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Engineering Personal Statement

It is my interest in mathematics and physics and both the intellectual and practical skills which I gained by studying them that led me to choose an engineering course. My ambition is to use problem solving skills, that I developed mainly by studying these subjects, in my future career in order to solve real problems of everyday nature.

Every year I take part in the "Archimedean games", a series of complicated mathematics problems designed to be solved in a very short time frame. It is necessary to manage my time as well as my thoughts to find the easiest and quickest way of getting the answer. The module that I enjoyed most in mathematics this year was the study of functions. I really liked it when we had to convert ordinary problems into mathematical ones, for instance to find the volume of the most economical cylindrical pot in terms of materials used for making it. So we had to translate that into an appropriate function, then to find its minimum and finally deduce the volume. I also was attracted by the way mathematical tools are used in physics. I learned that the first derivative is the velocity in a space-time graph while the second derivative is the acceleration. But the most interesting topic of the year was the phenomenon of super conduction and how ordinary metals changed drastically their properties when they are exposed to temperatures close to 0 K.

I chose medical engineering for two reasons: firstly I was amazed by the complexity of the human body when I studied it last year. I still remember the importance of the feedback mechanism that our organs use to give the right response. Secondly while I was reading my favorite magazine's special edition about human body, Focus, in which there was a comprehensive article about the challenges that medical engineers have to face. I realized how important is the improvement of medical equipments and the effects it has both on doctors' job and society. I am particularly fond of the work of sensors used in almost every device. We started working on a project for testing different kinds of sensors in order to understand how the signals acquisition was done. We did only the theory part which was about LM35, a temperature sensor whose output is linearly proportional to the temperature, and it works between -55 and +150 °C. I like to know how these components can be exploited for use in biological systems and possibly to improve the existent ones.

In my free time I usually read magazines and scientific-related books. I also attend the "month's book", a meeting in which a student make a presentation of a book that he thinks it is particularly interesting. Apart from knowing the book content, I learn from others how to improve my presentation skills. I do also use the computer and the internet mainly to learn foreign languages but also as mean to go further the explanation in class. For instance I found a video of an experiment of how the magnetic levitation works that was definitely supportive to understand the whole phenomenon of super conduction. Apart from Arabic I learned Italian and attended a short course of German. I also took FCE exam last year and passed it with a B grade. Now I am working on TOEFL.

I chose to study at university in England because of its high quality teaching. Moreover I want to have proficiency of English language since it is vital for any future career.

Leaving a country and moving to a new one is a challenge but it is not by making easy choices that one can achieve his ambitions. I hope that by choosing this particular field to contribute actively for improving the life quality and conditions of every human being.

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