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Natasha Barrett and Marc Downie seated in front of multiple sound boards.

Research

Research at EMPAC and Beyond

The EMPAC research program is an initiative driven by Rensselaer students, faculty, and staff from all five schools.

The same venues and tools that make EMPAC a leading-edge performance space also make it an exceptional laboratory for research at the interface between digital technology and human experience. With access to the center’s spacious studios—optimized for human perception and interaction—and the onsite professional experts able to activate its complex media and networking infrastructure, researchers across the Rensselaer community have a powerful tool in the quest to better understand human sensory experience, communication, and interaction with computing systems. The Research program at EMPAC also occasionally hosts endeavors from beyond the Rensselaer campus community that are able to bring their own expertise and funding.

Are you a Rensselaer faculty member interested in learning how EMPAC may be used in your research, or do you plan to include the use of the building and resources in your grant applications? If so, get in touch.

If you are from outside Rensselaer and can bring expertise and funding, contact us to pitch your research idea or project.

Research Meetings, Workshops, and Symposia

Main Image: Natasha Barrett and Marc Downie working on Innermost at EMPAC during the Spatial Audio Summer Seminar in 2019. Photo: Mick Bello/EMPAC

Research Projects

2023

2022

2021

2019

Johannes Goebel, Todd Vos, Jeff Svatek, Argeo Ascani

2017

2015

Eric Ameres, Gordon Clement

2014

Zackery Belanger

2013

Zackery Belanger, Johannes Goebel

2012

Jonas Braasch, Pauline Oliveros, Doug Van Nort, Kyle McDonald, Luke Noonan

2009

Barbara Cutler, Yu Sheng, Theodore C. Yapo, Christopher Young

2008

2007

2006

Department of Language, Literature, and Communication

2004

Paul Henderson, Ioana Pieleanu, Dr. Rendell Torres, Dr. Mendel Kleiner, Johannes Goebel, Kirkegaard Associates