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 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
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 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
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Dr. Tessa Pocock’s research featured in Photonics Media
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LESA Doctoral Candidate Prachi Sharma Featured on ERC Website
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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.
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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
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Dr. Tessa Pocock’s LESA Research on Horticulture Lighting Featured in Novus Light Article
To read the Feb. 19, 2018 article online, 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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LESA Horticulture Lighting Initiative Receives Placement on ERC Site
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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”