International Day of Light Research Webinar: Focus on Roadways and Safety

Dr. Gibbons is also an Associate Professor in the School of Architecture and Design at Virginia Tech and the Director of the Infrastructure Based Safety Systems Program at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI). He is the Institute’s lead lighting research scientist. He is currently the PI on projects investigating the lighting needs of pedestrians in crosswalks, both mid-block and at intersections, impact of outdoor lighting on human health, the Spectral Effects of new light sources on roadways, and is the subject matter lead for the FHWA office Safety IDIQ contract. Gibbons is the author of over 80 published papers on lighting, photometry, and target visibility. Dr. Gibbons is also the primary author of the Federal Highway Administrations Roadway Lighting handbook and the AASHTO guidelines for LED Lighting, He is a past Director of Division 4 of the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) and a past president of the Illuminating Engineering Society.

John D. Bullough, Ph.D., FIES is a program director at the Light and Health Research Center, part of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. His research focuses on visual performance, disability and discomfort glare, transportation lighting and safety, human factors and circadian rhythms.

Norma J. Frank, LC, CLMC, is CEO of Colorado Lighting (www.coloradolighting.com), a lighting management company providing energy management solutions for clients across the U.S., and chair of the IES/NALMCO Maintenance Committee.

Joseph Cheung is a Senior Safety Engineer in the FHWA Office of Safety, Safety Technologies. His program responsibilities include Visibility – Roadway lighting, Pavement Safety – Pavement Friction.  He has both a Bachelor and a Master of Science degree in Traffic and Transportation from the University of Maryland and is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Maryland.  He is a member of Illuminating Engineering Society (IES), Institute of Transportation Engineers and is currently serving as Secretary of the AASHTO Joint Technical Program sub-committee on Lighting.  He is currently co-leading the FHWA EDC 7 Safety initiative – Nighttime Visibility for Safety.