A new fluid technology lab, unveiled today, will allow Ohio University students to integrate state-of-the-art tools and gain hands-on experience.
Parker Hannifin Corporation, an international motion and control company, made a gift of more than $180,000 to the OU's Russ College of Engineering and Technology in honor of Jack Myslenski, a long-time employee who graduated from OU in 1973.
"Making our technology state-of-the-art is hard to do in a university setting because of money," said Pete Klein, chair of the Department of Engineering Technology and Management." Parker will keep the equipment there and upgrade it."
The hydraulics training laboratory will be called the Parker Hannifin Motion and Control Laboratory and will contain Parker Hannifin training equipment, according to a news release. Students will be able to learn more about fluid power, which deals with pneumatics and hydraulics. The uses of fluid power can be seen in aircraft landing gear, brakes, flight controls and various lifting tools used by construction vehicles.
"Jack Myslenski is heavily involved in the University, in the Department of Industry Advisory Board and the Russ College Board of Visitors," Klein said.
Klein also added that Myslenski and his wife have set up an endowment for the engineering department.
Myslenski retired from Parker Hannifin as executive vice president of marketing, sales and operational support.
“This lab is so meaningful because it links the university I love, education — which is my passion — and the company I worked at for 35 years,” Myslenski said in a news release.
The lab was dedicated today in the Stocker Engineering and Technology Center.
The dedication speakers included Roderick J. McDavis, president of Ohio University; Dennis Irwin, dean of the Russ College; Jeff Cullman, president of Parker’s worldwide hydraulics group; Peter Klein, chair of the Department of Engineering Technology and Management; and Myslenski.
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