People
Doctoral Students
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.
Email: linyukeng@g.ucla.edu
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.
Email: alextalignani@ucla.edu
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.
Email: chinghaoyu312@g.ucla.edu
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
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
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
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