NFPA Research Supplements Now Available for 2019-20 Academic Year

Application deadline = May 18, 2019 By Eric Lanke NFPA President/CEO The National Fluid Power Association (NFPA), in collaboration with the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP), sponsors its Research Supplement Program to help principal investigators with existing research awards and their graduate students attend and present their research at designated industry conferences…

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CCEFP Webinar to Cover Topics in Tribology, Hydraulics in Wind Turbines

The 2018-19 CCEFP Webinar Series is underway and covers a number of fluid power research projects supported by the NFPA Education and Technology Foundation Research Supplements. The next episode, taking place March 27 at 12 pm CST, will feature two projects: Understanding the Transient Nature of Wind Turbine Response to Create Advanced Controls to Improve the Efficiency…

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CCEFP Webinar to Cover State of the CCEFP Next Week

The 2018-19 CCEFP Webinar Series is underway and covers a number of fluid power research projects supported by the NFPA Education and Technology Foundation Research Supplements. The next episode, taking place January 23 at 12 pm CST, will feature the State of the CCEFP, presented by CCEFP Director Prof. Zongxuan Sun at the University of Minnesota. The…

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CCEFP Webcast Series Continues Wednesday, April 25

The 2018 CCEFP Webinar Series continues next week on Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 1:00pm Eastern/ 12:00pm CST. The entire webinar will be dedicated to the CCEFP State of the Center. Interested members should sign up for the Webinar Series by following this link. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email and relevant reminders containing information about joining…

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CCEFP Webcast Recap: Four-Quadrant Motor & Efficiency of Polymer Enhanced Fluids

The 2018 CCEFP Webcast Series continued Wednesday, March 28. Ashlie Martini of the University of California Merced presented an update on the Simulation, Rheology and Efficiency of Polymer Enhanced Solutions project, and James Marschand of Purdue University presented an update on the Four-Quadrant Multi-Fluid Pump/Motor project. The webcast schedule has been set through June 2018. The next webinar…

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