ME Elective Course Descriptions

Instructor: Dan Fox; Kelsey Rogers (crosslisted with ES0062)

Schedule: Tuesday & Thursday 12 - 1:15 PM; 1:30 - 2:45 PM 

Description: This interdisciplinary course follows the path of sound from creation, through propagation, to reception. Through demonstrations, discussion, and interactive projects, students survey the science, engineering, and technology involved in musical instruments and music production. How do acoustic and electronic musical instruments function? How does sound behave in enclosed spaces and why?  How does one capture, manipulate and reproduce sound? And how do our ears and brains intervene on the receiving end? Open to all interested students.
The course is required for students in the Electronic and Acoustic Instrument Design emphases, and is an elective for students in the Sound Recording and Production emphasis.

Instructor: Robert Hayes

Schedule: Wednesday 6:30 - 9 PM

Description: In this course students explore robotics topics in the context of real-world applications. Through examining case studies of actual robotics design challenges, we will unpack concepts in controls, kinematics, sensing, and actuation, while emphasizing the role of client needs and constraints in shaping why and how these topics are chosen and evaluated. The course will be organized into a lecture and lab format, with labs involving some coding—minimal to no prior experience will be assumed