Letters / Letter of Intent to Science Research Specialist [2]

Hi Folks,

Kindly need help reviewing my letter of intent.

POSITION TITLE:Science Research Specialist I

My Letter:

Dear Ms. XXX,

As a young and motivated professional, I am extremely interested in applying for the advertised Science Research Specialist 1 position with DOST - Advanced Science and Technology Institute.

I am a licensed engineer with a degree in electronics engineering and currently working as Test Product Engineer in a large semiconductor company. This has given me a range of practical capabilities that will meet the needs of this role and make a valuable addition to your organization.

My responsibilities in my current job includes developing test solutions for integrated circuit's manufacturability and quality assurance. My key projects were about eliminating electrical overstress and electrostatic discharge problems in integrated circuits. Data analysis, program debugging, bench testing and schematic evaluation are my day-to-day work routine. I must ensure that every piece of integrated circuit shipped out to the customer is 100% functional and does not possess any quality risk.

Moreover, with my strong electronics education from a renowned quality institution and tenure in a large semiconductor company, I am confident that my skills in software and hardware design, testing, verification and modification for embedded systems will contribute for the wellness and completion of your project.

In addition to my experience and educational background, I have a solid foundation and passion for research and development. I am enthusiastic about learning new things and the challenge of meeting key objectives. I am not new to research as I have my share of experience in my recent publications in IEEExplore about my undergraduate thesis and projects.

I have international and local experience about representing researches in technical presentations.

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Thanking you in advance for your time,

XXX

Letters / Electronics Analysis and Design - Recommendation Letter for erasmus mundus [3]

Ho guys, kindly need your help in reviewing my letter. Thank you for your time.

my deepest endorsement

To whom it may concern,

I am writing this letter in support of ABC's application to Joint International Master in Smart Systems Integration, Erasmus Mundus scholarship program. I have known Chandler since 2013 as his program adviser and professor in electronics engineering so I can say that I know him well as a student, professionally.

I taught him Electronics Analysis and Design where he got good grades which I could say that he belongs to the upper 5% of his batch. He shows great interest in my subjects and immense motivation to excel in exams. His knowledge is not only limited to concepts and theories but he can also perform practical implementation and design in his electronics education. Examples are design of electronics circuits like amplifiers and filters; class A, class B, high-pass and low-pass filters and a project about DC power supply for practical implementation. He delivered the final result extremely well and answered my questions confidently. Furthermore, I have been a panel member of his thesis presentation during his last year in the university. His thesis entitled "High Speed CMOS Pulse Generator Based on Analog Ramp Signal Implemented in 65nm CMOS Process Technology" is spectacular where he discussed about solving the tradeoff between speed and stability of an analog system.

Throughout the five years that I have been his program adviser, I did not encounter any problem with him in terms of his grades and performance. He maintained his science and technology scholarship by getting higher grades above the minimum requirement. He enrolled every semester lively and eager to learn more. He possess a positive attitude towards academic development. Thus, he has my deepest endorsement for the erasmus mundus scholarship and I am confident that he can contribute to this country's technological advancement in the future.

Letters / Motivation Letter for Smart Systems Integration Erasmus Mundus scholarship program [3]

Hi everyone, I want to ask if someone could give a review for my motivation letter. Thank you very much.

a life-changing experience

To whom it may concern,

My passion towards electronics brought me to took electronics engineering in university and later got a job as test product engineer of linear integrated circuits in Analog Devices, Inc. Although I already got what I wanted academically and professionally, I feel that there is still lacking knowledge and expertise in me due to the inadequate technology in my country that is left behind by other Asian nations like Singapore, Japan and China. To help fill the deficiency, I would like to obtain a master's degree in Europe. I am writing this letter to express my interest in Joint International Master in Smart Systems Integration, Erasmus Mundus scholarship program.

When I graduated high school, I was awarded an honor and scholarship in science and technology for my university studies. Filled with passion and love of electronics, I chose electronics engineering in one of the top 10 engineering schools in my country. I took microelectronics as my specialization, topics about analog and digital CMOS circuits became my new knowledge. With passion and dedication, I became fascinated and interested in mixed-signal, power management and energy harvesting-based wireless sensor networks. In my last year in university, I was able to finish numerous projects in integrated circuit design and layout like operational amplifiers, voltage and current references and later with bigger projects of dc-dc converters and energy harvester circuits. I finished two research papers entitled "High Speed CMOS Pulse Generator Based on Analog Ramp Signal Implemented in 65nm CMOS Process Technology" and "An Energy Combiner for Multi-Source Energy Harvesting with Charge Control" which are about producing high speed oscillation while maintaining the stability of the system and an efficient power management circuit for multiple source energy harvesters, respectively. These papers were accepted in an IEEE sponsored conference in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam where I was able to proudly present my researches and later got published in IEEExplore. My learning and education didn't stop there in undergraduate level, feeling deficient in my microelectronics knowledge got me interested to pursue graduate level course in Modern VLSI at University of the Philippines.

After completing my undergraduate degree, I was able to land a job in one of the largest semiconductor company, Analog Devices Inc. I work as a test product engineer in linear products team which develop breakthrough test solutions for manufacturability and provides engineering support for product and test issues across South East Asia operations. Being employed in a multinational company allowed me to experience diverse culture and learn from industry experts around the globe. In my less than one year in the company I was amazingly nominated by my manager as an outstanding young professional. My recent completed projects were about test solutions to eliminate electrical overstress and electrostatic discharge problems in our integrated circuit products. Presently, I've been working on eliminating contact resistance problems during test procedures by remotely manipulating the program software. Contact resistance issues manifest problems in test parameters like current supply, offset voltage, current bias and other set-up related failures. Not far from my job function, I presented a paper where I was a collaborator entitled "An Area-Efficient and Low-Power Comparator for Type-III Compensated Voltage-Mode Control DC-DC Buck Converter in 65nm CMOS Technology Process" at the Analog Devices Linear Products and Solutions Technical Exchange in Cavite, Philippines. I also submitted my previous research papers in Analog Devices General Technical Conference which will be held in Boston, USA.

When I finish master's degree, I would like to work as a design engineer in my country to support Philippines' semiconductor industry by not only practicing engineering in the fields of process, test and development but also in design as this field has hardly any experts in our country. I am much interested in Smart Systems Integration program because it combines design, test, and manufacturing content into the curriculum. Furthermore, microsystems and microelectronics is covered in the third semester at Budapest University of Technology and Economics which is my area of interest. If I will be selected in the program, I intend to continue my research ideas about energy harvesting integrated circuit for wireless sensor networks. Wireless sensor networks monitor sound, temperature, vibrations or light which are used in health monitoring, home automation, traffic control and smart devices, to name a few. These devices are using rechargeable batteries which are burden in maintenance if recharging and replacement are frequently done. To solve this problem, my research plan is to design an ultra-efficient energy harvesting system which has low power requirements. Imagine a pacemaker with a lifespan 10 years longer than usual or device used for rescue operation in an remote and isolated area with an extended battery life of 10 hours. All of these applications of low power and energy-efficient device leads to the benefit of human being.

My plan of study would be to apply my learnings from every subject into my proposed research. In first semester, understanding and learning about design and manufacturing of smart systems devices is first. Next, I'll be developing core skills in the area of packaging and designing a sensor and actuator which are all great tool to start my research timetable. In second semester, I'll be learning on how to conduct appropriate measurement on smart systems devices and what parameters should I be focusing. I will be studying microsystems design and choose which type of sensor is the best to use on my study, I'm thinking that solar or radio frequency energies are best to harvest. Then, I will start to design my overall energy harvesting integrated circuit in the third semester which is the focus of my project. Lastly, integration of all my ideas will be made in the last semester as well as quality test and failure analysis.

I am looking forward to experience life-changing years in Europe with Erasmus Mundus scholarship program. With the proper combination of expert guidance and my self-motivation, I am confident of achieving my life's goal.