Posts by Mary Pluta
Everything You Need to Know About NFPA’s Action Challenge
Heidi Kent is a middle school teacher at Ashby Public School in Minnesota. Today, we invited her into our forum to learn more about NFPA’s Fluid Power Action Challenge which takes place in schools across the country, including Heidi’s. Like what you hear? New episodes are released every other Monday. Subscribe to the podcast today…
Read MorePractical Industry Experience for Students Through MSOE’s Fluid Power Institute
Tim Kerrigan is the Director of Milwaukee School of Engineering’s Fluid Power Institute, a leader in motion control and fluid power education, research and evaluation. We invited him into our forum to learn more about the research being conducted at the institute and the hands-on training they offer students who work in their laboratory. Like…
Read MoreIncreasing Student Participation in Fluid Power via the Fast Track Program
On today’s show, our guest is Bill Haley. Bill is Director of Business Development at FORCE America, Inc. but today we have him on our show to discuss his position as Chair of NFPA’s Tech School Education Committee and the programs the committee facilitates to address students’ exposure to the fluid power industry. Like what…
Read MorePower Partner Universities Are Producing a New Generation of Fluid Power Engineers
On today’s show our guest is Dr. José Garcia Bravo of Purdue University. Purdue was recently recognized as a Power Partner University by the National Fluid Power Association – a designation that means they are successfully educating a new generation of fluid power engineers. José is an assistant professor at Purdue, and has been heavily…
Read MoreA Look at a Fluid Power Scholarship Winner’s First Year of College
On this episode of Fluid Power Forum, the industry-focused podcast series that highlights the people, technologies, and unique applications that are moving the industry forward, Trevor Burke, a mechanical engineering student at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas and a recent recipient of a fluid power scholarship from the National Fluid Power Association talks about…
Read MoreHuman-powered Fluid Power Vehicles with Jen Wisniewski
Jen Wisniewski is a recent graduate of Cleveland State University. As a college senior, she participated on the winning team in NFPA’s Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge. This is the program that allows engineering schools from across the country to participate in a unique competition – one that requires students to design and build a human-powered,…
Read MoreFluid Power Forum Catches Up with Scholarship Winner
On this episode of Fluid Power Forum, the industry-focused podcast series that highlights the people, technologies, and unique applications that are moving the industry forward, Eric catches up with Spencer Tiegs, the 2017 recipient of NFPA’s Fluid Power Robotics Challenge Scholarship. This is a program that awards $40,000 in college scholarships to a high school…
Read MoreFluid Power Forum Catches Up With Scholarship Recipient
On this episode of Fluid Power Forum, the industry-focused podcast series that highlights the people, technologies, and unique applications that are moving the industry forward, Eric catches up with Jacob Barnes, the 2018 recipient of NFPA’s Fluid Power Robotics Challenge Scholarship. This is a program that awards $40,000 in college scholarships to a high school…
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