Danaher Corporation’s Subsidiaries Help Advance Engineering Education in Vietnam

Danaher, a Washington, D.C. based science and technology company, today announced that its test and measurement subsidiaries, Tektronix, Fluke and Keithley, have joined the Higher Engineering Education Alliance Program (HEEAP) with a $300,000 donation of laboratory test equipment and cash scholarships for faculty training. The goal is to help provide increased opportunities for engineering students to obtain practical, hands-on experience using electrical and electronic testing and measurement in manufacturing and research and development applications.  Tektronix, Fluke and Keithley are global leaders in the test and measurement industry and have a long history of working with universities and vocational schools to help develop the next generation of highly skilled engineers.
Through HEEAP, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Arizona State University’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering (ASU), Portland State University’s Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science (PSU), Intel Corp., Siemens and other industry partners are collaborating with top technical universities in Vietnam to advance electrical and mechanical engineering curricula and support the country’s growing high-tech industry.