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2026 International Maha Fluid Power Conference

Sep 8th - 10th, 2026, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States

Event Description

Purdue's Maha Fluid Power Research Center invites you to participate to the 2026 International Maha Fluid Power Conference. The conference will be held at Purdue University from September 8th to 10th. The goal of the conference is to network, exchange ideas, and present the recent research trends in fluid power and motion control technologies and their applications to mobile, aerospace, and industrial applications. The conference will include technical presentations, keynote lectures, and social events. There will also be an Expo to display latest components and applications of latest actuation technologies.

Sponsorship opportunities are available for participating companies. For more information on the Expo and on Sponsorship opportunities, please refer to Maha Exhibit and Sponsor Opportunities.

During the conference there will be a Student Recruiting Event, free for companies registered to the conference. The student recruiting event will allow companies to connect with Purdue students from different departments looking for job opportunities. For more details on the student recruiting event, please refer to the Student Recruitment Event info Sheet.

The organizers will welcome technical contributions from academia and industry on all topics related to fluid power and motion control systems, such as novel fluid power components and systems, solutions for system electrification, condition monitoring, noise and vibration, soft robotics, alternative prime movers, tribology and fluid, pneumatics, etc. See Submission for more details.

Peer reviewed paper contributions will be published SCOPUS indexed and published open access. A selection of the best papers (up to 8) will be published on the International Journal of Fluid Power (indexed in IEEE Xplore).

The conference will also feature "presentation only" technical contributions, by either academia or industry.

Last, but not least, the conference will also feature the 2026 Monika Ivantysynova Medal Award. See award description for more information and for placing nominations.


More updates are coming soon. Stay tuned!

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Maha Fluid Power Research Center
1500 Kepner Drive, Lafayette, IN 47905 USA
Phone: +1 (765) 496-6242
Email: avacca@purdue.edu