TCU's Fred Oberkircher named Fellow for national lighting organization

Fort Worth, TX

7/17/2006

Dr. Fred Oberkircher, director of the Center for Lighting Education at TCU, was named a Fellow of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA). The IESNA Fellow designation is awarded to a member of the IESNA for valuable contribution to the technical activities of IESNA; to the art or science of illumination; or to the related scientific or engineering fields.

“I am very honored that a society of the technical stature of the IESNA was willing to even consider the achievements of a lighting educator,” said Dr. Oberkircher, director of the Center for Lighting Education at TCU.

Dr. Oberkircher, a faculty member at TCU since 1974, focuses his research on color and light and light and human health. He earned his master’s and bachelor’s of art in architecture from Penn State. Dr. Oberkircher is on the board of directors for IALD Education Trust (International Association of Lighting Designers) and Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education and is active with numerous other national lighting organizations.

IESNA is the recognized technical authority on illumination. For over 100 years, its objective has been to communicate information on all aspects of good lighting practice to its members, to the lighting community, and to consumers through a variety of programs, publications, and services.

The Center for Lighting Education at TCU was founded in 1998 to provide students the opportunity for experiential lighting education. Thru the Center, students experience all of the various qualities of light that are central to the interior design program and the associated lighting minor. Additionally, the experiential philosophy extends to the Center’s outreach programs to both the University and the Metroplex communities. The Center’s 600 square foot facility contains a flexible ceiling system designed to maximize the ability to demonstrate all aspects of halogen, fluorescent, and metal halide lighting.

For more information on the Center for Lighting Education at TCU, visit http://www.demt.tcu.edu/.

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