Statement of purpose

Growing in a non- educated family and swimming against of river's trend is the clearest feature of my life.  Accepted in an especial governmental high school and being surrounded with challenges offered me opportunities to think more about my inner voice and so, I heard it obviously. I noticed that the best path for me is education and I had to pay its expenses and bearing pain of feeling of solitude was just one of them.  Trying hard and as conclusion ranked in the top 1 percent among applicants participating in the nationwide undergraduate entrance exam, was a helpful asset for me to choose my major in Bachelor degree according to my interests. I choose Food Science & Technology because it is inherently multidisciplinary, which opens up a myriad of opportunities. We can develop a good mix of subject-specific and technical skills, alongside transferable core skills such as analytical and problem-solving. Studying at Tabriz University as the second old and one of the five top universities in Iran, entered me in such a pleasing educational environment that I enjoyed my major and choice increasingly. For instance, visiting 15 big food factories and our assignments about the knowledge and practical skills are used in them during a midterm and giving the presentations increased my familiarity with the widespread absorbing world of food.  Although some of my grades in undergraduate weren't perfect and my GPA was 15.25/20, but this is not proper to judge my performance, because the professors were so strict and serious that average GPA for admitted students was only 11.83/20. Attraction of my major made me feel an incomplete accomplishment and inspired me to try my best for getting Master degree.

Steady and ebullient studying in the second two years of undergraduate and thus, ranked in the top 1 percent among applicants participating in the nationwide graduate entrance exam enabled me to be accepted again in my favorite, Tabriz University. Working at laboratory of Dr Seyed Hadi Peighambardoust for my Thesis with the title of evaluation of bread making properties of spray- dried sourdough applied all my abilities and interests and intensified my willingness towards research.  I worked in a group involving a PhD student whose cooperative and friendly personality offered me opportunity to engage in his works and be familiar with that high- level research. I liked much studying neoteric papers and mastering advanced experiment tools such as HPLC, GC, Mass- GC. High eagerness and practical skills to do experiments provided me an asset to be teacher assistant in cereal laboratory for six months. This rewarding chance caused me spend time learn the theoretical concepts, experiments deeply and so, being knowledgeable enough to convey them to undergraduate students.

All I've learned at university helped me to work as a quality control assurance expert in one of biggest dairy factories in Iran, Kalleh after graduation. Being detail- oriented, responsible and wonderful desire to progress were the causes of my promotion to be the final quality inspector of exporting ice-cream.  I faced lucrative challenges while I worked as technical assistant at a fruit and vegetable packing factory. I can't forget when returning back the majority of the factory lettuce salads were making enormous financial loss to the company and I found myself it's responsible. When studying different books and papers, communicating with professors, doing diverse experiments, getting experiences of technicians and operators and working hard in 20 days had paid off and I honored with getting promotion to the production manager, I felt proud of my persistence.

Doing widespread researches, publishing three papers and holding valuable experiences in working at factories as different responsibilities being combined with delight of studying in at UC- DAVIS   has made me working at days, study English at nights, for months and I strongly believe that taking perseverance will lead me to my goal.

According to having a good base knowledge of mathematics and physics - the distinctive point between me and other applicants at two nationwide exams- and wonderful passion for using quantitative methods and engineering principles in the world of food processing to improve food safety and quality I eager to attend to the laboratory of professor xxx at the university of xx.