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PROFESSOR FRANK E. TALKE

Dr. Talke began his career at the IBM Research and Development Laboratories in San Jose, California, in 1969. He joined the department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Science at UC San Diego in 1986.   Prof. Talke holds an endowed chair in the Center for Memory and Recording Research. Dr. Talke made important contributions in tribology of magnetic recording systems and in the development of a prototype drop-on-demand color ink jet printer.  He performed pioneering studies in applying laser Doppler vibrometry to hard disk drives, and in studying novel lubricants and additives for the head/disk interface. More recently, Dr. Talke has become interested in medical device technology.  With his students, he is studying 3-D printed disposable endoscopes and the design of a MEMS-type miniaturized intraocular pressure sensors for implantation in the human eye.  In addition, research efforts are under way on miniaturization of internet enabled ophthalmic instrumentation, esophagus deflection devices, detachable bronchoscopes, and biofilm retardant catheters.

TALKE LAB RESEARCHERS

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Dr. Gerrit Melles

CMRR Visiting Scholar

NIIOS Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery

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Brian Li

Graduate Student Researcher, MATS

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Songyuan Lu

Graduate Student Researcher, MAE

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Ananya Rajan

Graduate Student Researcher, BENG

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Fei Teng

Graduate Student Researcher,

Data Science

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Eric Lee

Undergraduate Student Researcher,

BENG

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Kirsten Ramos

Undergraduate Student Researcher, BENG

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Shreyaa Ramakrishnan

Graduate Student Researcher, BENG

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Yuxiang Chen

Graduate Student Researcher, ECE

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Brandon Vinh

Jackie Chen

Arham Nawaf

Undergraduate Student Researcher,

MAE

Graduate Student Researcher, MAE

Undergraduate Student Researcher, MAE

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Tina Tahiraj

Dhruvi Desai

Capalina Melentyev

Undergraduate Student Researcher,

MAE

Undergraduate Student Researcher, BENG

Undergraduate Student Researcher, BENG

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Janani Murali

Rohan Kumar

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Graduate Student Researcher,

BENG

Undergraduate Student Researcher, NANO

Undergraduate Student Researcher, MAE

FORMER STUDENTS

  • Oren Gotlib, Materials Science, M.S., Graduated in 2019

  • Ella Stimson, Bioengineering, B.S., Graduated in 2019

  • Dora Trieu, Bioengineering, B.S., Graduated

  • Youyi Fu, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, PhD, Graduated in 2017, Engineer at Apple

  • Young Seo, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, PhD, Graduated in 2017, Engineer at Apple

  • Armit Singh, Computer Science, B.S., Graduated

  • Levente Horvath, Computer Science, B.S., Graduated

  • Grant Barclay, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, B.S., Graduated

  • Simonas Vaitkus, Nanoengineering, B.S., Graduated in 2020, Engineer at Amgen

  • Buu Truong, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, M.S., Graduated in 2020, Engineer at Northrop Grumman

  • Luke Lindgren, Bioengineering, M.S., Graduated in 2021, Engineer at Discover Echo Inc.

  • Matthew Kohanfars, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, M.S., Graduated in 2021, Engineer at Boston Scientific

  • ​Karcher Morris, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, PhD, Graduated in 2021, Assistant Teaching Professor at UCSD

  • Dirk Schuster, Mechanical Engineering, Visiting Student from Technical University of Munich, 2021

  • Alex Phan, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, PhD/Project Scientist, 2022, Executive Director for Student Success at UCSD

  • Benjamin Suen, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, M.S./Engineering Aid, 2022, Engineer at Illumina

  • Bryan Nguyen, Bioengineering, M.S., Graduated in 2022, Engineer at NuVasive

  • Rafaela Simoes-Torigoe, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, M.S., Graduated in 2022, PhD Student at Mayo Clinic

  • Evan Johnston, Bioengineering, B.S., Graduated in 2022, PhD Student at McGill University

  • Zach Daley, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, B.S., Graduated in 2022, Engineer at Intuitive

  • Brian Lee, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, B.S., Graduated in 2022

  • Pavankumar Nagasuri, Bioengineering, B.S., Graduated in 2022, Engineer at Elutia

  • ​Gabrielle Scott, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Undergraduate Researcher, 2022

  • Emma Yakel, Bioengineering, Undergraduate Researcher, 2022

  • Philip Schwinn, Medical Engineering, Visiting Student from Technical University of Munich, 2021

  • Avinash Laha, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, M.S., Graduated in 2023, Engineer at Enterprise Automation

  • Aravind Srinath, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, M.S., Graduated in 2023

  • Mitsuhiro Jo Zee, Bioengineering, B.S., Graduated in 2023, Master's Student at UC Berkeley

  • Darin Tsui, Bioengineering, B.S., Graduated in 2023, PhD Student at Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Raphaelle Paracuellos, Bioengineering, B.S., Graduated in 2023, Master's Student at EPFL

  • Yue Zhuo, Electrical and Computer Engineering, M.S., Graduated in 2023

  • Shengfan Hu, Electrical and Computer Engineering, M.S., Graduated in 2024, Engineer at Supermicro

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