Faculty coordinator:
Professor Chris Rogers, Mechanical engineering
Lecturer Paul
Lehrman, Music
Undergraduate Minor
The minor in musical instrument engineering (MIE) allows students from various
disciplines to learn fundamental engineering principles using musical
instruments as a focal point of study.
The minor includes five courses. These courses must include Mechanical
Engineering 37; either Engineering Science 73 or Music 53
(cross-listed as Mechanical Engineering 95); Physics 10 or ES8;
and a music composition course such as Music 3, 4, or 51. An approved
practical experience in musical instrument construction must also be conducted.
This requirement could be an internship with a musical instrument company or
craftsman, a musical-instrument-making course at the Museum School, or a
research project conducted at Tufts. Depending on project circumstances, the
student will register for one of ME19, ME93, ME94, or
ME99. In addition to the above course work, attendance at the monthly MIE
seminar series during the junior and senior years is also required.
Concentration Certificate
The concentration certificate in musical instrument engineering gives Mechanical
Engineering students the opportunity to focus their education on the
construction, performance, and manufacture of musical instruments.
In order to receive the certificate, six courses must be completed in addition
to the requirements above for the Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering.
These courses include Mechanical Engineering 129, 137, and 139;
Engineering Science 51, and either Mechanical Engineering 120 or 122.
Mechanical Engineering 43 is also required, and must include a design
project related to musical instruments.
For more detailed information, please visit the website
http://www.tuftl.tufts.edu/mie/.
To view Course Descriptions, please go to: https://webcenter.studentservices.tufts.edu/courses/main.asp.