机械工程英文案例二

Applied Program: Mechanical Engineering

Why I Decide to Pursue a Ph.D. Degree in the United States

A

year

ago,

when

I

announced

that

I

had

decided

to

pursue

a

Ph.D.

degree

in

the

field

of

Mechanical Engineering in the United States, many of my close friends expressed their utter

surprise

and

objection.

According

to

their

judgment,

I

have

been

proceeding

along

a

successful journey of life. There is no necessity for me to embark on a course of life with filled

with

self-inflicted

pains

and

difficulties.

Indeed,

as

a

talented

young

lecturer

working

at

a

major university whose career is in ascendancy, I possess a sense of pride that many of my

fellow compatriots do not possess: a stable job which gives me a strong sense of achievement,

three-month

paid

vacation

annually,

a

warm

family

life,

research

papers

and

research

projects that far exceed those of my colleagues both in quality and in quantity, plus candidacy

for this year's associate professor of xxxxxx University. If I gain a Ph.D. degree from any of

the

major

Chinese

universities,

it is

almost

certain

that

within

five

years

I

would

become

a

professor of the xxxxxxx University. Compared with this, my academic pursuit in the United

States would be much more difficult and painful: long separation from my family members,

cultural and linguistic disadvantages, possibly a longer program (whereas in China a Ph.D.

program takes at most three years).

Nevertheless,

I

believe

that

my

decision

is

correct.

Out

of

my

serious

reflections,

I

have

arrived at the following realizations. First, I can never develop myself into a first-rate scholar

if

I

do

not

obtain

a

Ph.D.

degree

from

a

first-rate

university.

Throughout

my

school

life,

I

have

been

endeavoring

to

be

the

top

student

of

my

class.

Since

I

started

my

career

as

a

teacher,

I

have

also

urged

myself

to

be

among

the

best

employees.

Therefore,

to

develop

myself

into

a

first-rate

scholar

is

currently

my

most

fervent

aspiration.

However,

an

event

that

happened

three

years

ago

changed

my

initial

plan

of

undertaking

my

Ph.D.

studies in

China. Three years ago, I was working on my Master's program in motive power mechanical

engineering

in

xxxxxxx

University,

which

ranks

among

the

top

5

universities

in

China.

Its

Engineering Department ranked third. At that time, my supervisor Prof. Jeff was involved in

the

research

on

the

Steam

Injected

Gas

Turbine

Technology,

with

a

state

sponsorship

of

x00,000 US Dollars. It was one of the major research projects at that time and represented the

highest

research

level

in

China

in

its

field.

When

I

helped

my

supervisor

consult

relevant

technical literature, I was regretted to find that American scientists had already undertaken

similar research ten years before that and a large number of research papers had already been

published. What we were doing was simply repeating what our American counterparts had

already done! The fact that what appeared to be the most sophisticated research in a first-rate

Chinese university was actually a mere repetition of the research work of other scientists in

more

advanced

countries

saddened

me.

I

decided

that

I

would

not

undertake

my

Ph.D.

program in any of Chinese universities, even a first-rate university. The United States would

be my choice because only in such a country was it possible for me to perform the first-rate

research and become a first-rate scientist.

On the other hand, only by pursuing my Ph.D. degree overseas will I be able to improve the

living conditions of my family and allow my family members to live a better life. I now enjoy

happy

family

life.

My

wife

is

a

doctor

in

our

city's

largest

hospital

and

we

have

a

lovely

three-year-old daughter. They love me very much and I love them very much too. They fully

support

me

in

my

efforts

to

seek

further

education

in

America.

It

is

precisely

my

love

for

them

that

makes

me

feel

responsible

for

enabling

them

to

live

a

rich

life.

It

is

obvious

that

only

my

career

success

can

fulfill

this

wish.

Upon

returning

to

China

after

completing

my

prospective

degree

program,

my

Ph.D.

degree

from

a

renowned

American

university

will

become

a

golden

key

to

the

even

greater

success

in

my

career

and

in

my

family

life.

By

helping

many

Chinese

enterprises

improve

their

technological

level

and

realize

immense

profits, I will undoubtedly be rewarded with an infinitely successful career and an enviable

income.

My Study and Research Experience

In

19--

I

was

enrolled

in

the

reputed

xxxxxx

University

where

I

specialized

in

the

motive

power

mechanical

engineering.

As a

top

xx

university

among

a

total

of

1000

institutions

of

higher

learning

in

China,

it

is

sometimes

referred

to

as

Oriental

MIT

Also,

as

one

of

China's xx

universities

with

the

longest

history,

it

is

the

cradle

for

numerous accomplished

engineers

and

important

people.

Mr.

,

the

current

President

of

China,

is

a

graduate

of

this

university. As a top university, its entrance examination is inevitably extremely competitive.

A total of 300 freshmen were admitted into the Department of Engineering and my score at

the entrance examination was the highest. For the first two years of my undergraduate study,

my GPA ranked among the top three of the entire class. According to the conventions of the

university,

top

students

have

the

right

to

attend

whatever

courses

offered

by

other

departments

as

auditors.

Hence,

for

the

last

two

years,

I

audited

many

courses

that

I

considered to be both interesting and useful such as Automation Control Theory, Signal and

Systems, and Digital Signal Processing at the Department of Automation, Operation Systems

and

Data

Structure

at

the

Department

of

Computer

Science,

Digital

Circuits

and

Analog

Circuits, Principles of Communication, and Computer Principles and Interface Technology at

the Department of Electrical Engineering. Although attending too many courses at the same

time affected my GPA negatively, the interdisciplinary studies that I carried out during this

period

exerted

an

important

impact

on

my

outlook,

making

me

realize

that

a

well- trained

engineer

must

possess

knowledge

in

diverse

fields.

Only

by

means

of

a

comprehensive

application

of

knowledge

in

machinery,

computer

technology,

automation

and

electronics

can an engineer produce useful products and valuable research findings. Before I graduated, I

chose Prof. Jeff as the supervisor of my graduation project and thesis. At that time, Prof. xxxx

had

just

returned

to

China

from

Japan

as

a

visiting

scholar

and

from

him

I

learned

programming

by

using

C

Language.

I

became

one

of

a

limited

number

of

people

in

the

university who could manipulate C Language for programming. For three months, I solved

the data transmission problem between a FFT analyzer and a PC of B & K Company through

GPIB Interface using C Language. At the end of my thesis, I attached the research findings of

a

computer

virus

monitoring

software

that

I

developed

during

this

period.

On

account

of

those research results, Prof. xxxx praised me as

seen. Throughout those years, we have been maintaining a close friendship.