DRAM 239a: Projections Engineering

In the Projection Engineering course I got my first exposure to working with projectors. I became very interested in the controls between a projections system and an automation control system, and hope to find a project that uses both systems. During this project I worked on designing a new projection package for the Yale Cabaret Theatre. In this project I specified 4 projectors that would be the most versatile for the space.

DRAM 429b: overhead rigging

Overhead Rigging is a course that examines the construction of theatres, specifically looking at the overhead rigging and stage machinery that is built into the theatre. This has been very interesting as I have gotten to get more context behind theatre design and work I have done in the past with Texas Scenic.

Courses Taken at Yale School of Drama

Required Courses:

  • Professional Development - Fall 2020

  • Drafting: 2D/3D AutoCAD - Fall 2020

  • Structural Design for the Stage 1 + 2 - Fall 2020/Spring 2021

  • Production Planning - Fall 2020

  • Safety Culture: OSHA 10 - Fall 2020

  • Stage Rigging - Spring 2021

  • Technical Deisgn 1 - Spring 2021

  • Professional Development for Technical Managers - Spring 2021

  • Theatre History - Fall 2021

  • Physics of Stage Machinery - Fall 2021

  • Electricity - Spring 2022

  • Technical Management 1/2 - Fall 2022/Spring 2023

  • Technical Writing - Spring 2023

  • Thesis Seminar - Fall 2023/Spring 2024

Electives:

  • Projection engineering - Fall 2020

  • Theatre Planning and Construction - Fall 2020

  • Props Construction - Spring 2021

  • Theater Engineering: Overhead Rigging and Stage Machinery - Spring 2021

  • Independent Study in Arduino Control - Spring 2021

  • Advanced Structural Design for the Stage - Fall 2021

  • Hydraulics and Pneumatics - Spring 2022

  • History of Theatre Architecture - Spring 2022

  • Advanced Drafting: Inventor and Fusion 360 - Spring 2022

  • Independent Study in GFCI Control Panel Wiring - Spring 2022

  • Advanced Rigging - Fall 2022

  • Automation Control - Fall 2022

  • Commercial Scenery - Fall 2022

  • Machining - Spring 2023

  • Tech Design 2 - Spring 2023

  • Mechanical Design for the Stage - Fall 2023

  • Welding - Fall 2023