Abhi Essay[1]

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Describe your academic interests and reasons for applying. Detail your career objectives and any

relevant non-academic achievements as well as any publications. Outline any other relevant

experience including attendance at specialist workshops or short courses.

Research (MPhil/PhD etc) applicants should state in which research areas or specific projects being

offered by the department they are interested. You may attach a research proposal. LLM applicantsshould list the four subjects they wish to study. Applicants for other taught programmes, in particular

flexible programmes, should indicate, where appropriate, the options/modules in which they are likely

to be interested. Continue on a separate sheet if required.

Coming from a single parent family and from a small town called Eldoret in Kenya I was very keen at

making my place in this world. After we lost our father, we faced a lot of financial problems. Ourfamily

and friends didnt want to associate with us out of fear that we may become a financial burden. It was

no easy journey to get to where I am at present and I am sure it still wont be very easy to get to where I

aspire to be but my dedication and hard work towards it will surely pay off. This I believe in.

When I finished my 8th standardI earned a scholarship to study for my O-Levels.This scholarship was

granted by the school trustees only to those students with exceptional academic performance. During

that year, I was the only student out of 60 to have received this scholarship. I was keen not to lose this

one opportunity that I was provided with. I put in my best efforts and came out with flying colors. I was

awarded 5 A's (including Chemistry, Mathematics and pure Mathematics).

It is said Service to mankind is service to God, which is one of the values instilled in me by my family.

While studying for my O-Levels, I was nominated to be the first Leo Club President in my town. Leo Clubs

are sponsored by the local Lions Club and are for members between 12 to 18 years of age. The aim of

these clubs is to inculcate a sense of community service and involvement among the school children. As

President of the club, I organized a fashion show and dance competition to raise funds (HOW MUCHWAS RAISED). The proceeds were then used to donate food to the Kip Keino School for the abandoned

children and school for the dumb and deaf children. I was humbled with my achievements when I saw

how these less fortunate children were struggling for even the most basic necessities like food and

shelter.

After achieving good grades in O-Levels, especially in chemistry and mathematics, I was keen to pursue a

career in engineering. I was very eager to know how scientific knowledge could be converted into

technology. From so many different branches in engineering, I was more drawn towards chemical

engineering because I was fascinated by how chemicals could be applied to make usefulindustrial and

consumer products. I enrolled for Bachelors course in Chemical Engineering at Curtin University as it wasan internationally recognized degree.

I am an active member of C.I.T.Y (Curtin Indian TulasiYouth )club of Curtin University(WHAT DO U DO IN

TERMS OF RUNNING/MANAGING THIS ORGANISATION).The activities of this club branches into various

forms like sports, entertainment, charity etc. Among those activities that have been organized are City

Futsal tournament, Curtin Freestyle Dance Battle, LeadershipTalk, and many more. Some of my

achievements were being one of the Top 5 bestpool players in the University 9 ball pool competition


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2009 as well as participating in cricket, football andfutsal competitions. Moreover I am a frequent golf,

table tennis and badminton player. I have also attended short courses and workshops in Microsoft

office, C++, C and Visual Basic programming languages. I amliterate in ProcessModelingSoftwares such

as HYSYS and Loop Trainer and also haveknowledge of MATLAB and CHEMCAD.

I have also completed 12 weeks of industrial training at a company called Rai Plywood (Kenya) Ltdbetween December 2010 and February 2011 at its sprawling 30 acre factory in Eldoret. The company

manufactures and sells chipboard, foam mattresses, hardwood, finely finished furniture products and

polypropylene bags. I was assigned to various departments within the company such as, power plant,

plywood line, glue plant, polypropylene plant and the foam plant. Overall, my working experience

covered more of lab analysis and quality control, and touching a little on process control.

For the first few weeks,I was assigned at the thermal power plants lab section where I conducted

analysis of water samples before it was fed into the boiler. This included checking pH value of water,

conductivity of water, hardness of water, Magnesium-value, Phosphorus-value, Silicate oxide (SiO2)

content and EMSA level. Thereafter, I was assigned to the glue generation plant (UF plant) for glue

sample analysis, glue production control and waste water treatment. Glue analysis included variousfactors such as the solid content of the glue, which is calculated using experimentation, and the gelling

time for the glue so that the hardener can be adjusted accordingly using the digital process control

system. Waste water from the entire factory is treated before it is re-used or discharged. Waste water

sample is tested for Flow rate, pH, Orifice plate monitoring for chlorine (ORP) and its Conductivity.

During the last month I was working mainly on process control of 2 units. My main focus was monitoring

the extruder for producing films for polypropylene bags. Raw materials fed into the extruder and the

ratio of dye was under continuous monitoring to ensure product quality. From here I was finally

assigned to the foam plant where foaming occurs and foam mattress/cushions are produced. I had to

monitor the process to ensure consistent product quality by manually sampling the products and

maintaining the ratio of polypropylene glycol, toluene, water and silicon in the feed.

(WHAT DID U LEARN FROM YOUR INDUSTRIAL PLACEMENT)

I am now in the phase of completing my final year and have to plan for my future.

(NEED TO MENTION UR STUDIES IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING TILL DATE LIKE MODULES ETC AND WHAT

GRADES YOU HAVE ACHIEVED)

I would like to join UCL because I can see myself graduating from one of the best universities with a high

international reputation in a dynamic city like London which I believe is the correct path to set my first

steps in making a strong career. Also knowing that UCLs Chemical engineering programme has been

ranked among the best globally, I am confident of my choice. My ambition is not just to get a degree butrather to be the best among the best. I have a drawback which is I stammer sometimes when I talk but

this has proved to me that my mind works faster than my body hence its always a challenge to go a step

further each time in terms of my ambition and benchmark.

The modules are all very interesting and relevant to the practical use of the degree. It is indeed tough to

choose.However, given a choice I would like to pursue the following modules(MENTION THE MODULES

BY THEIR EXACT NAMES BELOW):


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- Process simulation- Modeling& Control- Chemical Reaction Engineering- Mastering Entrepreneurship.

Process simulation and modeling is one of my major interests. My final year thesis involves process

simulation and modeling of a kinetic based dynamic process of a strongly non-ideal liquid. This study is

like a black box that has very limited research and literature on it and I look forward to shading light on a

new side to this 'black box' study. The second part of my thesis focuses on designing an inexpensive

inferential control method in real time. Many have conducted this study using other inferential control

methods hence i will focus on doing something new like designing using artificial neural network for

better monitoring of product composition. However, knowledge of chemical reaction engineering is a

must to before conducting any chemical processes(NEED TO IMPROVISE ON WHY CHEMICAL REACTION

ENGINEERING). I believe my current study and future studies will be a great contribution to chemical

engineering and in order for it to truly succeed in the real world, entrepreneurship is a

requirement. Process simulation, modelling and control are among the newest techniques that not only

save on cost but also present smooth, safe and fast responding processes.

I am looking forward to being a part of your prestigious university and assure you to be the pride of the

university.

END OF ESSAY

Why Do you want to do masters in UCL. What are his ambitions &What will you gain from this

programme?

COMPULSORY

> 1. Research Project or Advanced Design Project

> 2. Fluid Particle Systems

> 3.Advanced Safety and Loss Prevention

> 4.Energy Systems and Sustainability

>

> THREE TO CHOOSE FROM

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> 5. Process Dynamics & Control Process control has increased in importance in the process industries over the

past 30 years, driven by global competition, rapidly changing economic conditions, more stringent environmental

and safety regulations, and the need for more flexible yet more complex processes to manufacture high value-

added products.> 6. Chemical Reaction Engineering -Chemical reaction engineering is concerned with the exploitation of chemical

reactions on a commercial scale. It's goal is the successful design and operation of chemical reactors. This text

emphasizes qualitative arguments, simple design methods, graphical procedures, and frequent comparison of

capabilities of the major reactor types. Simple ideas are treated first, and are then extended to the more complex.

> 7. Advanced Process Engineering - Advanced Process Control is a broad term that includes many different kinds

of control including statistical process control, feed forward loop, feed back loop, cascade loop, model predictive

control, and neural network control.

> 8. Transport Processes (III) - Physical methods of moving substances or characteristics. Methods of transport in


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the atmosphere include turbulent transport by eddy winds and advective transport by the mean wind.

> 9. Advanced Process Modelling - Advanced Process Modelling (APM) is a technology that uses high-accuracy

mathematical models of process equipment and phenomena to provide high-quality information for decision

support in process innovation, design and operation.

> 10. Advanced Bioreactor Engineering -

> 11. Environmental Systems - At ESSC we are concerned with gaining a better understanding of the environment

by developing new ways of modelling earth system processes using spatial information, information that is oftensensed remotely. We use techniques from the mathematical and physical sciences to solve problems which affect

the natural world atmosphere, the oceans, the land surface and the solid earth.

> 12.Water and Wastewater Treatment -

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> ONE FROM THIS

> 13.Law for Managers

> 14.Project Management

> 15. Mastering Entrepreneurship

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