Development of a hydraulic fluid contaminant sensor

The NFPA Education and Technology Foundation, in keeping with its vision to pursue research that has the potential to transform the fluid power industry, has awarded a major research grant to the Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Department at...


For more information about this research grant or any of the other grants awarded through the NFPA Education and Technology Foundation, please contact the NFPA at 414-778-3354.

Brian L. Steward and Stuart Birrell are Associate Professors of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at Iowa State University. Steward teaches and conducts research in the areas of dynamic systems and fluid power for off-road vehicles and agricultural automation. Birrell’s research includes the development of sensors and controls that can be applied in advanced machinery control and in precision agriculture; and harvest technologies, biomass harvesting and logistics.

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