Email: jan@talkelab.ucsd.edu Phone: 858-534-5854 Fax: 858-534-2720 Address: University of California, San Diego Mail Code #0401 9500 Gilman Dr. La Jolla, CA, 92093-0401

Biography of Jan Krueger

Jan Krueger is a visiting student in Professor Frank Talke’s group for the academic year 2007-2008. Jan is here on a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). In 2003, he joined the mechanical engineering program at the University of Rostock. In 2005, he passed his “Vor-diplom” successfully, specializing in drive technology and automobile technology. During his studies he worked as a student assistant at the Fraunhofer Institut IPA. His research at the CMMR focuses on the wear of hard disk drive suspensions, in particular dimple wear. Outside of the lab, Jan enjoys jogging and windsurfing.

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