Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Farmscaping for Biological Control- 1 credit course


 

DoD Tech Fellowship - Deadline 12/31

 

DoD Tech Fellowship Opportunity
Deadline: 31 December 2020

 

The Department of Defense's X-Force program is now accepting applications for technologists and entrepreneurs to serve their country by solving real-world national security problems in collaboration with the U.S. military. Interested individuals may apply now through December 31, 2020.

Apply: https://www.nsin.us/x-force/

Deadline: December 31, 2020

X-Force participants will engage with Department of Defense (DoD) partners for three months of applied problem solving. Participants will work on problems sponsored by their DoD hosts potentially including:

  • Technical (e.g. software development, data analytics, mechanical design/prototyping
  • Strategy (e.g. communications and social media strategy
  • Research (e.g. emerging technology scouting) projects

Participants will be expected to deliver a prototype capability to their military sponsors by the end of the program.

The full-time X-Force Fellows will be paid a stipend of around $2,500 per month and have a small budget for travel, materials, and other expenses related to the delivery of a product to their sponsor.

CONTACT: 
Dana Sanford - dsanford@nsin.us
Program Manager, National Security Innovation Network

Monday, December 14, 2020

Soil Landscape Modeling Course - Spring 2021


This course is only taught in Spring odd years (i.e. Spring 2021, Spring 2023, Spring 2025 etc..).  In Spring 2021 semester, SWS 6722 – Soil Landscape Modeling will be taught 100% online and will also include an evening chat session via Zoom on Wednesdays 6:15 – 8:10 pm U.S. Eastern time (11 Period and E1 Period) that many students find very beneficial to their success in the course.  If anyone has trouble registering for this course or if they are a distance education student, please contact mjsisk@ufl.edu for registration assistance.