Presented November, 16, 2022
In-person seminar hosted by Dr. Bob Davis, Chief Lighting Research Engineer at PNNL and Affiliated Faculty in Architectural Engineering at TSU.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand why traditional lighting software tools may not be adequate for lighting in the melanopic age.
- Evaluate how advanced simulation tools that consider both the intensity and spectrum of light can help assess new lighting recommendations and estimate energy implications.
- Comprehend the limitations of traditional approaches to research on discomfort glare and environmental perceptions.
- Review the results from recent studies to assess how new virtual reality tools might be used in future research on these topics.
- Learn about a recent initiative to establish improved lighting education at Tennessee State University.
Speaker:
Bob Davis is Chief Lighting Research Engineer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, where his responsibilities include leading several laboratory and field lighting research and technology assessment efforts. He has been a faculty member in architecture at RPI’s Lighting Research Center and in engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. His experience includes working in engineering and marketing at a lamp manufacturer and leading the product development and engineering teams at a luminaire manufacturer. Bob is a Fellow of the Illuminating Engineering Society and serves as Co-Director of CU Boulder’s Rocky Mountain Lighting Academy. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees in Architectural Engineering from Penn State and a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from CU Boulder, and holds affiliated faculty appointments in architectural engineering at CU Boulder, Penn State and Tennessee State.