Mike Chen
About
Mike Chen is from Palo Alto, California. Mike works in the following industries: "Higher Education", "Non-profit Organization Management", "Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing", and "Automotive". Mike is currently Mechanical Design Engineer, Battery Engineering at Tesla, located in Palo Alto, California. In Mike's previous role as a Engineer at Sila Nanotechnologies Inc., Mike worked in San Francisco Bay Area until Nov 2019. Prior to joining Sila Nanotechnologies Inc., Mike was a Mechanical Design Engineering Intern at Tesla and held the position of Mechanical Design Engineering Intern at Palo Alto, California. Prior to that, Mike was a Undergraduate Research Assistant at Stanford University from Feb 2017 to Jan 2018. Mike started working as Battery Engineering Lead at Stanford Solar Car Project in Stanford, California in Jun 2015. From Oct 2014 to Sep 2015, Mike was Product Manager at StartX, based in Palo Alto, CA. Prior to that, Mike was a Research Intern at Columbia University Department of Physics, based in Atom Trap Trace Analysis (ATTA) Lab from Jul 2013 to May 2014.
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Mike Chen's current jobs
Designing, testing, and scaling batteries for stationary and EV applications.
Mike Chen's past jobs
Battery engineering and mechanical design
Worked on a variety of design and manufacturing projects for the Model 3 Drive Inverter.
Li-ion research with the Chueh Group • Large-scale commercial Li-ion life cycle testing • Automation of data analysis, visualization, and experimental design • Destructive and non-destructive post-mortem physical characterization through SEM, XPS, XRD, and XCT • Published in Nature Energy (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-019-0356-8) • Two additional papers currently under review
Battery Mechanical Design and Cell Characterization • Designed, built, tested, and raced a 5 kWh battery pack in the World Solar Challenge 2017 • Led all cell characterization, selection, and modeling efforts • Conducted module level nail penetration and propagation testing • Negotiated and managed cell supply agreement with Tier 1 Japanese cell supplier
Mentorship Program Lead • Assist product director in executing product operations for 12-week startup accelerator program offered in three sessions per year that provides over 60 educational and community events and up to $100K in in-kind startup resources • Set strategy and timeline for startup mentorship program that provides connections with serial entrepreneurs who act as personal coaches and industry experts who compose a mock-board • Coordinate and execute company-mentor pairing process based on startup learning goals and mentor domain expertise • Systematically track program effectiveness by collected customer feedback through in-person check-ins, surveys, and by measuring founder development through assessing personal and company progress
• Conducted independent research on theoretical models and observational evidence for cosmic dark matter. • Designed an automated actuator for the ATTA atom trap • Modeled parts for actuator with SolidWorks CAD software. • 3D printed and assembled CAD parts. Integrated structures with a simple DC stepper motor. • Programmed Arduino microcontroller to take input gas pressure data and turn stepper motor to turn leak valve accordingly. • Iterated and tested 3D printed parts in a cyclical design cycle. Taking fit tolerances, stress, and torsion into account.