Email: bart@talkelab.ucsd.edu Phone: 858-534-7578 Fax: 858-534-2720 Address: University of California, San Diego Mail Code #0401 9500 Gilman Dr. La Jolla, CA, 92093-0401

Biography of Bart Raeymaekers

Bart was born on February 1st 1980 in Brussels, Belgium and grew up in Asse, a town 15 km north of Brussels. After graduating from high school in 1998 he studied industrial engineering option electro-mechanics (ing.) at KaHo St. Lieven in Ghent, Belgium, where he graduated in 2002. During the 01-02 academic year, he was a member of the international Siemens student program and he did an internship at the Siemens "Automation & Drives" research center in Erlangen, Germany.

From 2002 to 2004, Bart got his masters degree in mechanical engineering (ir.) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel through the 2 year condensed program for industrial engineers, his masters thesis was titled: "Study of cooling and lubrication systems for high speed milling of titanium".

Bart joined the Talkelab at UCSD in September 2004 as a graduate student and received his M.S. degree from the University of California, San Diego in June 2005. During the 04-05 academic year, he was sponsored by a fellowship of the Belgian American Educational Foundation and the Francqui Foundation. In 2006, Bart received the Barbara J. and Paul D. Saltman excellent teaching award, the ASME-ISPS fellowship and the outstanding graduate student award. His current research interest includes: High frequency lateral tape motion in high performance commercial tape drives, friction modeling and the design of a dual-stage actuator magnetic tape head.

Outside of school Bart is a cyclist (competition). Personal website: www.bart-raeymaekers.tk

List of publications

• Research: Theoretical and experimental study of lateral tape motion (LTM)