Live Performances

Kourosh (Casey) Charepoo

Casey started learning to play the guitar at age 10. By the time he turned 20, Casey started writing sound tracks for Persian movies. He plays classical guital and he is a song writer and composer. Casey has arranged music for Persian signers and he plays the Tar, one of the national Persian intruments.

Dr. Dr. Mr. MD

(Dr.) Paul Mayne. Paul is a professor of geosystems engineering in the School of Civil & Environmental Engineering. During his undergraduate years at Cornell, he left college to play guitar for a living for 2 years, then returned to finish his undergraduate degree and his MS. He worked for 11 years in Washington, DC as a professional registered consulting engineer, then returned to Cornell to get his Ph.D. Prof. Mayne has been at GA Tech since 1990. He plays 4- and 5-string electric bass and sings backup vocals. He is married with one teenage daughter (and one wife).

(Dr.) Paul Neitzel. Paul is a professor in the George Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, focusing on the field of fluid mechanics. He joined his first band in 1964, and played music off and on with various groups through the summer of 1979. Prof. Neitzel did his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins, and took his first academic job as a faculty member at Arizona State University; he has been at Georgia Tech since 1990. He plays rhythm guitar and handles most lead vocals. He is married with four grown sons (and the two most beautiful granddaughters in the world).

(MR) Mike Rudolph. Mike works for Vangent Inc. as an engineering manager. He is also an associate professor at Keller Graduate School of Management, teaching evening courses in strategic management of technology, wireless communications, and network strategy & design. He received his B.A. in electrical engineering technology from the OhioInstitute of Technology and an Executive MBA from the University of Rochester. Mike plays drums and sings backup vocals. He is married with three children, the youngest of whom will enroll at Tech this fall.

(MD) Mike Duffee. Mike is the owner of Restaurant Equipment Services and Food Equipment Specialties, providing services to many of Atlanta's finest restaurants. He is also a graduate of Cornell University, where he met and played in bands with Paul Mayne in the mid-'70s. Mike has lived in Atlanta for 28 years and enjoys riding motorcycles (we think he's an organ donor), rollerblading, snow skiing, swimming, tennis and golf. Mike plays lead guitar and sings both lead and backup vocals. He is married and the father of two active young sons.

Adjo Amekudzi

Adjo is a singer, songwriter and recording artist whose music draws from her roots in Ghana, West Africa, where she was born and raised, as well as Europe and the U.S. where she has lived for the past 17 years. Her music embraces various styles, including Ghanaian high-life, jazz, R&B and rock, and her lyrics share a message of unconditional love. She plays and composes on programmable keyboards, and recorded her first album in 1991. Her most recent album titled "LOVED" was released in February 2006. Adjo Amekudzi is an Associate Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech, and has been a member of the faculty since 1999.

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