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Jazz saxophonist Eric DeFade is a director of jazz ensembles and an artist lecturer at Carnegie Mellon University — and a two-time Grammy Award winner.
In demand as a performing artist and studio musician, this 'down to earth' faculty member's favorite thing about CMU is the students.
DeFade offers his insight on what it takes to be successful in the music business.
Jazz saxophonist Eric DeFade, director of jazz ensembles and an artist lecturer at Carnegie Mellon University, is a two-time Grammy Award winner for performances on Nancy Wilson's jazz albums.
In demand as a performing artist and studio musician, DeFade has toured internationally with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and the Artie Shaw Big Band. He has also played with talent like Rosemary Clooney and has been a featured soloist for the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre.
Constructing a multi-functional robot is now child's play — thanks to Carnegie Mellon University spin-off Modular Robotics and 'Cubelets.' The reconfigurable robotic building blocks began as Eric Schweikardt's Ph.D. project.
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How do you know you've got THE idea? What's the climate for start-ups in Pittsburgh? Should I get an MBA first? These were a few of the questions posed to young alumni entrepreneurs at Carnegie Mellon University's Slice of Life event.
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Justine Cassell, the Charles M. Geschke Director of the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, is one of the world-class faculty members that CMU students of all disciplines can work closely with, on some of the most groundbreaking projects in computer science.
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