Sample Press Release - Nfpa Fluid Power Action Challenge printable pdf download

Sample Press Release - Nfpa Fluid Power Action Challenge

Sample Press Release

After Event

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Middle School Students learn about ﬂuid power at <insert your

organization’s name> NFPA Fluid Power Action Challenge

City, State – Date — <insert your organization’s name> held an

NFPA Fluid Power

Action Challenge on <insert date>. At the event, <insert number> middle school

students competed to solve a ﬂuid power challenge by designing and constructing a

mechanism that used ﬂuid power technology. Participating schools included:

At a workshop on <insert date>, the students were given the assignment of designing

and constructing a ﬂuid power mechanism to perform a deﬁned task. The mechanisms

were required to use ﬂuid power (hydraulics and pneumatics) to pick up weighted

objects, and then place them on a platform for various point totals.

After working for four weeks, the teams came together again to compete against each

other in a two-minute competition. Engineers from area companies served as judges,

who graded the teams and presented awards in ﬁve categories—Overall Champion,

Design Champion, Teamwork Champion, Portfolio Champion and Team Challenge

Champion.

“We learned that it is fun to design and build things and to work as a team,” said one

student after the competition.

The program is designed to introduce students, and their teachers, to the world of

engineering and careers in ﬂuid power. Through the Challenges, the National Fluid

Power Association (NFPA) hopes to foster awareness and involvement of middle school

students, helping them understand ﬂuid power’s potential as a technology and realize

the options of ﬂuid power as a career path.

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NFPA

Education and

Technology

Foundation

Sample Press Release - Nfpa Fluid Power Action Challenge