NFPA's Research Education Series
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• Where would the world of manufacturing be today without research?
• Where would the advances that keep our products competitive and on the cutting edge come from if research wasn’t performed?
• How would all
the markets served by fluid power function without research and innovations in
our technology?
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Research and Development plays a substantial part in securing your leadership in technology, allowing you to keep and advance your market share and profit. Manufacturing has changed drastically in the past 100, 50 and even 10 years. Research is the key that leads to this change in new knowledge, new technologies, new industry and new products. Smart companies know this. Whether these companies are large, medium or small, they are increasingly embracing research and the people who perform it as a pathway to innovation and success.
Today's university research student can be the experienced engineer working at your company tomorrow, but only if you connect with him - or
her - early! You need to find a way to tie their research interest into your business model. These young researchers will become the future leaders in engineering, either with you or with your competitor.
NFPA is pleased to present its members with this online
education series, designed to help you build and sustain
collaborative partnerships with research institutions—both to
shape a research agenda that dovetails with the needs of your
customer base and to create a pipeline of high-talent workers
for your organization.
“If you don’t do research and development today,
you’re in trouble.”
MODULE #1
- RESEARCH = PROFIT
MODULE
#2
- BASIC VS APPLIED RESEARCH
Future Modules and anticipated
release dates:
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Module 3 - Research for Hire vs. Pre-competitive Research —
Launch date May 2008
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Module 4 - Research Trends in Fluid Power — Launch date July 2008
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Module 5 - Unanswered Questions in Fluid Power — Launch date September 2008
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Module 6 – Funding Resources — Launch date November 2008
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Module 7 – Research Infrastructure — Launch date January 2009
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Module 8 – Catalog of Research — Launch date March 2009
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Module 9 – Success Stories — Launch date May 2009
For more information, contact
Tammy Molter at 414-778-3349 or tmolter@nfpa.com.
NFPA—Developing
Tomorrow's Workforce Today!
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