Fluid Power Journal

Fluid Power Educational Foundation Announces 2016 Board of Trustees

The following individuals have been named to the FPEF Board of Trustees and will take office in January 2016: Chair – Randy Smith, CFPHS – Northrop Grumman …

Donation Dollars at Work

Scholarship Underwritten by J.H. Fletcher & Company “Receiving this scholarship is an outstanding honor, and it has given me further confidence to push …

Memorial Donations

Raymond F. Hanley Memorial  Scholarship “I was astounded to be chosen for the Raymond F. Hanley Memorial Scholarship.  Mr. Hanley seemed to have been a …

Donation in Memory of Richard Bardos

An FPEF memorial donation was made in memory of Richard Bardos, who passed away in 2013, with the request that the money be used for a student who displayed …

Corporate Scholarship Winners

Thanks to a generous donation, the following scholarships were underwritten by Corporate Sponsors: “Thank you for offering a scholarship dedicated to fluid …

Support Education With the FPEF

Who are we? A 501(c)(3), the Fluid Power Educational Foundation (FPEF) implemented a program to develop and support a network of schools with a strong focus …

2015 <i>FIRST</i> Championship

Students Bring their Custom-Built Robots and Team Spirit to the Largest Sport for the Mind™ Showdown More than 18,000 students (ages 6 to 18) from around the …

“Queens for a Day” – Junior <i>FIRST</i> LEGO League Team Welcomed at White House

Eight-year-old Natalie Hurley joined Junior FIRST LEGO League (Jr.FLL) to “build with LEGO” and “meet cool people.” What she got was so much more. Last …

<i>FIRST®</i> RECYCLE RUSH<sup>SM</sup> 2015 Robotics Game Unveiled

Inventor and FIRST® Founder Dean Kamen launched the 2015 FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC) season with the kickoff of a new robotics game called RECYCLE …

“Spare Parts” Movie Debuts in Theaters Featuring Robots Built by <i>FIRST</i> Teams

The stars are aligning for science and engineering as a new movie starring Jamie Lee Curtis, George Lopez, Carlos PenaVega, and Marisa Tomei about a …