Tavi Beadenkopf
gstolkriaal@gmail.com
Tavi is a freshman at Drexel University studying Mechanical Engineering. He enjoys reading, puzzles, music, and taking things apart to see how they work. He sees the Digital Trombone project as something challenging and fun that may teach him some things. He is also quite terrible at writing about himself.
Demi Ferker
demachkaferk@gmail.com
Demi is a first year student at Drexel University. She is an Electrical Engineering student, but is interested in both and Mechanical and Computer Engineering projects. Demi is also an avid member of several choral groups on campus and plans to minor in Music. The Digital Trombone project combines the fields that Demi is interested in: science, engineering, and music. She is intrigued by the complexity of the task at hand and is excited to see the project come to fruition.
Zachary Marker
zmarker6@gmail.com
Zachary is a first year Mechanical Engineering student at
Drexel University. For as long as he can remember, Zack has always been
fascinated with how things work and the design process behind everyday
products. The only thing Zack loves more than designing things is music. Zack
has been a DJ for 4 years and does small-scale music production from time to
time. His love for music is the reason this project, The Digital Trombone, is
so important to him.Kevin Meredith
alan_one@msn.com
Kevin Meredith graduated from Princeton High School in 2004. After studying audio engineering at SAE Institute in London, UK, he ran a small music production business for several years, providing music recording services as well as producing music for several short films and a YouTube comedy series. During this time, he also ran workshops at various electronic music events, "circuit bending" musical toys and building small audio circuits. One of Kevin's workshop designs, a MIDI-controlled synthesizer kit for Arduino, will provide portions of the code used for the Digital Trombone. From 2010 to 2013, Kevin studied at Rider University, graduating cum laude with a BA in communications. Also in 2013, he worked on a 3D printing project for the Princeton/Central Jersey Section IEEE. This involved using a Makerbot Replicator 2 to print parts for RepRap 3D printer kits, which were distributed to colleges in the section. The project and an associated paper were presented at the Integrated STEM Education Conference in March of 2014. He started at Drexel as a transfer student in mechanical engineering in the 2013-2014 winter term.