Ryan Janzen applies principles of electrical engineering and physics to diverse fields, from biomedical science, to fluid dynamics and aerospace, to music and acoustics.
With eighteen international peer-reviewed publications, he does research and teaching as a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Toronto, with Steve Mann.
Janzen is a composer not only for orchestra but also for the hydraulophone.
During our 25 minute conversation with Ryan we cover a wide variety of topics such as: his early passion for both technology and music; his strong interest in nature and ethics; the problems of careerism and pursuing technology for its own sake, both in the arts and the sciences; the importance of questioning what we assume to be the natural order of things; the hydraulophone and its unique way of making music by vibrating water as one of many ways of bringing nature and technology together.
