Continuing from our last post on how to write good Masters’ thesis’, here is part 2 in the series. This part talks largely about how to present you work, how to conclude your thesis and how to utilize the reference section of the thesis.
5. Presentation of Your Thesis Work
If a Master’s thesis had a climax, this would be it. The structure is highly flexible, and will depend much on the nature of your work. Whatever the thesis format, the objective is the one and the same: persuade your reader that you have done what you set out to do in writing a Master level thesis. Show all relevant evidence to support your position, and don’t weaken it with the …

Many of the Masters level courses in the US have writing a thesis as s compulsory requirement for finishing up grad school. It is a way of putting your learnings and contribution in black and white and securing it as a future reference for latter students. Here are some tips to give you basic instructions and tips on how to write a good Master’s thesis paper. This is part 1 of a 2 part series describing in detail the essential aspects of how to writing a Masters Thesis.
A good thesis paper has 2 essential qualities: first, it identifies a good question; and second, it provides a satisfactory reply to that question.
Thesis question has to be unanswered. Its reply must serve …

There has been a lot of interest in knowing what composes a good SOP. A lot has been said about that in our previous posts here and here. But if you are someone short of time, and needs a crash course in writing a good SOP - here are some quick notes. (credits to Prof. Vince Gotera | University of Northern Iowa)

A “hook” that demonstrates your passion for the field
Segué to your background in the field
Description of your academic background in the field
Specific classes you have taken, given by name
Specific professors you have had, especially if well-known in that field
Extracurricular activities in the field
Publications or other professional accomplishments in the field (perhaps conference presentations or public readings)
Explanations about problems in …

Purdue University is one of the top public schools in the United States. 11 of its doctoral programs are in the top 10 across the US. In engineering, Purdue’s aerospace/aeronautical/astronautical program was ranked fifth and the civil and mechanical engineering programs were ranked seventh. Computer Engineering, Electrical/Electronics were both ranked tenth. Purdue’s Krannert School of Management had two programs ranked in the top 10. Productions/operations was ranked third and supply chain/logistics was ranked eighth. In September 2008, Purdue was ranked as the top choice of recruiters from the aerospace and defense industries in a study by Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine. In Computer Science, Purdue has a ranking of 9th in the country and has great programs in Systems …

The University of California at Irvine is one of the fastest growing UC campuses. It has some of the most renowned names in Computer Science on its faculty list. The machine learning group at the university has some of the most renowned names on its list. People like Pierre Baldi have been instrumental in UC Irvine’s rise as a top notch CS department. But now, another big wig in the world of computer science joins UC Irvine as faculty. Mike Carey, a National Academy of Engineering member, is acknowledged as one of the 50 most influential computer scientists in the world by a UCLA-maintained Web site that tracks research citations. He is a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery …

University of Florida Gainesville (UFL) has a popular Mechanical Engineering (ME) Program in the United States. We had the chance to talk to Ms. Bhavana Rajput, a Mechanical Engineering graduate student in UFL. Bhavana shares her thoughts with kaalEDGE.com about the Mechanical Engineering program, the composition of student population and research interest along with her insights about the application process at UFL.
1. Where did you do your undergraduate degree in India?
Bhavna: I did my undergraduate degree in Government College of Engineering, Pune which is affiliated to Pune University
2. What is your research area of interest?
Bhavna: My areas of research interest are Propulsion and Alternate Energy.
3. Can you give us some pointers to the general …

Many students want to give a impetus to their applications for MS or PhD in the US by working with a professor at a good research lab - for example in India there are the IITs and IISc and in places like China there is the Tsinghua University and in the US - there are so many good schools. Many people also apply for internships at EPFL, Switzerland and INRIA, France and so on. Here are a few tips when trying to approach professors at such places. In general, these tips hold true for emailing university professors in general.
1. Try to show why you are interested in the work going on in a particular lab
2. Try to do a …

In another one of the articles written by Mrunal G - he talks about what the difference is between a Phd degree and a MS degree. Every year, many students who want to apply to US univs are not sure which course they should apply for - MS or PhD. There are many advantages and disadvantages in both courses but here is an attempt to help you - the student - to put these in perspective. This will be a 2 part series, the first series will talk about differences overall and the second part will talk about difference in the funding scenario. Here is MrunalG.
When I was in India I often used to think what is a PHD? How …

This past weekend, we guys came out with a unique product - we call it mGRE. Its an SMS based GRE Vocab learning product - all you need to do is register your mobile number with us here: www.kaaledge.com/register-gre/ and we send out 1 to 4 SMSs daily to your cell phone - so that you can learn, revise and prepare for GRE on your cell phone, whenever and wherever you go!! A lot more features such as tests and ranking related stuff is going to come out with it soon. But for now, learn more about it here: www.kaaledge.com/mgre/
The idea is to help easy and quick access to vocab words - and so this is a help not only …

So many people tend to forget that apart from GRE and college grads, one thing that can make or break your application - is the Statement of Purpose. We spoke to Atul Kulkarni - who is currently pursuing a Masters in Computer Science at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. Atul talks about how honest recos and honest statement of purpose play such an important part in the applications. Here is Atul himself:
1. Which univ are you at and what course are you currently enrolled in?
Atul: I am enrolled at University of Minnesota, Duluth. in the computer science department for the MS course.
2. When did you give your gre and how did you prepare for it?
Atul: It is an interesting question …