Fluid Power Journal

The 2017 FIRST Championship Brings Double the Fun

More than 60,000 people attended the 2017 FIRST Championship presented by Qualcomm Inc., held for the first time across two cities. Combined, FIRST …

FIRST Student Innovator Presents TED Talk on Success and Failure

When Ashton Cofer, 14, stood on the TED stage at TED-Ed Weekend in December 2016 and delivered a TED Talk to a live audience, with cameras rolling, the …

Engineer’s Dream Has Wings

Jeanne Deaver’s life was changed her senior year of high school when a teacher offered her advice on college choices. Today, the mechanical engineer and …

The FPEF And The NFPA Education And Technology Foundation Join Forces

Dear Reader, With careful consideration, a fiduciary decision was made by both the FPEF and the NFPA Education and Technology Foundation Boards of Trustees to …

Details of <i>FIRST</i> STEAMWORKS<span style="font-size:50%; vertical-align:super;">SM</span> 2017 Robotics Game Revealed

Inventor and FIRST® Founder Dean Kamen launched the 2017 FIRST® Robotics Competition season on January 7 with the Kickoff of a new robotics game called FIRST …

<i>FIRST</i> Celebrates Championship Event’s 2018 Arrival in Detroit

FIRST rallied support for STEM education in Detroit on January 12 through an event at the 2017 North American International Auto Show. Gov. Rick Snyder and Ken …

A Conversation with Jennifer George

Q: People know Rube Goldberg as a cartoonist who was trained as an engineer and, for many, the guy we learned about in elementary school who inspired those fun …

Building the Future

Erica Stanley is a software architect and engineer, and the founder and director of the Atlanta network of Women Who Code. In this interview, which appeared in …

Engineers Must be Uniquely Prepared for the Future

A Q&A with Clemson University President Dr. James P. Clements Q: What is engineering’s role in keeping America competitive in the global economy? A: …

Clemson Elevates Engineering, Brings National Engineering Forum to South Carolina

Industry, government, and academic leaders from the greater Greenville region gathered on February 18, 2016 for a NEF regional dialogue marking South …