Scholarship / Aerospace engineering - Study Objectives essay for FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP [2]

I would appreciate any comments on this essay, the instructions these:

Write a clear and detailed description of your study objectives and reasons for wanting to pursue them.

Be specific about the proposed field of study and your specialized interests within the field. Describe the type of graduate program you want to undertake, why you want to study this program in the United States specifically, the binational impact of your studies, and how your study plan fits in with previous training as well as your future plans. Please be as specific as possible.

Please do not mention any specific U.S. universities at which you would like to study. Do not repeat information from your Personal Statement.

ESSAY:

I am focused on obtaining a master's degree in the field of aerospace engineering, specializing on the optimization of electronic circuits for the subsystems of a nanosatellite. With this I aim at reducing the costs and space of manufacturing nanosatellites while increasing their lifespan. This is a high relevance matter in the field since in the past years agencies are opting for using nanosatellites given their small size and low weight. My work will collaborate to the construction of nanosatellites constellation projects at facilitating the production of fleets while ensuring the correct functioning of each satellite.

Mexico is also building upon this technology, an objective that started in 2019 with the launching of the first Mexican CubeSat (standard nanosatellite) placed in orbit. The CubeSat is called AztechSat-1 and it had involved NASA and the Mexican Spatial Agency (AEM). AEM plans to deploy a communication satellite system by 2030 and, while this goal is attainable by Mexico, we still have a lot of work to do.

When I entered University to study Mechatronics Engineering I joined "UNAM AeroDesign", a team dedicated to design unmanned aerial vehicles where I have created circuits to install a data acquisition system, an automatic pilot and a propulsion system in an aircraft. The biggest challenge has been creating such circuits at the smallest size and weight, since the prototypes need to be the lightest possible. I have also joined two projects that are currently on process. One is called "KuautliSAT el Ulises 2.0", a nanosatellite with a TubeSat configuration that will be placed on orbit. It is being developed at the Department of Aerospace Engineering of UNAM and has the objective of take images from space and test the subsystems inside a nanosatellite. My work there is within the electronics of the power subsystem and I am currently developing a circuit that efficiently stores, regulates and distributes the energy to all the components. The other project is a CubeSAT called K'OTO being developed at the same institution. There I am designing a circuit that assures the correct functioning of the transceiver. When finished, this nanosatellite will travel to Japan where it will be tested to pass certifications and then be launched to the International Space Station.

By doing my graduate studies in a prestigious aerospace program on the U.S I will take advanced courses oriented to my proposed field of research, which will be design a functional circuit that integrates the subsystems of a nanosatellite, specially one that maximizes the power despite the energy extraction given by the solar cells. There are numerous universities in the U.S that have projects with nanosatellites in collaboration with government and private agencies, there I will be able to work on my interests while learning the processes from the most renowned aerospace programs. These processes can go from designing, construction, certification and launching of nanosatellites.

At my returning to Mexico, I wish to seek collaboration with the AEM and other institutions that are working on nanosatellites, adding new and insightful ideas to develop this kind of projects. I want to apply my expertise on the matter to create innovative and operational systems of a nanosatellite in order to set a standardized process that helps replicate more nanosatellites and achieve the goal of having an independent nanosatellite system on space. Additionally, I plan to implement the knowledge learned about space certifications with the purpose of establish a certification center in the country so we can do the verifications of the prototypes in our own country. I am firmly confident that my past experience added with what I can learn in a graduate program in the U.S will help me to achieve the previous objectives and set Mexico as a world recognized country in aerospace

Scholarship / From mathematics to engineering- Personal statement should describe who you are and past experiences [2]

This is my essay for my personal statement of my scholarship application for Fulbright.

The indications are:

COMEXUS supports diversity and our grantees come from all different backgrounds. Your personal statement should describe who you are and past personal experiences that illustrate your unique ability to succeed in the proposed program. Describe any significant factors or situations that have affected your development. Please do not mention any specific U.S. universities at which you would like to study. Do not repeat information from your Study Objectives.

(also, my essay is 20 words beyond the limit, i would appreciate what I can cut from it)
Another thing, I didn't want to repeat anything about engineering as i mention it in other essays, my purpose is to express my passion for math and how it shaped me, hope I achieved it.

ESSAY:
"Don´t bite off more than you can chew". This old saying may seem obvious and easy to follow, but there was a time where I wanted to bite the life of a mathematician and an engineer. My journey through math competitions began when I was 13. I still remember the first problem I solved at that age: calculate the sum of the numbers from 1 to 100. The trick? Do it in less than ten seconds. This problem really pushes the mind to think out of the box, it made me see mathematics in a whole different way, an art that requires creativity and resourcefulness to solve problems, very different to the methods taught at my school. For this problem in particular, I came up with a solution that I later found out was called the Gauss's Formula.

Ever since I have engaged in mathematical competitions, starting from the local Olympiads in my state and getting to my first international Olympiad two years later. At that moment, even three years before college, I mistakenly thought that my interest for a career was clear as crystal. I focused on studying mathematics and prepare for achieving better results at the international competitions. Many people, even some tutors from my competitions, told me that I had the talent to excel in other science Olympiads, like physics or chemistry, but following the saying, I knew I had to keep my mind just in math if I wanted to be one of the bests.

In my next three years I managed to visit seven countries thanks to the math contests. Sitting on those contests' rooms for 4 hours and only 3 questions was a thrilling experience for me. The hours of absolute silence were a blaring and doodling series of thoughts inside my mind trying to crack 3 very hard problems. These competitions have shaped what I am today. Traveling alone to other countries and spending months far from home I've had to learn how to be independent at a short age. It pushed me also to improve my English, so I could communicate with foreign people. Along these trips I've discovered not only the effects of mathematics on societies but also the impact of other sciences. Either by conferences for the contestants, guided tours or talks with people from other cultures, in every different country and city I visited I found a constant: many problems of the world are solved using engineering.

Although I developed a profound love for mathematics, I wanted the problems I solve to be solutions that can be applied in real life. Starting a degree in mechatronics engineering was a complex decision to take for many reasons. I had to renounce the pureness of reaching an elaborate solution for a math problem, I had to say goodbye to the friends I made that were pursuing a degree in mathematics. Nevertheless, as I advanced in my undergraduate education, I realized that my experience in the Olympiads was crucial in my development as an engineer, the problem-solving ability for math provided me with the naturality to solve other kind of problems, whether a complex code algorithm or physics issue, I found use in the logic thinking that I thought only served for the Olympiads.

Even though I didn't follow mathematics for my university studies, it was what finally made me decide for study engineering, it made me who I am. The Olympiads equipped me with the hard-working attitude and inventiveness necessary to thrive as an engineer. Today, I am blissful with what engineering gives me, but, once in a while, I chew a bit of mathematics solving a problem alone, enjoying the silence in my room and the noise inside my mind.