Recommendation of Manuel Blaser for the Georgia Engineering Foundation Scholarship Dear Members of Board of the Georgia Engineering Foundation, I am writing to you to support the application of Manuel Blaser, born August 14, 1997 of Ibach, Switzerland for the Georgia Engineering Foundation Scholarship. Manuel was my student in the courses ‐ TA.BA.STG: “Introduction to Automation Technology” ‐ TA.BA.PRGC_MM: “Programming in C” ‐ TA.BA.MECHTRO: “Mechatronics” ‐ TA.BA.PYTHON: “Introduction to Python” where he demonstrated a great level of enthusiasm and participation. His formidable analytical skills and structured approach to problem solving allowed him to maintain his standing in the front runner group of each course, despite shouldering a challenging study load and a demanding engineering employment outside of school. His overall grade point average, when directly converted to U.S. equivalent, may not seem too impressive. However, I would like to point out that I would assess our grading system to be much tougher than the one in the U.S. and it is difficult to convert our grade average directly to a U.S. GPA. We assign grades from A through F (A = excellent, B = very good, C = good, D = sufficient, E = passing, F = fail). C means you have fulfilled all course requirements to a T, B and A are reserved for outstanding/beyond‐required performances. Therefore, most students get mostly Ds and Es which then results in a fairly low GPA if converted directly to a U.S. GPA. I consider Manuel a strongly above average student in terms of intellectual ability, but definitely excellent/outstanding when viewed in combination with his formidable practical skills. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Best regards, Prof. Dr. Adrian Koller
Recommendation of Manuel Blaser for the Georgia Engineering Foundation Scholarship Dear Members of Board of the Georgia Engineering Foundation, I am writing to you to support the application of Manuel Blaser, born August 14, 1997 of Ibach, Switzerland for the Georgia Engineering Foundation Scholarship. Manuel was my student in the courses ‐ TA.BA.STG: “Introduction to Automation Technology” ‐ TA.BA.PRGC_MM: “Programming in C” ‐ TA.BA.MECHTRO: “Mechatronics” ‐ TA.BA.PYTHON: “Introduction to Python” where he demonstrated a great level of enthusiasm and participation. His formidable analytical skills and structured approach to problem solving allowed him to maintain his standing in the front runner group of each course, despite shouldering a challenging study load and a demanding engineering employment outside of school. His overall grade point average, when directly converted to U.S. equivalent, may not seem too impressive. However, I would like to point out that I would assess our grading system to be much tougher than the one in the U.S. and it is difficult to convert our grade average directly to a U.S. GPA. We assign grades from A through F (A = excellent, B = very good, C = good, D = sufficient, E = passing, F = fail). C means you have fulfilled all course requirements to a T, B and A are reserved for outstanding/beyond‐required performances. Therefore, most students get mostly Ds and Es which then results in a fairly low GPA if converted directly to a U.S. GPA. I consider Manuel a strongly above average student in terms of intellectual ability, but definitely excellent/outstanding when viewed in combination with his formidable practical skills. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Best regards, Prof. Dr. Adrian Koller
Recommendation of Manuel Blaser for the Georgia Engineering Foundation Scholarship Dear Members of Board of the Georgia Engineering Foundation, I am writing to you to support the application of Manuel Blaser, born August 14, 1997 of Ibach, Switzerland for the Georgia Engineering Foundation Scholarship. Manuel was my student in the courses ‐ TA.BA.STG: “Introduction to Automation Technology” ‐ TA.BA.PRGC_MM: “Programming in C” ‐ TA.BA.MECHTRO: “Mechatronics” ‐ TA.BA.PYTHON: “Introduction to Python” where he demonstrated a great level of enthusiasm and participation. His formidable analytical skills and structured approach to problem solving allowed him to maintain his standing in the front runner group of each course, despite shouldering a challenging study load and a demanding engineering employment outside of school. His overall grade point average, when directly converted to U.S. equivalent, may not seem too impressive. However, I would like to point out that I would assess our grading system to be much tougher than the one in the U.S. and it is difficult to convert our grade average directly to a U.S. GPA. We assign grades from A through F (A = excellent, B = very good, C = good, D = sufficient, E = passing, F = fail). C means you have fulfilled all course requirements to a T, B and A are reserved for outstanding/beyond‐required performances. Therefore, most students get mostly Ds and Es which then results in a fairly low GPA if converted directly to a U.S. GPA. I consider Manuel a strongly above average student in terms of intellectual ability, but definitely excellent/outstanding when viewed in combination with his formidable practical skills. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Best regards, Prof. Dr. Adrian Koller