Germán Heim

Chemical Engineering Student

About me

A chemical engineering student interested in modelling, optimization, and machine learning. I have experience in 3D printing, finite element analysis (FEM), and programming languages like Python, Rust, and MATLAB.

Experience

Dow

Process Control Intern

Mar. 2025 - Present

Icarus 3D

Personal business focused on 3D printing

Oct. 2022 - Jan. 2025

Education

Universidad Nacional del Sur

Chemical Engineering

Mar. 2022 - Exp. Dec. 2026

Technical Skills

Python

Rust

MATLAB

GitHub

Aspen Plus

Fusion 360

Svelte

JavaScript

TypeScript

Languages

English (C1)

Spanish (Native)

Publications

[1]

Heim, G. M., (2025). GlobalSearch-rs: A multistart framework for global optimization written in Rust. Journal of Open Source Software, 10(115), 9234, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.09234

Personal Projects

GlobalSearch-rs

GlobalSearch-rs is a multistart framework for global optimization of bound-constrained nonlinear programming (NLP) problems, implementing scatter search metaheuristics and local NLP solvers written in Rust with Python bindings

Svelte Shortener

An open-source URL Shortener written in SvelteKit with PocketBase

Chess EDA

Analysis of over 20,000 Lichess chess games, using different time controls and ELO ratings. This is my final project for the "Data Analysis with Python: Zero to Pandas" course from Jovian.