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Troy, NY - 4/19/2001

Optical Research Associates establishes a scholarship at the Lighting Research Center

Optical Research Associates (ORA®) is providing funding for a one-year "Optical Research Associates Scholarship in Lighting" and research assistantship for a second year graduate student in the MS in Lighting Program at the Lighting Research Center for the 2001-2002 academic year.

The scholarship will support studies exploring fundamental issues in optical design and applications of optical computer modeling to lighting. The research assistantship will support the student's thesis work in the area of optical modeling and experimental verification of a luminaire for Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) using optical ray tracing software (LightTools®), developed by ORA®.

Robert S. Hilbert, President and CEO of Optical Research Associates, said ORA® has an excellent relationship with the Lighting Research Center and its students. "This scholarship," said Hilbert, "is a wonderful way for us to work with the LRC in supporting the advancement of lighting design and innovation."

Founded in 1963, Optical Research Associates (ORA®) is a leader in the optics industry both as the world's largest independent optical engineering services organization, and as the developer of the world's leading optical design software, CODE V® and LightTools®. Employing more than 50 engineers, ORA® provides imaginative, cost-effective optical design solutions.

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.