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For Immediate Release
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Rebekah Mullaney
Lighting Research Center
518.687.7118
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Troy, NY - 3/19/2001
Lighting Research Center Director elected Fellow of Lighting Society in U.K.
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Mark Rea, Ph.D., FIES, LC, FSLL, the Director of the Lighting Research Center, has been elected a Fellow of Great Britain's Society of Light and Lighting (FSLL).
With more than 2,100 members worldwide, the Society of Light and Lighting is the largest professional body for lighting in the United Kingdom. The Society grants the designation of Fellow only to lighting professionals who meet strict requirements, including holding a responsible position in light and lighting for at least ten years, and making a significant contribution to the field of light and lighting.
Dr. Rea, who is also a Fellow of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, last year received the prestigious 2000 IESNA Medal, the highest honor in the field of lighting. Rea has written nearly 150 technical papers and presentations, and has contributed significantly to the development of the world's first and only Masters of Science in lighting degree at the LRC.
Before joining the Lighting Research Center in 1988 as its first director, Dr. Rea was senior research officer and manager of the Indoor Environmental Program of the Building Performance Section at the National Research Council of Canada. His research interests include vision, photobiology, illumination engineering, psychology, and computer imaging. He is a member of the Optical Society of America and the Commission Internationale de l'Éclairage. Dr. Rea received his M.S. and Ph.D. in biophysics from Ohio State University.
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About the Lighting Research Center
The Lighting Research Center (LRC) is part of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy, N.Y., and is the leading university-based research center devoted to lighting. The LRC offers the world's premier graduate education in lighting, including one- and two-year master's programs and a Ph.D. program. Since 1988 the LRC has built an international reputation as a reliable source for objective information about lighting technologies, applications, and products. The LRC also provides training programs for government agencies, utilities, contractors, lighting designers, and other lighting professionals. Visit www.lrc.rpi.edu.
About Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, founded in 1824, is the nation's oldest technological university. The university offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in engineering, the sciences, information technology, architecture, management, and the humanities and social sciences. Institute programs serve undergraduates, graduate students, and working professionals around the world. Rensselaer faculty are known for pre-eminence in research conducted in a wide range of fields, with particular emphasis in biotechnology, nanotechnology, information technology, and the media arts and technology. The Institute is well known for its success in the transfer of technology from the laboratory to the marketplace so that new discoveries and inventions benefit human life, protect the environment, and strengthen economic development.
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