Illuminating Engineering Society (IES)
Overview
IES Info
New members are welcome to join us anytime. If you're interested, please fill out this IES Interest Form, or send the Chapter President, Ryan Vanoni (vanoni@ku.edu), an email with your name. year and KU email.
The KU IES student chapter meets every other month or as necessary.
Chapter Officers 2024-2025:
- President: Ryan Vanoni, vanoni@ku.edu
- Vice-President: Madeline Jonscher, mgjonscher@ku.edu
- Treasurer: Micah Steele m.steele@ku.edu
- Secretary: Adelle Coughran, adellecoughran@ku.edu
- Engineering Student Council Representative: Eli Tormes, elistormes@ku.edu
Chapter Advisors:
- Advisor: Hongyi Cai - hycai@ku.edu
The 1995 fall semester agenda included an opening picnic with over forty people in attendance, a tour of a Lawrence neon sign manufacturing company, a presentation and tour of the Johnson County Public Library with Bruce Yarnell and Mark Hershmann of Yarnell & Associates, and a meeting where we watched a video of the 1995 Progress Report as presented at the Annual Conference in New York City. Our members have also been traveling outside the Kansas City area to attend the Regional IES Conferences, Lightfair, and the IES Annual Conference. We've even surprised the Wall Street IESNA Headquarters by stopping in for a quick tour of the main offices.
Our biggest annual activity is preparing for each spring's Engineering Expo which is the School of Engineering's showcase of interactive displays demonstrating engineering principles for high school students, the University, and the local community.
IES Mission
IES seeks to improve the lighted environment by bringing together those with lighting knowledge and by translating that knowledge into actions that benefit the public.
