Lighting and Electrical Systems Career Fair

In addition to the Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering Department Career Fair, the Lighting Program and CU IES Student Chapter are pleased to offer a smaller Lighting and Electrical Systems career fair.Ìý This event aims at connecting lighting and electrical systems employers with students seeking internships and full-time jobs in these two fields.

Internship Seeker Knowledge Base

Students earning an Architectural Engineering Degree
  • Solid knowledge of lighting fundamentals including the metrics of light and application to design analysis

  • How to formulate a basic lighting concepts and communication through light maps

  • Lighting technologies

  • Lighting equipment specificationÌý

  • IES design recommendations andÌý ASHRAE 90.1 energy requirements

  • Basic electric system design for buildings

  • Revit

  • AGi32

  • Basic programming practice in Excel, MATLAB and/or Python

Students earning a Lighting Design Certificate
  • Knowledge of lighting fundamentals

  • How to formulate a basic lighting concepts and communication through light maps

  • Lighting technologies

  • Lighting equipment specificationÌý

  • IES design recommendations andÌý ASHRAE 90.1 energy requirements

  • Knowledge of environmental design principles and visual communication

  • Revit and/or Rhino

  • AGi32

  • Adobe Suite and other visual communication software

Full-time job seeker knowledge base

Students earning an Architectural Engineering Degree

In addition to above students have the following electives to choose from:

  • Optical Design for Solid State Lighting

  • Daylighting

  • Advanced Lighting Design

  • Adaptive Lighting

  • Theatre Lighting Design

  • Psychology of Perception

All seniors will experience a two-semester capstone class with focus on building system integration.

Students earning the Lighting Design Certificate

In addition to above, students must take the following courses to complete the certificate:

  • Architectural Daylighting Design

  • Advanced Lighting Design

  • Lighting Design Capstone

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As part of their Environmental Design degree, students focus in one of the following areas:

  • Architecture

  • Landscape architecture

  • Environmental product design

  • Planning & urban design