STEVEN WAYNE JOHNSTON 
801 Country Place Drive, #109, Houston, TX  77079
 

Phone: 281-556-1709
Fax: 281-556-5147


CAREER SUMMARY
Development of new process technologies for the chemical and semiconductor industries. Japanese-English bilingual customer service. Japanese-English technical translation and patent search.

EDUCATION
M.S., California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 1980
Major: Env. Technology, Concentration: Chemical Technology
Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Fellowship
 

M.S., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1976
Major: Chemical Technology
Enzyme process development thesis. Taught computer programming.
 

B.S., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1973
Major: Chemical Physics
Alumni Fund Academic Scholarship. I.H. Gotlieb Memorial Scholarship. Sigma Pi Sigma (Physics Honor Society)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Japanese-English Technical Translator • 1997 - Present
JTech Translations (owner & translator), Houston, Texas
Translation of Japanese patents and technical journal articles into English for the semiconductor and chemical industries. Wafer manufacture and microelectronics. Japanese patent searching. One publication.

Product Development • 1994 - 1997
Tredegar Films Corporation, Terre Haute, Indiana
Develop plastic film products with US, European, and Japanese clients. Development of films for disposable consumer products and medical devices.

Process Development • 1980 - 1994
Ethyl Corporation, Houston, Texas (1989 - 1994)
Developed silicon semiconductor crystal growth processes. Japanese customer technical service. Japanese-English technical translation. Japanese patent searching. Two patents. One publication.

Ethyl Corporation, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (1980 - 1989)
Designed, built, and operated pilot plants. Bench-scale process development. Three patents. One publication.

Research Associate • 1976 - 1978
Center for Wetland Resources, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Developed trace contaminant analytical methods and equipment. Studied trace contaminants in sediments.

 
   

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