Curiosity Forum: Lighting and Life, The Astounding World of Lighting Research

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Curiosity Forum: Lighting and Life, The Astounding World of Lighting Research

Russ LeslieSunday, April 12 at 4:00 pm
Freight Depot Theater at Hubbard Hall
FREE

 
RPI’s Lighting Research Center (LRC) is at the nexus of a revolution. Lighting affects us in so many ways: sleep quality, airline comfort and safety, Alzheimer’s care, submarines, snow plows, pedestrian safety, milk production, school performance, star gazing, and economic development to name but a few. Professor Russ Leslie, Associate Director and co-founder of the LRC, will give some examples of what’s cooking behind the façade of Troy’s historic Gurley Building, the home of the world’s preeminent center for lighting research and education. The LRC’s work spans basic science to full scale application of new techniques and technologies that are changing society and are increasingly affecting your daily lives. 

Russ Leslie is a practicing architect, Professor of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Associate Director of the Lighting Research Center (LRC), the world's largest multi-disciplinary center for lighting research and education. Co-founder of the LRC, Leslie is responsible for program development and operation of the LRC’s $6 million dollar annual research and education operation. He is the program head for the LRC’s graduate programs in lighting. Leslie teaches and conducts research in architecture, lighting, daylighting, and energy efficiency. He holds degrees from Brown University in psychology, Rhode Island College in teaching, and Rensselaer in architecture.

The Curiosity Forum is a partnership of Battenkill BooksHubbard Hall, and Leslie Parke Studio.

 

 

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