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2005 NIST Photometry Short Course Schedule

Tuesday, August 23rd

Room A341, Bldg. 220
8:00  -  9:00 am Registration / Coffee and donuts
9:00 am Welcome and introduction (Al Parr)
9:05 Overview / logistics (Yoshi Ohno)
9:20 - 10:20 Basic concepts in photometry (Georg Sauter)
10:20 - 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 - 11:10 Fundamentals of photometry (Cameron Miller)
11:10 - 12:00 Geometrical calculations (Yoshi Ohno)
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch (NIST cafeteria)
1:00 - 2:30 Luminous intensity and illuminance measurement (Cameron Miller)
2:30 - 3:10 Luminance measurement (Yuqin Zong)
3:10 - 3:20 Coffee break
3:20 - 4:20 Fundamentals of colorimetry (Wendy Davis)
4:20 - 5:20 Colorimetry of light sources (Yoshi Ohno)
5:20 pm Adjourn
6:30 pm Dinner at restaurant (All participants and course staff)

Textbook / Handouts
1) Notebook containing copies of viewgraphs of the lectures and NIST papers
2) CD NIST Special Publication SP250 Series from the Optical Technology Division
3) CD Self-Study Manual on Optical Radiation Measurements

Wednesday, August 24th

Room A354, Bldg. 220
8:30 - 9:00 am Coffee and donuts
9:00 - 10:20 Luminous flux measurement (Yoshi Ohno)
10:20 - 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 - 11:15 Goniophotometry (Georg Sauter)
11:15 - 11:45 Photometry of LEDs (Cameron Miller)
11:45- 12:15 Quality system (Cameron Miller)
12:15 - 1:15 Lunch (NIST cafeteria)
1:15 - 2:15 Uncertainty of measurement (Georg Sauter)
2:15 - 2:45 Group picture
2:45 - 5:30 pm Tour of NIST Optical Technology Division
  • Photometric Bench Facility and LED Facilities
  • Integrating Sphere Facility
  • Colorimetry of Displays
  • Reflectance Measurements
  • Spectroradiometric Measurements
  • Detector Spectral Response Measurements
  • Spectral Irradiance/Radiance Response Calibration Facility
  • (Break at 4:00 pm at B145/221)

Move back to Lecture Room C
5:30 pm Course evaluation (Lecture-only participants) and adjourn
(End of the Course for Lecture-only participants.)


Thursday, August 25th

Room B311  -  B317, Bldg. 220 (Metrology)
8:30  -  9:00 am Coffee and donuts (B321/220)
9:00  -  12:00 Laboratory session 1
Group-A: Luminous intensity / illuminance/ luminance (B317/220) (Cameron Miller)
Group-B: Luminous flux measurement (B311/220) (Yuqin Zong)
Group-C: Colorimetry (B341/220) (Georg Sauter)

Break at 10:30 AM (B321/220)
12:00  -  1:00 Lunch (NIST cafeteria)
1:00  -  4:00 Laboratory session 2
Group-A: Luminous flux measurement (B311/220) (Yuqin Zong)
Group-B: Colorimetry (B341/220) (Georg Sauter)
Group-C: Luminous intensity and illuminance (B317/220) (Cameron Miller)

Break at 2:30 (B321/220)

Room B320/220
4:00  -  5:30 pm

Uncertainty calculation (B321/220) /Georg Sauter


Friday, Spetember 26th

Room B311  -  B317, Bldg. 220 (Metrology)
8:00  -  8:30 am Coffee and donuts (B321/220)
8:30  -  11:30 Laboratory session 3
Group-A: Colorimetry (B341/220) (Georg Sauter)
Group-B: Luminous intensity and illuminance (B317/220) (Cameron Miller)
Group-C: Luminous flux measurement (B311/220) (Yuqin Zong)

Break at 10:00 (B321/220)
11:30 - 11:40 Move to lecture room
Room A354
11:40  -  12:20 Discussion of results (Yoshi Ohno)
12:20 pm Presentation of Certificates to participants (Katharine Gebbie)
12:30 pm Course evaluation and adjourn


2005 Photometry Short Course Overview
For technical information or questions, contact:
Cameron Miller
Phone: (301)-975-4713
Fax: (301)-840-8551
Email: c.miller@nist.gov

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