generalintroduction
iamathirdyearmastermajorinautomationatshanghaijiaotonguniversity,p.r.china.withtremendousinterestinindustrialengineering,iamwritingtoapplyforacceptanceintoyourph.d.graduateprogram.
educationbackground
in1995,ienteredthenanjinguniversityofscience&technology(nust)--widelyconsideredoneofthechina’sbestengineeringschools.duringthefollowingundergraduatestudy,myacademicrecordskeptdistinguishedamongthewholedepartment.iwasgrantedfirstclassprizeeverysemester,andmyoverallgpa(89.5/100)rankedno.1among113students.in1999,igottheprivilegetoenterthegraduateprogramwaivedoftheadmissiontest.iselectedtheshanghaijiaotonguniversitytocontinuemystudyforitsbestreputationoncombinatorialoptimizationandnetworkschedulingwheremyresearchinterestlies.
attheperiodofmygraduatestudy,myoverallgpa(3.77/4.0)rankedtop5%inth