Instructors
Craig A. Bernecker, Ph.D., FIESNA, LC, founder of The Lighting Education Institute, directed the lighting education program within the Department of Architectural Engineering at Penn State University from 1981 through 1999. During that time, the program achieved a reputation as one of the premier lighting education programs in the United States and placed more than 250 professionals in the lighting industry.
Dr. Bernecker also developed a number of lighting education programs in continuing and distance education, and served on the major policy-advising body for the University's Internet-based learning structure, the Penn State World Campus. He has published more than forty articles on research and education in lighting design and illumination engineering and is known for his work on the psychological aspects of lighting.
In addition to his work at Penn State, Dr. Bernecker has also served the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) as Vice-President for Technical and Research Activities and Vice-President for Educational Activities. As a result of his contributions to lighting education, the Society named him a Fellow in 1991. He was recently completed his term as Senior Vice-President for 2003-2004 and is serving as President for 2004-2005 of IESNA.
Dr. Bernecker has also served on the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) Board of Directors and the United States Division III representative to the International Commission on Illumination (CIE), and remains on the leading edge of new techniques for enhancing learning in the field of architectural lighting practice.
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Teaching Associates
Although Dr. Bernecker is the primary instructor for many Lighting Education Institute programs, arrangements have been made with a number of teaching associates to provide additional instruction capabilities when necessary.