Got this from a researcher at the USDA in Wyndmoor, PA (my daughter worked there last summer). Dr. Huang has a grant for summer support that may be extendable to a whole year. You need to be a US citizen. If interested, send your info directly to lihan.huang at ars.usda.gov. jeff >> I am looking for one or two students to work on a project using Python >> for web development (flask, web2py, or Django for scientific >> applications). Do you know if there are any students that may be >> interested in summer jobs to work at USDA? >> >> About Python for scientific application >> 1) Numpy/Scipy >> 2) Python web framework (MVC): Django, Flask, or Web2py >> 3) HTML5/JS/CSS front end >> 4) MS Server 2012. >> >> I will work with students to develop a web site for food safety >> applications. Knowledge of numerical methods (ODE and optimization), >> statistics, and computer simulation (Monte Carlo) a plus. >> >> I know Swarthmore produces great students. My daughter graduated >> from there. If there are students interested in summer jobs, please >> let them contact me. >> >>Thanks, >>Lihan >> >>Lihan Huang, Ph.D., CFS >>Research Leader >>Residue Chemistry & Predictive Microbiology Research Unit Eastern >>Regional Research Center USDA Agricultural Research Service >>600 East Mermaid Lane >>Wyndmoor, PA 19038 >>Phone: (215) 233 - 6620; Fax: (215) 233 - 6581 >>E-Mail: lihan.huang at ars.usda.gov<mailto:lihan.huang at ars.usda.gov> >>For information about our unit, please click >>http://www.ars.usda.gov/Aboutus/aboutus.htm?modecode=19-35-37-00 >>For Integrated Pathogen Modeling Program (IPMP 2013), please click >>http://www.ars.usda.gov/Main/docs.htm?docid=23355 >>For IPMP-Dynamic Prediction (C. perfringens cooling simulation), >>please click >>http://www.ars.usda.gov/Main/Docs.htm?docid=25312 >>For IPMP-Global Fit, please click >>http://www.ars.usda.gov/Main/Docs.htm?docid=25355