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School of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering Statement of Purpose Form

Please write a one-page essay describing your you r academic and career goals. Address the following in your essay:  

In which specific area do you wish to study? Why should you be admitted into the program? I have been planning a career in Electrical Power Engineering for several years. Highly movated movated to contribute my eorts towards addressing the issue of frequent power cuts in Ghana I pursued !"c. Electrical#Electronic Engineering with great focus on Power "ystems Power Electronics and Electrical $achines. I also developed an aptude for the %eld through several internships I undertoo& in the course of my undergraduate undergraduate studies. I had praccal e'posure in thermal power generaon and carried out various maintenance acvies on various electrical machines. I was very parcular about coming up with innovaons on the various electrical systems I came across during these internships. !eing in the top () of the graduang class of (*+( I was selected to serve as , ,eaching#-esearch eaching#-esearch ssistant in the /epartment of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. /uring the past year I have been assisng the Head of /epartment in research tutoring and delivering the core power courses such as ,rans ,ransformers formers synchronous and /0 $achines Power Electronics and Electric /rives when he is not available. available. I have also been responsible for organi1ing various electrical laboratory sessions for students ensuring that all laboratory e'periments were successfully accomplished. In this capacity capacity I parcipated in the "mart Grid seminar series which equipped me with Power system in Ghana elaborang on the challenges in its various sectors and the plans ahead for improvement. improvemen t. s a member of the IEEE Power "ociety Ghana "econ I also too& part in the Power "eminar series where various praccal topics in the Power "ector were presented by accomplished Power Professionals. Professionals. I will li&e to e'plore the %eld of Power Electronics at the graduate level. I plan to focus on the areas of power electronic control of power systems and electrical machines. ,he power grid in Ghana needs to be upgraded to a smart grid as emphasi1ed in the "mart Grid seminar series. I reali1ed how important important my wor& in the area of power electronic control of power systems could help in the integraon of renewable energy sources onto the smart grid and facilitate intelligent control in the smart grid. $y ulmate academic goal is to earn e arn a Ph/ but enrolling %rst in a master2s program will enable me to e'plore my various interests and ma&e a more informed decision about which speci%c discipline I will want to study in depth. $y career goals are concentrated in ge3ng a posion in an electrical engineering faculty at a university or other instuon where I can connually engage in research as well as teaching. I will li&e to contribute my research towards the development of the smart grid in Ghana. $y wor& e'perience as a ,eaching ,eaching ssistant has equipped me with good communicaon s&ills ability to wor& for long hours ability to wor& well under minimal supervision good analycal s&ills and above all made me a soluon oriented individual who is willing to go the e'tra mile to obtain good results. In addion I have also gained a good bac&ground in the %eld of power engineering through my undergraduate studies as well as my wor& e'perience as a ,eachin ,eaching g ssistant.