GFPS News

Highlights of Dr. Monika Ivantysynova's principal research

To honor the late Dr. Monika Ivantysynova (1955-2018), a renowned researcher in the field of fluid power, we bring to you the highlights of her most significant research work. Dr. Ivantysynova spent last two decades of her life advocating for displacement-controlled (DC) actuation systems. Read more here to learn more about her research group's effort on developing DC actuated hydraulic hybrid excavator. Link: http://gfpsweb.org/?q=content/hydraulic-hybrid-excavator-displacement-controlled-actuation-and-pump-switching-technology

New Faculty position at Purdue University

Purdue University is looking for a candidate preferably in the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, with research interests that matches the directions of Maha Fluid Power Research Center established by Prof. Monika Ivantysynova.

The position will be joint between the Dept. of Agricultural and Biological Engineering and the School of Mechanical Engineering, and Prof Andrea Vacca is serving as the chair of the faculty search committee.

Check the link for more details: https://www.purdue.edu/ethics/Search_Screen/Faculty_Openings/Engineering/3994-2018.html

GFPS Best Paper Award at ASME-Bath FPMC 2018

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We are pleased to announce that the seventh GFPS best paper award was awarded during the ASME/BATH 2018 Symposium on Fluid Power and Motion Control 

The recipients of the GFPS best paper award @ ASME/BATH 2018 Symposium on Fluid Power and Motion Control are

 

Giacomo Kolks and Jürgen Weber for the paper "Symmetric Single Rod Cylinders with Variable Piston Area? A Comprehensive Approach to the Right Solution"

 

Authors affiliation：Institute of Fluid Power, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany

 

GFPS Best Paper Award at GFPS 2018 PhD Symposium

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We are pleased to announce that the sixth GFPS best paper award was awarded during the GFPS 2018 PhD Symposium 

The recipients of the GFPS best paper award @ GFPS 2018 PhD Symposium are

 

Beichen Ding, Andrew Plummer, Pejman Iravani for the paper “A Study of a Compliant Hydraulic Actuator for Running Robots"

 

Evgeny Lukachev, Rudolf Scheidl for the paper “Hydraulic switching type position control of a large cylinder drive"

 

Justyna Krawczyk and Jaroslaw Stryczek for the paper “Design and experimental research of a plastic gerotor pump."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Electro-Hydraulic Project Manager at SONCEBOZ

Electro-Hydraulic Project Manager - SONCEBOZ (CH)

Sonceboz is growing and has created an Electro-Hydraulic Project Manager position. Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply!

If you are interested in this opportunity, please, send us your application at bewerbung@sonceboz.com. We look forward to hearing from you! In your letter, let us know why this job is a great fit for you, not only regarding your qualifications but also by telling us how this opportunity will advance your career.

For more details, please follow the link below  

SONCEBOZ Electro-hydraulic Project Manager

GFPS New Board of Directors and Best Paper Awards at IFK11 2018

Announcement

We are pleased to announce the new board of directors of the Global Fluid Power Society for the years 2018-2022.

Andrew Plummer (Chair)

University of Bath, UK

Monika Ivantysynova

(Editor of the Int. Journal of Fluid Power)

Purdue University, USA

Andrea Vacca (Secretary and Treasurer)

Purdue University, USA

Rudolf Scheidl

J. Kepler University of Linz, Austria

Huayong Yang

Zhejiang University China

 

Congratulations and good luck to our new directors!

We are also pleased to announce that the fifth GFPS best paper award was awarded during the IFK 11 2018

The recipients of the GFPS best paper award @ IFK 2018 are

  • Maximilian Waerder*, Hubertus Murrenhoff* and Olaf Uszynski* for the paper “Psychoacoustic analysis of pneumatic switching valve noise "
  • Lizhi Shang** and Monika Ivantysynova** for the paper "Advanced heat transfer model for piston/cylinder interface"

Authors affiliation：*Institut für fluidtechnische Antriebe und Steuerungen der RWTH, Aachen, Germany; **Maha Fluid Power Research Center, Purdue University, Lafayette IN, USA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Board of Directors (BoD) of the Global Fluid Power Society (GFPS)

The votes for the Board of Directors (BoD) of the Global Fluid Power Society (GFPS) are currently being collected!

The vote will define the Directors for the next 4 years cycles (2018 – 2022).

The last day to submit any vote is on March 2nd, 2018.

The new BoD will be formally announced during the gala dinner of the IFK2018 conference in Aachen (Germany), on March 20th, 2018 during lunch (12:30 to 13:30) in room K7.

 

Team Leader Position at Weichai Power (DE) Science & Technology Innovation Center

Weichai Power (DE) Science & Technology Innovation Center

Weichai Power (Linde Hydraulics) is building up an Innovation center in Aachen and thus looking for international, open-minded hydraulic people. Two positions are available

  • Team Leader for Intelligent Hydraulic System
  • Team leader for materials, surface treatment and manufacturing technology for key components of hydraulic pumps /motors

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For more details you can contact

Dr. Johannes Schmitz
System Engineering
Electronic & Systems

Linde Hydraulics GmbH & Co. KG
Wailandtstraße 13, 63741 Aschaffenburg
Germany

Phone: +49.6021.150.11789
Mobile: +49.151.18064337
johannes.schmitz@linde-hydraulics.com
www.linde-hydraulics.com

GFPS Best Paper Award at Asme-Bath FPMC 2017

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We are pleased to announce that the fourth GFPS best paper award was awarded during the ASME/BATH 2017 Symposium on Fluid Power and Motion Control 

The recipients of the GFPS best paper award @ ASME/BATH 2017 Symposium on Fluid Power and Motion Control are

 

R. Ivantysyn, A. Shorbagy and J. Weber for the paper “AN APPROACH TO VISUALIZE LIFETIME LIMITING FACTORS IN THE CYLINDER BLOCK/VALVE PLATE GAP IN AXIAL PISTON PUMPS"

 

Authors affiliation：Institute of Fluid Power, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GFPS Best Paper Award at JFPS 2017

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We are pleased to announce that the third GFPS best paper award was awarded during the 10TH JFPS INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON FLUID POWER ’17  

The recipient of the GFPS best paper award @ 10th JFPS 2017 is

 

Y. Miyaki and H. Tsukagoshi for the paper “Soft Simple Compact Valve Inducing Self-excited Vibration"

 

Authors affiliation：Department of Mechanical and Control Engineering, Tokyo Insitute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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