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NFPA Education and Technology Foundation

We have a vision…
                              a vision of the world in which:

  Educational institutions push fluid power’s envelope 
    through ground-breaking research and translate
    those discoveries into content and curricula.

  Qualified fluid power engineers apply this technology 
    to a whole new range of problems and applications.

  Fluid power is fully integrated into the public’s
    awareness and the importance of their daily lives.

  The fluid power industry is strong, vibrant and self-sustaining 
    as it provides transformative effects in our world and our society.

The NFPA Education and Technology Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, charitable organization that supports educational programs and research in fluid power.

The Foundation raises money from individuals, institutions and corporations interested in supporting its purpose, and oversees a grant program designed to achieve the following objectives:

• Actively engage students at all grade levels in learning about fluid power.

• Encourage the development of new teaching resources—fluid power laboratories as well as online, print and hands-on instruction tools.
• Support research in motion control through fluid power at the two-year, four-year and graduate school levels.
• Foster ongoing forums between educators and industry so that ideas and priorities of mutual interest can be shared and set.

Led by industry volunteers and administered by NFPA, the Foundation envisions a world in which fluid power provides safe, clean and efficient energy for a multitude of transportation and power generation applications, dramatically decreasing our dependence on traditional sources of energy. In this world, there are increasing numbers of well-educated engineers, working to apply fluid power and other advancing technologies to this and other endeavors designed to better our society and the human condition.

For more information about the Foundation and the programs it supports, contact Eric Lanke at 414-778-3351 or elanke@nfpa.com

NFPA Education and Technology Foundation
Developing Tomorrow's Workforce Today

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