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 |
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Yukio Akashi,
Ph.D.
Education:
B.S., engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan; M.S., Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan; Ph.D., engineering, Musashi Institute of Technology, Japan. Research interests:
Energy-efficient office lighting, transportation lighting, light pollution, light and health, energy-savings policies in lighting, ballast performance testing.
Background:
Prior to joining the Lighting Research Center, Dr. Akashi was a senior researcher of human factors at the lighting research laboratory of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. He is currently a registered architect licensed by Japan's Minister of Construction.
Professional memberships:
Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, The Society for Psychophysiological Research, International Dark-Sky Association, The Illuminating Engineering Institute of Japan, Japanese National Committee of CIE.
Awards:
Noteworthy Invention 1998, awarded by Japan's Minister of State for Science and Technology; Research Encouragement Award 1995, awarded by the Illuminating Engineering Institute of Japan. |
