Two-day, “On-the-Road” LED Lighting Institute
The dates for the next two-day “on-the-road” LED Lighting Institute will be announced.
In response to requests from lighting professionals across the US, we are taking the LED Lighting Institute “on the road.” The premiere educational program on solid-state lighting, the LED Lighting Institute offers participants valuable information about LED technology and research and plenty of time to participate in hands-on sessions using LEDs.
In this new two-day version of the LED Lighting Institute, LRC experts will provide detailed instruction for lighting fixture designers and manufacturers, lighting specifiers, and other professionals interested in learning more about this quickly evolving lighting technology.
The LRC has designed the course to provide in-depth training and hands-on experience in working with the latest LED technologies for a variety of applications. Participants will learn how to incorporate LED technologies into the design of architectural lighting fixtures, and how to develop electrical, optical, and thermal management components that will best meet the needs of this revolutionary lighting technology. Instructors will also provide information on designing lighting applications that best take advantage of the unique attributes of LEDs. Attendees of the sessions will also be able to compare LED technologies from a variety of manufacturers and learn important information about operating characteristics, average-rated-life, lumen output, and other important specification factors.
At the LED lighting institute you will:
- Observe hands-on demonstrations of a full range of LED technologies used in a variety of applications
- Learn to design lighting installations using LEDs
- Learn to select and specify LED lighting system components
- Experiment with LED lighting technology by building a lighting fixture
- Learn how to match application requirements with available technologies
- Learn about the latest LED research and testing information
- Receive an LRC Continuing Education Certificate in LED lighting
Participants may also sign up to tour several outdoor LED lighting applications around the Durham, N.C., area the evening of the first day of the Institute.
Schedule: (subject to modification)
| Morning | Afternoon | |||
| Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3 | Session 4 | |
| Day 1 | LED Technology and Operation: Update on the latest developments in LED technology; LED structure, packaging, operational characteristics, light extraction methods; general issues of LED life, color, and measurement. | LED Electrical Characteristics: Electric construction of an LED device; voltage and current in high power devices; common wiring methods; electrical design challenges; methods used to drive, dim, and control LED systems. | LED Optical & Thermal Characteristics: Optical control and modeling of LEDs; LED thermal resistance, convection, radiation, and modes of heat transfer; heat sinks; best practice in designing thermal management systems. | Laboratory sessions: Hands-on and demonstration sessions covering thermal management and electrical design. Lighting Design: Considerations for architectural and outdoor lighting design using LEDs. |
| Day 2 | LED Photometry and Color: Lecture and demonstration on measuring LED intensity, light output, and distribution; spectral measurement and characterization; color, color rendering; brightness, and chromaticity of LEDs. | ASSIST Recommends: Understanding issues involved in quantifying LED performance; LED testing and evaluation; selecting LED systems for architectural and outdoor lighting applications. Includes lectures and demonstrations. | Hands-on session: Groups of participants will build and evaluate an LED lighting system for a particular application using LEDs and other system components from a variety of manufacturers. | Group Presentations: Groups will present the results of their LED system development and evaluation. Questions & Answers: Final discussion session on LED technologies and applications. |
About the Instructors
Nadarajah Narendran, Ph.D., is an associate professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the LRC’s director of research. Dr. Narendran is one of the world’s leading authorities in LED and solid-state lighting technologies. He has written more than 30 scientific articles and holds four patents for lighting technologies. He has developed and taught courses in optics, LEDs, and fiber optic lighting, and he currently teaches in the graduate lighting program at the LRC.
Jean Paul Freyssinier, M.S., is an engineer and a research assistant professor at the LRC. Professor Freyssinier designs and evaluates lighting applications and demonstrations, conducts research on solid-state lighting, and develops LED lighting systems. His lighting experience includes working as principal of design in a full-service architectural lighting design firm in Mexico.
Terry Klein, M.S., is a lead research specialist at the LRC where he creates systems and instrumentation for research projects. He holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Mr. Klein has 32 years of industrial experience in the design and manufacture of display and instrumentation systems and formerly worked for National Semiconductor. He produced displays for customers such as Philips, Bang & Olufsen, Banner, HP, GE, and Pitney Bowes.
Patricia Rizzo, M.S. - heads the architectural lighting program at the LRC. She conducts research and oversees projects in market transformations involving energy efficiency and solid-state lighting and has taught seminars to building professionals on lighting application techniques for residential and commercial construction. Working closely with EPA, local builders, and lighting manufacturers, she has designed, gathered data, and published results on an energy-efficient model demonstration home. She has handled projects ranging from residences and historic buildings to restaurants, industrial facilities, and automotive interiors. Formerly, Ms. Rizzo was the principal of an interior design firm.
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