Graduate / Electrical energy conversion; Motivational Letter/ Edinburg MSc (or PhD) [3]

first of all thank you very much for your answer Doctor i really appreciate it! :D

i just wrote a larger paragraph as to why i am the right person for the MSc/Ph.D detailing more of my experience while i deleted some parts in the other three paragraphs and merged two of them. i believe it is now in a good equilibrium between qualifications-achievements and personal story.

Dear Ph.D admissions committee

I am really interested in following one of your MSc/Ph.D by research program, the Energy systems program in the power electronic conversion and conditioning research profile.

I was born and raised in Athens Greece and here i took the first pieces of education. From a very young age i was attracted by science and as i grew up i saw how only through science we can really understand how the world really works, picture its rules and principles and construct the great machines that help as from the simplest everyday things like reading this e-mail to taking "Curiosity" on Mars. And that's what caught my heart and mind. The exploration of the Final Frontier, Space exploration!

After high school i got my bachelor's degree from the Technological Educational Institute of Crete, one of the best of the country in the Department of Electrical Engineering. As long as i was studying I took great interest in specific classes such as Power Electronics (in which i chose to undertake my Thesis) but also Systems of Automated Control, Microprocessor Programming, Electrical Motion and Renewable Energy Systems (in which relevance i took my internship in the Photovoltaic Park of the T.E.I. of Crete for six months). That's why i decided to study for a MSc/Ph.D at your university. So i can acquire great theoretical understanding and practical skill in the extremely broad and ever spreading field of Power Electronics. Starting with understanding real life innovative power converters for wave and/or solar generators i plan of continuing my carrier and become part of a team that manufactures power, protection and control circuits for equipment that explore the great sea of stars in our small place of the universe that we call Milky Way.

I have an appropriate background in power electronics because i undertook my graduate thesis in this class titled "Analysis and simulation of a forward DC-DC converter using the resonant reset technique" which gave me a great deal of knowledge and experience with programs like Cadence Pspice and Altium 10 for the Schematic and PCB design. Beyond that as part of an assignment in the lab of the Electronics Circuits Construction Class i have also analyzed, designed (PCB) and constructed a control circuit for household power plugs that alters the voltage to 10V DC from 230V 50Hz AC (Greek Electrical Standards) if no load greater than a predetermined value is requested. Finally during my internship in the Photovoltaic Park and my time as Lab Assistant in the Power Electronics lab i acquired great familiarity with lab equipment and academic procedures. To conclude, all of the above paired with my great interest in the field of electrical energy conversion make me an ideal candidate for your university.

Thank you very much for considering my application and I look forward for your response.

Yours sincerely