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Roadmap
The NFPA Technology Roadmap is a document that describes an industry-wide consensus regarding the pre-competitive research and development needs associated with improving the design and function of fluid power components and systems.
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Speaker's Bureau
NFPA is looking for industry people to go to local universities and talk to students about careers in fluid power.
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Research Supplements
The NFPA Education and Technology Foundation helps to engage current and build the careers of future university faculty who are and will be in a position to teach fluid power to undergraduate engineers on their campuses.
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Fluid Power Clubs
NFPA supports clubs at universities to help students learn about fluid power while they work on educational and technical projects.
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Fluid Power Curricula
The fluid power industry has identified competencies that newly graduated Mechanical Engineering students should learn before entering the workforce. The resources listed are available and are currently being used around the country to teach fluid power.
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Curriculum Grants
Through our Fluid Power Teaching, Laboratory and Curriculum Grant Programs, we are helping the academic faculty impacted by our fluid power research projects to teach more fluid power in the university setting.
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Vehicle Challenge
The NFPA Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge is a competition that challenges college engineering students to redesign a traditional bicycle using hydraulics as the mode of power transmission.
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