1. Concept Level Project Plan P0842X – LED Lighting Technologies
Courtney Walsh (ME)
Ian Frank (ME)
Shawn Russell (ME)
Matt Benedict (ME)
Naresh Potopsingh (ME)
Win Maung (ME)

2. Concept Level Project Plan
Project Name
LED Lighting Technologies for a Sustainable Entrepreneurial Venture
Project Number
P0842X
Project Family
Sustainable Products, Systems, and Technologies Track
Track
Sustainable Technologies for the RIT Campus
Start Term
for MSD1
End Term
for MSD2
Faculty Guide
Dr. First Last (Dept) Indicate whether this is your choice, or confirmed
Faculty Consultant
Dr. Vincent Amuso (EE)  Choice
Dr. Robert Stevens (ME)  Choice
Primary Customer
Rochester Institute of Technology

3. Phase 0: Planning Mission Statement
Product Description
Due to ever increasing energy costs, and the great deal of energy expended at RIT for lighting purposes, this project seeks to use LED lighting technologies to meet the university's lighting demands. A multi-faceted solution for the various lighting applications at RIT will be the end goal of this project and others related to it. This product is designed for superior lighting capabilities, lower energy consumption, easier maintenance and aesthetic appeal.
Key Business Goals The primary business goals of this product are to
Decrease the use of natural resources in homes and businesses by consuming less energy through a better technology
Reduce RIT's global footprint while maintaining, or improving upon, the current lighting standards
Reduce electricity usage on the Rochester Institute of Technology campus
Challenge the students involved to produce a low cost and creative means of replacing conventional lights with LED lights.
Primary Market
The primary market for this LED project is the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Secondary Market
A secondary market for this product can expand to average homes and businesses. Cheaper lighting will be appealing to most anyone who is willing to adapt the technology.
Stakeholders
Stakeholders in the design of our product include the following:
RIT Students
RIT Facilities Management
RIT Public Safety
RIT Finance and Administration
Third World
Parents
Energy Company

4. Phase 0: Planning Staffing Requirements
Mechanical Engineers 2
One student will serve as the project leader. Responsible for designing support system and package design of the lighting fixture. CAD experience as well as some manufacturing experience is necessary to develop a finished product.
Electrical Engineers
These students will need to be able to apply their knowledge of electrical systems in order to interface the LED lighting with the available power source. The power sources available will range from grid power to solar power. In the case of sources like solar radiation, they will also have to take into account the need for energy storage within the unit or is a common storage unit for several lighting units on the system. Also, electrical engineers will prepare the electronic hardware to be mounted into the device.
Industrial and Systems Engineers 1
This student will apply their knowledge of manufacturing efficiency and sustainability to help with the production and sustainable systems objectives of this particular project. These portions of the project will be especially important when looking to produce a lighting system for the third world as it will have to be very affordable and have a long life time while being able to stand up to the potentially extreme conditions it may be subjected to.
Computer Engineers
0 or 1
Computer engineers would mainly utilize their knowledge of electrical engineering to perform most of the tasks required of the LED lighting project. On top of that, computer engineers could program low-level code for hardware that would go along with an LED system.
Industrial Design
This student will head up the cosmetic design of the product. Regardless of the end application of the lighting system, the units will have to be visually appealing in addition to meeting all of the functional criteria for the product – Industrial Design will play a key roll in this portion of the project.
Business Majors
1 – Part Time
This student will head up the entrepreneurial aspects of the project. It will be important to provide a business model for the future production and sale of the product to be developed. Additionally, this student will help with the economic efficiency aspects of the project.

5. Phase 0: Planning Resource Requirements
People
Faculty Guide – Aid with progress of project
Faculty Consultant (Various Departments) – Aid with any issues that may be presented
Dave Hathaway – Aid with machining
Professor Timothy Landschoot – Aid with mechanical testing in labs
RIT – Customer
Environment
Senior Design Lab – Work Space
ME Shop – Parts Fabrication
EE Labs – Electronic Testing
Storage Space – To store the product, test rigs, and equipment
System Dynamics Lab – System Response testing
Mechanics Lab – Tensile Testing
Equipment
EE Equipment – Soldering, Measuring Equipment, Oscilloscope, Light intensity meter
Software – MATLAB, LABVIEW, ProEngineer (or equivalent)
ME Machine Shop Tools – Production of Prototype
Materials
AC to DC Converter
LED Lights
Fixture Materials - Aluminum, Screws, Reflector material, Plastic

6. Phase 1: Concept Development Identify Customer Needs - Interviews
Primary Customer(s)
Rochester Institute of Technology
Facilities Management (Catherine Ahern) – Waiting to hear back from her so that an interview time can be set up. A group of 2-3 students will meet personally with her, this will provide for better coverage of key points and three sets of notes to compare after the interview.
Other Stakeholder(s)
Dr. Robert Stevens – 14 September 2007
He will not be available to guide a project this year, but would be interested in doing so in the next academic year.
Proposed looking into the EPA P3 grant to get funding for next year’s project
Proposed centering the product around 3rd World customers
Plan to Interview –
Student – Interviewed
Interviewed a student and he likes the idea of converting to LED’s.
He also thinks that it would be “cool” to see more PV solar lighting units.
Faculty/staff – Not Interviewed
Facilities Management – Not Interviewed
Public Safety-– Not Interviewed
Manufacturers – Not Interviewed
Electrical Company – Not Interviewed
The Communities in which our consumers reside – Not Interviewed
Past Senior Design Team(s)
P07421 – Past Sustainable LED Lighting for RIT Project
The past RIT LED lighting project established a working relationship with many higher-ups in the RIT Administrative Departments. Talking with them to get the names of people that they found helpful, would yield a starting point for our own relations with such people. Additionally the members of this team may be able to tell us of any challenges they encountered when dealing with the university or when producing a product similar to those which we are looking to create.

7. Phase 1: Concept Development Identify Customer Needs - Benchmarking
Competitive or Cooperative Solutions
Currently, RIT uses a variety of lighting sources including fluorescent, incandescent, and sodium lamps. I would be able to address the performance of these systems (light produced, energy consumption, etc.) to at least have an idea of the minimum goal for our project.
Additionally, some insight into current LED lighting systems would be helpful. To that end it would be good to have some examples of LED systems to evaluate in a similar manner as was described above to give an idea of what exists in the field that we are looking into.
For the systems used by RIT, these devices could potentially be borrowed from the university so long at the product tear-down was non-destructive. For a more indepth look at the technology it would be necessary to purchase the product so that it could be torn apart and analyzed.
For the LED systems, it would be necessary to purchase the parts for benchmarking, unless it was determined that web research would be enough for the application that we are looking at.
Will need to find/develop some method to determine the effectiveness of the lighting system being tested.
These tasks could be preformed by a sub-set of the team (project lead, 1 EE, and the ID)
Internet Search
LED Technology
Some LED lighting technology already exists to a smaller extent. Some of those products include: LED Underwater Livewell Lights, Smith and Wesson Galaxy Flashlight, and Westinghouse LED Umbrella Lamp. Also, there are several larger LED light bulbs that may be used in the project.
Existing Lighting Technology
McMaster Carr has a decent selection of LED lighting products and also some current lighting technologies
Google, Wikipedia, MSC, Digikey, DEC, DOD
Technical Literature Search
The Lumina Project ( is a great source for information on LED lighting technologies (specifically in the 3rd World) and the technical work research that has been done on them.
Additional research should be done into feasability studies done on LED systems, as well as research into durability, longevity, and efficiency.
Electrical Standards, Building Standards, and other product guidelines need to also be researched.

8. Phase 1: Concept Development Identify Customer Needs - Interpret
Needs Statements:
Must be energy efficient
Must be durable
Must provide at least as much light as current systems
Must provide at least as large a lighted area as current systems
Must fit into a package of similar size to existing systems
Must be safe
Must be environmentally friendly
Must be a sustainable system
Must be aesthetically pleasing
Must be inexpensive to produce and purchase
Must store enough energy to provide light throughout the night (for non-grid systems)
Must reduce maintenance costs
Must be easy to use
Must be versatile
Must have commonality with other institute lighting systems
Must reduce light pollution
Must be virtually indestructible
Must be Clean

9. Phase 1: Concept Development Identify Customer Needs - Interpret
Graphical Interpretation

10. Phase 1: Concept Development Identify Customer Needs - Interpret
Organize the Needs into a Hierarchy
Meets Constraints
Has Commonality to current systems
Provides at least as much coverage
Provides at least as much light
Is of similar size
Safe
Easy to use
Durable
Virtually Indestructible
Takes Resources into Account
Is within production resources
Is within budget resources
Is economically mindful
Is versatile
Reduces Costs
Is Efficient
Has low production and purchasing costs
Has a tangible scope
Is Aesthetically Pleasing
Meets color desires
Meets shape desires
Is within the available Technology
Environmentally friendly
Reduces Light pollution
Clean source of Light
Is mindful of end of life needs
Sustainable

11. Future Plan Where do you go from here?
Finish conducting interviews
Further review old Senior Design project
Develop a more complete draft of the needs assessment based on a particular direction
Reserve desired workspaces and equipment before the completion of DPM
Define individual projects