DearSirorMadame,
Iamathirdyearmastormajorinautomationatshanghaijiaotonguniversity,p.r.china.withtremendousinterestinindustrialengineering,iamwritingtoapplyforacceptanceintoyourph.d.graduateprogram.
In1995,ienteredthenanjinguniversityofsciencetechnology(nust)--widelyconsideredoneofthechinasbestengineeringschools.duringthefollowingundergraduatestudy,myacademicrecordskeptdistinguishedamongthewholedepartment.iwasgrantedfirstclassprizeeverysemester,in1999,igottheprivilegetoenterthegraduateprogramwaivedoftheadmissiontest.
Attheperiodofmygraduatestudy,myoverallgpa(3.77/4.0)rankedtop5%inthedepartment.inthesecondsemester,ibecameteacherassistantthatisgiventotalentedandmaturedstudentsonly.thisyear,iwontheacerscholarshipastheoneandonlycandidateinmydepartment,whichistheultimateaccoladefordistinguishedstudentsendowedbymyuniversity.presently,iampreparingmygraduationthesisandtryingforthehonorofexcellentgraduationthesis.
Inretrospect,ifindmyselfstandingonasolidbasisinboththeoryandexperience,whichhaspreparedmefortheph.d.program.myfutureresearchinterestsinclude:networkschedulingproblem,heuristicalgorithmresearch(especiallyingaandneuralnetwork),supplychainnetworkresearch,hybridsystemperformanceanalysiswithpetrinetsanddatamining.