Mike Heath
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Skills: | C/C++, Engineering, Java, Languages and Platforms, Software Engineering |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | Stanford University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Stanford University |
| Position: | Research Assistant, Professor Stacey Bent, Department of Chemical Engineering |
| Time period: | April 2007 - Present |
| Description: | • Designing polymer stamping process as an alternative to lithography for application in microelectronics manufacturing
• Investigating use of water-soluble materials in microcontact printing for selectively blocking atomic layer deposition • Developing skills in experiment design, data analysis, and ellipsometry |
| Employer: | Intervarsity Christian Fellowship at Stanford |
| Position: | Small Group Leader; Summer Program Intern, Los Angeles Urban Project |
| Description: | Spends approximately 20 hours a week leading Bible studies, coordinating outreach activities, participating in leadership development, and mentoring peers.
Volunteered at the Bresee Foundation teaching math and science seminars for at-risk youth; participated in team-based service projects and shared financial decisions. |
| Employer: | Landec Corporation |
| Position: | Summer Lab Technician, Research and Development |
| Time period: | June 2006 - September 2006 |
| Description: | • Produced polymers through radical initiation mechanisms for testing and research
• Optimized polymer synthesis processes • Gained proficiency in vacuum distillation and chemical purification techniques |
| Employer: | Discovery Institute, Public Policy Research Institute |
| Position: | Intern, Center for Science and Culture |
| Time period: | June 2005 - August 2005 |
| Description: | • Designed research methods and directed focus groups to develop successful marketing strategies for high school and college demographic ultimately used for coordination and distribution of media and educational materials
• Developed marketing materials for public relations and media communications using Adobe InDesign |
EDUCATION
| University: | Stanford University |
| Time period: | 2008 |
| Degree: | Chemical Engineering, BSc |