个人留学申请书 个人留学申请书 1 In a world that is continually growing and evolving and problems such asglobal warming and population growth becoming ever more real, the need forinnovation and fresh ideas from the engineering world becomes increasinglyevident. It is this that attracts me to civil engineering as a career becausealthough I am aware of the many pressures and demands I would be facing, thesense of achievement and the knowledge that I would be making a difference tothe lives of others would be of great personal reward to me! My fascination for engineering started when I was young, and has onlyincreased since then. I enjoyed playing video and computer games that requiredplanning and strategy. I watched ?Extreme Engineering??? when it first airedon the Discovery channel and today I have seen every episode up to season fiveand am waiting to see the sixth season. I have a game called ???West PointBridge designer??? that has taught me about the different properties of eachtype of bridge and allows me to experiment with different bridge designs as wellas using different materials in the most cost effective way possible. Unfortunately for my parents, this fascination extended into reverseengineering as well and ranged from my toys as a child to unused household itemsand broken cars and motorcycles as an adolescent. This interest was thennurtured during my schooling and college years - at school learning about thehistory of art and how the smallest engineering discoveries led to the biggestarchitectural breakthroughs, for instance the impact that the arch, concrete andthe dome had on Ancient Roman and proceeding architecture. In college Ithoroughly enjoyed mathematics and physics particularly in t...
