The MADE in SC weekly seminar series has featured presentations by students and faculty. Last week's presentations were delivered by Dr. Olga Kuksenok, Dr. Angela Alexander-Bryant, and Dr. Ying Mei, all of Clemson University.

This week's presentation (today, Thursday, August 13th) will be delivered by Dr. Jianjun Hu of the University of South Carolina. Dr. Hu's presentation will be "Cooking new materials using data-driven machine learning algorithms." The webinar is today at 2 PM. If you are not a member of the MADE in SC project but wish to attend the seminars, please contact Denise White to register.

Dr. Jianjun Hu is an Associate professor in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of South Carolina. He contributes to research in the MADE in SC multiscale Modeling and Computation Core (MCC) research focus. His research focuses on deep learning, data mining and their applications in audio processing, material informatics, bioinformatics, and health informatics. Dr. Hu earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science in the area of machine learning and particularly evolutionary computation at the Genetic Algorithm Research and Application Group (GARAGe) of Michigan State University. His dissertation focused on sustainable evolutionary computation algorithms and automated computational synthesis. He served as Postdoc at Purdue University Computational Molecular Biology Division at the University of Southern California.

Applications are invited for a full-time Postdoctoral position in the Department of Physics and Engineering Science and the Coastal Waccamaw Stormwater Education Consortium (CWSEC) at Coastal Carolina University (CCU) under the supervision of Associate Professor and Engineering Director, Dr. Monica Gray.  This is a year-long, full-time appointment with benefits that can potentially be extended up to two years upon satisfactory performance and availability of funding. Women and Underrepresented Minorities are highly encouraged to apply. Candidates must have an earned Ph.D. in engineering, or a related discipline by the time of appointment, along with strong mathematical and programming skills. Candidates should email Dr. Monica Gray for questions and apply directly to Coastal Carolina University.

Winthrop University is seeking a part-time Physics Instructor beginning August 2020 to teach laboratory courses in General Physics and Physics with Calculus during the Fall 2020 semester. Continued employment for Spring 2021 is available, with physics laboratory and lecture course load to be determined. The part-time instructor works closely with two full-time physics faculty members. Successful candidates must have at least a Master’s degree and a minimum of 18 graduate credit hours in physics. Previous teaching experience at the university level is strongly preferred; experience with distance learning would be advantageous. Candidates should e-mail Dr. Robin Lammi to express their interest; please attach a current CV and include unofficial graduate transcripts, if available.