Mir Jeffres makes audio equipment for fun. A master's student, Jeffres recently completed the Bachelor's portion of the Dual Bachelor's and Master's program, concentrating on electrical and computer engineering.

"Next year, I'll be working on wearable technologies for live sound," he said.

Jeffres is a saxophonist and section leader in the Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket Marching Band, whose research focuses on augmenting live performance with technology to make it more interesting or accessible.

Jeffres said he always wanted to do some sort of engineering. Growing up, his love for STEM was matched by his love of the saxophone. Jeffres was able to study both loves at Georgia Tech.

"[In the School of Music programs,] we do engineering in the context of music, so we're making tools for people to make, interact with, or listen to music," he said.

"As an undergraduate, I started making tools for musicians to make music with their brainwaves, and am still working on projects from that. Later I worked with robotic musicianship on improvisation, allowing live performers to take turns with robotic performers."