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Our Team<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate researchers, graduate alumni, and the principal investigator of the Computational Materials Science Group.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Principal Investigator<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ioannis Mastorakos, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Associate Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
MAE Program Lead<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.Sc. Physics (1994) and Ph.D. Engineering (2004), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Research Associate, Visiting Assistant Professor, and Clinical Assistant Professor at Washington State University (2004 to 2014). At Clarkson since 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

imastora@clarkson.edu<\/a> \u00b7 315-268-7731 \u00b7 251 CAMP<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Current Members<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate researchers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Brady Sammons<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Researcher<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Grant Chen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Researcher<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Carter Lancto<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Researcher<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dan Cahill<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Researcher<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Alumni<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former group members<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Olujide Oyerinde<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D., 2025: Investigating Mechanical Properties and Microstructural Phenomena of the AlCoCrFeNi Family of High-Entropy Alloys<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Justin Almeida<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

M.S., 2022: Compositional Prediction of Polycrystalline High Entropy Alloy Mechanical Properties Using a Continuum Dislocation Dynamics Framework<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hang Ke<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D., 2020: Atomistically Informed Multiscale Modeling of Metallic Nanofoam<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Navid Kermanshahimonfared<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D., 2019: Computational Study of High Entropy Alloys (HEAs) Plastic Behavior and Dislocation Patterns<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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B. Kowalczyk<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

M.Eng., 2016: The Effect of Size and Composition on Strength of Cu\/Alloy\/Ni Trimetallic Nanoscale Metallic Materials (NMM) Composites. Co-advised with A. Achuthan.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Undergraduate alumni:<\/strong> Andres G. Jimenez (NSF REU; 2nd place, undergraduate poster competition, MRS Fall 2017; NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2020), Sean Willis, Megan Michaud, Daniel Lacey, Andrew Lally, C. Rust (Honors thesis), D. Silva (Honors thesis, NSF REU), B. Mazza (Honors thesis), S. McKinley (Honors thesis), N. Okoro<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate researchers at Washington State University (2008\u20132011):<\/strong> N. Le, M. Zeine, T. Claus, B. O\u2019Meara, O. Nieto, Y. Mathews, J. Parsons, F. Mased, M. Faisal<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Join the Group<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Openings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The group is not recruiting new graduate students at this time. Prospective students and collaborators interested in molecular dynamics, dislocation dynamics, crystal plasticity, or scientific machine learning are welcome to get in touch about future opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Email Dr. Mastorakos<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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