Friday, December 21, 2018

Spring 2019 course-Postharvest Technologies for Horticultural Crops


HOS 5330, Section 0101
Thursdays, Periods 9 & 10 (4:05 – 6:00 PM)
2318 Fifield Hall

Prerequisite: HOS 5085 suggested. Open to graduate students, and to upper-division undergraduate students (with instructor consent).

Description: Intensive study of current technologies and procedures for harvesting and handling fresh fruit, vegetable, and ornamental crops grown in Florida. Requires field trip during spring break. Offered spring semesters.

Course Learning Objectives

1) To familiarize students with the current commercial methods used to harvest, pack, transport and market fresh horticultural crops grown in Florida, with emphasis on maintaining product quality and safety.

2) To prepare students to systematically evaluate and critically analyze these operations based on field trip experiences and course assignments.  



Instructors

Steven A. Sargent, Ph.D. Horticultural Sciences Department
Professor 1211 Fifield Hall, campus
sasa@ufl.edu 352-273-4780

Mark A. Ritenour, Ph.D. Indian River Research & Education Center
Professor 2199 S. Rock Road, Ft. Pierce FL 34945
ritenour@ufl.edu 772-577-7359

Friday, December 14, 2018

Engineer/Scientist or Sr. Engineer/Scientist-SWRMD

This is advanced level work designing and implementing ground water models and evaluating complex hydrologic studies. The incumbent will perform critical review and evaluation of analysis techniques. Incumbent may coordinate the work of lower level staff.

Specific duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

* Utilizes numerical ground water flow models to support water supply planning, water use permitting, and minimum flows and levels and other requests as needed.
* Designs, evaluates and implements three-dimensional finite-difference, boundary-fitted model grids.
* Evaluates project needs for appropriate analysis techniques.
* Evaluates existing models for use on specific projects.
* Develops calibration criteria, performs calibration, and quantifies model results.
* Analyzes model applications prepared by other staff and recommends improvements.
* Interprets, evaluates and documents the results of hydrologic models.
* Writes technical reports for publication.
* Develops scopes of work for contracted model development.
* Develops and utilizes visual display tools (GUI’s) and programs and techniques to aid in model implementation and interpretation.
* Writes, maintains and modifies data processing programs and model code.
* Implements models using computational networks.
* Performs other related work as required.
Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: A Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited college or university in environmental, civil, hydraulic, agricultural or water resource engineering, geology, hydrology or a related field. Five years’ experience using MODFLOW in tasks relevant to the field in which the position is assigned. A master's degree from an accredited college or university in environmental, civil, hydraulic, agricultural or water resource engineering, geology, hydrology or a related field can substitute for one year of the required experience. A doctorate from an accredited college or university in environmental, civil, hydraulic, agricultural or water resource engineering, geology, hydrology or a related field can substitute for two years of the required experience. Applicants with 10 years’ experience will be considered for a senior position.
Special Requirements

Five years’ experience using MODFLOW in tasks relevant to the field in which the position is assigned.

Student summer research opportunity in Mongolia


NSF-funded summer research experience in Mongolia.  The focus is on the dynamics of coupled human and natural systems in response to climate change and hydropower development. There's more information available on the project website:http://maaeri.weebly.com/student-opportunities.html and in the attached flyer. The application deadline is January 2 for graduate students.