When life events collide, sometimes the results are good and sometimes they鈥檙e bad. In this case I couldn鈥檛 have been more pleased. During my junior year of undergraduate education at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, I participated in the National Science Foundation鈥檚 Research Experiences for Undergraduates at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. To be honest, before that time I was hard-pressed…
