My Motivation To Pursue A Master’s Degree In Embedded Systems
The endless possibilities that embedded system has in enhancing the real-world applications is what excited me about it. My interest to be involved at the fore front of advancements in embedded systems inspires me to be a part of North Carolina State University.
During my undergraduate, the fervor and belief that embedded systems can make an impact in medical field pushed me to do a project, ‘Emergency Automated Medicine Dispensing Machine’ in which I used data mining techniques like Naïve Bayes algorithm for classification of various illness based on symptoms. I also used Temporal Association Rule to cluster medicines and used it to organize the storage efficiently. This project exposed me to the various nuances in solving problems using embedded systems.
The most exciting part of my college was when I was offered an internship at Honeywell Technology Solutions. For my final year project, I concocted an idea “Aviation seat belt sensing and reporting” for a problem statement proposed by National Transportation Safety Board. Stringent aviation norms demanded the solution to be light-weight and to have low maintenance. My embedded systems knowledge aided me to design a light weight hall-effect sensor that was intelligently interrupted by a Texas Instruments MSP430 microcontroller. This drastically reduced the power consumption and eliminated the need for the sensor to continually work. For this design and implementation, I received the award “The most innovative solution”. This project taught me the advantages of intelligent sensors and motivated me to involve myself in more practical applications.
During my tenure at Honeywell, I worked on AGMCAL (Advanced Graphics Module for Control Abstraction Layer) which fascinated me as it explicated the architecture of an aircraft’s cockpit. My work stipulated a deep understanding of the working and design of microcontrollers. I was thrilled when I ideated a unique way to tap into data sent by faulty sensors. For my contributions, I received the ‘Outstanding Achiever Award’ of the year 2017. I then moved to the research and development team where I was exposed to new languages like Python, C#, SQL and technologies such as natural language processing. This boosted my self-confidence and it imbibed in me the importance of team spirit and leadership. My inherent proclivity towards embedded systems and desire to contribute to the society spurred me to pursue a Masters in this field. North Carolina State University stands out to as one of the best in embedded systems. I am sure that the unique learning opportunity and top-notch faculty would help me to hone my skills. The research done at ARPERS group excites me the most and I wish to work under the guidance of Professor Yan Solihin.
Given an opportunity, I strongly desire to continue my further education at your university. Having industrial experience with relevant project and research work in embedded systems, I feel I would be a suitable candidate for masters in your university. Hence I hope you give my application a thoughtful consideration.
