It is already used for senior projects, for the ILE labs and courses, for specialty seminars and for demos. A second Lighting Systems and Controls lab is under design by Cal Poly students with guidelines from industrial liaison persons and will be on line next year. The wealth of equipment includes an integrating sphere, Lab Sphere automated test and evaluation equipment, various spectrometers and spectrum analyzers, data acquisition equipment, power supplies, computers, etc. As part of the Lighting Controls course, the Lab Students designed a lighted ceiling remote control system for the new lab. Measurements and evaluation of heart beat, blood pressure, muscle strength, cardiogram and hearing are only some of the capabilities of the lab right now.
Students are welcome to stop by.
Significant contribution to the development and implementation of these exciting programs were made by various faculty around campus. They include Marvin Abrams, Frank Smith and David Clark of COE, Hofu Wu of CED, Bill Morris of Theater Arts, Betty Tracy of Apparel Research and Eudell Vis of Ag Engg. Illumination Engineering and Lighting Design are exciting and challenging fields, ones that merit looking into. Cal Poly is well on the way to become a major contributor to these areas.