Intelligent Lighting Laboratory (ILL)

ILL - the Intelligent Lighting Laboratory - is working to develop lighting systems which are human-centric with a focus on the human user experience and well-being. ILL forms a part of the Center for Green Electronics at the School of Engineering, which is a multidisciplinary platform for research focusing on Solid State Lighting (SSL), Visible Light Communications (VLC), Spectral Imaging and Micro and Nano Device fabrication.

The ILL will be able to serve as a full-scale lighting laboratory with facilities for photometric characterization of luminaires, spectral measurement of illumination, a light profiling system, a closed-loop controller for lights with wireless control, spectral Imaging and a VLC test bench.

The ILL is equipped with the state-of-the-art equipment such as spectrophotometers, integrating spheres, light booths, spectral imaging equipment, multi-spectral camera, tunable light sources, wirelessly controlled lighting systems, clean room fabrication facility and a VLC test setup.

Areas of Research

Topic	Staff (Internal Collaborators)	External Collaborators	No. of HDR/FYP Students Involved
Visual and Non-visual Quality of Light	Dr Vineetha Kalavally (ECSE) Mr Nader Kamrani (Mechatronics) Assoc. Prof Alexandre Shaefer, School of Business, Neurobusiness laboratory Assoc. Prof. Shamsul Haque, School of Medicine	Prof. Jussi Parkkinen, University of Eastern Finland OSRAM Itramas University of Eastern Finland	3
Design of LED luminaire	Dr. Vineetha Kalavally (ECSE) Mr. Nader Kamrani (Mechatronics)	Itramas	2
Epitaxy Research	Prof. Soh Ai Kah (Mechanical) Dr. Pooria Pasbakhsh (Mechanical) Dr. Chang Wei Sea (Mechanical) Dr. Varghese Swamy (Mechanical) Dr. Chai Siang Piao (Chemical)	Dr. Shuhaimi (University of Malaya) OSRAM Itramas
Light Profiling	Dr. Vineetha Kalavally (ECSE)	Prof. Shanta Rajaratnam, Sleep Research Centre, Monash University Australia
Spectral Imaging	Dr. Kuang Ye Chow (ECSE) Dr. Sharifah Hassan (Medicine) Dr. Khoo Joo Joon (Medicine)		2
Evolution of LED Technology in Malaysia	Dr. Rajendran Parthiban (ECSE) Dr. Alexendre Schaefer (Business) Dr. Joel Moore (Arts & Social Science) Dr. Miriam Park (Medicine)	Prof. Jussi Parkkinen, University of Eastern Finland OSRAM	1
Micro and Nano devices – SSL-based mask aligner for MEMS fabrication	Dr. N. Ramakrishnan (ECSE) Dr. N. Ramanan (ECSE) Dr. Varghese Swamy (Mechanical) Dr. Vineetha Kalavally	Dr. Lee Hing Wah, MIMOS Prof. Jussi Parkinnen, University of Eastern Finlnad	5
Electronics cooling	Dr. Lau Ee Von (Mechanical) Dr. Tan Ming Kwang (Mechanical)		1
Effect of Blue Light on Concentration Sports		National Institute of Sports, Malaysia
Effect of Lighting on the well-being of visually impaired	Dr. Vineetha Kalavally	Prof. Pichayada, University of Chulalongkong, Thailand Prof. Alain Tremeu, University of Jean Monnet, St.Etienne, France
Visible Light Communications	Dr. Rajendran Parthiban (ECSE) Dr. Bakul Masuduzzaman (ECSE) Dr. Vineetha Kalavally	Dr.Tan Chin Seong, MMU	3
Lighting Control based on recognition of facial expression	Dr. Mohamed Hisham