Twenty Schools Receive Fluke Electrical Test Instruments

July 2, 2008
Twenty educational institutions in the United States have received advanced electrical and electronic test instruments from Fluke Corp., a supplier of handheld test and measurement equipment, through the Fluke Education Grant Program.

Twenty educational institutions in the United States have receive advanced electrical and electronic test instruments from Fluke Corp., a supplier of handheld test and measurement equipment, through the Fluke Education Grant Program.

Each winning school will receive two of Fluke’s newest and most capable test instruments designed for the electrical and electronics industries: the Fluke 289 and Fluke 287 Logging Digital Multimeters.

The Fluke Education Grant Program, announced in October, 2007, is targeted at community colleges, universities and training programs across the United States and Canada. Winners were chosen by a review committee of electronics professionals. They examined many program elements, including the breadth of course offerings and the types and numbers of certificates and degrees conferred.

The Fluke 287 is a high-accuracy logging digital multimeter designed with advanced features for electronics professionals. It has logging and graphing capability that enables users to quickly document design performance and see trend information directly on the meter display without waiting to download logged readings to a PC. The Fluke 287 lists in the U.S. for $499.95.

The Fluke 289 high performance multimeter enables technicians to log data and review it graphically on-screen, so they can solve complex problems faster in electronics, plant automation, power distribution, and electro-mechanical equipment. By downloading logged data to optional FlukeView Forms Software, users can create computerized reports. U.S. list price is $529.95.

The winning schools and training programs are:


Fluke 287 Grants Atlanta Electrical JATC Atlanta, GA Boise State University Boise, ID Coosa Valley Technical College Rome, GA Hutchinson Community College Hutchinson, KS IBEW Local 176 JATC Joliet, IL Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WI
Fluke 289 Grants Bluefield State College Bluefield, W. VA Detroit Electrical Industry Training Center Detroit, MI Hazleton Area Career Center Hazleton, PA Hibbing Community College

Hibbing, MN

Hudson Valley Community College Troy, NY Linn State Technical College Linn, MO Northern Maine Community College Presque Isle, ME Palo Alto College San Antonio, TX Pennsylvania State University Reading, PA Richmond Electricians' JATC Ashland, VA Southeast Missouri State University Cape Girardeau, MO Venango Technology Center Oil City, PA Wyoming Electrical JATC Casper, WY Yavapai College Prescott, AZ

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