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Michael T. Garlick

Job Titles:
  • Doctor Slime Demonstrating Fun With Chemistry
Michael T. Garlick holds a Bachelors of Science in Education with Certification in Biology (DA), Chemistry (DC), and General Science (DX), and a Masters of Education and Chemical Testing. As the Chemistry Dept. Lab Manager (16yrs), Chemical Hygiene Officer (12yrs), and Science Educational Facilitator (12yrs), he serves a dynamic role here at Delta College. Mike guest lectures in the field of Health and Safety. He was instrumental in the planning and design stages of the new 25 million-dollar Science Annex at Delta College. There he assists Faculty and Staff in various testing, teaching, and training scenarios. Mike is also an EMT and a State of Michigan approved Hazardous Materials Technician. He was a recipient of the National Organization of Science Materials Managers "Certified Science Material Manager Award." He recently completed a few long-term research projects gathering data in the field on air-particulates (dioxins) in Midland while working for ENSR and directing a field survey on fishermen in the Saginaw Valley to help direct further dioxin studies for the MDEQ. He has worked as a research assistant at Dow Chemical in the materials development area of Ceramets under a DOD research grant. Early in his career he worked at Dow's Central Research, as a Technician researching Ceramet Tank armors for the DOD, which are now used to protect soldiers in Iraq. The fun part of this job was shooting at your work with a 50 mm Cannon to see if it performed as expected. His goals are to reduce waste, increase safety, cut costs, and bring more real Chemistry to any age student. If you are interested in Small Scale Chemistry training, Contact Mike @ doctorslime@charter.net or by phone at: (989) 280-6306 or (989) 781-2881. 2020 will be a busy summer with 21 events Nationally at libraries & special events Virtually anywhere Zoom he's there, contact your library to see when he'll be in your town. Share his contact information with your, school district, library, or event director.