Fluke announces the finalists in the Fluke Connect Student Contest

EVERETT, Wash., Nov. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Fluke Corporation announces the finalists in the Fluke Connect Student Contest, which tests the skills, innovation, and business application of student teams enrolled in two and four year colleges, universities, trade/tech schools, and apprenticeship programs. The finalist teams are:

• Brigham Young University Women in Manufacturing Team, whose project is live testing the temperature on friction bit joining welds;
• California Polytechnic State University Power and Energy Society, for conducting a commercial energy audit;
• University of Kentucky Solar Car Team, for live testing performance parameters on a solar car;
• San Jacinto College North, for improving the efficiency of charging AC systems;
• Western Iowa Technology School, for troubleshooting intermittent electrical issues in wind turbines.

A panel of six judges evaluated the teams on their technical skills, innovation and creativity, the business value of their projects, and the presentation skills of the team. The judges were: Mike Bacidore, editor, Control Design magazine; Martin Lorton, blogger, solar power and electronic measurement equipment; Glen Mazur, author, trainer and former department chair of Joliet Jr. College; and from Fluke Corporation: Thomas Anderson, senior software engineer; Leah Friberg, education and public affairs manager; and Melissa Hammerle, mobility solutions business unit manager.

Final projects are due on December 5^th when they will be evaluated by the same panel of judges as well as voted on by the public on Facebook. The winners, who will be announced on December 15^th, will be determined by which team made the biggest impact using the Fluke Connect system, with 75 percent of the decision based on the evaluation by the panel of judges and 25 percent on the public vote.

Visit the Fluke Facebook page to view team profiles and follow the contest.

Three members of the first place team and their adviser will receive a paid trip to Fluke headquarters in north Seattle to spend a day meeting with Fluke executive and engineering leadership, tour Fluke engineering and manufacturing, and see the Boeing manufacturing facility and Future of Flight Aviation Center next door. The school's department will win $1,000 worth of Fluke tools, and the Fluke Connect tools used in the contest submission, worth approximately $2,500.

Fluke Connect™ is the newest and most innovative set of wireless test tools Fluke has created to date. When connected to a smart phone app, Fluke Connect allows maintenance technicians, electricians, and reliability engineers to capture, store, and share data across their entire team without leaving the field. It provides instant access to data and measurements from smart phones to review images, check reports, spot trends, and more, helping teams to get their jobs done better and faster.

Fluke Corporation
For information on Fluke tools and applications, or to find the location of a distributor, contact Fluke Corporation, P.O. Box 9090, Everett, WA USA 98206, call (800) 44-FLUKE (800-443-5853), fax (425) 446-5116, e-mail [email protected] or visit the Fluke Web site at www.fluke.com.

About Fluke
Founded in 1948, Fluke Corporation is the world leader in compact, professional electronic test tools. Fluke customers are technicians, engineers, electricians, and metrologists who install, troubleshoot and manage industrial, electrical and electronic equipment and calibration processes.

Fluke is a registered trademark of Fluke Corporation. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. For more information, visit the Fluke website.

For more information:
Leah Friberg
Public Relations Manager
(425) 446-5905
[email protected]

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