Biography:

Master of Arts in Music Technology. McGill University, 2018.

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering. Northeastern University, 2003.

Electrical  Engineer. Catholic University of Peru, 1999.

 

Research Statement:

The past, present, and future of DMIs.

How to build a T-Stick in 2018 for the MUMT 620 class. This is based on the design with the ESP8266 and the capsense board. https://www.idmil.org/education/mumt620-t-stick/

For up to date designs please go to the IDMIL github repository at https://github.com/IDMIL/T-Stick

Research Areas:

• Embedded Systems
• Hardware Development
• Interface Design
• Sensors

Projects

Publications:

• Nieva, A., Wang, J., Malloch, J., Wanderley, M. M. (2018). The T-Stick: Maintaining a 12 year-old digital musical instrument. In Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME 2018) (pp. 198–199). Blacksburg, VA, USA.
• Nieva, A. (2018). Maintenance Strategies and Design Recommendations on Input Devices for Musical Expression. In M.A. Thesis, McGill University (pp. 86). Montreal, Canada.

Contacts:

• Email: alex.nieva@mail.mcgill.ca