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Fluid Power/Pneumatics
FIRST
Scholarships Awarded
FPEF
offered two $500 scholarships to high school seniors
attending one of FPEF’s key schools that met certain
criteria and used pneumatics in the design of their 2010
FIRST
Robots. Each applicant submitted an application, an
essay, two letters of recommendations, high school
transcripts, and pictures from their 2010
FIRST Robot.
A panel of five industry representatives from FPEF Board
of Trustees reviewed all applications. After careful
analysis the FPEF Board announced the following winners:
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LEGO has
reintroduced Pneumatics
as an add-on Activity Pack for their
Simple and Motorized Mechanism Set:
The Pneumatics Activity
Pack comes on a CD-ROM and includes 14
principle model activities, four 45-minute pneumatics
lessons each with extension activities, and two additional
problem-solving tasks. Also includes video clips of
real-life machines, printable worksheets, and teacher
materials. This activity pack is appropriate for fifth grade
and up. |
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Technical White Papers
(courtesy of the
International Fluid Power Society)
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We are pleased to announce that Central
Community College, Columbus, Nebraska has been
appointed a new Key School. Here are some pictures of the
staff with John Nagohosian, FPEF Educational Coordinator.
More detailed
information on our Key School Directory page will follow.
We are also pleased to announce that
Northwest State in Archbold, Ohio has also been
appointed.
More about
Northwest State |
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John Nagohosian's comments based on his recent site
visit: |
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"My site visit at CCC was a
very pleasant experience. The school seemed to have, what
the Foundation feels are the three legs of a stool required
to have a successful program. Those legs include an
energetic and committed faculty, an administration
supportive of the faculty and program, and an advisory
committee to help the faculty abreast of changes in the
technology and requirements of the local community.
It was my pleasure to
have meaningful conversations with individuals representing
all three of those legs. The school has some very
sophisticated equipment reflecting the technology used in
much of industry today. I was pleased, as a former educator
to see that although the faculty has all that sophisticated
equipment, they have insisted on making sure that students
are well grounded in the basics before getting onto advance
courses."
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On
February 1 Professor Gary Krutz, of Purdue ABE Dept.
presents the FPEF Otto Maha Scholarship Check to Zia Holland
- Congratulations
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New look to the information on Key Schools and Scholarships
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Now includes FIRST
info |
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'09
Annual Report |
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FPEF Spring 2009 Newsletter |
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FIRST
Scholarships Announced
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2008 IFPS Chapter 5 - Minnesota Fluid Power Skills
Competition |
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Pneumatic Automation Animations
- courtesy of Bimba Manufacturing and IFPS |
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2008 Newsletter
- Volume 2
823kb |
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Teachers Workshop program
see what a School Superintendent says
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Pictures from Teacher's Workshop
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Key
High School Program
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