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Antonio Cabas Vidani Posted 10 years ago
Letter Writing
Motivational letter for PhD
Greetings everybody, I'm italian engineering student and I want to apply for a PhD position. I read your really great articles and posts about letter writing, but I'm sure the one that I've written is far from being optimal despite it's been revised many times. Could you please give me suggestions on how to improve it?
Specifically, the position I want to apply to is this one (link) and this is what I've written:
" I am Antonio Cabas Vidani, an Italian M.Sc. student in material engineering at the University of Trieste. I’m going to graduate by mid december and expect top marks.
I also got my B.Sc. here in Trieste. It also was in material engineering. My thesis was entitled: “Quantum dot based photovoltaic cells: state of the art and future perspectives”.
The M.Sc. thesis title is: “Inkjet-printing of GIZO nanoparticles for transparent and flexible transistor fabrication”. It has been carried ou at the CENIMAT laboratories in Caparica, Portugal, at the UNINOVA University in the FCT campus,file:///D:/Download/chrome/PhDmotivationalletter.docx#_msocom_1 under the supervision of Elvira Fortunato. The main goal was to manufacture a transparent and flexible thin film transistor (TFT), with a semiconductor layer made of GIZO nanoparticles, deposited by inkjet-printing.
I personally developed and tested a GIZO solution suitable for the inkjet cartridge and the delicate plastic substrates. I performed this task with a theoretical approach to find the best trade-offs on paperfile:///D:/Download/chrome/PhDmotivationalletter.docx#_msocom_2 , so as to reduce testing time and material wastage. In addition, I personally designed a storage test to guarantee the stability of the solution comparing solutions with various nanoparticles stabilizers at different percentages. This way I found a new component and the quantity of such component that improved the solution.
TFT electrodes were e-beam evaporated, therefore I learned how to work in clean room and how to electrically characterize thin-film transistors for results assessment.file:///D:/Download/chrome/PhDmotivationalletter.docx#_msocom_3
Before experiencing how scientific research can be stimulating and exciting, I thought that after the M.Sc. I would have never worked or study in an academic context again. Unexpectedly, the intense and eye opening period spent in Portugal helped me understand how deeply wrong I was. It made emerge my hunger for knowledge, which I’d love to feed through a PhD. I also discovered the desire to personally contribute to the future of the world through the involvemente in the innovation process.
During my first period at the university I started to be interested in renewable energies because I wanted to take part in the reasearch for a sustainable human growth. This passion has not ceased and I personally cultivate it keeping up to date in this field. For instance, I participated at the “Summer school on energy (Giacomo Ciamician)” in 2015 and to the “Study day on photovoltaics” organized by the university of Trieste itself in 11/05/2015. Moreover, I constantly stay informed through newsletters and online magazines related to the field.
Working with printing technologies, I also became aware of their sustainability and that manufacturing flexible photovoltaic devices without expensive localized facilities will surely play a paramount role to guarantee cheap and abundant energy production everywhere in the world. This is what gives me the will to pursue my career in this research field and what will make me totally focussed on obtaining the best possible results and solutions.
Quoting from a web article, swiss universities are characterized by “excellence in all areas of academic research”, indeed ETH is in the top 5 among european ones.
Since the EMPA institue is deeply involved into innovative materials for renewable energies and well-known for its achievements in photovoltaic technology, particularly in flexible photovoltaics, it perfectly meets my deepest interest.
This is what led me to choose EMPA.
I’m eager to work in an international environment, like the one you offer, and be part of your mission: “Materials and Technologies for a Sustainable Future”.
Thank you for considering me for the PhD position.
Antonio Cabas Vidani"
Thanks in advance.
Specifically, the position I want to apply to is this one (link) and this is what I've written:
" I am Antonio Cabas Vidani, an Italian M.Sc. student in material engineering at the University of Trieste. I’m going to graduate by mid december and expect top marks.
I also got my B.Sc. here in Trieste. It also was in material engineering. My thesis was entitled: “Quantum dot based photovoltaic cells: state of the art and future perspectives”.
The M.Sc. thesis title is: “Inkjet-printing of GIZO nanoparticles for transparent and flexible transistor fabrication”. It has been carried ou at the CENIMAT laboratories in Caparica, Portugal, at the UNINOVA University in the FCT campus,file:///D:/Download/chrome/PhDmotivationalletter.docx#_msocom_1 under the supervision of Elvira Fortunato. The main goal was to manufacture a transparent and flexible thin film transistor (TFT), with a semiconductor layer made of GIZO nanoparticles, deposited by inkjet-printing.
I personally developed and tested a GIZO solution suitable for the inkjet cartridge and the delicate plastic substrates. I performed this task with a theoretical approach to find the best trade-offs on paperfile:///D:/Download/chrome/PhDmotivationalletter.docx#_msocom_2 , so as to reduce testing time and material wastage. In addition, I personally designed a storage test to guarantee the stability of the solution comparing solutions with various nanoparticles stabilizers at different percentages. This way I found a new component and the quantity of such component that improved the solution.
TFT electrodes were e-beam evaporated, therefore I learned how to work in clean room and how to electrically characterize thin-film transistors for results assessment.file:///D:/Download/chrome/PhDmotivationalletter.docx#_msocom_3
Before experiencing how scientific research can be stimulating and exciting, I thought that after the M.Sc. I would have never worked or study in an academic context again. Unexpectedly, the intense and eye opening period spent in Portugal helped me understand how deeply wrong I was. It made emerge my hunger for knowledge, which I’d love to feed through a PhD. I also discovered the desire to personally contribute to the future of the world through the involvemente in the innovation process.
During my first period at the university I started to be interested in renewable energies because I wanted to take part in the reasearch for a sustainable human growth. This passion has not ceased and I personally cultivate it keeping up to date in this field. For instance, I participated at the “Summer school on energy (Giacomo Ciamician)” in 2015 and to the “Study day on photovoltaics” organized by the university of Trieste itself in 11/05/2015. Moreover, I constantly stay informed through newsletters and online magazines related to the field.
Working with printing technologies, I also became aware of their sustainability and that manufacturing flexible photovoltaic devices without expensive localized facilities will surely play a paramount role to guarantee cheap and abundant energy production everywhere in the world. This is what gives me the will to pursue my career in this research field and what will make me totally focussed on obtaining the best possible results and solutions.
Quoting from a web article, swiss universities are characterized by “excellence in all areas of academic research”, indeed ETH is in the top 5 among european ones.
Since the EMPA institue is deeply involved into innovative materials for renewable energies and well-known for its achievements in photovoltaic technology, particularly in flexible photovoltaics, it perfectly meets my deepest interest.
This is what led me to choose EMPA.
I’m eager to work in an international environment, like the one you offer, and be part of your mission: “Materials and Technologies for a Sustainable Future”.
Thank you for considering me for the PhD position.
Antonio Cabas Vidani"
Thanks in advance.
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Sc. student in material engineering at the University of Trieste. I will graduate in mid December and expect top marks.
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- student in material engineering at the University of Trieste.
- I will graduate in mid December and expect top marks.
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- here in Trieste, which also was in material engineering.
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I am an Italian M.Sc. student in material engineering at the University of Trieste. I will graduate in mid December and expect top marks.
I completed my B.Sc. here in Trieste, which also was in material engineering. My thesis was entitled: “Quantum dot based photovoltaic cells: state of the art and future perspectives”. The M.Sc. thesis title is: “Inkjet-printing of GIZO nanoparticles for
I completed my B.Sc. here in Trieste, which also was in material engineering. My thesis was entitled: “Quantum dot based photovoltaic cells: state of the art and future perspectives”. The M.Sc. thesis title is: “Inkjet-printing of GIZO nanoparticles for
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