search

UMD    AML






With a rapid increase in the volume of plant cultivation, farmers have been turning to controlled environment agriculture (CEA) to provide quality and predictability to their operations. CEA is the use of artificial lighting, which can provide many benefits to both greenhouse production as supplemental light and indoor production and as the sole source of light. The use of artificial lights has proven to be very useful in decreasing the time required for the inductive stages, and also providing higher quality commercial plants. JumpLights, Inc designed the first-generation series of LED horticulture lights to efficiently provide light intensity in desirable wavelengths. However, the benefits of increased yields at higher light levels are offset by increased energy costs such as those from the increased need to air-condition the space. JumpLights, Inc and Prof. Patrick McCluskey have been selected to receive a Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS) award for the project, “Improving Cost and Efficacy of LED Plant Lights”.

The project would develop an enhanced passive cooling and packaging design for the lighting fixture that will provide lower junction temperature and improved temperature uniformity, thereby providing an improved light intensity and uniformity for plant growth, along with longer lifetimes at greater reliability. The proposed system would decrease the thermal resistance to enhance and cool the system effectively and efficiently.

The success of the project will help meet the goals of the MIPS program i.e., to promote the commercialization of advanced technology through university/industry partnership, and to strengthen the economy of the state of Maryland.



July 12, 2021


«Previous Story  

 

 

Current Headlines

Chowdhury Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Gupta Receives ASTFE Award

Sochol Receives E. Robert Kent Outstanding Teaching Award for Junior Faculty

Diaz-Mercado Promoted to Associate Professor With Tenure

Graduate Students Awarded Scholarships for HVAC&R Research

AIM Seed Grants Support Three Engineering AI Research Projects

Groth Promoted to Full Professor

CEEE Co-Director Yunho Hwang to Receive Provost’s Excellence Award

How to Major in the Future

Join Us for a Tour of UMD's Energy Engineering Labs

 
 
Back to top  
AML Home Clark School Home UMD Home ENME Home