The Laship attended the FPMC 2013 – ASME / BATH Symposium on Fluid Power & Motion Control held between October 6th to 9th, 2013 in Sarasota, Florida. Professor Victor Juliano De Negri presented the paper entitled Effect of Proportional Valves and Cylinders on the behavior of Hydraulic Positioning Systems written by Irving Muraro co-authored with Paulo Teixeira and the professor himself.