Personal Statement . It Was In The Spring Of 2013, In A

I try to be at pace with the happenings around the world in the field of utilities and renewable energy systems. I am also presently writing a blog on solar power and energy efficiency in buildings (http://energyeffiiciency.blogspot.in).

More than two years after the 2010 earthquake, Haiti’s energy supply remains a significant challenge. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Haiti’s 2007 per capita energy consumption was about 1/10 as much as that in the neighboring Dominican Republic, and about 1/24 the global average. The Western Hemisphere’s poorest country is on the same level as war-torn Afghanistan. The country needs new energy for sustained economic development (www.worldwatch.org).

Through my post-secondary education in Electrical Engineering, I hope to make a lot of positive differences to the Canadian Society. One of them would be in the Energy sector, which would make two positive differences to the Canadian society.

In a recent Snopes article, William Kamkwamba, a young Malawian teenage drop out builds power efficient windmills for the sake of his family’s livelihood. Using the old textbooks from his local library and his determination William’s windmills provided electricity and running water for his house. His accomplish didn’t just affect his family but his, whole future.

To see one’s self as more than just a person, but as a blade of grass in a field is to have a sociological imagination. One person being able to factor in current history and society norms as well as the conditions being placed on them(such as location and culture) at any given moment posses a wider perspective than a normal person and is able to view the world sociologically. The sociological imagination can be described as a capacity for viewing the world through multiple broad perspectives or in C. Wright Mills “The Promise of Sociology” he defins it as “the vivid awareness of the relationship between experience and the wider society.”

This week’s readings consisted of The Forest and The Trees: Sociology as Life, Practice, and Promise by Allan Johnson, as well as “What is Applied Sociology” by Dr. Zuleyka Zevallos. Both readings address “doing something” as a sociologist, however, Johnson’s writing is more focused on the theoretical ideas behind movements while Zevallos’s writing focuses on the actual discipline of applied sociology (Johnson, 1997; Zevallos, 2015). These readings serve as a good source of guidance for individuals who are still undecided about what to do with their Sociology degree. While they do bring a certain call to action, it is different from the one brought by Liberation Sociology. Johnson’s call is more about working for change both within individuals

The career of being a sociologist sparked my interest because I am fascinated by human behaviors. I think it’s amazing that humans are all individual and have their own set of personal traits but also have certain characteristics and patterns of behavior when they encounter a certain event or obstacle. To find a common thread amongst a large societal body is somewhat of a puzzle that can reveal unexpected discoveries and can be used in the future when trying to make decisions and make the world a better place.

This general synopsis carried forward lays the foundations to summarise the remaining fields of study. Sociology is a science concerned with societal problems and an engulfing study of individuals, groups, conventions and “environments”(Elias, 1978). A sociological environment for example, is

William Kamkwamba shares his story of growing up in poverty and his fight against it during the TEDGlobal Talk in 2009. As a Malawian, a nation-wide famine in 2001 forced him to drop out of school. Determined to get an education, he began going to a library to learn from books. There, he finds the idea of building a windmill to pump water and generate electricity - a way of lifting his family out of poverty. Using scrap parts, he begins building his machine and attracts the attention of everyone around him, including reporters. As an engineer now, Kamkwamba wants to inspire other Africans to believe in themselves and follow their

A deficiency of drinkable water and electricity that’s nigh impossible to gather, let alone store, are but a few of the problems that someone living in rural India face daily. Bhargava uses India as an inspiration for an invention that will bring electricity to any rural part of the world by means of a generator that uses bicycle-peddle power. This hybrid bicycle that you peddle for an hour creates enough pollution-free power to provide 24 hours’ worth of electricity. For the three billion people in the world who live without any electricity of electricity for but two-to-three hours of electricity per day, this generator would be a colossal step in advancing developing countries’ standard of living and development because with the electricity that the people have, they can have internet, which allows them to connect to the outside world and get educated whereas they wouldn’t be able to otherwise. A product that’s extensively used in developing countries is the cellphone, because it allows the person to get ahold of jobs in ways that they couldn’t otherwise, and with a means to charge that phone overnight to continue to find jobs and provide an income, the poorer people are bettering their lives and their children’s lives. But this isn’t only envisioned as an aid to the poorer parts of the world, but the richer parts as well. This

Personal Statement: Twenty years of education have brought me a deep appreciation for the study of the Power systems, Controls systems and Telecommunication. When the time came to specialize, my decision to major in Electrical Power Engineering was motivated by the hope of achieving a strong opportunity of creativity, research, and development. Electrical Engineering, with its myriad sub-domains and multi-faceted nature is a natural amalgamation that allows me to express my creativity and innovative power to bring about works that offer benefits to society. The tools and aims may be different, but designing and developing software/hardware or devising a novel mathematical proof is relatable to the work of artists in their shared spirit of creating. I view my decision to study Electrical Engineering as a natural means of fulfilling my need to create since it equips me with tools for the job: the ability to devise, test and evaluate Power systems and the programming knowledge required to implement them.

Differently from the INDC, the WWS forecasts the complete turn of Bangladesh to renewable energies by 2050. This program envisions this possibility based on a reliance on multiple sources of energy (Jacobson et al., 2015). While solar energy would have to cover 87.6% of the total energy demanded, wind will provide 11.6% of the energy demanded, while hydroelectric and marine sources will offer the remaining 0.9%. This project is supposed to help the economy of Bangladesh by creating around 211,000 job opportunities, and also by improving energy efficiency (Jacobson et al., 2015). With an improved efficiency, the population will be able to decrease the energy demand and use by 47% by 2050 (Jacobson et al., 2015).

It monitors and analyzes the sustainable energy in the Arab region. It offers quantitative and qualitative analysis for the renewable energy and energy efficiency potential in the region. The index consists of around 20 indicators which covers key market aspects including polices, regulations, investment, institutions and technical capacities, socio-economic data and strategies.

Energy access is increasingly seen as a crucial driver for social and economic development and also assists with meeting basic human needs for food and shelter (IEA, 2004). Energy was not explicitly considered in the Millennium Development Goals in 2000 or the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation in 2002. However the link between energy services and poverty reduction was clearly identified, as energy services and modern cooking fuels improved as a result (UNDP, 2005, PG.8).

Remote or rural regions lacking electricity supply face a lot of challenges for them to get connected to Electricity. They may lie at a reasonable distance from national or regional electricity grids (remote villages in the Amazon) and may have difficulties in getting connected to Electricity (far from urban centers with a difficult terrain such as large rivers or jungles). Naturally they may suffer harsh climatic conditions that render electrification through grid extension a perilous task . In adding to these challenges, the rural poor areas without access to electricity either spend relatively large amounts of their scarce financial resources on energy, or a disproportionate amount of time collecting firewood from the jungle or also lead to depletion of natural resources.