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Murray State wins first prize at 2018 Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge

April 26, 2018 By Paul Heney

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murray state fluid power challengeThe 2018 Vehicle Challenge Competition at Danfoss in Ames, Iowa was a great success bringing together ten university student teams as well as judges and sponsors from eight NFPA member companies. The Vehicle Challenge is a competition that challenges students to design and build a bicycle using fluid power. The students that participated were highly creative and innovative and learned a great deal about fluid power. For many of them, it was their first experience with it, and they excelled! 

Winners in the competition included: 

1st Place: Murray State University
2nd Place: Cleveland State University
3rd place: Milwaukee School of Engineering
Best Presentation: Milwaukee School of Engineering
Best Teamwork: West Virginia University
Best Workmanship: Western Michigan University
Best Reliability and Safety: Purdue
Outstanding Achievement: Western Michigan University
Sprint Race: Murray State University
Efficiency Challenge: Murray State University
Endurance Challenge: Milwaukee School of Engineering 

Many thanks to the Vehicle Challenge sponsors—Danfoss, for hosting the competition for the second year in a row, SunSource and Eaton for serving as the parts suppliers, Lube-Tech for serving as the fluids supplier, and Parker Hannifin for their continued support of this program. Thanks go out to the judges of this competition as well—Jim Kaas of Iowa Fluid Power, Bill Hotchkiss of SunSource, Nathan Lord of Eaton, Brad Kramer of HUSCO, Matt Loeffler and Eric Holland of FORCE America, Jason Skarphol of HYDAC, plus Joe Budden, Travis Dillinger, and Aaron Darnell from Danfoss. 

This program is a great way for industry to connect with talented, up-and-coming engineers. If you would like more information on how to get your company involved in next year’s event, or if you would like to get your local university to participate in this event, please contact Lynn Beyer at (414) 778-3364 or lbeyer@nfpa.com. 

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