Statement of Purposepart of the Application for the MS Program in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering "He suspected the answers were plausible; they were so often wrong." – Arthur C. Clarke, Appointment with Rama. I believe the above words from science fiction writer Arthur Clarke have multiple connotations – to life, to human nature, or to science. Or even computer studies. Higher ideologies aside, I am certain that I always had a predilection for fields that involved a scientific mindset – fields that required great humility as well as a clear and indispensable desire to learn. If the simple fascination with anything that flies wasn't enough, the kid in me always dreamed of one day going on a spacewalk. Like any other student, fascination became one of the key elements that pushed me to major in science in my higher secondary education. I've always been interested in the physics of things, from the moment I built my first fully mechanical seismograph. At school until the time I made an ornithopter at university, it was always a pleasure to see how a simple set of physical laws (rewriting the "governing equations") assigns things that become a sight to behold. I believe that for a student of science to grow, fascination develops into respect for the underlying principles and concepts that define all processes in nature; or as thermodynamics says, an irreversible process. This preference and inclination during this phase of education led me to take what seemed to me to be the only logical path to personal goals: mechanical engineering; a degree which I am still pursuing at the undergraduate level at SASTRA University, Thanjavur. I believe this is the phase that transformed...... middle of paper...... studies and beyond. I believe that I am not simply fascinated and therefore wish to register. Rather, I believe that I am a humble person who recognizes the constant learning process. I am very confident in my ability to apply myself in a oriented field. In the future, I want to study the flow and flight of airships. The literature review carried out in 2010 by Li, Nahon and Sharf gave new hope to these forgotten planes. I believe OSU has the ideal facilities and faculty to get me closer to my dream. Computer software gives us quite “pretty” results. But I am well aware of the saying that anyone who has studied CFD knows: “Garbage in, garbage out”. I believe I have the right mindset to enter the graduate program and I assure you that if given the opportunity, I will emerge with excellent results..