Music Engineering Faculty

Paul Lehrman, Director, Senior Lecturer in Music
Dr. Lehrman supervises the multimedia lab in the Granoff Music Center and the concert recording and production facilities in Distler Recital Hall, as well as the Electronic Musical Instrument Design lab in Curtis Hall. He teaches Music 61, Computer Tools for Musicians; Music 141/ES95me, Electronic Musical Instrument Design; Music 90, Electronic Music Ensemble; Music 61, Origins of Electronic Music, and in the past co-taught Music Apps for the iPad. He created Music 140/142, Music Recording & Production. He oversees the Music Recording & Production and Electronic Instrument Design tracks of the Music Engineering minor.
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Chris Rogers, Co-Director, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Professor Rogers directs the Tufts University Future Technologies Lab and is co-director of the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach. He started the Musical Instrument Engineering program in 1998. He teaches ES 73, Musical Instrument Design and Manufacture, and oversees the Acoustic Instrument Design track of the Music Engineering minor.
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Robert White, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Professor White teaches ME 37, Dynamics and Vibrations; ME 139, Acoustics; and related courses.
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Kelsey Rogers, Adjunct Professor in Mechanical Engineering
Ms. Rogers is an acoustics consultant with the Cambridge firm Acentech. She holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton and a Master's in Architectural Acoustics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She teaches Music 193, Architectural Acoustics.
Gary Leisk, Senior Lecturer and Research Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Leisk's expertise is in materials processing and development of automation and robotic systems using novel soft materials and mechanisms. He oversees Senior Design Projects in the Mechanical Engineering Department.
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Ronald Lasser, Professor of the Practice in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Prof. Lasser worked in industry for many years in telecommunications, image processing, and animation.
He oversees the Senior Project Design course in the ECE department.
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Jeffrey Hopwood, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Prof. Hopwood teaches ES 3, Introduction to Electrical Systems, and EN 73, Music and the Art of Engineering.
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Joseph Auner, Dean of University College and Professor of Music
Prof. Auner teaches courses in the history of music technology and 20th-century musicology including Music 58, Music, Technology, and Digital Culture.
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David Lefkowitz, Adjunct Professor in Music
Mr. Lefkowitz is a composer, songwriter, engineer, and producer. He has worked on records with international and regional artists and on numerous films including Live at the Rat Suite. He teaches Music 140,
Music Recording and Production.
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Daniel Fox, Adjunct Professor in Mechanical Engineering
Mr. Fox is an educator, consultant, recording engineer/producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He served as Program Chair for the 2018, 2019, and 2020 Audio Engineering Society High School Audio Educators Conference. He spent 17 years as the Director of Creative Media & Technology at ZUMIX, an award-winning youth music program in East Boston. He teaches ME 62/Music 197, Introduction to Music Engineering.

Alva Couch, Associate Professor of Computer Science & Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Robert Jacob, Professor of Computer Science
Professor Jacob is a specialist in Computer-Human Interfaces.
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Ming Chow, Lecturer in Computer Science
Mr. Chow is an expert in computer and web security, and teaches Introduction to Game Development. He co-taught Music Apps for the iPad.

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Leon Gunther, Professor Emeritus of Physics
Professor Gunther created and taught Physics 10, Physics of Music and Color, for over 30 years. He is an accomplished violinist and choral conductor, and is the author of the recently published "The Physics of Music and Color" (Springer).
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Bradford Swanson, Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
Mr. Swanson is a musician, engineer, producer, and educator. He has done substantial work in progressive jazz, acoustic, and chamber music projects, working with clients ranging from Boyz II Men, Dawn of MIDI, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, and The Bad Plus. He has also served as a marketing manager at iZotope, Inc. He taught ES 65, the engineering section of Music Recording & Production.

Matthew Azevedo, Adjunct Professor in Music
Mr. Azevedo is a long-time mastering engineer and is currently a staff scientist with the Cambridge firm Acentech. He holds a bachelor's degree in Sound Recording Technology from the University of Massachusetts Lowell and a Master's in Architectural Acoustics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He teaches Music 142/ES 65, Music Recording and Production with Electronics
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Tom Bates, Lecturer in Electrical Engineering
Mr. Bates was a multi-Grammy-winning engineer and producer, whose credits included Paul Simon, Sting, the Metropolitan Opera, and Saturday Night Live, and was also the inventor of a number of important innovations in the professional audio field. He was the original instructor for EE 65, Music Recording & Production. He passed away in December, 2016.