Rensselaer CASE Center Among Sponsors and Presenters at Sustainable Futures Conference
LESA Researchers published in Biomedical Signal Processing and Control for Work in Automatic Sleep Estimation Using Actigraphy
LESA Researchers Successfully Complete NSF National ICorps Program
Controlled Environment Agriculture Increasing Importance in Global Food Production
Engineered Solutions for horticulture help create food security for the future.Read more“Controlled Environment Agriculture Increasing Importance in Global Food Production”
LESA Experts Cited in Recent LEDs Magazine Last Word Column
LESA Researcher Shayla Sawyer’s BioEngineering Work Mentioned in Scientific American Article
LESA’s UVC Disinfection Work with Mt. Sinai Cited in IEEE Spectrum
Biometric Data, Algorithms To Unlock Key Information About Circadian Clock
Top 10 Germicidal UV Lighting Questions Get Answered with LESA Center Director and Rensselaer Lighting Expert Robert Karlicek
NSF Award Funds LESA Research on Circadian Phase Shift Estimation
LESA Researchers Published in Chronobiology International
LESA Brings Engineered Solutions to Healthcare
LESA Center Director Co-Presented in IALD Global Webinar
Congratulations to GLASE’s Erico Mattos
Congratulations to GLASE‘s Executive Director, Dr. Erico Mattos, for being named to LEDs Magazine’s inaugural “40 under 40” list. GLASE is the public-private partnership between RPI’s LESA and Cornell University, funded by NYSERDA, and focused on greenhouse lighting and systems management. GLASE is working to develop the next generation of greenhouse technology in LED systems engineering, plant photobiology, plant physiology, and greenhouse environmental controls.
LESA Center Director Presented LEDs Magazine Webcast
LESA Center Director’s Interview with HealthDay Featured in U.S.News
Dr. Robert Karlicek was interviewed by HealthDay on the ‘unique system for using UVC light to sterilize masks in bulk developed at Rensselaer‘ as part of a feature article, UV Light Won’t Treat COVID-19 — But it Might Disinfect Medical Gear that appeared in USNews.com. Read more“LESA Center Director’s Interview with HealthDay Featured in U.S.News”
LESA Center Work on UVC Disinfection Gets National Recognition in U.S.News
Dr. Robert Karlicek, Director of the Lighting Enabled Systems & Applications (LESA) Center, was interviewed by HealthDay on the ‘unique system for using UVC light to sterilize masks in bulk developed at Rensselaer‘ as part of a feature article, UV Light Won’t Treat COVID-19 — But it Might Disinfect Medical Gear that appeared in USNews.com.
Read more“LESA Center Work on UVC Disinfection Gets National Recognition in U.S.News”
Unique System for Using UVC Light to Sterilize Masks in Bulk Developed at Rensselaer
LESA researchers in collaboration with the Center for Biotechnology & Interdisciplinary (CBIS) at Rensselaer, developed a new device for making masks reusable in the fight against COVID-19. This project began at the request of longtime research partners at Mount Sinai. As the pandemic worsened in New York City, and the shortage of PPE deepened, they asked if Rensselaer could develop a way to make critical resources last longer without losing their effectiveness. The speed with which the Rensselaer team devised and built this solution expedites the possibility that it will be helpful in the fight against the pandemic. A design and construction process that often takes months, or even years, was completed in a matter of weeks.
U.S. Department of Energy Awards $2.8M to LESA
The Department of Energy announced February 10, 2020 – $74 million awarded for 63 selected projects to, ‘research, develop, and test energy-efficient and flexible building technologies, systems, and construction practices to improve the energy performance of the Nation’s buildings and electric grid.
Center Director Included in LD+A Magazine Article
Robert Karlicek‘s insights on smart lighting were included in Illuminating Engineering Society LD+A Magazine’s January 2020 Emerging Markets Rreport.
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11th Annual Industry-Academia Days Speakers Announced
IADays2020 has been postponed due to issues related to COVID-19 and Resnsselaer’s protocol for social distancing at this time. This year’s theme:“How do we get to SMART Cities?” will include insights on how we take the fundamentals of the built environment, integrated into the elements of a SMART Cities infrastructure, and use them to create the SMART Connected Communities of the Future. Read more“11th Annual Industry-Academia Days Speakers Announced”
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Engineered Solutions for Circadian Function & Human Centric Lighting
The LESA Healthcare Research team has been busy! In case you missed it, check out what’s been happening around health and lighting.
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LESA Researchers Published in LEUKOS for Work on Dynamic Changes in Light on Cognition
Arunas Tuzikas, Robert Karlicek and former LESA Researcher Lauren Hartstein completed human factor studies to better understaend how rapid, dynamic changes in light spectral power distribution can impact cognitive performance and comfort. Their findings on the ‘Impact of Dynamic Changes in Light Spectrum Power Distribution on Cognitive Performance & Wellbeing‘ were recently published in LEUKOS – The Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES).Read more“LESA Researchers Published in LEUKOS for Work on Dynamic Changes in Light on Cognition”
LESA & GLASE Experts Offer Insights into Controlled Environment Agriculture in LEDs Magazine Blog Series
The LESA Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the Greenhouse Lighting & Systems Engineering (GLASE) consortium experts from Cornell University participated in a four-part guest blog series with LEDs Magazine between July and October. Throughout the series, they discussed research methods, applications, industry trends and future farming insights for controlled environment agriculture. The blog series was extremely popular generating significant interest around LESA and GLASE research initiatives. Two of the four blogs were ranked among LEDs ‘Top 5 Blogs of 2019’ – including the number 1 spot.Read more“LESA & GLASE Experts Offer Insights into Controlled Environment Agriculture in LEDs Magazine Blog Series”
LESA Researchers Published in PLOS ONE for Work on Optimizing Sleep and Alertness
Agung Julius and John T. Wen’s research findings were recently published in PLOS ONE for their work on time optimal entrainment control for circadian rhythm regulation. They have developed ‘new ways to optimize sleep for alertness through light exposure‘ and were featured on Rensselaer News. Their work is part of ongoing research at LESA, resulting in several subsequent publications around circadian function, circadian phase shift, and the effects of healthy lighting funded by the Army Research Office, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Defense. Read more“LESA Researchers Published in PLOS ONE for Work on Optimizing Sleep and Alertness”
Executive Director of GLASE Named One of Produce Grower Magazine’s Produce Pioneers
Erico Mattos named one of only three produce pioneers by Produce Grower magazine. ‘Options to optimze, Mattos is leading a charge to find more efficient environmental controls for greenhouse growers.’ His expertise and leadership to the GLASE consortium have steadily helped ushered in a renaissance of innovation in both his approach and thinking for controlled environmental agriculture (CEA).
Read more“Executive Director of GLASE Named One of Produce Grower Magazine’s Produce Pioneers”
LESA Research Published in HDIAC Journal for Work in Circadian Rhythm Regulation
Drs. Agung Julius and John T. Wen, and PhD student researcher Jaiwei Yin from Wen’s Research Group published in the Journal of the Homeland Defense & Security Information Analysis Center (HDIAC) Volume: 6 Number: 3 – Biometric Nanosponges as a Broad-Spectrum Countermeasure to Biological Threats for their work on “Optimization of Lighting and Sleep Schedules for Circadian Rhythm Regulation.”
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LESA Visiting Scholar’s Work Referenced in Horticultural Lighting Newsletter
Cheif Researcher Jurga Miliauskiene from the Institute of Horticulture at the Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry was mentioned in the November issue of LEDs Horticultral Lighting monthly newsletter for the research work she recently completed at LESA. Miliauskiene’s work on the effects of pulsed lighting for CEA qulaity-crop production, was the subject of a recent guest blog for LEDs Magazine as well. Read more“LESA Visiting Scholar’s Work Referenced in Horticultural Lighting Newsletter”
New publication on Lighting in Health from LESA Faculty Researchers in Biomedical Signal Processing and Control
Drs. Agung Julias and John Wen‘s methodological approach to assess circadian processes in subjects who have recently experienced traumatic brain injury, using regularly gathered intracranial temperature data. The health effects of circadian regulation are profound, yet assessments of circadian processes are often infeasible in the neurotrauma intensive care unit (ICU).
LESA Center research efforts with the University of New Mexico picked up by Albuquerque Journal
UNM Study Gauges Effectiveness of Light Therapy to Reshape Circadian Rhythms
University of New Mexico researchers and their colleagues from the LESA Center have demonstrated a new technology for gauging the effectiveness of light therapy to synchronize human circadian rhythms as a potential treatment for insomnia, mood disorders and other health problems. In a report published online in the IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (and set to lead the journal’s December issue), the team reported on a pilot study using the Smart Lighting Clinical Testbed at UNM Hospital. The lighting, sensing and control systems used were based on a system first installed in the Smart Conference Room Testbed at the LESA Center.
Read more“UNM Study Gauges Effectiveness of Light Therapy to Reshape Circadian Rhythms”
LESA Center Cited in Horticulture Daily for Advanced Research Modules
Lighting research consortium brings the CEA community industry-ready technologies. Without light, plants can’t grow. The continued advance of controlled environment agriculture means that sunlight is often supplemented and in some cases completely replaced by artificial lighting. It works well, but there’s one caveat: artificial lighting can take a lot of energy. Reason enough for the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to kickstart the Greenhouse Lighting and Systems Engineering (GLASE) consortium with $5 million in funding in 2017.
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Visiting Scholar Joins LESA Plant Science Team
The LESA Center is pleased to welcome visiting scholar Dr. Jurga Miliauskiene. Miliauskiene is the Chief Researcher at the Institute of Horticulture at the Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry. She is joining the Plant Science team for two months working alongside Sr. Plant Scientist Elsebeth Kolmos.Read more“Visiting Scholar Joins LESA Plant Science Team”
LESA Faculty Researcher Honored at IEEE Workshop
John Wen, the head of Rensselaer’s Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, was recently honored at an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) workshop on advances in the fields of control and smart automation, an area in which Wen has made significant contributions. Wen also leads the Human Centric Lighting verticle at LESA.
Solutions to the Camera Conundrum in Healthcare Using ‘Indoor LIDAR’ for Improved Patient Safety and Protection
— A small network of low cost non-imaging sensors enhances critical patient monitoring without the invasiveness of cameras. —
(Troy, New York) Health and wellness care facilities often struggle to balance trade-offs between affordable, necessary patient monitoring and patient privacy. Camera surveillance, though useful in many situations, is not always the best option for monitoring occupants in a facility where preserving privacy is also an important function. Researchers at LESA (the Lighting Enabled Systems & Applications Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) are solving the camera conundrum in healthcare settings by demonstrating how a small network of low cost time-of-flight sensors use the speed of light to measure distances. Read more“Solutions to the Camera Conundrum in Healthcare Using ‘Indoor LIDAR’ for Improved Patient Safety and Protection”
LESA Faculty Researcher Selected To Receive 2019 Outstanding Young Investigator Award from ASME
Sandipan Mishra, associate professor of mechanical, aerospace, and nuclear engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been selected for the 2019 Outstanding Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ (ASME) Dynamic Systems and Control Division (DSCD).
LESA Center Sr. Plant Scientist’s Guest Author Blog Receives Placement in Weekly Newsletter
Dr. Elsebeth Kolmos’ guest blog spot for LEDs Magazine, describes what research has revealed about plant responses to ultraviolet light. She observes there is much more to be learned about balancing taste, nutrician, and crop yield with UV light exposure.
Learn why ‘Smart Lighting is a Myth’ in IES Webinar with LESA Center Director
Dr. Robert Karlicek addresses pressing issues about what lighting needs to be considered “SMART”. How to make cognitive lighting systems and getting to “Lighting Systems that Think” in recent Illuminating Engineering Society educational webinar.
Read more“Learn why ‘Smart Lighting is a Myth’ in IES Webinar with LESA Center Director”
New Senior Research Scientist Joins LESA Center’s Plant Science Team
The LESA Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is pleased to welcome Dr. Elsebeth Kolmos to the Plant Science team. Her research interests and expertise are in Plant-Environmental Interactions, Molecular Biology, Genomics, Plant Biology, Plant Physiology, and Plant Circadian Function.
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New Horticulture Light Modules Developed at LESA Accelerate Indoor Plant-Growth Research
New lighting modules being developed at the LESA Center in collaboration with the Greenhouse Lighting & Systems Engineering (GLASE) consortium, shows real promise for advanced control over the spectral distribution of color-mixing lights for horticulture research. The Tunable Irradiance Growth Efficacy Research (TIGER) Light can be used to dynamically adjust spectrum and intensity in order to evoke specific physiological responses from the plants. The six-wavelength modular fixture design can be “daisy-chained” to flexibly cover a wide range of growth area dimensions.
As light is a source of both information and energy for plants, creating spectrally uniform precise ‘light algorithms’ by controlling the timing and spectral power distribution is critical for optimizing controlled environment agriculture (CEA) plant growth. The TIGER Light will help to determine how the dynamic use of specific wavelengths can augment plant growth rates and improve nutritional value while controlling other plant qualities for improved CEA outcomes.
New Horticulture Light Modules Accelerate Indoor Plant-Growth Research
— LESA and GLASE are taking the guesswork out of tunable irradiant growth efficacy research for indoor farming–
New lighting modules being developed at the Lighting Enabled Systems & Applications (LESA) Center in collaboration with the Greenhouse Lighting & Systems Engineering (GLASE) consortium show real promise for advanced control over the spectral distribution of color-mixing lights for horticulture research.
Read more“New Horticulture Light Modules Accelerate Indoor Plant-Growth Research”
LESA Center Featured in Illuminating Engineering Society Video Showcase
LESA faculty and researchers provide insights and expertise into the groundbreaking research being done at the Center on the topics of cognition, VLC communication, efficient buildings, plant science and healthcare in a recent IES faculty showcase video series. Watch the segments to find out what differentiates LESA from other research facilities.
LESA Center Featured in Illuminating Engineering Society Faculty Showcase
LESA faculty and researchers provide insights and expertise into the groundbreaking research being done at the Center on the topics of cognition, VLC communication, efficient buildings, plant science and healthcare in a recent IES faculty showcase video series. To find out what differentiates LESA from other research facilities, watch the segments.
Former GE Global Research Sr. Scientist Newest LESA Center Faculty Researcher
The LESA Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is proud to announce the addition of Rensselaer Professor Peter Bonitatibus from the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology as its newest faculty researcher. Bonitatibus’ work in nanoparticle engineering will support LESA’s research in high refractive index materials as part of the Center’s fundamental research. To learn more, click here.
Former GE Global Research Sr. Scientist Peter Bonitatibus Newest LESA Faculty Researcher
Bonitatibus’ work in nanoparticle engineering will support LESA’s research in high refractive index materials as part of the Center’s fundamental research.
(Troy, New York) The LESA Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is proud to announce the addition of Rensselaer Professor Peter Bonitatibus from the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology as its newest faculty researcher.
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LESA Director Interviewed for Strategies in Light Spotlight by LEDs Magazine
Dr. Robert Karlicek and Vital Vio’s CEO Colleen Costello discuss how LEDs connect the dots between disinfection and smart lighting in recent interview for LEDs Magazine.
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Creating Healthier Spaces with ‘Smarter’ Disinfecting LEDs
–The convergence of continuous disinfection and IoT/Connected Technologies to be focus of presentation at 2019 Strategies in Light 20th Anniversary Conference–
Troy, NY (February 25, 2019) – Imagine the lighting in a food processing facility detecting the presence of E. coli, or lighting in a gym detecting MRSA, or lighting in a kitchen detecting salmonella. Then imagine that lighting system safely and effectively targeting and killing those deadly germs. The promising new frontier of smart technologies optimizing the antibacterial capacity of LEDs will be the focus of a presentation by two experts in the field.
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LESA Graduate research work published in Soft Matter for nano-transfer Adhesion work.
Michael Deagen (’18) discusses the size effects in plasma-enhanced nano-transfer adhesion. His work explores a new process of combing plasma bonding and layer-by-layer transfer molding that drives both techniques to the nanoscale. To learn more, click here.
LESA Researcher Receives DOE Manufacturing Innovator Challenge Award
Rensselaer doctoral graduate and LESA researcher wins 2019 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Manufacturing Innovator Challenge competition. The Manufacturing Innovator Challenge competition is a new contest launched by the DOE last October and Deagen is the first recipient for his submission entitled, “Layer-by-Layer Stamping for Developing Next-Generation Optical Waveguides.”Read more“LESA Researcher Receives DOE Manufacturing Innovator Challenge Award”
LESA Researcher First to Receive DOE Manufacturing Innovator Challenge Award
(Troy, New York) Rensselaer doctoral graduate and LESA researcher Michael Deagen (’18) is the winner of the 2019 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Manufacturing Innovator Challenge competition for crowdsourced solid-state lighting (SSL) manufacturing concepts. The Manufacturing Innovator Challenge competition is a new contest launched by the DOE last October and Deagen is the first recipient for his submission entitled, “Layer-by-Layer Stamping for Developing Next-Generation Optical Waveguides.”
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LESA Researcher Explores LEDs for Photons, Physiology and Food
Dr. George “Bud” Brainard with colleagues from Thomas Jefferson University explore how the color, intensity, and distribution of light can now be controlled with unprecedented precision, enabling light to be used both as a signal for specific physiological responses in humans and plants and as an efficient fuel for fresh food production in recent article in Nature Magazine. To learn more, click here.
LESA’s Pod Sensors Enable Powerful Time of Flight Tracking
The LESA Center has pioneered and patented the use of lighting-based ToF for privacy preserving indoor occupant position measurement. LESA’s precise pattern recognition methodology led to the development of extremely robust algorithms that enable its ToF sensors to detect and respond to changes in occupancy instantly as part of a $2.7M Department of Energy (DOE) ARPA-E award to develop new, cost effective occupancy sensing ToF integrated circuits. LESA has now successfully designed and tested compact, low-cost ToF “pod” sensors for localized occupant counting and tracking. The pod sensors use an array of 9 state-of-the-art, single pixel ToF sensors to cover a wide area. They detect the movement and height of objects in their wide field of view allowing people to move around freely and securely without sacrificing their privacy.
LESA’s ToF pod sensors would enable any building to locate its occupants at any given time without revealing a person’s identity or activity, make real-time adjustments to building services, and send alerts for discrepancies. In an elder care setting, the building could know if someone had fallen or wandered off. During an emergency, a hotel might be able to alert emergency responders of exactly how many people evacuated and how many remained behind.
While still in final development, LESA has shown that its goal of creating a miniature ToF pod sensor that can be commercialized for a marginal cost for the private sector is viable. In the interim, LESA is eager to engage with potential beta-test users to gather feedback on system design and performance, as well as technology transfer and commercialization strategies. LESA ToF pods may also be useful to researchers and applications specialists interested in applying ToF concepts to their own fields. For more information on the pod sensors, or to become a LESA member, visit the Center website or contact Leah Scott at scottl2@rpi.edu or 518-276-4010.
LESA’s Pod Sensors Enable Powerful Time of Flight Tracking
Time of Flight (ToF) sensing uses the speed of light to measure distance. It plays an essential role in technologies ranging from safe, autonomous self-driving cars to smart phones with facial recognition capabilities. The LESA Center has pioneered and patented (US9,363,859) the use of lighting-based ToF for privacy preserving indoor occupant position measurement.
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LESA Sr. Researcher Participates in IES Podcast on Plant Science
Dr. Tessa Pocock shares insights on plant science possibilities with light in a recent podcast from the Illuminating Engineering Society. To listen, click here.
LESA Research on Circadian Function Featured in Physiology & Behavior Journal
Dr. Hanifin from Thomas Jefferson University published for his work on randomized trial of polychromatic blue-enriched light for circadian phase shifting, melatonin suppression, and alerting responses. To learn more, click here.
LESA Researchers Publish Work on Growth Dynamics in Red Lettuce
Dr. Tessa Pocock and Dr. Matthew Urschel published in agronomy 2018 special issue ‘Sensing and Automated Systems for Improved Crop Management’ with an article entitled, “Remote Detection of Growth Dynamics in Red Lettuce Using a Novel Chlorophyll a Fluorometer”. To learn more, click here.
Better Building Management with LESA Solar Heat Gain Sensors
(TROY, NY) LESA researchers have found that by simply measuring reflected light in a building, it is possible to estimate solar heat gain from daylight.Read more“Better Building Management with LESA Solar Heat Gain Sensors”
LESA Participates in RPI Red Talk
LESA Director Dr. Robert Karlicek presented on Urban Ecotones and Center Researcher Dr. Shayla Sawyer presented on the Jefferson Project. To watch the talk, click here.
Illuminating Engineering Society Explores Lighting and IOT with LESA
LESA Director Dr. Robert Karlicek featured in Ian Ashdown article, “The Science of Near-Infrared Lighting: Fact or Fiction” published by IES. To read the article, click here.
LESA Participates in Panel on New York State Funding
Representatives from RPI’s Lighting Enabled Systems and Applications (LESA) Center participated in a recent panel discussion held by the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities in New York or CICU at the State Capitol to inform legislators on the importance of on-going State sponsored funding for higher education in New York. Read more“LESA Participates in Panel on New York State Funding”
LESA Participates in Panel at the New York State Capitol
Representatives from RPI’s Lighting Enabled Systems and Applications (LESA) Center participated in a recent panel discussion held by the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities in New York or CICU at the State Capitol to inform legislators on the importance of on-going State sponsored funding for higher education in New York. Read more“LESA Participates in Panel at the New York State Capitol”
LESA Center cited in Indoor AgTech article
To read the article, click here.
Dr. Tessa Pocock’s research featured in Photonics Media
To read the piece, ‘The McCree Demystified’, click here
LESA Doctoral Candidate Prachi Sharma Featured on ERC Website
To view placement, click here.
3MT® Competition Winner Doctoral Candidate @LESA
LESA doctoral candidate Prachi Sharma (’18) who placed first in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition held as part of RPI’s 2nd Annual Graduate Research Symposium in 2017, has gone on to place 2nd at the Northeastern Association Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) regional 3MT® -automatically qualifying her for inclusion in the national competition in Washington, D.C., to be held in December.
3MT® Competition Winner Doctoral Candidate at LESA Center
LESA doctoral candidate Prachi Sharma (’18) who placed first in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition held as part of RPI’s 2nd Annual Graduate Research Symposium in 2017, has gone on to place 2nd at the Northeastern Association Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) regional 3MT® -automatically qualifying her for inclusion in the national competition in Washington, D.C., to be held in December.
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Dr. Tessa Pocock’s Work Highlighted in LEDs Magazine Editorial Digest
To read more and download the article, click here.
Greenhouse Lighting Research Helps Shape Future Farming @LESA
LESA senior researcher and plant physiologist Tessa Pocock was asked to participate as an expert on greenhouse lighting in a recent panel discussion for agricultural business owners and local farmers hosted by New York Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner. The ‘Ag-Tech Roundtable’ was part of a larger initiative aimed at creating an open dialog of finding solutions to modern agriculture problems affecting crop production, efficient and sustainable farming methods, best-practices and industry insights.
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Greenhouse Lighting Research Helps Shape Future Farming @LESA
LESA Senior Researcher and plant physiologist Tessa Pocock was asked to participate as an expert on greenhouse lighting in a recent panel discussion for agricultural business owners and local farmers hosted by New York Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner. The ‘Ag-Tech Roundtable’ was part of a larger initiative aimed at creating an open dialog of finding solutions to modern agriculture problems affecting crop production, efficient and sustainable farming methods, best-practices and industry insights.
Read more“Greenhouse Lighting Research Helps Shape Future Farming @LESA”
LESA Researchers Solve LED Packing Problem
LESA Center Director Robert Karlicek proposed a challenge: Find a way to produce large sheets of precisely oriented unpackaged LEDs without having to pick up and place each one at a time. Read more“LESA Researchers Solve LED Packing Problem”
Researchers Solve LED Packing Problem @LESA
LESA Center Director Robert Karlicek proposed a challenge: Find a way to produce large sheets of precisely oriented unpackaged LEDs without having to pick up and place each one at a time. Read more“Researchers Solve LED Packing Problem @LESA”
LESA Health & Wellness Initiative Received Recognition from Haptic R&D Consulting
To view the placement, click here.
Dr. Tessa Pocock’s LESA Research on Horticulture Lighting Featured in Novus Light Article
To read the Feb. 19, 2018 article online, click here.
LESA Director Dr. Robert Karlicek Featured in LEDs Magazine Video During Strategies in Light/LED Show
To watch the video, click here.
Dr. Tessa Pocock Highlighted in LEDs Magazine for Conference Closing Plenary
To read the article in the Feb. 2018 issue of LEDs Magazine, click here.
LESA Featured on IES Homepage for Lighting Workshop Report
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Transforming Healthcare and Wellbeing Through Lighting @LESA
LESA and the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) sponsored a workshop in 2016 to explore pathways to define and promote the adoption of lighting systems specifically for healthcare environments. The aim was to initiate an important dialog among stakeholders on the changes in modern healthcare interior lighting applications, and subsequent white paper detailing the outcomes and contributions of the workshop participants.
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Transforming Healthcare and Wellbeing Through Lighting @LESA
Transforming Patient Health Care and Well-Being Through Lighting
LESA and the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) sponsored a workshop in 2016 to explore pathways to define and promote the adoption of lighting systems specifically for healthcare environments. The aim was to initiate an important dialog among stakeholders on the changes in modern healthcare interior lighting applications, and subsequent white paper detailing the outcomes and contributions of the workshop participants.
Read more“Transforming Healthcare and Wellbeing Through Lighting @LESA”
Industry-Academia Days Accommodations
Block Name: RPI LESA Industry Day
Nightly Rate: $129
Block Deadline: March 12th or until the group block is sold-out, whichever comes first
Address: 235 Hoosick St, Troy, NY 12180
Phone Number: (518) 272-1700
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Best Western Plus Franklin Square Inn
Block Name: LESA Industry Day
Nightly Rate: $134
Block Deadline: March 21st or until the group block is sold-out, whichever comes first
Address: 1 4th St, Troy, NY 12180
Phone Number: (518) 274-8800
Web Link: https://www.bestwestern.com/en_US/customer-service.html#Reservations
If you experience difficulties booking your accommodations at either location, please contact the hotel property directly and provide them with the block name.
Please note that the event venue is the Hilton Garden Inn. The Best Western Plus at Franklin is conveniently located to both the the event venue (and the RPI campus), however, a shuttle will not be provided between the two hotel properties.
LESA Horticulture Lighting Initiative Receives Placement on ERC Site
To view the national ERC ‘Center News’ click here.
ARPA-E Selects Plenoptic TOF Technology @LESA
The LESA team at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and University of New Mexico in collaboration with industry partner ABB was recently selected to receive a $2.375M award from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Saving Energy Nationwide in Structures with Occupancy Recognition (SENSOR) program. Read more“ARPA-E Selects Plenoptic TOF Technology @LESA”
Horticultural Lighting Gets Big @LESA
LESA and Cornell have received a prestigious INFEWS award from the National Science Foundation for $2.4M to fund a program in advanced urban farming. This program focuses applied plant growth research on water use efficiency, transpiration and nutritional value optimization using engineered solutions for vertical farming.Read more“Horticultural Lighting Gets Big @LESA”
Bacteria Detection in Floodwaters @LESA
LESA Professors Shayla Sawyer (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) and Valencia Koomson (Tufts University) have been awarded an NSF EAGER award from the Division of Biological Infrastructure for $297,451 for their proposal titled, “Ultrasensitive frequency domain spectrometer for high throughput bacteria detection in floodwater”. Read more“Bacteria Detection in Floodwaters @LESA”
Tessa Pocock featured at US Horticultural Lighting Conference
LESA’s Dr. Tessa Pocock is the Closing Plenary speaker at the 2017 US Horticultural Lighting Conference on October 17 in Denver Colorado, her talk is entitled “Fast-forwarding the Future of Food”.
Postdoc Position Open for Plant Physiologist
LESA’s Horticultural Lighting Research area is seeking to fill a Postdoctoral Research Associate position to perform advanced plant physiological and plant stress research. All inquiries should be directed to Diane Veros at verosd@rpi.edu.