Robert Davis

  • Scholar in Residence
  • Director of Professional Lighting Education
  • BUILDING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Bob Davis is the chief lighting research engineer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, where his responsibilities include serving as technical director of the solid-state lighting program and leading several human-factors research efforts. He has been a faculty member at RPI’s Lighting Research Center and in the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä. His experience includes working in engineering and marketing at a lamp manufacturer and leading the product development and engineering teams at a luminaire manufacturer. He has degrees in architectural engineering and a PhD in cognitive psychology, and is a fellow of the Illuminating Engineering Society.