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Zach Suchara will give a guest lecture in IARC 492/592 Electric Lighting on November 7th at 6:oopm in LA206.  This lecture is open to the public and anyone interested is welcome to join!

Zach’s Bio:  Zach joined Luma in 2006 and oversees the management, development, and growth of the firm. He has extensive experience with projects throughout the Pacific Northwest and California, and beyond—Luma’s experience currently extends across the U.S. and into Asia and central Europe. As a registered architect in the state of Oregon with over 20 years of experience in architecture and lighting design, Zach strives to continually reinforce humanistic integration with the natural and built environment. For him, light is more than a medium to apply to architecture. It is a foundational component for shaping human experience. Zach’s passion for holistic, sustainable, and humanistic design integration is evidenced by his diverse, award-winning project work, national and international speaking engagements, and participation in multiple industry organizations such as the AIA, IES and AFO. 

Baker Lighting Lab, under the supervision of Assistant Professor Siobhan Rockcastle, has secured a grant from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to study the perceptual accuracy of solid state lighting in an array of virtual displays, including HDR and VR screens.  This research will include a pilot study on the U of O campus this summer.  Please contact us if you’re interested in learning more about this project.

A peer-reviewed paper, titled “The case for occupant-centric daylight analytics: a comparison of horizontal illumination and immersive view” had been accepted to the proceedings for Building Simulation 2019 in Rome.  Siobhan Rockcastle co-authored this paper with Marilyne Andersen from the EPFL in Switzerland and Maria Amundadottir from OCULIGHT analytics in Iceland.

As General Chair of SimAUD 2019, Dr. Siobhan Rockcastle worked with Dr. Tarek Rakha, Program Chair to organize the 10th anniversary of SimAUD in Atlanta, Georgia.  Working with our Scientific Chairs, Dr. Tea Zakula, Dr. Dimitris Papanikolaou, and Dr. Carlos Davila, the organizing team welcomed over 40 authors from 18 countries who presented original peer-reviewed research papers.  Kicking off the symposium with a welcome address, Siobhan recapped 10-years of SimAUD and the growing impacts of this community on simulation in architecture and urban design.  To read the proceedings, please visit the SimAUD site and download here.

Assistant Professor of Architecture, Siobhan Rockcastle, visited MIT on March 21 as an invited speaker in the Spring Building Technology Lecture series. She shared her research from the Baker lighting Lab at the University of Oregon as well as recent software updates from OCULIGHT dynamics.

The first edition of Virtual Lighting Design has ended! We are grateful for the hard work and innovation shown by our students and guest speakers! A special thank you to Outer Realm VR, Azadeh O. Sawyer, ZGF, and Nathaniel Jones for your live demos! Stay tuned for the next edition, coming soon!

Dr. Siobhan Rockcastle and Dr. Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg were invited to Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) on Wednesday, Dec 5th to present IHBE’s research on ‘Designing Health in the Built Environment.’  Attended by medical researchers in sleep medicine and occupational health, UO faculty are working to set-up ongoing collaborations with scientists doing clinical and preventative research on the effects of indoor environments on human health.