January 2000

Tip Sheets, mailed nationally as the "News and Ideas" guide to research developments in science, technology, management, architecture, and humanities and social sciences at Rensselaer. For details or photos, contact Marketing & Media Relations, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, (518) 276-6532, or e-mail Ellen Katzman, katzme@rpi.edu .

CONTENTS

HEALTH:
Measuring radiation's effects

LIGHTING RESEARCH:
Hi-tech dashboards

MATHEMATICS:
Math in African culture

NEW PATENT:
Toying with invention