Student involvement To help students and the industry!
The Center for Irrigation Technology
invites both undergraduate and graduate students to seek research
and/or employment opportunities through the center. Financial
support is available from both public and private sources. Contact
CIT at (559) 278-2066 for more information.
With his hand reflecting the light of a laser beam, hydraulics
laboratory technician Hercules Gonsalves shows how laser
technology also can be used to measure the size of water drops
sprayed by a sprinkler. Gonsalves is a graduate student at Fresno
State majoring in agricultural education, with an emphasis in
mechanics. He works 20 hours a week for CIT setting up and managing
a variety of research projects.
Fresno State student Marcello Bomfim also spends about 20
hours a week involved in research at the Center for Irrigation
Technology. The work enables him to cover education costs and to
learn first-hand methods of conducting research trials such as this
one, where he is helping to evaluate a new type of turf irrigation
system using "turf bubblers."
With his hand reflecting the light of a laser beam, hydraulics
laboratory technician Hercules Gonsalves shows how laser
technology also can be used to measure the size of water drops
sprayed by a sprinkler. Gonsalves is a graduate student at Fresno
State majoring in agricultural education, with an emphasis in
mechanics. He works 20 hours a week for CIT setting up and managing
a variety of research projects.
Fresno State student Marcello Bomfim also spends about 20
hours a week involved in research at the Center for Irrigation
Technology. The work enables him to cover education costs and to
learn first-hand methods of conducting research trials such as this
one, where he is helping to evaluate a new type of turf irrigation
system using "turf bubblers."