Personal Statement: My Introduction To Mechanical Engineering

First of all, I think it would be meaningful to explain a little about the remarkable points in my background. I was on the fifth year of elementary school when I curved a wooden propeller for my class. I was really interested in creating different things or fixing (and most of time damaging) electrical and mechanical home appliances. Therefore, I used to pass a large proportion of pastime in the small workshop located on the corner of our basement.

Entering NODET (National Organization for Developing Exceptional Talents) schools was another turning point in my life. Through school years in NODET high school, which selects approximately 1% of students in each major city of Iran for special education, I became profoundly interested in Physics, though I

I was awarded as the second best designer in that contest. During my education at Shiraz University, I took part in different research groups of the Mechanical Engineering Department. There, I gained lots of experiences, besides their technical benefits, such as independent research abilities, teamwork and efficient resource investigation. My first true introduction to mechanical engineering area came in “Dynamics of machinery” course offered by Dr. Sharifi together with various projects and assignments. The time limitation on each project taught me to plan well, work systematically and keep my reports up-to-date. In addition to designing different mechanical elements, I did an exciting teamwork project, “complete design and fabrication of a robot which simulates the movement mechanism of the spider”, to be delivered in only one week. Living in the workshop of the university, dividing task among four members, trying to have remarkable contribution to the project altogether with being awarded as the second best project among 25 opponents has made it a memorable event. Attending Dr. Emdad’s “Fluid mechanics” class, I became sure that Fluid mechanics would