Essay On Why I Chose Engineering

I was always obsessed with repairing the lamp, my toys and doing everything with my own hands. However the first time I was attracted by engineering was during my freshman year in college. A friend and I were chosen by my professor to participate in the National Undergraduate Scientific and Technological Innovation Project. It was an interesting and fruitful experience for me since it helped me win second prize in the Science and Technology Innovation Competition for Undergraduate Students and inspired me to want to create more innovation which could be useful and bring convenience to our everyday life.

In the design that won second prize, we wanted to make equipment to demonstrate the interesting phenomenon of non-Newtonian fluids. We spent

I was expecting theoretical physics to be fun, requiring imagination and requiring physical instinct. But I was wrong; theoretical physics like string theory and cosmology is absolutely abstract and mathematical and not applicable to everyday life for at least fifty years. Thus, I made the decision that it is more appropriate for me to learn engineering, which could make the most of my hands and brain and be applied to everyday

I want to be in the best department and the best group to polish myself. When I was looking page by page for an appropriate university’s engineering department for me your department caught my eyes immediately I saw it. National University of Singapore’s engineering program and the spirit it advocates match my interests and needs. My academic, personal and professional experiences and abilities make me an ideal candidate for University of Singapore’s engineering program. I would thrive in the ‘excellence, commitment and integrity’ environment that has been created in the department where I could contribute my creative thinking, discipline and capability to produce research and work that meets the standards of excellence for which the program and university are