The Bio Machine
When science, engineering, and music combine
This project was completed with Daryl Branford at Penn State's Huck Science and Art Institute. It is a structure that represents data about viruses through light, art, and sound. My contribution to the project began with writing code that translated virology data to MIDI data to create songs in Ableton Live. I also designed the user interface (white hexagonal structure shown in the picture) that allows users to interact with the system. The interface responds to user movement with lights, and the triangular buttons change the videos on the large structure shown in the back of the picture.
This was installed in the Huck Institute lobby in June 2022. Check out my video and article to hear more about the structure:
Robo-Drummer Physical Metronome
An Autonomous Drum Set
The Robo-Drummer was my senior design project completed as part of Penn State Behrend's Computer Engineering curriculum. This project demonstrates a device that allows drums to be played without a human drummer present. The device is driven by a microcontroller that generates a tempo and sends signal impulses at the generated tempo to attachments on the drums. These attachments generate sound by hitting the drums and moving the drum pedals.
FPGA Video Game with Sound
A project for an Advanced Digital Design course at Penn State Behrend
This was a project for an Advanced Digital Design class during my junior year of college. We designed a video game with sound on an FPGA board. I used PWM and an audio adapter to incorporate sound into the video game.
PIC18 MIDI Controller
A project for an Embedded Systems course at Penn State Behrend
This was a project for an embedded systems class during my junior year of college. We designed a circuit using the PIC18 microcontroller that sends MIDI data in response to button presses, similar to the way a MIDI keyboard does.