Freidenkend
Nov 19, 2012
Letters / 'clever, active and organized' - Recommendation letter of my student [3]
I would highly appreciate it if you correct my letter of recommendation for one of my student and give some suggestions.
I am pleased to write this letter, giving my highest possible recommendation for John Smith who was among the most outstanding students for almost three and a half years of teaching his class. I came to know John very well when he was a student in my courses in mobile communications and then when I became his diploma thesis advisor. Overall, I have known him for about four years.
In the last year of his study at University he approached me about the possibility of supervising his diploma thesis with the idea to consider MIMO technology (using of multiple antennas to improve channel throughput in wireless systems) as a thesis topic. To point out, MIMO technology was popular at that time but it requires quite a strong mathematical background in order to competently handle with special mathematical subjects, which are usually beyond the scope of the standard engineering university curriculum. Honestly speaking, I was a little skeptical about feasibility of the thesis can be successfully done with a high mark over a short period of time that was dedicated to writing a thesis. Therefore, at our first meeting I suggested him a number of simplified ideas to begin the work. At the next meeting I was quite impressed to learn that John found several papers on the subject, had already used them and substantially developed ideas I gave. We met almost every week, and at several meetings he presented papers and information that was new to me. Moreover, he decided to use MATLAB in order to simulate MIMO systems, despite the fact that at that time he had almost no experience of using it. However, he independently mastered this sophisticated instrument while worked over the thesis; and I must say, he did it perfectly well.
Generally speaking, I think, he tends to look at the problems more fundamentally than engineers usually do. This influenced the concept of his thesis work - it is more emphasized on mathematical aspects even though without a loss of initial orientation on solving the real engineering issue. In addition to this, I was especially taken by his creative mind and independent work approach.
Following exceptionally successful defending of his diploma thesis and graduation from University, I invited John to join a work on the book about novel mobile communication standards carrying out by team of our chair. The results of his thesis were included and evolved in the book. John also helped a lot in preparing the book for publication which happened this year.
John was a clever, active and exceptionally well-organised student. He attended my lecture and seminar courses with a lively interest, frequently asking thoughtful and pertinent questions concerning complex details of debating subjects. During the lab courses John proved to be a very independent self-starter. While he has no trouble working in groups, or interacting with others, he can also work well on his own.
I would highly appreciate it if you correct my letter of recommendation for one of my student and give some suggestions.
I am pleased to write this letter, giving my highest possible recommendation for John Smith who was among the most outstanding students for almost three and a half years of teaching his class. I came to know John very well when he was a student in my courses in mobile communications and then when I became his diploma thesis advisor. Overall, I have known him for about four years.
In the last year of his study at University he approached me about the possibility of supervising his diploma thesis with the idea to consider MIMO technology (using of multiple antennas to improve channel throughput in wireless systems) as a thesis topic. To point out, MIMO technology was popular at that time but it requires quite a strong mathematical background in order to competently handle with special mathematical subjects, which are usually beyond the scope of the standard engineering university curriculum. Honestly speaking, I was a little skeptical about feasibility of the thesis can be successfully done with a high mark over a short period of time that was dedicated to writing a thesis. Therefore, at our first meeting I suggested him a number of simplified ideas to begin the work. At the next meeting I was quite impressed to learn that John found several papers on the subject, had already used them and substantially developed ideas I gave. We met almost every week, and at several meetings he presented papers and information that was new to me. Moreover, he decided to use MATLAB in order to simulate MIMO systems, despite the fact that at that time he had almost no experience of using it. However, he independently mastered this sophisticated instrument while worked over the thesis; and I must say, he did it perfectly well.
Generally speaking, I think, he tends to look at the problems more fundamentally than engineers usually do. This influenced the concept of his thesis work - it is more emphasized on mathematical aspects even though without a loss of initial orientation on solving the real engineering issue. In addition to this, I was especially taken by his creative mind and independent work approach.
Following exceptionally successful defending of his diploma thesis and graduation from University, I invited John to join a work on the book about novel mobile communication standards carrying out by team of our chair. The results of his thesis were included and evolved in the book. John also helped a lot in preparing the book for publication which happened this year.
John was a clever, active and exceptionally well-organised student. He attended my lecture and seminar courses with a lively interest, frequently asking thoughtful and pertinent questions concerning complex details of debating subjects. During the lab courses John proved to be a very independent self-starter. While he has no trouble working in groups, or interacting with others, he can also work well on his own.
