Teaching
Courses
Undergraduate engineering science and numerical methods, and graduate courses in computational mechanics of materials.
Undergraduate
Undergraduate courses
ES220
Statics
Equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies, free-body diagrams, trusses and frames, distributed loads, friction, centroids, and moments of inertia.
ES222
Strength of Materials
Stress and strain in axially loaded members, torsion, bending and shear in beams, beam deflection, stress transformation, and column buckling.
AE/ME342
Introduction to Numerical Methods with Applications
Root finding, linear systems, curve fitting, numerical differentiation and integration, and ordinary differential equations applied to engineering problems.
Graduate
Graduate courses
ME621
Computational Mechanics of Materials
Simulation methods for the mechanical behavior of materials across length scales, from atomistic models to dislocation-based and continuum approaches.
ME610
Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Graduate seminar series with presentations on current research in mechanical engineering.
Previously taught
Earlier courses at Clarkson
ME442
Engineering Analysis Using the Finite Element Method
Undergraduate finite element course. Taught every semester from Fall 2014 to Spring 2018.
ME515 / CE538 / MA512
Finite Element Analysis
Graduate finite element course, cross-listed in Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Mathematics. Taught Fall 2015.
ES100
Introduction to Engineering Use of the Computer
First-year course on computational problem solving for engineers. Taught in 2020.
Academic Service
MAE Program Lead
Since July 2026, Dr. Mastorakos serves as Program Lead for the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering programs, coordinating undergraduate and graduate course planning, curriculum development, and ABET accreditation.
Department committees: MAE Graduate Program Committee (2019–2021), Graduate Committee (2024), Graduate Application Review Committee (2022), Undergraduate Recruitment Committee (2015–2022), Marketing & Media Committee (2019–2024), MAE Digital Publications Committee (2020–2021), Rankings Committee (2014–2019), Third-Year Review Committee (2024), and Graduate Seminar Coordinator (2015). Faculty search committees: Manufacturing (2019–2020), Aerospace (2020–2021), MAE (2020–2021), and Professor of Practice (2023).