People

Doctoral Students

Yu-Keng Lin

Yu-Keng Lin

5th year Ph.D. student (joint with Prof. J.M. Yang)
M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University (2018)
B.S.,  Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University (2016)

Research Area: Mechanical properties of metallic materials.

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Alberico "Alex" Talignani

Alberico "Alex" Talignani

4th 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.

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Ching-Hao "Cliff" Yu

Ching-Hao "Cliff" Yu

3rd 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.

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Tzu-Hsuan "Cindy" Wang

Tzu-Hsuan "Cindy" Wang

2nd 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

Jasmine Yang

Jasmine Yang

2nd 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

Mengchen Li

Mengchen Li

1st 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

M.S. Students

Venkatramanan "Venkat" Meenakshisundaram

Venkatramanan "Venkat" Meenakshisundaram

2nd Year M.S. Student

B.Tech., Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (2022)

Research Area: Characterization techniques for additively manufactured metals and alloys.

Interests: Cricket, Frisbee, Anime.

Email: venkat1730@g.ucla.edu

Undergraduate Students

Alumni

Postdoctoral Scholars

Dr. Shiqi Zheng (2022), Eurofins | EAG Laboratories

Master’s Students

Jack Zhu

Hunter Klein

Undergraduate Students

Sydney Chang, Honda

Megan Klein, Medtronic