Senior Instructor • Rocky Mountain Lighting Academy Co-Director
Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
Sandra Vásconez is a senior instructor in civil, environmental and architectural Engineering. She teaches lighting courses with an emphasis on lighting application and design to Architectural Engineering and Environmental Design students. Sandra has been at the helm of the Lighting Program at CU for twelve years, is co-creator and co-director of the Rocky Mountain Lighting Academy, manages the lighting certificate offered to ENVD students, and is faculty co-advisor of the CU Boulder IES Student Chapter. Sandra obtained her Masters of Science in Lighting from the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She worked at the LRC as adjunct faculty, teaching graduate-level lighting courses and working as program manager. She later received a Masters of Arts degree from the University of Denver in art history and museum studies. Besides her work and interests in lighting, she also has worked in museum exhibition design.