Posts Tagged ‘Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power’
CCEFP Summit Registration Deadline Approaching
Registration for the CCEFP Summit, scheduled for October 22-24, 2019 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is set to close on Friday, October 11. The event program features the latest developments in fluid power research projects, including projects awarded research supplements from the NFPA Foundation in 2018. Topics include energy conversion, storage, fluid power components, and surface modification.…
Read MoreCCEFP Webinar to Cover Topics in Lubricity and Trajectory-Based HCCI Combustion
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 February 20 at 12 pm CST, will feature two projects: Mechano-Chemical Surface Modification with Cu2S: Inducing Superior Lubricity, presented by Michael Varenberg (GaTech), and Modeling and Optimization…
Read MoreFluid Power Graduate Profile: Alex Pedchenko
We’ve written before about the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP)—the network of fluid power research laboratories, academic faculty, graduate and undergraduate students at seven universities—that is making a difference when it comes to preparing a better-educated workforce for the fluid power industry. The CCEFP has created a 500% increase in the number…
Read MoreFluid Power Student Profile: Mazharul Islam
We’ve written before about the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP)—the network of fluid power research laboratories, academic faculty, graduate and undergraduate students at seven universities—that is making a difference when it comes to preparing a better-educated workforce for the fluid power industry. The CCEFP has created a 500% increase in the number…
Read MoreFluid Power Research: Hydraulic Powered Orthoses
The Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP) is a network of researchers, educators, students and industry working together to transform fluid power—how it is researched, applied and taught. CCEFP fluid power research is creating hydraulic and pneumatic technology that is compact, efficient, and effective. We are pleased to share an update on the…
Read MoreFluid Power Industry Reviews, Selects Research Projects for CCEFP – Part 2
by Eric Lanke NFPA CEO One of the most common questions I get about the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP) is how do they pick which research projects to fund. It’s a question I love answering, because it’s a welcome surprise for many to learn that it is the fluid power…
Read MoreFluid Power Student Profile: Brittney Jimerson
We’ve written before about the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP)—the network of fluid power research laboratories, academic faculty, graduate and undergraduate students at seven universities—that is making a difference when it comes to preparing a better-educated workforce for the fluid power industry. The CCEFP has created a 500% increase in the number…
Read MoreFluid Power Industry Reviews, Selects Research Projects for CCEFP – Part 1
by Eric Lanke NFPA CEO One of the most common questions I get about the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP) is how do they pick which research projects to fund. It’s a question I love answering, because it’s a welcome surprise for many to learn that it is the fluid power…
Read MoreMake Your Hotel Reservations for FPIRC 2015
by Eric Lanke NFPA CEO Hotel reservations are now be accepted by the Radisson Blu in downtown Chicago for the next Fluid Power Innovation and Research Conference (FPIRC), October 14-16, 2015. FPIRC, co-sponsored by NFPA and the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power, is the premier conference for fluid power industry and academic…
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