Research with Smart Lighting ERC
By: Kirthana Bhat, Chemical Engineering '16
This
past summer I had a research internship at the Smart Lighting Engineering
Research Center (ERC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The core goal of the
Smart Lighting ERC is to revolutionize lighting by creating the technology
needed to produce benefits in human health and safety and energy conservation.
Along
with two other visiting undergraduates, I spent the entire summer learning and
researching the characterization of full spectrum phosphor LED’s. Phosphors are
rare earth compounds that coat white LED’s which create a full spectrum of
visible light, by emitting light at longer wavelengths. My research focused on
the synthesis and characterization of narrow-line red phosphors. Since there
are many ways to create these phosphors, my goal was to create a red phosphor
using the best method to increase the performance of the phosphor.
The
program ended with a symposium where I gave a presentation demonstrating the
progress I made and a final overview of my summer research experience. You can view my poster here.This was
a great experience and I highly recommend that everyone takes a chance to see
if research is right for you!
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