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(2015/10/30) 我的第一封
Dear Prof. OOXX
My name is XXX, a 2nd year Ph. D student from School of XXX, P. R. China, supervid by XXX and Prof. XXX, and I major in XXX. My rearch orientation is “XXX”. I write this email to inquire whether an open position as a visiting student is available. China Scholarship Council (CSC) encourages Chine Ph. D student to be visiting students in international leading rearch teams. All the needed living expen and transportation fees will be supported by CSC. Recently, I have read veral of your articles about environmental economics. Your rearch on this field deeply attracts me. So I write to you to e if you can offer me a chance to enter your group under your supervision for further education.
I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Best regards,
Yours sincerely,
XXX
(2015/11/05) OOXX的回复
Dear XXX,
Thank you for your interests in conducting your PhD rearch with us in XXX! You rearch topic ems relevant to our rearch domain. For understanding you better, could you also nd me a CV and a rearch plan including your period of stay so that we can better judge if this is indeed a good match.
Best regards,
OOXX
(2015/11/06) 我的第二封
Dear Prof. OOXX
I have finished the rearch plan.
My CV, rearch plan and personal statement are attached in the attachment.
Here, let me prent my Ph.D. rearch plan in a simple way.
For the fields of Chine wastewater treatment and Chine water management:
Background 1. Performing stricter wage discharge standards in wastewater water treatment plants (WWTPs) may contribute to the improvement of local aquatic environment, but the associated more fossil fuel consumption, more chemical substances utilization and more greenhou gas emissions would po threat on total environment. So the policy needs to be evaluated, and the cost-effectiveness should be carefully measured.
Plan 1. I have ud method of life cycle asssment (LCA) to evaluate the environmental implications of stricter Chine wage discharge standards.
Background 2. Although LCA is an invaluable decision-support tool, the scope can only cover the environment dimension. Decision-makers often need information on other sustainability dimensions as well. So there is a need to expand the evaluation scope by using other methods. Plan 2. I am using methods of life cycle cost (LCC) and eco-efficiency to evaluate the economic impacts of stricter Chine wage discharge standards.
Background 3. Current water policies put too much burden on urban WWTPs, with excessive effort to remove nitrogen and phosphorus. In fact, we think of the substances contained in wastewater as valuable resources rather than pollutants. We propo veral alternative solutions to the stricter wage discharge standards.
Plan 3. I will do the cost-benefit analysis for three scenarios: (1). advanced treatment of wastewater; (2). wastewater recycle; (3). urban wetland technologies.
Background 4. As the demands for sustainability increa rapidly and the problems of environment become more sophisticated, only developing advanced technologies or enacting stringent standards will be insufficient. China’s water management systems need to be optimize d. One esntial step is to integrate the supply of drinking water and the treatment of wastewater into one water value chain.
Plan 4. I’m interested in introducing the mechanism of Integrated Water Resources Management into China, and using economic models to further support the integration.
Best regards,
Yours sincerely,
XXX
(2015/11/09) OOXX的回复
Dear XXX,
Thanks for nding me all the documents! I will read them and then discuss with the chair professor to e if there is a possibility. Hope to come back to you soon.
Kind regards,
OOXX
(2015/11/14) 我的第三封
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Dear professor OOXX,
For your article about the welfare program approach, I went over again. This time, I studied the economic models carefully, especially for the modelling method and the modelling process. For a better match, I'm revising my PhD topic and doing a rearch plan. I will contact you as soon as I finish the rearch plan
Best regards,
Yours sincerely,
XXX
创意妆(2015/11/23) 我的第四封
(2015/11/23) 我的第五封（这两封是一模一样的，目的就是为了在外导的邮件中冒个泡）虎妈
断奶期涨奶的正确处理Dear professor OOXX,
I have finished the fisrt draft of rearch plan.
The core content is : using the welfare program approach to study how to achieve the social welfare maximization in different scenarios of Chin urban systems. I have introduced some details of each scenario in this plan.
Waiting for your advice.
Really hope to get this chance!
Best regards,
创意游戏Yours sincerely,
XXX
(2015/11/29) 我的第六封
Dear Professor OOXX
Thanks for your reply!
After I replied to Prof Hans-Peter last time, there was no further communication.
Would you recommend me some articles, reviews or books? I hope to try my best to learn more during this time, in order to make the rearch plan better and make me meet your requirement as much as possible.
Best regards!
XXX
(2015/12/03) 我的第七封
Dear Professor OOXX
Recently, a deadline was announced by our department for students who intended to apply for the visiting. The deadline might be Jan 18th, 2016. Considering the upcoming Christmas, may I venture to ask that the possibility of visiting will be determined before Christmas or after?
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Best Regards!
XXX
这个12月我们有过若干沟通，但欧洲人放假，所以沟通的次数很少，邮件找不到了。时间一晃就到了来年1月份
(2016/01/03) 我的第八封醋泡鸡蛋实验
Dear Prof. OOXX
Thanks for taking the time to read my stuff, and thanks for your helping me all the time. In recent days and weeks, I have been reading papers and thinking about rearch plans; the major goal is to achieve a better match. So, with all due respect, could we continue our discussion regarding this visit?
Looking forward to your message,
身边的风景Best regards,
XXX
(2016/01/06) OOXX的回复
Dear XXX
I had a look at your draft proposal. I think it is not clear what exactly you want to do and how to do. I added some questions and suggestions for your consideration. I also attached a PhD thesis in which chapter 3 is about how the environmental costs or external costs can be included in a LCA. Overall, you can e how detailed calculations can be made. In general, a proposal needs clear problem definition, which justify a need for study, the rearch objective and rearch questions as well as m
ethodology.
Best regards,
OOXX遥望
(2016/01/07) 我的第九封
Dear Prof. OOXX
I have drafted a rearch proposal regarding the integration between the subject of life cycle management and the subject of the economic valuation of environmental benefits. The knowledge gap I’d like to fill in is the limited boundary of life cycle manag ement. In the field of wastewater treatment, current methods of life cycle management cannot cover the environmental benefit. Some previous studies have proved that the shadow price can be ud to evaluate the environmental benefit for pollutants removal. If the shadow price evaluation can be integrated into life cycle management, it would be a method innovation in wastewater management.
To introduce the shadow price into life cycle management needs professional economic knowledge and methods. So I think this rearch might be a good match between our study areas, and your gui
dance will be very important in this rearch.
Two profiles are attached in the attachment. One is the proposal I’ve drafted, and the other one is an article I’ve just finished in t he field of life cycle asssment.
Looking forward to your message
