The Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power announced the appointment of new Education Co-Director, Professor Paul Imbertson and the new CCEFP Industrial Liaison Officer (ILO), Duane “Dewey” Tinderholm.
Professor Imbertson will take over from Professor Will Durfee who has served as Education Co-Director for five years. Paul received the BS (’83) MS (’94) and PhD (’97) in electrical engineering, all from the University of Minnesota. He has worked in power electronics for military avionics and is currently a Teaching Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Minnesota, where he has been voted Best Professor eight times. His current interests include the wide ranging topics of energy and deciphering the minds of electrical engineering students.
Duane “Dewey” Tinderholm joins the CCEFP in the position of ILO, assuming the role previously held by Mike Gust who left the Center in December. Dewey has thirty years of experience in the fluid power industry. He has held many positions at MTS Systems Corporation and has been active in delivering high-tech testing solutions to the automotive and aerospace industry.
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