Sandia National Laboratories Truman Fellowship

Please note the following independent research opportunity for new Ph.D. students:

Fully-funded PhD Research Assistantship-Crop Modeling and Remote Sensing

Project theme: “Integrating Crop Modeling and Remote Sensing into Genome-wide Family
Prediction in Alfalfa”. PI: Esteban Rios, Assistant Professor, Agronomy Department

Candidates with a MS degree in Plant Breeding, Genetics, Biology, Statistics or Crop
Modeling are highly encouraged to apply. Starting date: August 2018 or January 2019.
 
How to apply:
Provide to Dr. Esteban Rios at estebanrios@ufl.edu by Aug 17 the following:

• CV
• Cover letter explaining your career interests and qualifications
• GRE scores and year taken
• TOEFL scores, if English is not the native language
• Official or unofficial academic transcripts
• Contact information for three references

Concurrently formally apply to UF before September 1 at www.admissions.ufl.edu and contact Department when it is submitted..

For questions of the application process, contact Cynthia Hight, chight@ufl.edu. For more information on the application, please visit: www.agronomy.ifas.ufl.edu

Senior Irrigation Engineer position

Natural Resources Consulting Engineers, Inc. is seeking to fill a full-time opening for a senior irrigation engineer at its office in Fort Collins, Colorado. Position will provide technical support for projects related to water resources, irrigation, and water infrastructure. Position requires a Ph.D. in Agricultural & Irrigation or Civil Engineering.

Applicant must meet the following qualifications:
- Understand irrigated production agriculture in the United States.
- Experience with water transfers and western water rights.
- Engineering skills to design and estimate costs of irrigation systems, including pipe and pumps sizing, determine required heads for gravity, gated pipe, sprinkler and drip systems, pressurized and surface irrigation systems, land leveling needs, canals, and ditches.
- Understanding of water measurement, surface and groundwater hydrology.
- Ability to conduct irrigation system evaluations.
- Understanding and ability to assess canal operation and maintenance.
- Understanding of GIS and mapping.
- Ability to calculate crop and reference crop evapotranspiration, develop irrigation schedules, and estimate irrigation water demand.
- Demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Experience in budget management of projects and interaction with clients.

Salary commensurate with qualifications and includes an excellent benefits package. Please
submit a letter of interest and current resume to: careers@nrce.com.

Mentor in the Making Workshop

July 27 | 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

This workshop is designed for graduate students, postdocs, and early stage faculty who want to learn skills for effective mentoring. Registration is required to attend - apply by July 20 at this link. Questions can be directed to Roger Fillingim at rfilling@ufl.edu.

We encourage all ABE graduate students to attend this mentor training, especially if you have not attended the training in our department!