Hi, I’m Guntur, a full-time PhD student at UNSW Sydney, Australia. My research is mostly about blockchain and IoT. I am also with Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia.A Kind of Essay
I got nothing to post in my weblog, but I wrote an essay that was intended for Tenaris Scholarship. In terms of writing time, this essay ranked the first of all essay that I’ve written, just because I was about to try to apply for Tenaris Scholarship which was extended — probably because there were less applicants. Thus, this essay is likely to be the worst essay in my record of writing essays. Here is the essay that, I have to say, I am kind of proud of it, the fastest written essay in my life:
Engineers drive humankind to a better life. It was a life with a tremendous heat in the summer before air conditioner was invented. Communication was impossible to be carried out in such a long distance before the radio proved that such barrier is totally nothing. And engineers made other things that were so cumbersome in the past much easier in the present.
I, Guntur Dharma Putra, currently study in Gadjah Mada University within Electrical Engineering and Information Technology Department. My major is something that has been intriguing me since I was in high school, which is Information Technology. Specifically, I’m interested in developing websites and maintaining computer network since it is considerably useful for others and it could deliver my knowledge up to par. But on overall facets, it is likely to be a kind of my self-satisfaction to be able to learn and educate myself in almost all of academic activity.
I’ve been interested in engineering since I was in High School. It were global prominent IT professionals such as Steve Jobs, Linus Torvalds, Larry Page and Sergey Brin that persuaded me into this sophisticated engineering world. Their ideas and dreams always drive my mind into a fantastic imagination about how the future world will be, with advancement of technology. For instance, I imagined how humankind will be much more helped with the presence of digital personal assistant that accept all of our commands by just saying some words to them. Although it is sounded silly, this simple naïve idea makes me dreams to be the one that will make it happens. Yes, I want to made great things. Yes, I want to be an IT Researcher.
Research and development play an undeniable important role in driving humankind to a better life. Creating inventions needs a process with lots of trials,
iterations, and adjustments. Remember when a famous American inventor, Thomas A. Edison, worked on a project with a goal to create a brighter night. His works were conducted with lots of trials and errors Moreover, rumors said that he tried almost a thousand times until he found the best compound that would last the longest as a light bulb.
I’ve learnt a lot from Japan since I lived there for about a year as an exchange student. The land of the rising sun gave me a broader view about how research should be conducted. I practiced to carry out a research and I was supervised by Japanese Professor. Fortunately, I could publish my work in a national-wide conference there in Japan.
Thus, to accomplish my dream as an IT researcher, I have got to pursue a higher degree of education. Yet, I am enrolled as 3rd year bachelor student in Engineering Faculty and I am willing to finish my study as soon as possible. My plan is, currently, to complete the entire courses and lectures that are suppose to be finished in order to get my bachelor degree. Meanwhile, I am also currently working with my bachelor final project for my bachelor thesis. Then, after graduated from Gadjah Mada University, I will be looking for any chances of going abroad and getting a scholarship to achieve a master degree.
My future dream is, something that has been rushing in my head since I was in my freshman year, to be a professor and to serve my country, Indonesia, through my almamater. I will try to drive humankind into a better life by doing research on IT Engineering. I know it for sure that it is not as easy as turning my hand upside down. I must struggle in order to turn my dream into reality.
I am hoping a lot on this Tenaris Scholarship to fulfill my passion of research on IT engineering. Since currently, I need a financial support to help conducting my bachelor thesis and finishing my bachelor degree. This scholarship will boost my knowledge and ability since it is possible to do more things related to my study.
Last but not least, I would like to allege that engineering is not only a major for me but it is a passion of life cause I know an engineer has been, and is, a maker of history.