Dr. Mark S. Rea Profile

Dr. Mark S. Rea

Professor at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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Author | Editor

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Visual system , Circadian system , Color , Photometry , Illuminating engineering

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Mark S. Rea, Ph.D., is Director of the Lighting Research Center (LRC) and Professor of Architecture and Cognitive Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Rea has served as Director since the LRC was established in 1988. He teaches courses in leadership and in visual and circadian processes, and supervises graduate students at M.S. and Ph.D. levels. Rea is well known for his research in circadian photobiology, mesopic vision, psychological responses to light, lighting engineering, and visual performance. He is the author of more than 250 scientific and technical articles related to vision, lighting engineering, and human factors and was the editor-in-chief of the 8th and 9th editions of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) Lighting Handbook. Rea has been elected Fellow of the Society of Light and Lighting (UK) and of the IESNA. In addition, he is recipient of the IESNA Medal. Rea has also been honored with the William H. Wiley Distinguished Faculty Award for those who have won the respect of the faculty at Rensselaer through excellence in teaching, productive research, and interest in the totality of the educational process.

SPIE Press Book | 17 December 2012

Value Metrics for Better Lighting

Mark S. Rea

KEYWORDS: Light sources and illumination, Light sources, Luminous efficiency, Visualization, Light, Lamps, Photometry, Control systems, Light emitting diodes

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We often do not fully understand what lighting can do for us. We know that we need lighting, but often that is as far as the thinking goes. We do a really good job, however, of conceptualizing the costs of those lighting systems because we can readily measure those costs. Reducing costs will certainly increase the value ratio for lighting if the benefits of the lighting system are held constant. Without a clear purpose for the lighting system, and no clear idea of benefits, there is little else that can be used in the value engineering process. This book is dedicated to the notion that our society undervalues light because we do not properly measure the benefits of light, in terms of both the lighting system and how it is applied. Consequently, we unnecessarily waste our natural and capital resources. The problems associated with inadequate light-measurement systems are not hard to grasp or even to fix, and are the subject of Value Metrics for Better Lighting. This book was written as a starting point for thoughtful consideration, discussion, and action by those vested in better and more-sustainable lighting, including manufacturers, practitioners, regulators, advocates, educators, and, of course, users. “It is a well-written review of the Lighting Research Center’s valuable contributions to the field of illumination engineering and architectural lighting design. Specifically, the overall organization, scope and argumentation of the manuscript are exemplary. It takes a premise -– '… we often do not fully understand what lighting can do for us' -– and presents a cohesive and detailed overview of the institution’s contributions to the field.” --Ian Ashdown, byHeart Consultants Limited “In my opinion, the topic is extremely exciting and the book might have a big impact on the lighting industry. I very much enjoyed reading it. I do not know of anybody else in this field who would be more qualified than Prof. Rea to write this book.” --Dr. Klaus Streubel, OSRAM AG

SPIE Journal Paper | 1 June 2011 Open Access

Measuring and predicting eyelid spectral transmittance

Andrew Bierman, Mariana Figueiro, Mark Rea

JBO, Vol. 16, Issue 06, 067011, (June 2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.3593151

KEYWORDS: Transmittance, Light emitting diodes, Skin, Absorption, Reflectivity, Absorbance, Scattering, Eye models, Visible radiation, Light

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Proceedings Article | 9 February 2011 Paper

Human health and well-being: promises for a bright future from solid-state lighting

Mark Rea

Proceedings Volume 7954, 795404 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.876409

KEYWORDS: Clocks, Solid state lighting, Retina, Light sources and illumination, Oscillators, Light sources, Visualization, Optical testing, Correlation function, Data modeling

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Proceedings Article | 2 September 2010 Paper

A practical and predictive two-metric system for characterizing the color rendering properties of light sources used for architectural applications

Mark Rea

Proceedings Volume 7652, 765206 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.868799

KEYWORDS: Light sources, Light sources and illumination, Reflectivity, Light emitting diodes, Standards development, Light, Lamps, Solid state lighting, LED lighting, Energy efficiency

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Proceedings Article | 24 August 2010 Paper

A two-metric proposal to specify the color-rendering properties of light sources for retail lighting

Jean Paul Freyssinier, Mark Rea

Proceedings Volume 7784, 77840V (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.863063

KEYWORDS: Light sources, Light sources and illumination, Light, Light emitting diodes, LED lighting, Radium, Visualization, Metals, Luminous efficacy, Solid state electronics

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Proceedings Article | 26 January 2004 Paper

Spectral sensitivity of the circadian system

Mariana Figueiro, John Bullough, Mark Rea

Proceedings Volume 5187, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.511856

KEYWORDS: Light emitting diodes, Blue light emitting diodes, Light sources and illumination, Lamps, Body temperature, Visual system, Visualization, Clocks, Eye, Cornea

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Proceedings Article | 26 November 2002 Paper

Color and brightness discrimination of white LEDs

Patricia Rizzo, Andrew Bierman, Mark Rea

Proceedings Volume 4776, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.452575

KEYWORDS: Light emitting diodes, Tolerancing, Light sources and illumination, Manufacturing, Optical spheres, Systems modeling, Colorimetry, Integrating spheres, Photodiodes, Lamps

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Proceedings Article | 2 October 2000 Paper

Design and optimization of a retinal exposure detector

John Van Derlofske, Andrew Bierman, Mark Rea, Nishantha Maliyagoda

Proceedings Volume 4092, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.402413

KEYWORDS: Eye, Sensors, Eye models, Computer simulations, Geometrical optics, Signal attenuation, Retina, Ray tracing, Diffusers, Reflection

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SPIE Press Book | 1 September 1992

Selected Papers on Architectural Lighting

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