Industry

The Smart Lighting ERC (Engineering Research Center) aims to achieve:  innovative products for the marketplace, increased competitiveness of US industry, with a  transformative impact on humankind.

A partnership between Boston University, RPI, UNM and the National Science Foundation, the ERC places the highest priority on maximizing industrial involvement and participation, both with established companies, as well as with new commercial enterprises based on Smart Lighting technology.

“BU’s vision of free-space optical (FSO) communications presents enormous opportunities to innovate in the delivery of public and commercial services beyond anything available today,” said Pam Reeve, CEO, Open Air Boston. “We can foresee whole new market segments – traffic safety, emergency services – made available via FSO. We are excited to participate as an ERC testbed.”

To support ERC opportunities for industry involvement, we have established membership terms, an IP agreement, licensing terms, innovation partners, and an advisory structure – all geared for access to research and testbeds, educational programs, and efficient technology transfer and commercialization.

The Photonics Center at Boston University is  at the cutting edge of research and scholarship in such diverse areas as biomedical engineering, nanoscience, physics, astronomy, and chemistry. Learn more about the Photonics Center Incubator program.

To date, more than 20 industrial partners have expressed strong support for the SLC. We will be in a position to share those names when agreements are finalized.

We welcome all industry participants to leverage these extraordinary resources from the ERC partnering institutions as we embark on this exciting journey to create and use Smart Light.