A Career In Automotive Engineering

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I have always possessed a strong affinity for automobiles and becoming a successful automotive service engineer had been my only desire since completing my undergraduate study. I discovered my passion in the field of automotive research after joining a Japanese company. While working as a contract design engineer for Honda Automobile Research and Development Center in Japan for over two years, I was placed in the Body Design team which gave me a vital opportunity to interact with professional engineers and researchers. I was involved in the design of the bumper grille, active shutter grille and air ducts under the supervision of the group leader and during these courses, I particularly enjoyed creating CAD models for design and strength analysis.…show more content…
As a child, growing up in Nepal, I used to play with toys car and most of them were operated by keys. Disassembling all the bolts and exploring the internal parts and power transmission mechanism was a part of my routine activities. This passion for mechanics led me to complete an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering as Automotive Engineering degree was not available in Nepal. With the rapid innovation in the technology, the automobile engineering in today’s world is not just a mechanical engineering rather it is the combination of many different disciplines of engineering. At this point, I realize that my undergraduate education and work experience have provided me only a glimpse of the automotive engineering field and there is so much still to be explored and created in this field of…show more content…
Nepal, being rich in water resources with over 90% of the country’s total electricity generated by hydropower plants, can benefit greatly from the development of efficient electric vehicles. However, there has been no commercial use of electric vehicles in Nepal given the significant challenges involved. Because many parts of Nepal have difficult terrain with no regular electricity, it is difficult to have enough charging stations for long-distance travel by electric car to be feasible. Overcoming this challenge requires the development of lightweight automotive materials that can offset the weight of power systems such as batteries and electric motors, improving the efficiency and achieving this could be a huge step forward in the use of electric vehicles in Nepal’s future. Thus, I believe that the MSE degree in Automotive Systems Engineering (ASE) will help me acquire the specific and specialized skills that will fulfill my ambition of contributing to the development of transportation in my country. Browsing through the information on the website of Automotive Systems Engineering at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, I am highly impressed with the accomplished faculty members, and the facilities the University has to offer to its students. I also realized that the MSE-ASE curriculum offered at
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