This blog is meant to be a chronicle of my experience researching smart materials this summer at the Universidade Estadual de São Paulo (UNESP) in Brasil. I was nominated to this position through IAESTE, a non-profit, apolitcal, cultural exchange program (http://www.iaesteunitedstates.org). It's an eight-week position at the Faculdade de Engenharia in Ilha Solteira, São Paulo.
Now-- I should make it clear that I will not be exclusively chronicling the experience abroad. Instead, I will eventually start from the beginning of the application and acceptance process. I've been planning and reveling over the idea of creating such a blog -- not just a travel blog, but the whooole story -- from months, literally. That stems from the fact that I waited for months to receive final word (and by word I mean paper, because I didn't trust word by that point) that I was officially accepted to the program and to know for sure that starting a blog might be a worthwhile endeavor. After all.... months of entries about the toils of applications, waiting, essays, waiting, paperwork, waiting, and confusion all ending in failure?! You get the picture. Basically, I'm not down with failure nor waiting. Nevermind.
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