Ph.D. in Music, Experimental Music and Digital Media, Louisiana State University (2019)

Dissertation: Designing and Composing for Interdependent Collaborative Performance with Physics-Based Virtual Instruments

Code and scores available as the Interdependent Series on GitHub.

M.A. in Media Arts, Performing Arts Technology, University of Michigan (2015)

Master's Thesis: Distributed Mechanical Actuation of Percussion

Two Different Paradigms for Network Audio Performance with a Laptop Ensemble (2019)

Sheffield, Eric, William A. Thompson, and Edgar Berdahl. 2019. “Two Different Paradigms for Network Audio Performance with a Laptop Ensemble.” In Proceedings of ICMC, New York, NY, June 16–23, 2019.

Paper available here.

Techniques discussed in the paper were implemented in the laptop quartet "Resuscitation."

A Spatially Distributed Vibrotactile Actuator Array for the Fingertips (2019)

Berdahl, Edgar, Austin Franklin, and Eric Sheffield. 2019. “A Spatially Distributed Vibrotactile Actuator Array for the Fingertips.” In Proceedings of NIME, Porto Alegre, Brazil, June 3–6, 2019.

Paper available here.

Mechanoise: mechatronic sound and interaction in embedded acoustic instruments (2018)

Sheffield, Eric. 2018. “Mechanoise: mechatronic sound and interaction in embedded acoustic instruments.” In Proceedings of NIME, Blacksburg, VA, June 3–6, 2018.

Paper available here.

Widening the razor-thin edge of chaos into a musical highway: Connecting Chaotic Maps to Digital Waveguides (2018)

Berdahl, Edgar, Eric Sheffield, Andrew Pfalz, and Anthony T. Marasco. 2018. “Widening the razor-thin edge of chaos into a musical highway: Connecting Chaotic Maps to Digital Waveguides.” In Proceedings of NIME, Blacksburg, VA, June 3–6, 2018.

Paper available here.

The Haptic Capstans: rotational force feedback for music using a FireFader derivative device (2016)

Sheffield, Eric, Edgar Berdahl, and Andrew Pfalz. 2016. “The Haptic Capstans: rotational force feedback for music using a FireFader derivative device.” In Proceedings of NIME, Brisbane, Australia, July 11–15, 2016, 1–2.

Paper available here.

Wireless vibrotactile tokens for audio-haptic interaction with touchscreen interfaces (2016)

Berdahl, Edgar, Danny Holmes, and Eric Sheffield. 2016. “Wireless vibrotactile tokens for audio-haptic interaction with touchscreen interfaces.” In Proceedings of NIME, Brisbane, Australia, July 11–15, 2016, 5–6.

Paper available here.

Distributed mechanical actuation of percussion instruments (2015)

Sheffield, Eric and Michael Gurevich. 2015. “Distributed mechanical actuation of percussion instruments.” In Proceedings of NIME, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, May 31–June 3, 2015, 11–15.

Paper available here.

The Pneumatic Practice Pad (2015)

Sheffield, Eric, Sile O’Modhrain, Michael Gould, and Brent Gillespie. 2015. “The Pneumatic Practice Pad.” In Proceedings of NIME, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, May 31–June 3, 2015, 231–234.

Paper available here.