Women in Fluid Power
The National Fluid Power Association NFPA, wrapped up its regional meeting series this week with the Chicago area meeting held at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, IL. For more information about 2018 regional meetings please visit their website. It was a very nice event with two excellent speakers.
Tamima Farooqui is the Job Resource Specialist at the college and she gave a very thorough overview on what kinds of jobs technical students are seeking and how they can best assimilate into the workforce. She gave some background on the type of training and counseling they receive at Moraine Valley.
The second speaker, Neil Barker, Associate Professor of Integrated Systems Technology furthered the notion of a diverse workforce. He gave some great insights into the technical training and career aspirations of their technical students. Later, Neil gave a tour of their new fluid power lab.
Near the end of her presentation, Tamima touched on the subject of a diverse workforce and the phrase that caught my attention was Women in Fluid Power, although she may not have said that directly. The reason that concept is particularly interesting to me is that we at Fluid Power World are planning such a session at our upcoming Fluid Power Technology Conference taking place in Milwaukee at MSOE on May 15-16, 2018. Here is a link to our website.
Tamima Farooqui is the Job Resource Specialist at the college and she gave a very thorough overview on what kinds of jobs technical students are seeking and how they can best assimilate into the workforce. She gave some background on the type of training and counseling they receive at Moraine Valley.
The second speaker, Neil Barker, Associate Professor of Integrated Systems Technology furthered the notion of a diverse workforce. He gave some great insights into the technical training and career aspirations of their technical students. Later, Neil gave a tour of their new fluid power lab.
Near the end of her presentation, Tamima touched on the subject of a diverse workforce and the phrase that caught my attention was Women in Fluid Power, although she may not have said that directly. The reason that concept is particularly interesting to me is that we at Fluid Power World are planning such a session at our upcoming Fluid Power Technology Conference taking place in Milwaukee at MSOE on May 15-16, 2018. Here is a link to our website.
Having been involved in this fluid power industry for many years, I am aware that women have indeed played an important role in many areas from managers to engineers to technicians. At our panel discussion, we hope to further shed light on the role of women in fluid power and, hopefully, encourage more women to get involved in the technology.
If you have any ideas along these lines, I would like to hear from you as we are putting this session together now. If you would like to know more about attending the 2018 Fluid Power Technology Conference, please click on the link above.
