Profile Evaluation: Material Science

[aarushibhargava]

My profile:
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Name: Aarushi Bhargava 
Branch: Mechanical
Field of Interest: Material Science, Fracture mechanics
Degree Goal (MS/PhD): MS/PhD(preferable)
UG Institute: BITS,Pilani (Pilani Campus), India
CGPA/Percentage (Do not Convert to US Scale): 8.14(out of 10)

Topper's Percentage (or GPA): 

Your rank in your class: top 25
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GRE: 324[ 157(verbal) + 167 (quant)] AWA -4.0
Toefl: Yet to take 
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Internships: (If applicable)
1) Hetero Drugs Ltd., India – Study of the Heat ventilation and air conditioning system necessary for manufacturing of pharmaceutical medicines( I don’t think this one is relevant)
2) National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore,India – Development of Ni-W-P ternary coatings on carbon fibers to obtain better electrical conductivity
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Submitted or Accepted Publications: 2 papers in progress
Conference: N/A
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Projects: (If applicable)
1) Thesis Project: Residual Life Assessment of Super-Heater Coils in Supercritical Thermal Power Plants due to Erosion by Fly-Ash and Oxide Scale Growth
2) Simulation of heat transfer in gas turbine blade (Elective Project)
3) Thermomechanical and creep analysis of a gas turbine blade(Elective Project)
4) Fem modelling and simulation of actuation of nanorobots (Elective project)
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Recommendations:
Any three of these 
1) Associate Professor, BITS Pilnai (Strong)
2)Principal Research Scientist, NAL bangalore (Strong) 
3)Assistant Professor, BITS Pilani (Moderate) 
4) Assisant Professor, BITS Pilani
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Shortlisted Universities

·         Northwestern University

·         University of California- Santa Barbara

·         Georgia tech

·          Purdue University—West Lafayette

·         University of florida

·         EPFL

·         Penn state

·         North carolina university

·         University of Pennsylvania

·         University of Washington

·         Boston University

      Rice university

[Jbenrod]

I believe you need to shorten you list down to no more than five of those that you have listed.  Then you need to pick a couple more from lower programs in the U.S. or elsewhere so that you will have a realistic shot at getting in.

[Donrad]

My profile:
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Name: Arashrad
Branch: MSE
Field of Interest: Material Science, Biomaterials
Degree Goal (MS/PhD): PhD
UG Institute: University of Massachusetts (MSc in Chemistry), Sharif University of Tech ( MSc in MSE)
CGPA/Percentage (Do not Convert to US Scale): 3.5/4.0 (Chemistry)-- 17.5/20.00 (MSE)

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GRE: 310 [ 150(verbal) + 160 (quant)] AWA -3.0
Toefl: 103
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Submitted or Accepted Publications: 3 papers published (two first author) and one US Patent
Conference: N/A
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Recommendations:
Any three of these 
1) Professor (Strong)
2)Assistant Professor, Stanford University (Strong)
3) Assistant Professor, University of Mass (very Strong)

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Shortlisted Universities

 

·         MIT

 

        Harvard

 

             Carnegie Mellon

 

·         Cornell Univ. 

 

·         Upenn

 

·         Boston University