| In response to the lack
of advanced graduate courses in fluid power at American universities, Purdue
University faculty at the Engineering Research Center for Compact and Efficient
Fluid Power (CCEFP) have developed several new courses and created an Area
of Specialization in fluid power. The Area of Specialization is within
Purdue’s Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department and requires
students to choose three courses from a group of existing and newly developed
courses. Of these, the new courses are Design and Modeling of Fluid Power
Systems (ABE 591/ME 597) and Hydraulic Power Trains and Hybrid Systems
(ABE 691/ME 697). These complement the existing courses covering hydraulic
control systems, sensors and data acquisition, and control systems theory.
The NSF-sponsored CCEFP Engineering
Research Center is a $21 million fluid power research initiative of 7 universities.
The Center, which is also strongly supported by 60 industrial partners
including the National Fluid Power Association, is working on new technologies
to reduce energy consumption in fluid power systems by 30% or more.
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