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Shashank Aswathanarayana Postdoctoral Fellow Performing Arts

Degrees
PhD, Media Arts and Technology, UCSB (2022)
M.M, Music Technology, NYU (2014)
B.E, Electronics and Communication, VTU, India (2012)

Bio
Shashank Aswathanarayana is a music technologist, percussionist and researcher from Bengaluru, India. He is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Audio Technology at American University. He received a PhD in Media Arts and Technology at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). He also holds a Master’s degree in Music Technology from New York University (NYU) and a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) in India.

Shashank's research interests include spatial/3D audio, psychoacoustics, soundscape studies, music, and religious studies. Currently he is working on studying the Acoustics of Hindu Temples in India.
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Teaching

Spring 2025

  • ATEC-482 Adv Stds in Audio Technology: 3D Audio