The Smart Lighting ERC (Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center) focuses on developing
solid-state lighting
Solid-state lighting (SSL) is a type of lighting that uses semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs), organic light-emitting diodes (OLED), or polymer light-emitting diodes (PLED) as sources of illumination rather than electrical filaments, ...
systems with advanced functionality, with an "emphasis" on industry outreach to facilitate
commercialization
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.
Purpose
In the words of Director Robert F. Karlicek Jr, the Smart Lighting ERC seeks to contribute to the creation of "smart lighting systems that think."
A primary goal of Gen-3 ERCs is the global commercialization of academic research.
Partnership
The center is an NSF Gen-3 ERC formed in 2008, and is a partnership between the lead university
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (; RPI) is a private university, private research university in Troy, New York, United States. It is the oldest technological university in the English-speaking world and the Western Hemisphere. It was establishe ...
, (RPI) two core partner universities—
Boston University
Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. BU was founded in 1839 by a group of Boston Methodism, Methodists with its original campus in Newbury (town), Vermont, Newbur ...
(BU) and the
University of New Mexico
The University of New Mexico (UNM; ) is a public research university in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. Founded in 1889 by the New Mexico Territorial Legislature, it is the state's second oldest university, a flagship university in th ...
(UNM)—and three other outreach universities—
Howard University
Howard University is a private, historically black, federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C., United States. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" and accredited by the Mid ...
,
Morgan State University (MSU), and the
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (RHIT).
Funding
Funding comes from the
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is ...
, New York Empire State Development's Division of Science, Technology, and Innovation (NYSTAR), and industrial partners.
See also
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Lighting & Sound International
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Professional Lighting Designers' Association
The Professional Lighting Designers' Association (PLDA), formerly the European Lighting Designers' Association (ELDA+), is an international association of architectural lighting designers headquartered in Gütersloh,Germany. Initially established ...
References
External links
Smart Desk LampERC Association WebsiteLighting for Interior Designers
National Science Foundation
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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