[實用資訊] 我申請產業用數學領域碩士後學程的動機說明信(application letter)

Statement of Purpose

As a technical support engineer in ASML Taiwan for two years, I found I need more technological background to support my future career path as a designer in Europe. In ASML, I gained many useful experiences of team work, helped customer on various requests and also developed analytical troubleshooting skills on our 20million-euro product “twinscan”. Communicating with R&D engineers back in headquarter in Holland, however, I found some critical problems in our product due to nanometer scale distortions can only be monitored and solved using computer simulation with comprehensive knowledge background and are only dealt with in the headquarters in Europe.
In my graduate school, programming skills were intensively used since we needed to implement new ideas of algorithms used in computer graphics. Also because my major is mechanical engineering, I studied relative engineering subjects in which industrial mathematics are highly applied. Therefore, I believe I am capable to enter this program to further strengthen myself because I can directly choose corresponding advanced courses ( For example, if there are any, like continuum mechanics, elasticity mechanics, structural dynamics, advanced mechanics of materials, etc.) based on my previous engineering background and my programming skills to implement hand-on practices are already ready. In other words, this is an excellent program for me to equip myself with specific courses and then work on the project later in this program.
From a long-term perspective, I’d like to promote the industrial cooperation between Taiwan and Europe. Taiwanese are excellent at mass production while Europeans invest a lot on innovation for new products. Therefore, study or even working in Europe can help me absorb European essence, improve mutual trust and prosperity.
Regarding my personality, I believe I am able to respect for diverse cultures and accomplish the goal of multinational cooperation in this multinational program with the following experiences. The reason is, after my military service, I challenged myself to conduct a personal home-stay program and a trip through the Silk Road. In these activities I enjoyed sharing multicultural experiences with people of over 30 nationalities. Afterwards, for my previous company ASML, I enjoyed working with people of different cultural backgrounds and cooperating with them on various activities when I spent 9 weeks in Veldhoven, Holland for the new product integration program.