Jacob Gissinger
Assistant Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
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Top SchoolJacob Gissinger is an Assistant Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology specializing in computational materials science, polymer engineering, and high-performance composites, with eight years of experience bridging academia and government research. He leverages AI-assisted modeling and advanced molecular dynamics to accelerate materials design, work honed during a NASA postdoctoral fellowship and internships focused on nanocomposites. His open-source contributions to the widely used LAMMPS molecular dynamics code show hands-on capability extending core simulation features for atom creation, topology, and reaction dynamics. Trained with a PhD from the University of Colorado Boulder and a BS from the University of Pennsylvania, he combines deep simulation expertise with practical polymer engineering insights to tackle scalable materials challenges.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, PhD, Materials Science and Engineering at University of Colorado BoulderThe Ohio State UniversityBS, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, BS, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering at University of Pennsylvania
Github Skills (12)
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parallel-computing9
computational-physics9
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
lammps/lammps
Aug 2017 - Jan 2023
Public development project of the LAMMPS MD software package
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:50 reviews, 581 commits, 107 PRs in 5 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Jacob's contributions focused on modifying and extending the LAMMPS molecular dynamics software package, as evidenced by the code changes related to atom creation, molecular topology, and reaction dynamics. Their work included adding features related to creating and inserting atoms, handling molecular interactions, and implementing reaction constraints. These modifications included changes to the core libraries of LAMMPS as well as the integration of new features with existing features in the package.
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jrgissing/lammps
Mar 2018 - Jun 2022
Public development project of the LAMMPS MD software package
Contributions:8 reviews, 78 commits, 273 PRs in 4 years 2 months
lammps
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