, there is no PhD program in Rwanda and I would like to undergo a training that will provide me with enough ability to conduct physics researches and hence contributing to the building and enhancement of PhD granting programs in Rwanda. I should emphasize that, this few number of qualified instructors and scientific researches is one of the causes of the lack of industrial investment in our country. In other words, there still not enough qualified personnel to work in industries.
In order to accomplish my objectives of making new materials and building PhD granting programs in Rwanda, I wish and hope to remain in academia as a professor so that I can pursue my research interests while training and recruiting others to solve relevant problems in physics. For that purpose, as training in research skills and postgraduate studies, I would like to join Brandeis University because it has larger physics research groups that have already started projects related to materials’ innovation. For instance I would like to be part of Professor Seth Fraden’s team. In addition, Brandeis University is well placed since Boston is among the best research centers of the world. Hence, I would like to take advantage of the emplacement and its facilities.
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