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Michael Young

Stanford PhD student working on a startup and nonprofit

Headline:	Entrepreneur
Work status:	Living The Dream
Website:	http://www.innovadynamics.com
Industries:	Biotech, Cleantech, Health, Lifestyle, Nanotech, Sports
Skills:	Business, Chemical Engineering, Design, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Investment, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Product design, Sales
Groups:	California Clean Tech Open, CleanStart, E-Challenge Competition 2008, E-Challenge Competition 2009, Energy Crossroads, Engineers for a Sustainable World at Stanford, Entrepreneurship Week at Stanford University, Global Entrepreneurship Week , Global Social Venture Competition, Hong Kong Social Enterprise Challenge, Imagine H2O - Please Register at link below, Imagine H2O 2011, Networking for Peter Drucker, Social e-challenge Competition 2009 [inactive], SSE Ventures , Stanford Graduate Challenge, Stanford C.S. and E.E Engineers Group, Stanford GSB Entrepreneur Club, Stanford Innovation Tournament 2008, [INACTIVE] BASES E-Challenge 2010, [INACTIVE] Imagine H2O
Interested in:	Advising startups, Brainstorming, Creating a group, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding engineers, Finding team mates, Getting press, Giving back, Growing my group, Helping friends, Helping members of my groups, Joining a startup, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Participating in a competition, Partnering with other groups, Patenting my idea, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Recruiting for my startup, Sharing my projects, Starting a company
Tags:	clean tech, Engineering , health, Innovation, materials, nanotech, silicon valley, water
Schools:	Stanford University, University of Pennsylvania

FEATURED STARTUP

Technology Education Connecting Cultures (TECC)

Funded by Goldman Sachs, HSBC, and others, TECC is a non-profit organization devoted to carrying out social ventures focused on technology and education coordinated by socially-minded students from the United States and China.

Startup type: Company
Status: Active
Stage: Growth

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer:	Technology Education Connecting Cultures (TECC)
Position:	VP Strategy
Description:	www.teccultures.org

Employer:	Hydros Bottle
Position:	Vice President, R&D
Description:	Clean water, anywhere anytime. www.hydrosbottle.com

Employer:	IBM Microelectronics
Position:	Nanolithography engineer

Employer:	Nader Engheta Lab
Position:	Research Assistant

Employer:	Power Up Gambia (nonprofit)
Position:	Advisor
Description:	Working to bring clean energy to The Gambia

Employer:	Innova Dynamics
Position:	Director, Technology Development; Co-founder

EDUCATION

University:	University of Pennsylvania
Degree:	Materials Science Engineering, BSc

University:	Stanford University
Degree:	Electrical Engineering, PhD

University:	University of Pennsylvania
Degree:	Physics, BA

PUBLICATIONS

Patents:

Pending

INFORMATION

Sports:	Biking, fencing, table tennis
Hobbies:	International business, sustainable development, engineering, nanotech, eating, sleeping

Michael's Startups (3)

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Power Up Gambia

Power Up Gambia is a nonprofit organization installing solar panel systems to hospitals in The Gambia, Africa to provide clean running water, power to run incubators, refrigerate vaccines, and perform surgeries. Featured in the '08 Teen Choice Awards
Technology Education Connecting Cultures (TECC)

Funded by Goldman Sachs, HSBC, and others, TECC is a non-profit organization devoted to carrying out social ventures focused on technology and education coordinated by socially-minded students from the United States and China.
UrbnYoga

UrbnYoga is launching a line of innovative Yoga accessories exploring the intersection between the ancient and the modern.

Michael is Following (13)

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Peer Venture Partners

Peer Venture Partners brings a fresh perspective to venture capital, a unique collaborative effort of the best venture capitalists, university students and entrepreneurs. PVP capitalizes on a shift in the venture capital market of entrepreneu...
Embrace

Stanford spin-off commercializing a $25 incubator for premature infants in developing countries.
YoungEntrepreneur.com

One of the fastest growing social networking forums for Entrepreneurs.
Social Networks and Water Provision to the Poor

This is my doctoral thesis project. Quantitative and qualitative methods are used to collect data on 600 organizations that provide water in Argentina. Social network analysis is used to understand how the structure of the network to which thes...

Michael's Contacts (10)

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Kristina G

I am a reporter for MIT’s Technology Review magazine, looking for new tech stories and ideas in the fields of robotics, biomedicine, innovative healthcare and nanotech, as well as energy and computing.
Wendi Zhang

Pursuing BSc in Mathematics and Management Science at MIT. Last worked as International Business Area MIT-Spain Fellow at Barcelona Chamber of Commerce.
Michael L. Mallari
Alexander Yen

Interested in social entrepreneurship, sustainable development, molecular cell engineering