NFPA Fluid Power Challenge Gets Kids Excited About Fluid Power

Nov. 24, 2009 - PRLog -- Challenge events were held at four locations, with 54 teams, or 216 students altogether, participating. The Fluid Power Challenge is a competition that challenges students to solve an engineering problem using fluid power. It helps them acquire a diversity of teamwork, engineering and problem-solving skills, while introducing them to careers in fluid power.

Now momentum is building for the challenge day on December 10 and 11 at the same locations. That's when the students will work in teams to design and build a fluid power mechanism, and then compete against other teams in a timed competition.

Want to see students in action? Click http://www.nfpa.com/Education/NFPA_Dec2008_FluidPowerChallenge.asp to view a previous Challenge on YouTube.

Attend a challenge in your area

The public and representatives of the media are invited to the challenge days at any of the four locations. The competition will begin at 1:00 pm at each site:

December 10, 2009
Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

December 11, 2009
Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI
Harper College, Palatine, Illinois

Thank you 2009 Challenge sponsors

There's still time to get involved. Your organization can sponsor the Fluid Power Challenge for just $350, and help to develop our future workforce. Click https://secured.nfpa.com/Misc/Education/Donation_FPC.aspx to find out more. To view the current listing of 2009 sponsors, click http://www.nfpa.com/Education/NFPAFluidPowerChallenge.asp.

If you would like to attend one of the challenge days please RSVP or for further information about the Fluid Power Challenge, contact Carrie Tatman Schwartz, Program Manager, at (414) 778-3347 or ctschwartz@nfpa.com.

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