Nadarajah Narendran

Associate Professor

Affiliation

Director of Research, Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Education

Ph.D., Physics, University of Rhode Island

Background

Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, and September 2003 to present.
Director of Research. Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. October 1998 to present.
Research Associate Professor. Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. March 1996 to May 2003.
Head, Graduate Education Program, Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. July 2001 to July 2002.
Adjunct Assistant Professor. Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. August 1992 to March 1996.
Senior Research Engineer. Mechanical Technology Inc., Latham, NY. October1991 to February 1996.

Dr. Narendren is a Fellow member of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America and The International Society of Optical Engineering.

Research Interests

• Solid-state lighting
• Advanced light source technologies
• Remote source/fiber-optic lighting
• Sensors
  

Awards

• Fellow, Illuminating Engineering Society of North America 2003
• Taylor Technical Talent Award, (Best technical paper)
• Fellow, Illuminating Engineering Society of North America 2003
• PEW Teaching Leadership Award, 1990