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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
> THE FIELD OF MATERIALS SCIENCE ENCOMPASSES A WIDE
> VARIETY OF DISCIPLINES,
> CHEMICAL ENGINEERING BEING ONE AMONG THEM. IT IS ONE
> OF THE MOST
> ESCITINGFIELDS
> OF RESEARCH TODAY, WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF
> APPLICATIONS. NEW MATERIALS
> ARE SHAPING THE TECHNOLOGIES OF THE FUTURE. FROM THE
> STEALTH BOMBER TO
> SPORTS EQUIPMENT, FROM NANOTECHNOLOGIES TO EVEN THE
> SOLES OF THE LATEST NIKE
> SHOES, MATERIALS ARE USHERING IN A NEW REVOLUTION.
> THE CHARACTERIZATION OF
> THESE MATERIALS IS. AS PART OF MY CURRICULUM AT
> IIT-MADRAS, I
> CREDITED A COURSE'STRENGTH OF MATERIALS' WHICH
> COVERED THE MECHANICAL
> BEHAVIOUR OF MATERIALS.
> ENTERING MY SOPHOMORE YEAR,I CREDITED "ENGINEERING
> MATERIALS', A
> COURSE WHICH GAVE US A BROAD
> OUTLOOK ON THE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF ENGINEERING
> MATERIALS LIKE
.
> WE ALSO COVERED ELEMENTS OF PHASE TRANSITIONS AND
> PHASE EQUILIBRIA. IT WAS
> THIS COURSE WHICH REALLY AWAKENED ME TO THE WONDERS
> OF MATERIALS. AS PART OF
> MY CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM, I HAVE ALSO
> CREDITED COURSES ON HEAT
> TRANSFER,
> MASS TRANSFER AND MOMENTUM TRANSFER.
>
MY MAIN FIELD OF INTEREST IS POLYMER SCIENCE. THE
> FIELD OF POLYMER
> RESEARCH HAS GROWN CONSIDERABLY BEYOND THE
> PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING OF
> BULK, GENERAL USE PLASTICS SUCH AS POLYPROPYLENE AND
> POLYETHYLENE.
> RELATIVELY NEW TECHNOLOGICAL FIELDS SUCH AS
> BIOENGINEERING,
> TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND MICROELECTRONICS PRESENT NEW

> CHALLENGES TO EXAMINE

> THE POTENTIAL OF POLYMERS TAILORED TO THE SPECIFIC
> NEEDS OF THESE
> INDUSTRIES. AN AREA OF PARTICULAR OF INTEREST IS
> LIQUID CRYSTALLINE
> BLOCK COPOLYMERS WITH UNIQUE LINEAR AND NONLINEAR
> OPTICAL AND
> MECHANO-OPTICAL
> PROPERTIES. THE WELL DEFINED MORPHOLOGIES OF HIGHLY
> SEGREGATED BLOCK
> COPOLYMERS CAN BE EXPLOITED TO PRODUCE MATERIALS FOR
> DEVICE APPLICATIONS.
> SUCH POLYMERS WUOLD HAVE LINEAR OR NONLINEAR
> OPTICAL PROPERTIES,MAGNETIC
> POLING
> CAPABILITY AND FERROELECTRIC OR FERROMAGNETIC
> CHARACTERISTICS FOUND IN
> VARIOUS LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS, WITH THE EASE
> OF PROCESSIBILITY AND
> SUPERIOR MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF GLASSY POLYMERS.
> FERROELECTRIC BLOSK
> COPOLYMERS THAT COULD E USEFUL AS OPTICAL SWITCHES
> OR OTHER ELECTRO-OPTIC
> DEVICES. THE ABILITY TO CONTROL THE PROPERTIES OF
> THESE POLYMERS BY
> EXPERIMENTAL MANIPULATIONS OF THE CHEMICAL STRUCTURE
> IS CRUCIAL TO THEIR
> BECOMING VIABLE FOR USE IN COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS.
> MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURES
> DETERMINE THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORPHOLOGY AND
> ULTIMATELY, OF MATERIAL
> BEHAVIUOR, IS EXTREMELY NECESSARY. THE TOOLS OF
> CHEMICAL PHYSICS,
> STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS AND ENGINEERING SCIENCE
> ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER TO
> ESTABLISH IN A QUANTITATIVE MANNER THE CONNECTION
> BETWEEN MOLECULAR
> ARCHITECTURE AND MATERIAL PROPERTIES.(PARA ON PKT +
> POLY. PROCESS.)
> I AM ALSO INTERESTED IN THE CHEMICAL KINETICS AND
> TRANSPORT
> PHENOMENA RELEVANT TO THE PROCESSING OF MATERIALS.
> THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
> SURFACE CHEMISTRY- CHEMICAL STRUCTURE OF STARTING
> REAGENTS, GAS PHASE
> REACTIONS AND SURFACE REACTIONS, TRANSPORT

> MECHANISMS - FLUID MECHANICS,

> MASS TRANSFER AND HEAT TRANSFER, AND MATERIALS
> PROPERTIES- STRUCTURAL,
> ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS IS OF
> PARTICULAR INTEREST. THE RATE
> MECHANISMS OF A WIDE RANGE OF PROCESSES, INCLUDING
> CHEMICAL VAPOUR
> DEPOSITION CAN BE EXPLORED USING COMPUTATIONS.
> COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY TOOLS
> CAN PROVIDE US WITH MECHANISTIC INSIGHT AND AID US
> IN SELECTING NEW
> PRECURSORS FOR CVD.
> VINY'S SOP PARA ON PKT, POLYMER PROCESSING AND ALSO
> CFD - POLYMER RHEOLOGY)
>
(SEE UCSB BROCHURE AND MIT BROCHURE)
>
I WAS INTRODUCED TO ELECTRONIC MATERIALS IN MY
> CHEMISTRY-II COURSE
> WE LEARNT ABOUT DOPING AND THE MANUFACTURE OF
> JUNCTION DIODES. IN A
> SUBSEQUENT COURSE OFFERED BY THE ELECTRICAL
> ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AT IIT,
> "ELECTRICAL TECHOLOGY-2", WE WERE EXPOSED TO THE
> MANUFACTURE OF MICROCHIPS
> USING THE TECHNIQUES OF CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION.
> I AM DEEPLY INTERESTED
> IN THIS FIELD THOUGH I HAVEN'T GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO
> DEVELOP MY INTEREST
> FURTHER APART FROM SELF-STUDY.
>
THERE IS A (GROWING INTEREST) IN THE AREA OF
> NANOCIRCUITS (TIME
> MAGAZINE- FIND OUT THE DIFFERENT METHODS) - COMBINE
> POLYMERS AND ELECTRONIC
> MATERIALS.WHY YOUR UNIV.
C. STATEMENT OF
> PURPOSE (SAMPLE FORMAT)
>
- 1ST SENTENCE: I WANT TO DO RESEARCH IN ...
>
- 1ST PARAGRAPH: WHAT YOU WANT TO DO
> RESEARCH IN AND WHY THIS
> INTERESTS
>
YOU.
>
- 2ND PARAGRAPH: YOUR BACKGROUND:
>
- WHERE YOU DID YOUR
> UNDERGRAD
>
- COURSES YOU ENJOYED
> MOST- TITLE OF YOUR
> UNDERGRADUATE THESIS
>
(IF APPLICABLE)

>
- ANYTHING PERSONAL THAT
> SHOWS DETERMINATION,
>
LIKE SUPPORTING
> YOURSELF FINANCIALLY THROUGH
>
SCHOOL
>
- ANY TEACHING EXPERIENCE
>
- 3RD PARAGRAPH: PREVIOUS RESEARCH
> EXPERIENCE. TIE THIS IN TO 1ST
>
PARAGRAPH.
>
- TALK ABOUT 199 PROJECT
> (SEE D) OR SUMMER
>
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE, OR
> RELEVANT JOB
> EXPERIENCE.
>
- 4TH PARAGRAPH: WHY YOU WANT TO GO TO THIS
> SCHOOL.
>
- EXAMPLE: I'VE HEARD
> TALKS ABOUT THE NOW PROJECT
>
AT BERKELEY AND I WOULD
> LIKE TO BE INVOLVED IN
> IT.
>
- EXAMPLE: I'VE READ SOME
> PAPERS OF THE AI
> FACULTY
>
AND THEY TAKE A FORMAL
> APPROACH TO AI, WHICH
>
I LIKE BECAUSE IT TIES
> IN WITH MY THEORETICAL
>
BACKGROUND.
>
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND LOOKING
> UP THE SCHOOL ON THE
>
WEB FOR IDEAS ON WHAT TO
> WRITE HERE.
>
- NOTE: YOU AREN'T BOUND TO WHAT YOU WRITE
> IN YOUR STATEMENT OF
> PURPOSE.
>
YOU'RE ALLOWED TO CHANGE YOUR MIND
> REPEATEDLY!
>
- YOUR STATEMENT OF PURPOSE SHOULD
> SUBLIMINALLY CONVEY THE
>
FOLLOWING MESSAGES:
>
YOU ENJOY RESEARCH AND CAN CREATE
> YOUR OWN DIRECTION.
>
YOU CAN WORK INDEPENDENTLY, I.E.,
> YOU HAVE YOUR OWN IDEAS
>
AND DON'T NEED HELP.

>
- HAVE AT LEAST ONE PERSON PROOFREAD YOUR
> STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
>
>
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
> AS A CHEMICAL ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATE AT THE IIT,
> MADRAS
>
WRITE ABOUT MATH, PHYSICS,CHEMISTRY, COMPUTER
> MY MAIN FIELDS OF INTEREST ARE FLUID FLOW
> THROUGH POROUS MATERIALS,
> RESERVOIR MODELLING AND OPTIMAL DEVELOPMENT
> PLANS.IS
>
I HAVE CREDITED FLUID MECHANICS AND MOMENTUM
> TRANSFER, TWO COURSES
>
WHICH GAVE ME A GOOD BACKGROUND IN THE AREA OF
> FLUID FLOW. I THEN
>
CREDITED A GRADUATE LEVEL ELECTIVE, COMPUTATIONAL
> FLUID DYNAMICS,
>
IN WHICH WE LEARNT TO DEVELOP NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS
> TO FLUID FLOW
>
PROBLEMS WITH COMPLICATED GEOMETRIES.(VINDY'S CFD
> PARA)
>
WE WERE ALSO GIVEN A THOROUGH
>
UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIFFERENT TURBULENCE MODELSAND
> LEARNT HOW TO .
>
AS PART OF THIS COURSE,I DEVELOPED A COMPUTER
> PROGRAM TO FIND
>
NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM OF TURBULENT
> FLOW AROUND A
>
CYLINDER. TURBULENCE WAS MODELLED USING THE LOW
> REYNOLDS NUMBER I
>
K-E MODEL. I ALSO GAVE A SEMINAR
>
ON BOUNDARY-FITTED CO-ORDINATE SYSTEMS AND ADAPTIVE
> GRIDS. PLEASE
>
AS PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF MY B.TECH. AT IIT, I AM
> CURRENTLY INVOLVED
>
IN A PROJECT TITLED ' SIMULATION AND CONTROL OF
> FLUIDISED
>
BED GRANULATOR'. THE PROJECT INVOLVES SIMULATION
> AND CONTROL
>
OF THE COMPLEX PROCESS OF GRAIN GROWTH IN A
> FLUIDISED
>
BED GRANULATOR. I AM DEVELOPING AN ARTIFICAIL
> NEURAL NETWORK
>
TO MODEL THIS PROCESS AND USING FUZZY LOGIC TO
> CONTROL IT.
>
I AM ALSO CREDITING INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER

> PROCESS CONTROL IN

>
THE NEXT SEMESTER.
>
I HAVE ALSO CREDITED A COURSE COMPUTATIONAL
> TECHNIQUES. THE COURSE
>
ESSENTIALLY INVOLVED MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING TO
> SOLVE PROBLEMS.
>
...NEWTON RAPHSON,OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUESETC....
>
IN MY SOPHOMORE YEAR, I HAVE ALSO CREDITED A COURSE
> ON ECONOMICS,
>
WHICH GAVE ME A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE
> SUBJECT.
>
I AM PRESENTLY CREDITING A COURSE ON OPERATIONS
> RESEARCH WHICH
>
...PROCESS CONTROL
>
>
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
> I AM A SENIOR STUDENT OF THE FOUR YEAR BACHELOR
> OF TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
> AT THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MADRAS. I AM
> APPLYING TO PURDUE
> UNIVERSITY FOR THE GRADUATE PROGRAM IN NUCLEAR
> ENGINEERING FOR THE TERM
> STARTING FALL '97. IN THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPHS I
> HAVE SUMMARISED MY
> MOTIVATION FOR GRADUATE STUDY, CAREER PLANS AND
> AREAS OF INTEREST. NUCLEAR
> DURING THE COURSE OF MY UNDERGRADUATE STUDY I HAVE A
> DEVELOPED A
> KEEN INTEREST IN RESEARCH. HOWEVER, AN UNDERGRADUATE
> PROGRAM
> EMPHASISES MASTERY OF THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE
> SUBJECT AND OFFERS
> LITTLE OPPORTUNITY FOR RESEARCH. IT IS MY GOAL TO
> PURSUE A CAREER
> IN RESEARCH. I HAVE OPTED FOR GRADUATE STUDY IN
> ORDER TO DEVELOP THE SKILLS
> AND GAIN THE EXPERIENCE NECESSARY TO FULFILL MY
> AMBITION.
> THE UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM OF THE IIT, MADRAS
> PROVIDES A THOROUGH
> GROUNDING IN THE BASIC SCIENCES, MATHEMATICS AND THE
> CORE SUBJECTS
> OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SUCH AS FLUID DYNAMICS, MASS
> AND HEAT TRANSFER,
> REACTION ENGINEERING AND PROCESS CONTROL. THE
> RESOUCES OF AN IMPRESSIVE

> ARRAY OF FACULTY AND MY SUSTAINED EFFORTS HAVE

> ENABLED ME TO EXCEL IN THE
> ACADEMICALLY COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT.
>
THE STUDY OF FISSION REACTIONS FORMED A PART OF MY
> COURSEWORK
> IN PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY AT IIT MADRAS. WE THEN
> STUDIED ABOUT THE FUEL CYCLE
> AND NUCLEAR MATERIALS IN OUR COURSES ON CHEMICAL
> TECHNOLOGY. THIS LED TO MY
> INTEREST IN NUCLEAR ENGINEERING, AND I HAVE PURSUED
> THIS INTEREST THROUGH
> SELF-STUDY. I REALISED THAT NUCLEAR ENGINEERING WAS
> A FIELD IN WHICH
> THE KNOWLEDGE OF MANY SUBJECTS IN CHEMICAL
> ENGINEERING WAS NECESSARY,
> INCLUDING HEAT TRANSFER, FLUID DYNAMICS, PROCESS
> CONTROL,ETC.
>
WITHIN THE BROAD FIELD OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING, I AM
> PARTICULARLY
> INTERESTED IN TWO AREAS - PROCESS CONTROL,INCLUDING
> ARTIFICIAL NEURAL
> NETWORKS AND KNOWLEDGE-BASED EXPERT SYSTEMS AND
> COMPUTATIONAL FLUIDDYNAMICS.
>
OPERATING REACTORS AT CONDITIONS SUCH THAT
> THE REACTION DOES NOT GO
> OUT OF CONTROL, WHILE MAINTAINING THE SELF-SUSTAINED
> CHAIN REACTION IS ONE
> OF THE NECESSITIES IN ANY NUCLEAR INSTALLATION.
> THE CHERNOBYL DISASTER WAS AN EYE-OPENER TO THE
> POTENTIAL HAZARDS
> WHICH NUCLEAR REACTORS POSE TO THE WORLD COMMUNITY.
> SAFETY OF REACTORS IS
> PARAMOUNT AND IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, CONTROL
> OF THE REACTOR IS
> CRUCIAL. I HAVE CREDITED A COURSE IN PROCESS CONTROL
> IN WHICH WE WERE
> INTRODUCED TO THE BASICS OF CONTROL THEORY. I AM
> CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN A
> PROJECT WHICH DEALS WITH THE SIMULATION AND CONTROL
> AND INVOLVES THE
> DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS
> FOR SIMULATION AND FUZZY
> CONTROL FOR THE SUBSEQUENT CONTROL OF THE PROCESS. I
> AM ALSO CREDITING A
> COURSE , 'INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS IN PROCESS
> CONTROL' NEXT SEMESTER IN

> WHICH I HOPE TO FURTHER ENHANCE MY KNOWLEDGE OF THIS

> SUBJECT.
>
I HAVE CREDITED A COURSE IN FLUID MECHANICS
> AND A COURSE IN
> MOMENTUM TRANSFER WHICH GAVE ME A GOOD GROUNDING IN
> THE AREA OF FLUID
> FLOW.A COURSE IN COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES HAS
> PROVIDED ME EXPERIENCE IN
> SOLVING DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS USING NUMERICAL
> METHODS.
> I HAVE CREDITED A GRADUATE LEVEL COURSE IN
> COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS .
> WE LEARNT VARIOUS
> ASPECTS OF TURBULENCE MODELLING, VARIOUS FINITE
> DIFFERENCE SCHEMES AND
> METHODS SUCH AS SIMPLE FOR OBTAINING PRESSURE LINKED
> EQUATIONS. I ALSO
> DEVELOPED A COMPUTER PROGRAM TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF
> TURBULENT FLOW OVER A
> CYLINDER USING THE LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER K-E MODEL AND
> PRESENTED A SEMINAR ON
> BOUNDARY-FITTED COORDINATE SYSTEMS AND ADAPTIVE
> GRIDS.
>
THE EXCELLENT FACULTY AND RESEARCH FACILITIES
> AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY
> PROVIDE ME WITH AN ENVIRONMENT WELL SUITED FOR
> GRADUATE STUDIES AND
> WILL ENABLE ME TO PURSUE A CAREER IN RESEARCH. IT
> WOULD BE A PRIVILEGE FOR
> ME TO JOIN THE GRADUATE PROGRAM AT PURDUE.
>
ARUN
> RADHAKRISHNAN
> SANTHOSH V. BANDREDDI APPLYING FOR
:
M. S.
> (FALL ?98)
> DEPARTMENT
:
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS
> RESEARCH
> FIELD OF STUDY :
OPERATIONS RESEARCH
>
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
>
I AM STUDYING IN THE SENIOR YEAR OF THE FOUR-YEAR
> BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
> PROGRAM IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AT THE INDIAN
> INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,
> MADRAS.
> I AM APPLYING TO THE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FOR
> GRADUATE PROGRAM IN OPERATIONS
> RESEARCH FOR THE TERM BEGINNING FALL?98. IN THE

> FOLLOWING PARAGRAPHS, I HAVE

> TRIED TO BRIEFLY SUMMARISE MY MOTIVATION FOR
> GRADUATE STUDY.WHY GRADUATE
> STUDY
>
MY OBJECTIVE IS TO TAKE UP RESEARCH THAT WOULD HELP
> IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF
> TECHNOLOGY AND IN THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW
> METHODOLOGIES IN OPERATIONS
> RESEARCH. I FEEL THAT A CAREER IN RESEARCH IS A
> STIMULATING, CHALLENGING AND
> REWARDING ONE. I AM CONFIDENT THAT I HAVE THE
> NECESSARY INTELLECTUAL
> ABILITY,
> ENTHUSIASM AND PERSEVERANCE TO SUCCEED IN THIS
> PROFESSION. WITH THIS CAREER
> OBJECTIVE, GRADUATE STUDY BECOMES AN INEVITABLE
> CHOICE. I BELIEVE THAT
> GRADUATE STUDIES PROVIDE THE EDUCATIONAL BASIS FOR
> CONTINUED LEA
> NING AND IMPART THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO FUNCTION
> EFFECTIVELY AS
> APROFESSIONAL.
> WHY OPERATIONS RESEARCH
>
I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN KEENLY INTERESTED IN MATHEMATICS
> AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES.
> HENCE, I OPTED FOR A CAREER IN ENGINEERING. FOR
> PURSUING MY UNDERGRADUATE
> STUDIES I JOINED IIT-MADRAS, ONE OF THE PREMIER
> INSTITUTIONS IN INDIA
> IMPARTING STATE-OF-THE ART SCIENTIFIC AND
> TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION. THE B.
> TECH
> PROGRAM IN IIT-M HAS WON RECOGNITION FOR ITS BROAD,
> YET DEEP PERSPECTIVE. IT
> INTRODUCES STUDENTS TO A WIDE VARIETY OF SUBJECTS
> LIKE MATHEMATICS, PHYSICAL
> AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES AND MANAGEMENT AND
> BEHAVIOURAL SC
> ENCES, CONTRIBUTING TO THEIR OVERALL PERSONAL
> DEVELOPMENT.
>
AS PART OF MY UNDERGRADUATE COURSE, I HAVE DONE A
> COURSE ON OPERATIONS
> RESEARCH. IN THIS COURSE, I WAS INTRODUCED TO THE
> ?ASSIGNMENT PROBLEM? AND
> ITS
> SOLUTION. INCIDENTALLY, I THOUGHT OF A DIFFERENT AND

> SEEMINGLY SIMPLER

> SOLUTION. I APPROACHED MY PROFESSOR WITH THIS NEW
> IDEA AND ASKED HIM FOR HIS
> SUGGESTION. HE TESTED THE METHOD ON A FEW PROBLEMS
> AND SUGGESTED THAT IT
> COULD
> BE A USEFUL METHOD IF I COULD PROVE THAT IT IS
> COMPUTATIONALLY SIMPLER THAN
> THE ORIGINAL ONE. ON THE ADVICE OF MY PROFESSOR, I
> STARTE
> WORKING ON MY METHOD ANALYSING ALL THE CASES AND
> THE COMPLEXITIES THAT
> CAN ARISE AND REFERRING PUBLISHED MATERIAL
> CONCERNING THE PROBLEM. THOUGH
> THE
> METHOD IS SIMPLE TO USE MANUALLY FOR SIMPLE SYSTEMS,
> ITS COMPUTATIONAL
> COMPLEXITY INCREASES WITH INCREASE IN THE ORDER OF
> THE PROBLEM.
> THE DISCUSSIONS THAT I HAD WITH PROF. T.T.NARENDRAN
> OF THE INDUSTRIAL
> ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT DEPT. DURING THIS PERIOD
> EXPOSED ME TO THE WORLD
> OF
> OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING. THIS
> EXPERIENCE KINDLED IN
> ME
> AN INTEREST TOWARDS THIS FIELD. FROM THEN ON, I HAVE
> BEEN REFERRING BOOKS
> AND
> JOURNALS IN THIS FIELD TO STRENGTHEN MY
> UNDERSTANDING OF THE BASIC
> PRINCIPLES
> OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND TO LEARN ABOUT ITS
> PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. I HAVE
> BEEN ATTENDING SEMINARS GIVEN BY THE INDUSTRIAL ENG
> NEERING GRADUATE STUDENTS AT OUR INSTITUTE ON
> VARIOUS TOPICS RELATING TO
> PRODUCTION PLANNING, OPTIMISATION, ERGONOMICS,
> COMPUTER SIMULATION,
> RELIABILITY, ETC.
>
IN MY VIEW, OPERATIONS RESEARCH IS A BROAD
> PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINE
> CONCERNED WITH SOLVING REAL LIFE PROBLEMS BY
> FORMULATING MODELS AND
> DESIGNING

> PROCEDURES FOR USING THE BASIC RESOURCES OF

> PRODUCTION (PEOPLE, MATERIALS
> AND
> SYSTEMS) IN ORGANISATIONS IN WHICH HUMAN AND
> PHYSICAL RESOURCES ARE COMBINED
> TO ACHIEVE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES. THE VERY ESSENCE OF
> OPERATIONS RESEARCH
> FASCINATED ME AND I DECIDED TO PURSUE MY HIGHER
> STUDIES IN THIS FIELD. I
> STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT I HAVE THE NECESSARY
> ANALYTICAL, MATHEMATIC
> L AND COMPUTATIONAL SKILLS TO BE A SUCCESSFUL
> PROFESSIONAL IN THISFIELD.
> RESEARCH AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE
>
I AM CURRENTLY DOING MY TERMINAL DISSERTATION IN
> THE FIELD OF RELIABILITY
> ENGINEERING. I AM WORKING ON THE ?ASSESSMENT OF THE
> AVAILABILITY OF
> FLUIDISED
> CATALYTIC CRACKING UNITS? HERE I AM TRYING TO
> CALCULATE THE RELIABILITY OF
> THE
> SYSTEM MODELLED AS MARKOV?S MODEL USING NEURAL
> NETWORKS. ALL THE WORK THAT I
> HAVE DONE IN THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN THROUGH
> SELF-STUDY SINCE I DIDN?T DO ANY
> COURSE ON RELIABILITY. MY INTEREST IN THIS FIELD HAS
> BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN
> ENCOURAGING ME TO TAKE UP THIS CHALLENGING TASK.
>
IN THE SUMMER VACATION OF MY JUNIOR YEAR, I HAD THE
> OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERGO
> INDUSTRIAL TRAINING AT MILLIPORE INDIA LTD.,
> BANGALORE. APART FROM LEARNING
> ABOUT THE VARIOUS PROCESSES AND MANUFACTURING
> TECHNIQUES INVOLVED, I HAD A
> CHANCE TO THOROUGHLY UNDERSTAND THE ORGANISATION OF
> THE INDUSTRY. FURTHER, I
> DID A MARKET SURVEY FOR ESTIMATING THE POTENTIAL OF
> A NEW PRODUCT THAT THE
> COMPANY HAS DESIGNED.RELEVANT BACKGROUND
> THE UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM OF THE IIT, MADRAS
> INCLUDES FOUR CORE COURSES
> IN
> MATHEMATICS COVERING TOPICS IN LINEAR ALGEBRA,
> SOLUTION OF DIFFERENTIAL
> EQUATIONS, NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, PROBABILITY AND

> STATISTICS. I WAS ALSO

> EXPOSED
> TO PROGRAMMING IN A FEW COMPUTER LANGUAGES LIKE
> PASCAL, C AND C++ IN THE
> COURSES INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTING AND COMPUTATIONAL
> TECHNIQUES. IN MY SIXTH
> SEMESTER, I DID A BASIC COURSE IN ECONOMICS WHICH
> GAVE ME A SOUND
> UNDERSTANDING OF THE BASICS OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN
> INDUSTRY. I ALSO
> CREDITED A COURSE TITLED FUNDAMENTALS OF OPERATIONS
> RESEARCH AND
> WILL BE CREDITING OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT NEXT
> SEMESTER. AS PART OF MY
> CHEMICAL
> ENGINEERING CURRICULUM, I DID COURSES ON PROCESS
> CONTROL AND
> INSTRUMENTATION,
> PROCESS EQUIPMENT DESIGN AND PLANT DESIGN AND
> ECONOMICS. I THINK THIS
> BACKGROUND AND SOUND KNOWLEDGE OF ENGINEERING BASICS
> HAVE PREPARED ME FOR
> GRADUATE STUDY.
>
I AM AWARE THAT GRADUATE STUDIES DEMAND A GOOD
> BACKGROUND, CONSIDERABLE
> APPLICATION, INDUSTRY AND DEDICATION. THE RIGOROUS
> TRAINING I HAVE RECEIVED
> IN
> MY UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM HAS INCULCATED THESE
> QUALITIES IN ME AND I AM
> CONFIDENT THAT I AM FULLY PREPARED TO MEET THE
> EXACTING DEMANDS OF YOUR
> GRADUATE PROGRAM. THE HIGH REPUTATION OF YOUR
> UNIVERSITY COUPLED WITH
> EMINENT
> FACULTY AND EXCELLENT INFRASTRUCTURE IN YOUR
> DEPARTMENT HAVE INFLUENCED ME
> TO
> APPLY TO YOUR UNIVERSITY FOR GRADUATE STUDIES. IT
> WOULD BE A
> GREAT PRIVILEGE FOR ME TO JOIN THE GRADUATE PROGRAM
> AT THE
> COLUMBIAUNIVERSITY.
>
WITH MY BACKGROUND, RESEARCH INTEREST AND MY ZEAL
> FOR PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE,
>I

> AM SURE THAT I WOULD DO EXTREMELY WELL AT YOUR

> UNIVERSITY. I SINCERELY HOPE
> THAT MY APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION WITH FINANCIAL
> ASSISTANCE, WOULD BE
> FAVOURABLY CONSIDERED. I AM EAGERLY LOOKING FORWARD
> TO ATTENDING
> YOURUNIVERSITY.
> SANTHOSH V. BANDREDDIRAMANATHAN SHRIRAMAPPLYING FOR
> FALL 1998.
> DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING.STATEMENT OF
> PURPOSE
>
IN PREPARATION FOR A RESEARCH ORIENTED CAREER, I AM
> SEEKING ENTRANCE INTO
> THE
> GRADUATE PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA.
>
AS THE WORLD IS PROGRESSING TOWARDS THE 21ST
> CENTURY, RAPID ADVANCEMENTS IN
> TECHNOLOGY HAVE BECOME THE NEED OF THE DAY. CAUGHT
> UP WITH THIS CHALLENGING
> AGE, I NATURALLY OPTED FOR THE SCIENCE STREAM AT THE
> END OF MY SECONDARY
> SCHOOLING. THE SUBSEQUENT DECISION TO OPT FOR
> ENGINEERING WAS BASED ON WHAT
>I
> SAW AS A PERFECT MATCH BETWEEN MY ABILITIES AND
> INTERESTS.
>
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MADRAS IS ONE OF
> INDIA?S PREMIER
> INSTITUTIONS
> FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION. THE
> COURSE STRUCTURE AT IIT
> MADRAS IS RENOWNED FOR ITS BROAD YET DEEP
> PERSPECTIVE. I BELIEVE THAT THIS
> PROGRAM HAS HELPED NURTURE A MERE FANCY FOR
> SCIENTIFIC MARVELS INTO A DEEP
> APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR UNDERLYING
> PRINCIPLES.
>
THE BASIC SCIENCE COURSES SUCH AS PHYSICS,
> MATHEMATICS, CHEMISTRY AND
> ENGINEERING MECHANICS OFFERED IN MY FIRST YEAR
> HELPED IN BUILDING A STRONG
> FOUNDATION FOR THE CORE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
> COURSES. AS A SOPHOMORE, I WAS
> INTRODUCED TO BASIC CHEMICAL ENGINEERING COURSES
> SUCH AS MOMENTUM TRANSFER,
> INTRODUCTION TO MICROBIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY AND

> CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

> THERMODYNAMICS. SPECIALISED COURSES LIKE HEAT
> TRANSFER, MASS TRANSFER AND
> CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING HAVE HELPED ME
> APPRECIATE THE SUBJECT
> URTHER. I HAVE EARNED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF
> SATISFACTION IN MY
> UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION.
>
IN THE BROAD SPECTRA OF RESEARCH AREAS IN CHEMICAL
> ENGINEERING, MATERIALS
> ENGINEERING IS A FIELD OF GROWING INTEREST. TODAY,
> SOCIETY IS DEMANDING A
> LARGE NUMBER OF NEW, HIGHLY SPECIALISED MATERIALS
> FOR VARIOUS APPLICATIONS.
> THIS HAS RESULTED IN A CONCENTRATED AND SYSTEMATIC
> APPROACH TO MATERIALS
> FABRICATION AS OPPOSED TO THE EARLIER TRIAL AND
> ERROR PROCESS.
> BELIEVING IN THE MAXIM ?SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL?, I HAVE
> ALWAYS HAD AN INNATE
> INTEREST IN MINIATURE ELECTRONIC GADGETS AND IN
> PARTICULAR CHIP FABRICATION.
> IT WAS IN MY THIRD YEAR THAT I REALISED THE HIGHLY
> INTERDISCIPLINARY
> RELATIONSHIP EXISTING BETWEEN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
> AND THE MANUFACTURE OF
> ELECTRONIC MATERIALS WHEN I DID A PROJECT ON
> CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION.
> DURING THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT, I LEARNT ABOUT THE
> VARIOUS PROCESSES OF
> CVD
> SUCH AS THE LPCVD, MOCVD AND PLASMA CVD TO NAME A
> FEW. THE PROJE
> T ALSO HELPED ME IN UNDERSTANDING THE VARIOUS
> CRITERIA THAT ARE INVOLVED IN
> THE DESIGN AND MODELLING OF CVD REACTORS. THIS
> PROJECT NOT ONLY EXPOSED ME
> TO
> NEWER APPLICATIONS OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, BUT ALSO
> AROUSED IN ME AN
> UNDYING
> INTEREST IN THE FIELD OF MATERIALS FABRICATION.
>
READING SEVERAL ARTICLES, I REALISED THE ENORMOUS
> FLEXIBILITY OFFERED BY
> THE
> MATERIALS ENGINEERING IN FABRICATING AND DESIGNING

> MATERIALS TO SUIT

> DIFFERENT
> APPLICATIONS. IN THE BROAD DOMAIN OF RESEARCH IN
> MATERIALS ENGINEERING, I
> AM
> ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN THE AREA OF THIN FILMS AND
> VAPOUR PHASE EPITAXY. I
> FIND THESE AREAS OF RESEARCH EXCITING DUE TO THE
> VERY FACT THAT THEY INVOLVE
>A
> DEEP STUDY AND UNDERSTANDING OF MATERIALS AND THEIR
> INTERACTIONS AT A
> MICROSCOPIC LEVEL.
>
PARTICULARLY, I AM DRAWN TOWARDS THE SUBJECT
> DEALING WITH PROCESS
> MODELLING AND CONTROL IN MATERIALS SYNTHESIS. WHILE
> BROWSING THE WEB, I
> REALISED THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN
> MATERIALS SYNTHESIS.
> THE
> WEB SITE ADDRESSED THE APPLICATION OF GENETIC
> ALGORITHMS TO THE BACKWARD
> PROBLEM IN POLYMER PROCESSING I.E. THE DESIGN OF
> POLYMERS WITH SPECIFIC
> PROPERTIES. THIS ENTHUSED ME TO LEARN THE
> FUNDAMENTALS INVOLVED IN THE
> IMPLEMENTATION OF GENETIC ALGORITHMS.
> THE USE OF NOVEL MATERIALS IN FIELDS RANGING FROM
> AERONAUTICS TO ELECTRONICS
> HAS MADE CLEAR THE KEY ROLE THAT MATERIALS
> ENGINEERING WILL PLAY IN THE
> DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
> AS MENTIONED IN MY RESUME, MY CURRENT PROJECT WORK
> INVOLVES A DEEP STUDY OF
> TOPICS DEALING WITH PHASE EQUILIBRIA, REACTION
> EQUILIBRIA AND STATISTICAL
> THERMODYNAMICS. WITH THIS BACKGROUND, I FEEL THAT I
> CAN DO JUSTICE TO BOTH
> THE FIELD OF MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND MY INTERESTS,
> IF I PURSUE MY
> GRADUATION
> IN THIS FIELD.
>
I HAVE TRIED TO KEEP MYSELF INFORMED OF THE LATEST
> DEVELOPMENTS IN CHEMICAL
> ENGINEERING AND RELATED FIELDS NOT ONLY THROUGH A
> REGULAR PERUSAL OF

> JOURNALS
> BUT ALSO THROUGH THE USE OF EXCELLENT WEB FACILITIES
> PROVIDED BY THE
> IITMADRAS.
>
TO MEET ALL THE CHALLENGES POSED BY A CAREER IN MY
> FIELD OF INTEREST,
> KNOWLEDGE GAINED FROM MY UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM AND
> THROUGH SELF-STUDY WILL
> NOT
> BE SUFFICIENT. GRADUATE STUDY WOULD ADD A NEW
> DIMENSION TO MY KNOWLEDGE
> BASE
> AND PROVIDE THE RIGHT TRANSITION FROM A QUALITY
> UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION TO A
> MEANINGFUL AND FRUITFUL FUTURE. THE OPPORTUNITY TO
> WORK WITH ACCOMPLISHED
> RESEARCHERS AND GAIN HANDS ON EXPERIENCE IN PROJECTS
> ARE TWO COMPELLING
> FACTORS THAT INFLUENCED MY DECISION TO PURSUE
> GRADUATE STUD.
>
MY DECISION TO APPLY TO THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
> WAS BASED ON A HIGH
> OPINION
> EXPRESSED BY SOME OF MY PROFESSORS.. I AM CONVINCED
> THAT THE UNIVERSITY?S
> WELL
> ESTABLISHED LABORATORIES WITH EQUIPMENT FOR
> CHROMATOGRAPHY AND FACILITIES
> FOR
> CARRYING OUT EXPERIMENTS IN MICROGRAVITY, TO NAME A
> FEW, WILL PROVIDE ME
> WITH
> AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR GAINING A PRACTICAL
> INSIGHT IN MY FIELD OF
> INTEREST. THE EXCELLENT QUALITY OF RESEARCH IN THE
> UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
> CAN
> BE SEEN FROM THE OUTSTANDING SUPPORT FOR RESEAR
> H FROM BOTH INDUSTRIES AS WELL AS FEDERAL
> ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS THE NSF
> &NASA.
> WITH ITS? STRONG TRADITION OF DISTINGUISHED FACULTY
> AND SUPERB FACILITIES,
> YOUR
> UNIVERSITY WOULD PROVIDE ME WITH A SIMULATING
> ENVIRONMENT TO PURSUE MY

> GRADUATE STUDIES. AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, I

> SEE THE IDEAL PLACE FOR
> THE
> REALISATION OF MY OBJECTIVES AND LOOK FORWARD TO AN
> ENRICHING EXPERIENCE. I
> HOPE MY APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION WITH FULL
> FINANCIAL ASSISTANTSHIP FOR FALL
> 1998 WILL BE CONSIDERED FAVOURABLY.
> DATE : DEC 15, 1997
>
RAMANATHAN SHRIRAMRAMANATHAN SHRIRAM
> APPLYING FOR FALL 1998.DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL
> ENGINEERING.STATEMENT OF
> PURPOSE
>
IN PREPARATION FOR A RESEARCH ORIENTED CAREER, I AM
> SEEKING ENTRANCE INTO
> THE
> GRADUATE PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA.
>
AS THE WORLD IS PROGRESSING TOWARDS THE 21ST
> CENTURY, RAPID ADVANCEMENTS IN
> TECHNOLOGY HAVE BECOME THE NEED OF THE DAY. CAUGHT
> UP WITH THIS CHALLENGING
> AGE, I NATURALLY OPTED FOR THE SCIENCE STREAM AT THE
> END OF MY SECONDARY
> SCHOOLING. THE SUBSEQUENT DECISION TO OPT FOR
> ENGINEERING WAS BASED ON WHAT
>I
> SAW AS A PERFECT MATCH BETWEEN MY ABILITIES AND
> INTERESTS.
>
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MADRAS IS ONE OF
> INDIA?S PREMIER
> INSTITUTIONS
> FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION. THE
> COURSE STRUCTURE AT IIT
> MADRAS IS RENOWNED FOR ITS BROAD YET DEEP
> PERSPECTIVE. I BELIEVE THAT THIS
> PROGRAM HAS HELPED NURTURE A MERE FANCY FOR
> SCIENTIFIC MARVELS INTO A DEEP
> APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR UNDERLYING
> PRINCIPLES.
>
THE BASIC SCIENCE COURSES SUCH AS PHYSICS,
> MATHEMATICS, CHEMISTRY AND
> ENGINEERING MECHANICS OFFERED IN MY FIRST YEAR
> HELPED IN BUILDING A STRONG
> FOUNDATION FOR THE CORE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
> COURSES. AS A SOPHOMORE, I WAS
> INTRODUCED TO BASIC CHEMICAL ENGINEERING COURSES

> SUCH AS MOMENTUM TRANSFER,

> INTRODUCTION TO MICROBIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY AND
> CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
> THERMODYNAMICS. SPECIALISED COURSES LIKE HEAT
> TRANSFER, MASS TRANSFER AND
> CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING HAVE HELPED ME
> APPRECIATE THE SUBJECT
> URTHER. I HAVE EARNED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF
> SATISFACTION IN MY
> UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION.
>
IN THE BROAD SPECTRA OF RESEARCH AREAS IN CHEMICAL
> ENGINEERING, MATERIALS
> ENGINEERING IS A FIELD OF GROWING INTEREST. TODAY,
> SOCIETY IS DEMANDING A
> LARGE NUMBER OF NEW, HIGHLY SPECIALISED MATERIALS
> FOR VARIOUS APPLICATIONS.
> THIS HAS RESULTED IN A CONCENTRATED AND SYSTEMATIC
> APPROACH TO MATERIALS
> FABRICATION AS OPPOSED TO THE EARLIER TRIAL AND
> ERROR PROCESS.
> BELIEVING IN THE MAXIM ?SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL?, I HAVE
> ALWAYS HAD AN INNATE
> INTEREST IN MINIATURE ELECTRONIC GADGETS AND IN
> PARTICULAR CHIP FABRICATION.
> IT WAS IN MY THIRD YEAR THAT I REALISED THE HIGHLY
> INTERDISCIPLINARY
> RELATIONSHIP EXISTING BETWEEN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
> AND THE MANUFACTURE OF
> ELECTRONIC MATERIALS WHEN I DID A PROJECT ON
> CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION.
> DURING THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT, I LEARNT ABOUT THE
> VARIOUS PROCESSES OF
> CVD
> SUCH AS THE LPCVD, MOCVD AND PLASMA CVD TO NAME A
> FEW. THE PROJE
> T ALSO HELPED ME IN UNDERSTANDING THE VARIOUS
> CRITERIA THAT ARE INVOLVED IN
> THE DESIGN AND MODELLING OF CVD REACTORS. THIS
> PROJECT NOT ONLY EXPOSED ME
> TO
> NEWER APPLICATIONS OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, BUT ALSO
> AROUSED IN ME AN
> UNDYING
> INTEREST IN THE FIELD OF MATERIALS FABRICATION.
>
READING SEVERAL ARTICLES, I REALISED THE ENORMOUS
> FLEXIBILITY OFFERED BY

> THE
> MATERIALS ENGINEERING IN FABRICATING AND DESIGNING
> MATERIALS TO SUIT
> DIFFERENT
> APPLICATIONS. IN THE BROAD DOMAIN OF RESEARCH
> PROVIDED BY MATERIALS
> ENGINEERING, I AM ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN THE AREA
> OF THIN FILMS AND VAPOUR
> PHASE EPITAXY. I FIND THESE AREAS OF RESEARCH
> EXCITING DUE TO THE VERY FACT
> THAT THEY INVOLVE A DEEP STUDY AND UNDERSTANDING OF
> MATERIALS AND THEIR
> INTERACTIONS AT A MICROSCOPIC LEVEL.
>
PARTICULARLY, I AM DRAWN TOWARDS THE SUBJECT
> DEALING WITH PROCESS
> MODELLING AND CONTROL IN MATERIALS SYNTHESIS. WHILE
> BROWSING THE WEB, I
> REALISED THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN
> MATERIALS SYNTHESIS.
> THE
> WEB SITE ADDRESSED THE APPLICATION OF GENETIC
> ALGORITHMS TO THE BACKWARD
> PROBLEM IN POLYMER PROCESSING I.E. THE DESIGN OF
> POLYMERS WITH SPECIFIC
> PROPERTIES. THIS ENTHUSED ME TO LEARN THE
> FUNDAMENTALS INVOLVED IN THE
> IMPLEMENTATION OF GENETIC ALGORITHMS.
> THE USE OF NOVEL MATERIALS IN FIELDS RANGING FROM
> AERONAUTICS TO ELECTRONICS
> HAS MADE CLEAR THE KEY ROLE THAT MATERIALS
> ENGINEERING WILL PLAY IN THE
> DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
> AS MENTIONED IN MY RESUME, MY CURRENT PROJECT WORK
> INVOLVES A DEEP STUDY OF
> TOPICS DEALING WITH PHASE EQUILIBRIA, REACTION
> EQUILIBRIA AND STATISTICAL
> THERMODYNAMICS. WITH THIS BACKGROUND, I FEEL THAT I
> CAN DO JUSTICE TO BOTH
> THE FIELD OF MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND MY INTERESTS,
> IF I PURSUE MY
> GRADUATION
> IN THIS FIELD.
>
I HAVE TRIED TO KEEP MYSELF INFORMED OF THE LATEST
> DEVELOPMENTS IN CHEMICAL
> ENGINEERING AND RELATED FIELDS NOT ONLY THROUGH A
> REGULAR PERUSAL OF

> JOURNALS
> BUT ALSO THROUGH THE USE OF EXCELLENT WEB FACILITIES
> PROVIDED BY THE
> IITMADRAS.
>
TO MEET ALL THE CHALLENGES POSED BY A CAREER IN MY
> FIELD OF INTEREST,
> KNOWLEDGE GAINED FROM MY UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM AND
> THROUGH SELF-STUDY WILL
> NOT
> BE SUFFICIENT. GRADUATE STUDY WOULD ADD A NEW
> DIMENSION TO MY KNOWLEDGE
> BASE
> AND PROVIDE THE RIGHT TRANSITION FROM A QUALITY
> UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION TO A
> MEANINGFUL AND FRUITFUL FUTURE. THE OPPORTUNITY TO
> WORK WITH ACCOMPLISHED
> RESEARCHERS AND GAIN HANDS ON EXPERIENCE IN PROJECTS
> ARE TWO COMPELLING
> FACTORS THAT INFLUENCED MY DECISION TO PURSUE
> GRADUATE STUD.
>
MY DECISION TO APPLY TO THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
> WAS BASED ON A HIGH
> OPINION
> EXPRESSED BY SOME OF MY PROFESSORS.. I AM CONVINCED
> THAT THE UNIVERSITY?S
> WELL
> ESTABLISHED LABORATORIES WITH EQUIPMENT FOR
> CHROMATOGRAPHY AND FACILITIES
> FOR
> CARRYING OUT EXPERIMENTS IN MICROGRAVITY, TO NAME A
> FEW, WILL PROVIDE ME
> WITH
> AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR GAINING A PRACTICAL
> INSIGHT IN MY FIELD OF
> INTEREST. THE EXCELLENT QUALITY OF RESEARCH IN THE
> UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
> CAN
> BE SEEN FROM THE OUTSTANDING SUPPORT FOR RESEAR
> H FROM BOTH INDUSTRIES AS WELL AS FEDERAL
> ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS THE NSF
> &NASA.
> WITH ITS? STRONG TRADITION OF DISTINGUISHED FACULTY
> AND SUPERB FACILITIES,
> YOUR
> UNIVERSITY WOULD PROVIDE ME WITH A SIMULATING
> ENVIRONMENT TO PURSUE MY

> GRADUATE STUDIES. AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, I

> SEE THE IDEAL PLACE FOR
> THE
> REALISATION OF MY OBJECTIVES AND LOOK FORWARD TO AN
> ENRICHING EXPERIENCE. I
> HOPE MY APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION WITH FULL
> FINANCIAL ASSISTANTSHIP FOR FALL
> 1998 WILL BE CONSIDERED FAVOURABLY.
> DATE : DEC 15, 1997
RAMANATHAN
SHRIRAM
>
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>
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> DATE: MON, 06 AUG 2001 23:19:01 +0530
>
> HI ADIB,
>
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>
>
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> > CH97109
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
> THE FIELD OF MATERIALS SCIENCE ENCOMPASSES A WIDE
> VARIETY OF DISCIPLINES,
> CHEMICAL ENGINEERING BEING ONE AMONG THEM. IT IS ONE
> OF THE MOST
> ESCITINGFIELDS
> OF RESEARCH TODAY, WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF
> APPLICATIONS. NEW MATERIALS
> ARE SHAPING THE TECHNOLOGIES OF THE FUTURE. FROM THE
> STEALTH BOMBER TO
> SPORTS EQUIPMENT, FROM NANOTECHNOLOGIES TO EVEN THE
> SOLES OF THE LATEST NIKE
> SHOES, MATERIALS ARE USHERING IN A NEW REVOLUTION.
> THE CHARACTERIZATION OF
> THESE MATERIALS IS. AS PART OF MY CURRICULUM AT

> IIT-MADRAS, I
> CREDITED A COURSE'STRENGTH OF MATERIALS' WHICH
> COVERED THE MECHANICAL
> BEHAVIOUR OF MATERIALS.
> ENTERING MY SOPHOMORE YEAR,I CREDITED "ENGINEERING
> MATERIALS', A
> COURSE WHICH GAVE US A BROAD
> OUTLOOK ON THE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF ENGINEERING
> MATERIALS LIKE
.
> WE ALSO COVERED ELEMENTS OF PHASE TRANSITIONS AND
> PHASE EQUILIBRIA. IT WAS
> THIS COURSE WHICH REALLY AWAKENED ME TO THE WONDERS
> OF MATERIALS. AS PART OF
> MY CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM, I HAVE ALSO
> CREDITED COURSES ON HEAT
> TRANSFER,
> MASS TRANSFER AND MOMENTUM TRANSFER.
>
MY MAIN FIELD OF INTEREST IS POLYMER SCIENCE. THE
> FIELD OF POLYMER
> RESEARCH HAS GROWN CONSIDERABLY BEYOND THE
> PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING OF
> BULK, GENERAL USE PLASTICS SUCH AS POLYPROPYLENE AND
> POLYETHYLENE.
> RELATIVELY NEW TECHNOLOGICAL FIELDS SUCH AS
> BIOENGINEERING,
> TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND MICROELECTRONICS PRESENT NEW
> CHALLENGES TO EXAMINE
> THE POTENTIAL OF POLYMERS TAILORED TO THE SPECIFIC
> NEEDS OF THESE
> INDUSTRIES. AN AREA OF PARTICULAR OF INTEREST IS
> LIQUID CRYSTALLINE
> BLOCK COPOLYMERS WITH UNIQUE LINEAR AND NONLINEAR
> OPTICAL AND
> MECHANO-OPTICAL
> PROPERTIES. THE WELL DEFINED MORPHOLOGIES OF HIGHLY
> SEGREGATED BLOCK
> COPOLYMERS CAN BE EXPLOITED TO PRODUCE MATERIALS FOR
> DEVICE APPLICATIONS.
> SUCH POLYMERS WUOLD HAVE LINEAR OR NONLINEAR
> OPTICAL PROPERTIES,MAGNETIC
> POLING
> CAPABILITY AND FERROELECTRIC OR FERROMAGNETIC
> CHARACTERISTICS FOUND IN
> VARIOUS LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS, WITH THE EASE
> OF PROCESSIBILITY AND
> SUPERIOR MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF GLASSY POLYMERS.

> FERROELECTRIC BLOSK

> COPOLYMERS THAT COULD E USEFUL AS OPTICAL SWITCHES
> OR OTHER ELECTRO-OPTIC
> DEVICES. THE ABILITY TO CONTROL THE PROPERTIES OF
> THESE POLYMERS BY
> EXPERIMENTAL MANIPULATIONS OF THE CHEMICAL STRUCTURE
> IS CRUCIAL TO THEIR
> BECOMING VIABLE FOR USE IN COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS.
> MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURES
> DETERMINE THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORPHOLOGY AND
> ULTIMATELY, OF MATERIAL
> BEHAVIUOR, IS EXTREMELY NECESSARY. THE TOOLS OF
> CHEMICAL PHYSICS,
> STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS AND ENGINEERING SCIENCE
> ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER TO
> ESTABLISH IN A QUANTITATIVE MANNER THE CONNECTION
> BETWEEN MOLECULAR
> ARCHITECTURE AND MATERIAL PROPERTIES.(PARA ON PKT +
> POLY. PROCESS.)
> I AM ALSO INTERESTED IN THE CHEMICAL KINETICS AND
> TRANSPORT
> PHENOMENA RELEVANT TO THE PROCESSING OF MATERIALS.
> THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
> SURFACE CHEMISTRY- CHEMICAL STRUCTURE OF STARTING
> REAGENTS, GAS PHASE
> REACTIONS AND SURFACE REACTIONS, TRANSPORT
> MECHANISMS - FLUID MECHANICS,
> MASS TRANSFER AND HEAT TRANSFER, AND MATERIALS
> PROPERTIES- STRUCTURAL,
> ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS IS OF
> PARTICULAR INTEREST. THE RATE
> MECHANISMS OF A WIDE RANGE OF PROCESSES, INCLUDING
> CHEMICAL VAPOUR
> DEPOSITION CAN BE EXPLORED USING COMPUTATIONS.
> COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY TOOLS
> CAN PROVIDE US WITH MECHANISTIC INSIGHT AND AID US
> IN SELECTING NEW
> PRECURSORS FOR CVD.
> VINY'S SOP PARA ON PKT, POLYMER PROCESSING AND ALSO
> CFD - POLYMER RHEOLOGY)
>
(SEE UCSB BROCHURE AND MIT BROCHURE)
>
I WAS INTRODUCED TO ELECTRONIC MATERIALS IN MY
> CHEMISTRY-II COURSE
> WE LEARNT ABOUT DOPING AND THE MANUFACTURE OF
> JUNCTION DIODES. IN A
> SUBSEQUENT COURSE OFFERED BY THE ELECTRICAL

> ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AT IIT,

> "ELECTRICAL TECHOLOGY-2", WE WERE EXPOSED TO THE
> MANUFACTURE OF MICROCHIPS
> USING THE TECHNIQUES OF CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION.
> I AM DEEPLY INTERESTED
> IN THIS FIELD THOUGH I HAVEN'T GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO
> DEVELOP MY INTEREST
> FURTHER APART FROM SELF-STUDY.
>
THERE IS A (GROWING INTEREST) IN THE AREA OF
> NANOCIRCUITS (TIME
> MAGAZINE- FIND OUT THE DIFFERENT METHODS) - COMBINE
> POLYMERS AND ELECTRONIC
> MATERIALS.WHY YOUR UNIV.
C. STATEMENT OF
> PURPOSE (SAMPLE FORMAT)
>
- 1ST SENTENCE: I WANT TO DO RESEARCH IN ...
>
- 1ST PARAGRAPH: WHAT YOU WANT TO DO
> RESEARCH IN AND WHY THIS
> INTERESTS
>
YOU.
>
- 2ND PARAGRAPH: YOUR BACKGROUND:
>
- WHERE YOU DID YOUR
> UNDERGRAD
>
- COURSES YOU ENJOYED
> MOST- TITLE OF YOUR
> UNDERGRADUATE THESIS
>
(IF APPLICABLE)
>
- ANYTHING PERSONAL THAT
> SHOWS DETERMINATION,
>
LIKE SUPPORTING
> YOURSELF FINANCIALLY THROUGH
>
SCHOOL
>
- ANY TEACHING EXPERIENCE
>
- 3RD PARAGRAPH: PREVIOUS RESEARCH
> EXPERIENCE. TIE THIS IN TO 1ST
>
PARAGRAPH.
>
- TALK ABOUT 199 PROJECT
> (SEE D) OR SUMMER
>
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE, OR
> RELEVANT JOB
> EXPERIENCE.
>
- 4TH PARAGRAPH: WHY YOU WANT TO GO TO THIS
> SCHOOL.
>
- EXAMPLE: I'VE HEARD
> TALKS ABOUT THE NOW PROJECT
>
AT BERKELEY AND I WOULD
> LIKE TO BE INVOLVED IN

> IT.
>
- EXAMPLE: I'VE READ SOME
> PAPERS OF THE AI
> FACULTY
>
AND THEY TAKE A FORMAL
> APPROACH TO AI, WHICH
>
I LIKE BECAUSE IT TIES
> IN WITH MY THEORETICAL
>
BACKGROUND.
>
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND LOOKING
> UP THE SCHOOL ON THE
>
WEB FOR IDEAS ON WHAT TO
> WRITE HERE.
>
- NOTE: YOU AREN'T BOUND TO WHAT YOU WRITE
> IN YOUR STATEMENT OF
> PURPOSE.
>
YOU'RE ALLOWED TO CHANGE YOUR MIND
> REPEATEDLY!
>
- YOUR STATEMENT OF PURPOSE SHOULD
> SUBLIMINALLY CONVEY THE
>
FOLLOWING MESSAGES:
>
YOU ENJOY RESEARCH AND CAN CREATE
> YOUR OWN DIRECTION.
>
YOU CAN WORK INDEPENDENTLY, I.E.,
> YOU HAVE YOUR OWN IDEAS
>
AND DON'T NEED HELP.
>
- HAVE AT LEAST ONE PERSON PROOFREAD YOUR
> STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
>
>
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
> AS A CHEMICAL ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATE AT THE IIT,
> MADRAS
>
WRITE ABOUT MATH, PHYSICS,CHEMISTRY, COMPUTER
> MY MAIN FIELDS OF INTEREST ARE FLUID FLOW
> THROUGH POROUS MATERIALS,
> RESERVOIR MODELLING AND OPTIMAL DEVELOPMENT
> PLANS.IS
>
I HAVE CREDITED FLUID MECHANICS AND MOMENTUM
> TRANSFER, TWO COURSES
>
WHICH GAVE ME A GOOD BACKGROUND IN THE AREA OF
> FLUID FLOW. I THEN
>
CREDITED A GRADUATE LEVEL ELECTIVE, COMPUTATIONAL
> FLUID DYNAMICS,
>
IN WHICH WE LEARNT TO DEVELOP NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS
> TO FLUID FLOW
>
PROBLEMS WITH COMPLICATED GEOMETRIES.(VINDY'S CFD

> PARA)
>
WE WERE ALSO GIVEN A THOROUGH
>
UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIFFERENT TURBULENCE MODELSAND
> LEARNT HOW TO .
>
AS PART OF THIS COURSE,I DEVELOPED A COMPUTER
> PROGRAM TO FIND
>
NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM OF TURBULENT
> FLOW AROUND A
>
CYLINDER. TURBULENCE WAS MODELLED USING THE LOW
> REYNOLDS NUMBER I
>
K-E MODEL. I ALSO GAVE A SEMINAR
>
ON BOUNDARY-FITTED CO-ORDINATE SYSTEMS AND ADAPTIVE
> GRIDS. PLEASE
>
AS PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF MY B.TECH. AT IIT, I AM
> CURRENTLY INVOLVED
>
IN A PROJECT TITLED ' SIMULATION AND CONTROL OF
> FLUIDISED
>
BED GRANULATOR'. THE PROJECT INVOLVES SIMULATION
> AND CONTROL
>
OF THE COMPLEX PROCESS OF GRAIN GROWTH IN A
> FLUIDISED
>
BED GRANULATOR. I AM DEVELOPING AN ARTIFICAIL
> NEURAL NETWORK
>
TO MODEL THIS PROCESS AND USING FUZZY LOGIC TO
> CONTROL IT.
>
I AM ALSO CREDITING INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER
> PROCESS CONTROL IN
>
THE NEXT SEMESTER.
>
I HAVE ALSO CREDITED A COURSE COMPUTATIONAL
> TECHNIQUES. THE COURSE
>
ESSENTIALLY INVOLVED MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING TO
> SOLVE PROBLEMS.
>
...NEWTON RAPHSON,OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUESETC....
>
IN MY SOPHOMORE YEAR, I HAVE ALSO CREDITED A COURSE
> ON ECONOMICS,
>
WHICH GAVE ME A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE
> SUBJECT.
>
I AM PRESENTLY CREDITING A COURSE ON OPERATIONS
> RESEARCH WHICH
>
...PROCESS CONTROL
>
>
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
> I AM A SENIOR STUDENT OF THE FOUR YEAR BACHELOR
> OF TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
> AT THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MADRAS. I AM
> APPLYING TO PURDUE

> UNIVERSITY FOR THE GRADUATE PROGRAM IN NUCLEAR

> ENGINEERING FOR THE TERM
> STARTING FALL '97. IN THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPHS I
> HAVE SUMMARISED MY
> MOTIVATION FOR GRADUATE STUDY, CAREER PLANS AND
> AREAS OF INTEREST. NUCLEAR
> DURING THE COURSE OF MY UNDERGRADUATE STUDY I HAVE A
> DEVELOPED A
> KEEN INTEREST IN RESEARCH. HOWEVER, AN UNDERGRADUATE
> PROGRAM
> EMPHASISES MASTERY OF THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE
> SUBJECT AND OFFERS
> LITTLE OPPORTUNITY FOR RESEARCH. IT IS MY GOAL TO
> PURSUE A CAREER
> IN RESEARCH. I HAVE OPTED FOR GRADUATE STUDY IN
> ORDER TO DEVELOP THE SKILLS
> AND GAIN THE EXPERIENCE NECESSARY TO FULFILL MY
> AMBITION.
> THE UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM OF THE IIT, MADRAS
> PROVIDES A THOROUGH
> GROUNDING IN THE BASIC SCIENCES, MATHEMATICS AND THE
> CORE SUBJECTS
> OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SUCH AS FLUID DYNAMICS, MASS
> AND HEAT TRANSFER,
> REACTION ENGINEERING AND PROCESS CONTROL. THE
> RESOUCES OF AN IMPRESSIVE
> ARRAY OF FACULTY AND MY SUSTAINED EFFORTS HAVE
> ENABLED ME TO EXCEL IN THE
> ACADEMICALLY COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT.
>
THE STUDY OF FISSION REACTIONS FORMED A PART OF MY
> COURSEWORK
> IN PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY AT IIT MADRAS. WE THEN
> STUDIED ABOUT THE FUEL CYCLE
> AND NUCLEAR MATERIALS IN OUR COURSES ON CHEMICAL
> TECHNOLOGY. THIS LED TO MY
> INTEREST IN NUCLEAR ENGINEERING, AND I HAVE PURSUED
> THIS INTEREST THROUGH
> SELF-STUDY. I REALISED THAT NUCLEAR ENGINEERING WAS
> A FIELD IN WHICH
> THE KNOWLEDGE OF MANY SUBJECTS IN CHEMICAL
> ENGINEERING WAS NECESSARY,
> INCLUDING HEAT TRANSFER, FLUID DYNAMICS, PROCESS
> CONTROL,ETC.
>
WITHIN THE BROAD FIELD OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING, I AM
> PARTICULARLY
> INTERESTED IN TWO AREAS - PROCESS CONTROL,INCLUDING

> ARTIFICIAL NEURAL

> NETWORKS AND KNOWLEDGE-BASED EXPERT SYSTEMS AND
> COMPUTATIONAL FLUIDDYNAMICS.
>
OPERATING REACTORS AT CONDITIONS SUCH THAT
> THE REACTION DOES NOT GO
> OUT OF CONTROL, WHILE MAINTAINING THE SELF-SUSTAINED
> CHAIN REACTION IS ONE
> OF THE NECESSITIES IN ANY NUCLEAR INSTALLATION.
> THE CHERNOBYL DISASTER WAS AN EYE-OPENER TO THE
> POTENTIAL HAZARDS
> WHICH NUCLEAR REACTORS POSE TO THE WORLD COMMUNITY.
> SAFETY OF REACTORS IS
> PARAMOUNT AND IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, CONTROL
> OF THE REACTOR IS
> CRUCIAL. I HAVE CREDITED A COURSE IN PROCESS CONTROL
> IN WHICH WE WERE
> INTRODUCED TO THE BASICS OF CONTROL THEORY. I AM
> CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN A
> PROJECT WHICH DEALS WITH THE SIMULATION AND CONTROL
> AND INVOLVES THE
> DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS
> FOR SIMULATION AND FUZZY
> CONTROL FOR THE SUBSEQUENT CONTROL OF THE PROCESS. I
> AM ALSO CREDITING A
> COURSE , 'INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS IN PROCESS
> CONTROL' NEXT SEMESTER IN
> WHICH I HOPE TO FURTHER ENHANCE MY KNOWLEDGE OF THIS
> SUBJECT.
>
I HAVE CREDITED A COURSE IN FLUID MECHANICS
> AND A COURSE IN
> MOMENTUM TRANSFER WHICH GAVE ME A GOOD GROUNDING IN
> THE AREA OF FLUID
> FLOW.A COURSE IN COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES HAS
> PROVIDED ME EXPERIENCE IN
> SOLVING DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS USING NUMERICAL
> METHODS.
> I HAVE CREDITED A GRADUATE LEVEL COURSE IN
> COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS .
> WE LEARNT VARIOUS
> ASPECTS OF TURBULENCE MODELLING, VARIOUS FINITE
> DIFFERENCE SCHEMES AND
> METHODS SUCH AS SIMPLE FOR OBTAINING PRESSURE LINKED
> EQUATIONS. I ALSO
> DEVELOPED A COMPUTER PROGRAM TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF
> TURBULENT FLOW OVER A
> CYLINDER USING THE LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER K-E MODEL AND

> PRESENTED A SEMINAR ON

> BOUNDARY-FITTED COORDINATE SYSTEMS AND ADAPTIVE
> GRIDS.
>
THE EXCELLENT FACULTY AND RESEARCH FACILITIES
> AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY
> PROVIDE ME WITH AN ENVIRONMENT WELL SUITED FOR
> GRADUATE STUDIES AND
> WILL ENABLE ME TO PURSUE A CAREER IN RESEARCH. IT
> WOULD BE A PRIVILEGE FOR
> ME TO JOIN THE GRADUATE PROGRAM AT PURDUE.
>
ARUN
> RADHAKRISHNAN
> SANTHOSH V. BANDREDDI APPLYING FOR
: M. S.
> (FALL ?98)
> DEPARTMENT :
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS
> RESEARCH
> FIELD OF STUDY : OPERATIONS RESEARCH
>
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
>
I AM STUDYING IN THE SENIOR YEAR OF THE FOUR-YEAR
> BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
> PROGRAM IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AT THE INDIAN
> INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,
> MADRAS.
> I AM APPLYING TO THE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FOR
> GRADUATE PROGRAM IN OPERATIONS
> RESEARCH FOR THE TERM BEGINNING FALL?98. IN THE
> FOLLOWING PARAGRAPHS, I HAVE
> TRIED TO BRIEFLY SUMMARISE MY MOTIVATION FOR
> GRADUATE STUDY.WHY GRADUATE
> STUDY
>
MY OBJECTIVE IS TO TAKE UP RESEARCH THAT WOULD HELP
> IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF
> TECHNOLOGY AND IN THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW
> METHODOLOGIES IN OPERATIONS
> RESEARCH. I FEEL THAT A CAREER IN RESEARCH IS A
> STIMULATING, CHALLENGING AND
> REWARDING ONE. I AM CONFIDENT THAT I HAVE THE
> NECESSARY INTELLECTUAL
> ABILITY,
> ENTHUSIASM AND PERSEVERANCE TO SUCCEED IN THIS
> PROFESSION. WITH THIS CAREER
> OBJECTIVE, GRADUATE STUDY BECOMES AN INEVITABLE
> CHOICE. I BELIEVE THAT
> GRADUATE STUDIES PROVIDE THE EDUCATIONAL BASIS FOR
> CONTINUED LEA
> NING AND IMPART THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO FUNCTION

> EFFECTIVELY AS
> APROFESSIONAL.
> WHY OPERATIONS RESEARCH
>
I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN KEENLY INTERESTED IN MATHEMATICS
> AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES.
> HENCE, I OPTED FOR A CAREER IN ENGINEERING. FOR
> PURSUING MY UNDERGRADUATE
> STUDIES I JOINED IIT-MADRAS, ONE OF THE PREMIER
> INSTITUTIONS IN INDIA
> IMPARTING STATE-OF-THE ART SCIENTIFIC AND
> TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION. THE B.
> TECH
> PROGRAM IN IIT-M HAS WON RECOGNITION FOR ITS BROAD,
> YET DEEP PERSPECTIVE. IT
> INTRODUCES STUDENTS TO A WIDE VARIETY OF SUBJECTS
> LIKE MATHEMATICS, PHYSICAL
> AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES AND MANAGEMENT AND
> BEHAVIOURAL SC
> ENCES, CONTRIBUTING TO THEIR OVERALL PERSONAL
> DEVELOPMENT.
>
AS PART OF MY UNDERGRADUATE COURSE, I HAVE DONE A
> COURSE ON OPERATIONS
> RESEARCH. IN THIS COURSE, I WAS INTRODUCED TO THE
> ?ASSIGNMENT PROBLEM? AND
> ITS
> SOLUTION. INCIDENTALLY, I THOUGHT OF A DIFFERENT AND
> SEEMINGLY SIMPLER
> SOLUTION. I APPROACHED MY PROFESSOR WITH THIS NEW
> IDEA AND ASKED HIM FOR HIS
> SUGGESTION. HE TESTED THE METHOD ON A FEW PROBLEMS
> AND SUGGESTED THAT IT
> COULD
> BE A USEFUL METHOD IF I COULD PROVE THAT IT IS
> COMPUTATIONALLY SIMPLER THAN
> THE ORIGINAL ONE. ON THE ADVICE OF MY PROFESSOR, I
> STARTE
> WORKING ON MY METHOD ANALYSING ALL THE CASES AND
> THE COMPLEXITIES THAT
> CAN ARISE AND REFERRING PUBLISHED MATERIAL
> CONCERNING THE PROBLEM. THOUGH
> THE
> METHOD IS SIMPLE TO USE MANUALLY FOR SIMPLE SYSTEMS,
> ITS COMPUTATIONAL
> COMPLEXITY INCREASES WITH INCREASE IN THE ORDER OF
> THE PROBLEM.
> THE DISCUSSIONS THAT I HAD WITH PROF. T.T.NARENDRAN

> OF THE INDUSTRIAL

> ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT DEPT. DURING THIS PERIOD
> EXPOSED ME TO THE WORLD
> OF
> OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING. THIS
> EXPERIENCE KINDLED IN
> ME
> AN INTEREST TOWARDS THIS FIELD. FROM THEN ON, I HAVE
> BEEN REFERRING BOOKS
> AND
> JOURNALS IN THIS FIELD TO STRENGTHEN MY
> UNDERSTANDING OF THE BASIC
> PRINCIPLES
> OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND TO LEARN ABOUT ITS
> PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. I HAVE
> BEEN ATTENDING SEMINARS GIVEN BY THE INDUSTRIAL ENG
> NEERING GRADUATE STUDENTS AT OUR INSTITUTE ON
> VARIOUS TOPICS RELATING TO
> PRODUCTION PLANNING, OPTIMISATION, ERGONOMICS,
> COMPUTER SIMULATION,
> RELIABILITY, ETC.
>
IN MY VIEW, OPERATIONS RESEARCH IS A BROAD
> PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINE
> CONCERNED WITH SOLVING REAL LIFE PROBLEMS BY
> FORMULATING MODELS AND
> DESIGNING
> PROCEDURES FOR USING THE BASIC RESOURCES OF
> PRODUCTION (PEOPLE, MATERIALS
> AND
> SYSTEMS) IN ORGANISATIONS IN WHICH HUMAN AND
> PHYSICAL RESOURCES ARE COMBINED
> TO ACHIEVE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES. THE VERY ESSENCE OF
> OPERATIONS RESEARCH
> FASCINATED ME AND I DECIDED TO PURSUE MY HIGHER
> STUDIES IN THIS FIELD. I
> STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT I HAVE THE NECESSARY
> ANALYTICAL, MATHEMATIC
> L AND COMPUTATIONAL SKILLS TO BE A SUCCESSFUL
> PROFESSIONAL IN THISFIELD.
> RESEARCH AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE
>
I AM CURRENTLY DOING MY TERMINAL DISSERTATION IN
> THE FIELD OF RELIABILITY
> ENGINEERING. I AM WORKING ON THE ?ASSESSMENT OF THE
> AVAILABILITY OF
> FLUIDISED
> CATALYTIC CRACKING UNITS? HERE I AM TRYING TO

> CALCULATE THE RELIABILITY OF

> THE
> SYSTEM MODELLED AS MARKOV?S MODEL USING NEURAL
> NETWORKS. ALL THE WORK THAT I
> HAVE DONE IN THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN THROUGH
> SELF-STUDY SINCE I DIDN?T DO ANY
> COURSE ON RELIABILITY. MY INTEREST IN THIS FIELD HAS
> BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN
> ENCOURAGING ME TO TAKE UP THIS CHALLENGING TASK.
>
IN THE SUMMER VACATION OF MY JUNIOR YEAR, I HAD THE
> OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERGO
> INDUSTRIAL TRAINING AT MILLIPORE INDIA LTD.,
> BANGALORE. APART FROM LEARNING
> ABOUT THE VARIOUS PROCESSES AND MANUFACTURING
> TECHNIQUES INVOLVED, I HAD A
> CHANCE TO THOROUGHLY UNDERSTAND THE ORGANISATION OF
> THE INDUSTRY. FURTHER, I
> DID A MARKET SURVEY FOR ESTIMATING THE POTENTIAL OF
> A NEW PRODUCT THAT THE
> COMPANY HAS DESIGNED.RELEVANT BACKGROUND
> THE UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM OF THE IIT, MADRAS
> INCLUDES FOUR CORE COURSES
> IN
> MATHEMATICS COVERING TOPICS IN LINEAR ALGEBRA,
> SOLUTION OF DIFFERENTIAL
> EQUATIONS, NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, PROBABILITY AND
> STATISTICS. I WAS ALSO
> EXPOSED
> TO PROGRAMMING IN A FEW COMPUTER LANGUAGES LIKE
> PASCAL, C AND C++ IN THE
> COURSES INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTING AND COMPUTATIONAL
> TECHNIQUES. IN MY SIXTH
> SEMESTER, I DID A BASIC COURSE IN ECONOMICS WHICH
> GAVE ME A SOUND
> UNDERSTANDING OF THE BASICS OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN
> INDUSTRY. I ALSO
> CREDITED A COURSE TITLED FUNDAMENTALS OF OPERATIONS
> RESEARCH AND
> WILL BE CREDITING OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT NEXT
> SEMESTER. AS PART OF MY
> CHEMICAL
> ENGINEERING CURRICULUM, I DID COURSES ON PROCESS
> CONTROL AND
> INSTRUMENTATION,
> PROCESS EQUIPMENT DESIGN AND PLANT DESIGN AND
> ECONOMICS. I THINK THIS

> BACKGROUND AND SOUND KNOWLEDGE OF ENGINEERING BASICS

> HAVE PREPARED ME FOR
> GRADUATE STUDY.
>
I AM AWARE THAT GRADUATE STUDIES DEMAND A GOOD
> BACKGROUND, CONSIDERABLE
> APPLICATION, INDUSTRY AND DEDICATION. THE RIGOROUS
> TRAINING I HAVE RECEIVED
> IN
> MY UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM HAS INCULCATED THESE
> QUALITIES IN ME AND I AM
> CONFIDENT THAT I AM FULLY PREPARED TO MEET THE
> EXACTING DEMANDS OF YOUR
> GRADUATE PROGRAM. THE HIGH REPUTATION OF YOUR
> UNIVERSITY COUPLED WITH
> EMINENT
> FACULTY AND EXCELLENT INFRASTRUCTURE IN YOUR
> DEPARTMENT HAVE INFLUENCED ME
> TO
> APPLY TO YOUR UNIVERSITY FOR GRADUATE STUDIES. IT
> WOULD BE A
> GREAT PRIVILEGE FOR ME TO JOIN THE GRADUATE PROGRAM
> AT THE
> COLUMBIAUNIVERSITY.
>
WITH MY BACKGROUND, RESEARCH INTEREST AND MY ZEAL
> FOR PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE,
>I
> AM SURE THAT I WOULD DO EXTREMELY WELL AT YOUR
> UNIVERSITY. I SINCERELY HOPE
> THAT MY APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION WITH FINANCIAL
> ASSISTANCE, WOULD BE
> FAVOURABLY CONSIDERED. I AM EAGERLY LOOKING FORWARD
> TO ATTENDING
> YOURUNIVERSITY.
> SANTHOSH V. BANDREDDIRAMANATHAN SHRIRAMAPPLYING FOR
> FALL 1998.
> DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING.STATEMENT OF
> PURPOSE
>
IN PREPARATION FOR A RESEARCH ORIENTED CAREER, I AM
> SEEKING ENTRANCE INTO
> THE
> GRADUATE PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA.
>
AS THE WORLD IS PROGRESSING TOWARDS THE 21ST
> CENTURY, RAPID ADVANCEMENTS IN
> TECHNOLOGY HAVE BECOME THE NEED OF THE DAY. CAUGHT
> UP WITH THIS CHALLENGING
> AGE, I NATURALLY OPTED FOR THE SCIENCE STREAM AT THE

> END OF MY SECONDARY

> SCHOOLING. THE SUBSEQUENT DECISION TO OPT FOR
> ENGINEERING WAS BASED ON WHAT
>I
> SAW AS A PERFECT MATCH BETWEEN MY ABILITIES AND
> INTERESTS.
>
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MADRAS IS ONE OF
> INDIA?S PREMIER
> INSTITUTIONS
> FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION. THE
> COURSE STRUCTURE AT IIT
> MADRAS IS RENOWNED FOR ITS BROAD YET DEEP
> PERSPECTIVE. I BELIEVE THAT THIS
> PROGRAM HAS HELPED NURTURE A MERE FANCY FOR
> SCIENTIFIC MARVELS INTO A DEEP
> APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR UNDERLYING
> PRINCIPLES.
>
THE BASIC SCIENCE COURSES SUCH AS PHYSICS,
> MATHEMATICS, CHEMISTRY AND
> ENGINEERING MECHANICS OFFERED IN MY FIRST YEAR
> HELPED IN BUILDING A STRONG
> FOUNDATION FOR THE CORE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
> COURSES. AS A SOPHOMORE, I WAS
> INTRODUCED TO BASIC CHEMICAL ENGINEERING COURSES
> SUCH AS MOMENTUM TRANSFER,
> INTRODUCTION TO MICROBIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY AND
> CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
> THERMODYNAMICS. SPECIALISED COURSES LIKE HEAT
> TRANSFER, MASS TRANSFER AND
> CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING HAVE HELPED ME
> APPRECIATE THE SUBJECT
> URTHER. I HAVE EARNED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF
> SATISFACTION IN MY
> UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION.
>
IN THE BROAD SPECTRA OF RESEARCH AREAS IN CHEMICAL
> ENGINEERING, MATERIALS
> ENGINEERING IS A FIELD OF GROWING INTEREST. TODAY,
> SOCIETY IS DEMANDING A
> LARGE NUMBER OF NEW, HIGHLY SPECIALISED MATERIALS
> FOR VARIOUS APPLICATIONS.
> THIS HAS RESULTED IN A CONCENTRATED AND SYSTEMATIC
> APPROACH TO MATERIALS
> FABRICATION AS OPPOSED TO THE EARLIER TRIAL AND
> ERROR PROCESS.
> BELIEVING IN THE MAXIM ?SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL?, I HAVE
> ALWAYS HAD AN INNATE

> INTEREST IN MINIATURE ELECTRONIC GADGETS AND IN

> PARTICULAR CHIP FABRICATION.
> IT WAS IN MY THIRD YEAR THAT I REALISED THE HIGHLY
> INTERDISCIPLINARY
> RELATIONSHIP EXISTING BETWEEN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
> AND THE MANUFACTURE OF
> ELECTRONIC MATERIALS WHEN I DID A PROJECT ON
> CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION.
> DURING THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT, I LEARNT ABOUT THE
> VARIOUS PROCESSES OF
> CVD
> SUCH AS THE LPCVD, MOCVD AND PLASMA CVD TO NAME A
> FEW. THE PROJE
> T ALSO HELPED ME IN UNDERSTANDING THE VARIOUS
> CRITERIA THAT ARE INVOLVED IN
> THE DESIGN AND MODELLING OF CVD REACTORS. THIS
> PROJECT NOT ONLY EXPOSED ME
> TO
> NEWER APPLICATIONS OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, BUT ALSO
> AROUSED IN ME AN
> UNDYING
> INTEREST IN THE FIELD OF MATERIALS FABRICATION.
>
READING SEVERAL ARTICLES, I REALISED THE ENORMOUS
> FLEXIBILITY OFFERED BY
> THE
> MATERIALS ENGINEERING IN FABRICATING AND DESIGNING
> MATERIALS TO SUIT
> DIFFERENT
> APPLICATIONS. IN THE BROAD DOMAIN OF RESEARCH IN
> MATERIALS ENGINEERING, I
> AM
> ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN THE AREA OF THIN FILMS AND
> VAPOUR PHASE EPITAXY. I
> FIND THESE AREAS OF RESEARCH EXCITING DUE TO THE
> VERY FACT THAT THEY INVOLVE
>A
> DEEP STUDY AND UNDERSTANDING OF MATERIALS AND THEIR
> INTERACTIONS AT A
> MICROSCOPIC LEVEL.
>
PARTICULARLY, I AM DRAWN TOWARDS THE SUBJECT
> DEALING WITH PROCESS
> MODELLING AND CONTROL IN MATERIALS SYNTHESIS. WHILE
> BROWSING THE WEB, I
> REALISED THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN
> MATERIALS SYNTHESIS.
> THE

> WEB SITE ADDRESSED THE APPLICATION OF GENETIC

> ALGORITHMS TO THE BACKWARD
> PROBLEM IN POLYMER PROCESSING I.E. THE DESIGN OF
> POLYMERS WITH SPECIFIC
> PROPERTIES. THIS ENTHUSED ME TO LEARN THE
> FUNDAMENTALS INVOLVED IN THE
> IMPLEMENTATION OF GENETIC ALGORITHMS.
> THE USE OF NOVEL MATERIALS IN FIELDS RANGING FROM
> AERONAUTICS TO ELECTRONICS
> HAS MADE CLEAR THE KEY ROLE THAT MATERIALS
> ENGINEERING WILL PLAY IN THE
> DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
> AS MENTIONED IN MY RESUME, MY CURRENT PROJECT WORK
> INVOLVES A DEEP STUDY OF
> TOPICS DEALING WITH PHASE EQUILIBRIA, REACTION
> EQUILIBRIA AND STATISTICAL
> THERMODYNAMICS. WITH THIS BACKGROUND, I FEEL THAT I
> CAN DO JUSTICE TO BOTH
> THE FIELD OF MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND MY INTERESTS,
> IF I PURSUE MY
> GRADUATION
> IN THIS FIELD.
>
I HAVE TRIED TO KEEP MYSELF INFORMED OF THE LATEST
> DEVELOPMENTS IN CHEMICAL
> ENGINEERING AND RELATED FIELDS NOT ONLY THROUGH A
> REGULAR PERUSAL OF
> JOURNALS
> BUT ALSO THROUGH THE USE OF EXCELLENT WEB FACILITIES
> PROVIDED BY THE
> IITMADRAS.
>
TO MEET ALL THE CHALLENGES POSED BY A CAREER IN MY
> FIELD OF INTEREST,
> KNOWLEDGE GAINED FROM MY UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM AND
> THROUGH SELF-STUDY WILL
> NOT
> BE SUFFICIENT. GRADUATE STUDY WOULD ADD A NEW
> DIMENSION TO MY KNOWLEDGE
> BASE
> AND PROVIDE THE RIGHT TRANSITION FROM A QUALITY
> UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION TO A
> MEANINGFUL AND FRUITFUL FUTURE. THE OPPORTUNITY TO
> WORK WITH ACCOMPLISHED
> RESEARCHERS AND GAIN HANDS ON EXPERIENCE IN PROJECTS
> ARE TWO COMPELLING
> FACTORS THAT INFLUENCED MY DECISION TO PURSUE
> GRADUATE STUD.

>
MY DECISION TO APPLY TO THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
> WAS BASED ON A HIGH
> OPINION
> EXPRESSED BY SOME OF MY PROFESSORS.. I AM CONVINCED
> THAT THE UNIVERSITY?S
> WELL
> ESTABLISHED LABORATORIES WITH EQUIPMENT FOR
> CHROMATOGRAPHY AND FACILITIES
> FOR
> CARRYING OUT EXPERIMENTS IN MICROGRAVITY, TO NAME A
> FEW, WILL PROVIDE ME
> WITH
> AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR GAINING A PRACTICAL
> INSIGHT IN MY FIELD OF
> INTEREST. THE EXCELLENT QUALITY OF RESEARCH IN THE
> UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
> CAN
> BE SEEN FROM THE OUTSTANDING SUPPORT FOR RESEAR
> H FROM BOTH INDUSTRIES AS WELL AS FEDERAL
> ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS THE NSF
> &NASA.
> WITH ITS? STRONG TRADITION OF DISTINGUISHED FACULTY
> AND SUPERB FACILITIES,
> YOUR
> UNIVERSITY WOULD PROVIDE ME WITH A SIMULATING
> ENVIRONMENT TO PURSUE MY
> GRADUATE STUDIES. AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, I
> SEE THE IDEAL PLACE FOR
> THE
> REALISATION OF MY OBJECTIVES AND LOOK FORWARD TO AN
> ENRICHING EXPERIENCE. I
> HOPE MY APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION WITH FULL
> FINANCIAL ASSISTANTSHIP FOR FALL
> 1998 WILL BE CONSIDERED FAVOURABLY.
> DATE : DEC 15, 1997
>
RAMANATHAN SHRIRAMRAMANATHAN SHRIRAM
> APPLYING FOR FALL 1998.DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL
> ENGINEERING.STATEMENT OF
> PURPOSE
>
IN PREPARATION FOR A RESEARCH ORIENTED CAREER, I AM
> SEEKING ENTRANCE INTO
> THE
> GRADUATE PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA.
>
AS THE WORLD IS PROGRESSING TOWARDS THE 21ST
> CENTURY, RAPID ADVANCEMENTS IN
> TECHNOLOGY HAVE BECOME THE NEED OF THE DAY. CAUGHT

> UP WITH THIS CHALLENGING

> AGE, I NATURALLY OPTED FOR THE SCIENCE STREAM AT THE
> END OF MY SECONDARY
> SCHOOLING. THE SUBSEQUENT DECISION TO OPT FOR
> ENGINEERING WAS BASED ON WHAT
>I
> SAW AS A PERFECT MATCH BETWEEN MY ABILITIES AND
> INTERESTS.
>
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MADRAS IS ONE OF
> INDIA?S PREMIER
> INSTITUTIONS
> FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION. THE
> COURSE STRUCTURE AT IIT
> MADRAS IS RENOWNED FOR ITS BROAD YET DEEP
> PERSPECTIVE. I BELIEVE THAT THIS
> PROGRAM HAS HELPED NURTURE A MERE FANCY FOR
> SCIENTIFIC MARVELS INTO A DEEP
> APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR UNDERLYING
> PRINCIPLES.
>
THE BASIC SCIENCE COURSES SUCH AS PHYSICS,
> MATHEMATICS, CHEMISTRY AND
> ENGINEERING MECHANICS OFFERED IN MY FIRST YEAR
> HELPED IN BUILDING A STRONG
> FOUNDATION FOR THE CORE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
> COURSES. AS A SOPHOMORE, I WAS
> INTRODUCED TO BASIC CHEMICAL ENGINEERING COURSES
> SUCH AS MOMENTUM TRANSFER,
> INTRODUCTION TO MICROBIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY AND
> CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
> THERMODYNAMICS. SPECIALISED COURSES LIKE HEAT
> TRANSFER, MASS TRANSFER AND
> CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING HAVE HELPED ME
> APPRECIATE THE SUBJECT
> URTHER. I HAVE EARNED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF
> SATISFACTION IN MY
> UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION.
>
IN THE BROAD SPECTRA OF RESEARCH AREAS IN CHEMICAL
> ENGINEERING, MATERIALS
> ENGINEERING IS A FIELD OF GROWING INTEREST. TODAY,
> SOCIETY IS DEMANDING A
> LARGE NUMBER OF NEW, HIGHLY SPECIALISED MATERIALS
> FOR VARIOUS APPLICATIONS.
> THIS HAS RESULTED IN A CONCENTRATED AND SYSTEMATIC
> APPROACH TO MATERIALS
> FABRICATION AS OPPOSED TO THE EARLIER TRIAL AND
> ERROR PROCESS.

> BELIEVING IN THE MAXIM ?SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL?, I HAVE

> ALWAYS HAD AN INNATE
> INTEREST IN MINIATURE ELECTRONIC GADGETS AND IN
> PARTICULAR CHIP FABRICATION.
> IT WAS IN MY THIRD YEAR THAT I REALISED THE HIGHLY
> INTERDISCIPLINARY
> RELATIONSHIP EXISTING BETWEEN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
> AND THE MANUFACTURE OF
> ELECTRONIC MATERIALS WHEN I DID A PROJECT ON
> CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION.
> DURING THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT, I LEARNT ABOUT THE
> VARIOUS PROCESSES OF
> CVD
> SUCH AS THE LPCVD, MOCVD AND PLASMA CVD TO NAME A
> FEW. THE PROJE
> T ALSO HELPED ME IN UNDERSTANDING THE VARIOUS
> CRITERIA THAT ARE INVOLVED IN
> THE DESIGN AND MODELLING OF CVD REACTORS. THIS
> PROJECT NOT ONLY EXPOSED ME
> TO
> NEWER APPLICATIONS OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, BUT ALSO
> AROUSED IN ME AN
> UNDYING
> INTEREST IN THE FIELD OF MATERIALS FABRICATION.
>
READING SEVERAL ARTICLES, I REALISED THE ENORMOUS
> FLEXIBILITY OFFERED BY
> THE
> MATERIALS ENGINEERING IN FABRICATING AND DESIGNING
> MATERIALS TO SUIT
> DIFFERENT
> APPLICATIONS. IN THE BROAD DOMAIN OF RESEARCH
> PROVIDED BY MATERIALS
> ENGINEERING, I AM ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN THE AREA
> OF THIN FILMS AND VAPOUR
> PHASE EPITAXY. I FIND THESE AREAS OF RESEARCH
> EXCITING DUE TO THE VERY FACT
> THAT THEY INVOLVE A DEEP STUDY AND UNDERSTANDING OF
> MATERIALS AND THEIR
> INTERACTIONS AT A MICROSCOPIC LEVEL.
>
PARTICULARLY, I AM DRAWN TOWARDS THE SUBJECT
> DEALING WITH PROCESS
> MODELLING AND CONTROL IN MATERIALS SYNTHESIS. WHILE
> BROWSING THE WEB, I
> REALISED THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN
> MATERIALS SYNTHESIS.
> THE

> WEB SITE ADDRESSED THE APPLICATION OF GENETIC

> ALGORITHMS TO THE BACKWARD
> PROBLEM IN POLYMER PROCESSING I.E. THE DESIGN OF
> POLYMERS WITH SPECIFIC
> PROPERTIES. THIS ENTHUSED ME TO LEARN THE
> FUNDAMENTALS INVOLVED IN THE
> IMPLEMENTATION OF GENETIC ALGORITHMS.
> THE USE OF NOVEL MATERIALS IN FIELDS RANGING FROM
> AERONAUTICS TO ELECTRONICS
> HAS MADE CLEAR THE KEY ROLE THAT MATERIALS
> ENGINEERING WILL PLAY IN THE
> DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
> AS MENTIONED IN MY RESUME, MY CURRENT PROJECT WORK
> INVOLVES A DEEP STUDY OF
> TOPICS DEALING WITH PHASE EQUILIBRIA, REACTION
> EQUILIBRIA AND STATISTICAL
> THERMODYNAMICS. WITH THIS BACKGROUND, I FEEL THAT I
> CAN DO JUSTICE TO BOTH
> THE FIELD OF MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND MY INTERESTS,
> IF I PURSUE MY
> GRADUATION
> IN THIS FIELD.
>
I HAVE TRIED TO KEEP MYSELF INFORMED OF THE LATEST
> DEVELOPMENTS IN CHEMICAL
> ENGINEERING AND RELATED FIELDS NOT ONLY THROUGH A
> REGULAR PERUSAL OF
> JOURNALS
> BUT ALSO THROUGH THE USE OF EXCELLENT WEB FACILITIES
> PROVIDED BY THE
> IITMADRAS.
>
TO MEET ALL THE CHALLENGES POSED BY A CAREER IN MY
> FIELD OF INTEREST,
> KNOWLEDGE GAINED FROM MY UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM AND
> THROUGH SELF-STUDY WILL
> NOT
> BE SUFFICIENT. GRADUATE STUDY WOULD ADD A NEW
> DIMENSION TO MY KNOWLEDGE
> BASE
> AND PROVIDE THE RIGHT TRANSITION FROM A QUALITY
> UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION TO A
> MEANINGFUL AND FRUITFUL FUTURE. THE OPPORTUNITY TO
> WORK WITH ACCOMPLISHED
> RESEARCHERS AND GAIN HANDS ON EXPERIENCE IN PROJECTS
> ARE TWO COMPELLING
> FACTORS THAT INFLUENCED MY DECISION TO PURSUE
> GRADUATE STUD.

>
MY DECISION TO APPLY TO THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
> WAS BASED ON A HIGH
> OPINION
> EXPRESSED BY SOME OF MY PROFESSORS.. I AM CONVINCED
> THAT THE UNIVERSITY?S
> WELL
> ESTABLISHED LABORATORIES WITH EQUIPMENT FOR
> CHROMATOGRAPHY AND FACILITIES
> FOR
> CARRYING OUT EXPERIMENTS IN MICROGRAVITY, TO NAME A
> FEW, WILL PROVIDE ME
> WITH
> AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR GAINING A PRACTICAL
> INSIGHT IN MY FIELD OF
> INTEREST. THE EXCELLENT QUALITY OF RESEARCH IN THE
> UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
> CAN
> BE SEEN FROM THE OUTSTANDING SUPPORT FOR RESEAR
> H FROM BOTH INDUSTRIES AS WELL AS FEDERAL
> ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS THE NSF
> &NASA.
> WITH ITS? STRONG TRADITION OF DISTINGUISHED FACULTY
> AND SUPERB FACILITIES,
> YOUR
> UNIVERSITY WOULD PROVIDE ME WITH A SIMULATING
> ENVIRONMENT TO PURSUE MY
> GRADUATE STUDIES. AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, I
> SEE THE IDEAL PLACE FOR
> THE
> REALISATION OF MY OBJECTIVES AND LOOK FORWARD TO AN
> ENRICHING EXPERIENCE. I
> HOPE MY APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION WITH FULL
> FINANCIAL ASSISTANTSHIP FOR FALL
> 1998 WILL BE CONSIDERED FAVOURABLY.
> DATE : DEC 15, 1997
RAMANATHAN SHRIRAM
>

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