The Center for Stress Resilient Agriculture is pleased to announce three new Project Team courses.
Each class will bring together a diverse set of advanced M.S. and Ph.D. graduate students to address a real world problem under mentorship from faculty and industry representatives. The interdisciplinary team will tackle an actual existing project provided by an industry partner. Through this guided team approach, students will work to provide a detailed plan, design, and any relevant preliminary data for working towards a scientific evaluation and solution of the problem presented.
Prior experience in algae, sweet corn or tomato is not required!
ALS 5932 “Algae Project Team” – 3 Credits – Project Topic: determine strategies for algal preservation aimed at improving an algae drug delivery platform. Industry Partner: TransAlgae Ltd., Israel. Instructors: Dr. Dail Laughinghouse and Dr. Pratap Pullammanappallil
ALS 5932 “Sweet Corn Project Team” – 3 Credits – Project Topic is: Factors Effecting Drought Tolerance and Variety Improvement Strategies for Sweet Corn. Instruct Partner: HMClause Inc. Instructors: Dr. Diane Rowland and Dr. Marcio Resende
ALS 5932 “Tomato Project Team” – 3 Credits – Project Topic: Abiotic Stress Implications on the Development of Tomato Varieties. Industry Partner: HMClause Inc. Instructors: Dr. Diane Rowland and Dr. Lincoln Zotarelli
Courses are departmentally controlled and require registration assistance of James Estrada estradaj@ufl.edu
Students should provide UFID and courtesy of clearing holds when making a registration request.
Students registered with discuss with instructors the meet day(s)/time on main campus, and students at an REC campus may participate via Video Conference.
GPA Note: The letter-grade earned in an ALS 5932 course is factored into the GPA for your CALS major by the UF Graduate School. The student’s academic unit may petition an exception.
RE: EEP – a petition has not been submitted to request EEP approval. Contact Dr. Estrada is you have this need.
