Statement of Purpose Part of the Application for the MS in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering Program"He had a suspicion of plausible answers; so often they were wrong." – Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama. I believe the above words by science fiction writer Arthur Clarke have multiple connotations – related to life, human nature or science. Or even computational studies. Higher ideologies aside, I am sure that I have always had a predilection towards fields that involved a scientific mindset – fields that required great humility along with the obvious and much-needed desire to learn. If the simple fascination with all things that flew wasn't enough, the child in me always dreamed of taking a spacewalk one day. As with every other student, fascination became one of the key things that pushed me towards science majors during my upper secondary education. I have always been interested in the physics of things, ever since I made my first completely mechanical seismograph. in school until I made an ornithopter in college, it was always a pleasure to see how a simple set of physical laws (rewriting the "governing equations") attributes to things becoming a sight to behold. I believe that for a science student to grow, fascination turns into respect for the underlying principles and concepts that define any process in nature; or as thermodynamics says, an irreversible process. This preference and inclination during this phase of education led me to take what seemed like the only logical path towards any self-made goal: mechanical engineering; a degree which I am still pursuing at undergraduate level from SASTRA University, Thanjavur. I believe this was the phase that transformed...... middle of paper... studies and beyond. I guess I'm not one of those who is simply fascinated and therefore wants to sign up. Rather I believe I am a humble person who recognizes the constant learning process. I am very confident in my ability to apply myself towards a focused field. In the future I want to research the flow and flight of airships. The 2010 literature review conducted by Li, Nahon, and Sharf gave new hope to these forgotten aircraft. I believe OSU has the ideal facilities and faculty to bring me closer to my dream. Computational software gives us some pretty “nice” results. But I am well aware of the saying that anyone who has studied CFD would know: “Garbage in, garbage out”. I believe I have the right mentality to access the degree course and I assure you that if I have the opportunity I will come out with excellent results.