Fluid Power Forum Podcast Covers Fluid Power and Robotics Education

Jacob Barnes

Jacob Barnes

Episode 5 of Fluid Power Forum, NFPA’s new fluid power industry-focused podcast, is now live. This episode features Jacob Barnes, the 2018 recipient of NFPA’s Fluid Power Robotics Challenge Scholarship, who talks about his fluid power journey as a student as well as his future career plans. Barnes is currently going into his sophomore year at his dream school, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, where he is pursuing a degree in electrical engineering.

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This fluid power industry-focused podcast highlights the people, technologies, and unique applications that are moving the industry forward. New episodes will be released every other Monday. The current schedule goes into November:

  • October 14 | NFPA Technology Roadmap | Mark Bokorney of Sun Hydraulics
  • October 28 | Robotics in Industrial Applications | Donna Ritson of DDR Communications
  • November 11 | IoT Readiness in Industrial Markets | Alex West of IHS Markit

Subscribe to the podcast today to never miss an episode. The podcast is also available on all of your favorite podcast platforms, including iTunes and iHeart Radio.

Find and share more interesting fluid power technologies and unique applications using #onlyfluidpowercan on Twitter and follow podcast and other fluid power industry-related updates at @TheNFPA.

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