People

5th Year Ph.D. Student
B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Honors, UC Berkeley (2020)

Research Area: Advanced characterization techniques for additively manufactured metals and alloys.
Interests: Surfing, bouldering, skiing, traveling, having basic interests.

Email: alextalignani@ucla.edu

4th Year Ph.D. Student
B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, UC Irvine (2021)

Research Area: Processing and mechanical properties of additively manufactured metallic materials.

Interests: Golfing, lifting, traveling.

Email: chinghaoyu312@g.ucla.edu

3rd Year Ph.D. Student
B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan (2021)

Research Area: Additive manufacturing of electrodes for energy storage devices.

Interests: Reading novels, sketching, traveling.

Email: tzuhsuanwang@g.ucla.edu

3rd Year Ph.D. Student (Cota Robles Fellow)
B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2022)

Research Area: Mechanical integrity of additive manufactured metals and alloys  

Interests: Cooking, amateur astronomy, anime, sewing, blacksmithing

Email: jasminey@g.ucla.edu

2nd Year Ph.D. Student (joint with Prof. J.M. Yang)
B.S., Biochemistry/Chemistry, UC San Diego (2021)

Research Area: Mechanical properties of 3D printed alloys.

Interests: aeromodelling sports, driving, full-scale glider soaring.

Email: mel207@g.ucla.edu