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Lighting for Optometry

Principal Consultant: Dr. N. A. Smith B.A., Ph.D. (Honorary Research Fellow, Institute of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, UK)

Services currently offered

  • Consultancy – including dedicated computer-aided lighting design for optometric practices
  • Installation surveys
  • Innovation – measuring equipment for optometric parameters
  • Research & Development
  • Lectures on lighting to students taking undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Optometry
  • Audio-visual presentations
  • Technical writing


Lighting for Optometry - projects undertaken

  • Representative of The College of Optometrists on CIE (UK). The National Illumination Committee of Great Britain (CIE-UK) is the member body for the United Kingdom of the Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage (CIE), the world authority on the science, technology and standardisation of light, lighting and vision.
  • Individual development of draft standard and recommendations for Lighting in Optometric Practices – 2006 (currently under peer-review). The proposal is for this document – when approved – to be circulated globally
  • Examiner in the lighting aspects of Occupational Optometry for The College of Optometrists (PQE Examinations) (1999 - 2006)
  • Member of the Editorial Board for Optometry in Practice (peer-reviewed journal) with responsibility for Environmental Optometry including lighting (2001-2005)
  • Secretary of Sports Vision Association (2001-2003)
  • Inventor of the Nasvacometer – a circular slide-rule type device for calculating Distance Visual Acuity from known parameters – released 2005
  • Inventor of the Optocalc – a circular slide-rule type device for calculating both near and distance visual acuity in both metric and imperial units from known parameters
  • Individual development of CD programme that is designed to perform the same calculations as the Optocalc
  • Individual author of textbook – Lighting for Occupational Optometry
  • Individual author of numerous articles on lighting for journals such as: Occupational Health, The Optician, Optometry Today, Optometry in Practice, Dispensing Optics and SportsCare News
  • AV presentation on Lighting for Driving

 

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Last Updated: Tuesday, 20 March, 2007
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