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Teaching<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Courses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate engineering science and numerical methods, and graduate courses in computational mechanics of materials.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Undergraduate<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate courses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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ES220<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Statics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies, free-body diagrams, trusses and frames, distributed loads, friction, centroids, and moments of inertia.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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ES222<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strength of Materials<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Stress and strain in axially loaded members, torsion, bending and shear in beams, beam deflection, stress transformation, and column buckling.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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AE\/ME342<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduction to Numerical Methods with Applications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Root finding, linear systems, curve fitting, numerical differentiation and integration, and ordinary differential equations applied to engineering problems.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Graduate<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graduate courses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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ME621<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Computational Mechanics of Materials<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Simulation methods for the mechanical behavior of materials across length scales, from atomistic models to dislocation-based and continuum approaches.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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ME610<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mechanical Engineering Seminar<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Graduate seminar series with presentations on current research in mechanical engineering.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Previously taught<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier courses at Clarkson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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ME442<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Engineering Analysis Using the Finite Element Method<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate finite element course. Taught every semester from Fall 2014 to Spring 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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ME515 \/ CE538 \/ MA512<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finite Element Analysis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Graduate finite element course, cross-listed in Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Mathematics. Taught Fall 2015.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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ES100<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduction to Engineering Use of the Computer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

First-year course on computational problem solving for engineers. Taught in 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Academic Service<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAE Program Lead<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Department committees:<\/strong> MAE Graduate Program Committee (2019\u20132021), Graduate Committee (2024), Graduate Application Review Committee (2022), Undergraduate Recruitment Committee (2015\u20132022), Marketing & Media Committee (2019\u20132024), MAE Digital Publications Committee (2020\u20132021), Rankings Committee (2014\u20132019), Third-Year Review Committee (2024), and Graduate Seminar Coordinator (2015). Faculty search committees: Manufacturing (2019\u20132020), Aerospace (2020\u20132021), MAE (2020\u20132021), and Professor of Practice (2023).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163,"featured_media":32,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-51","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/ioannis-mastorakos\/author\/tconvers\/","display_name":"tconvers"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 5 years ago","modified":"Updated 1 month ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on November 3, 2021","modified":"Updated on October 13, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on November 3, 2021 4:21 pm","modified":"Updated on October 13, 2026 7:33 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/ioannis-mastorakos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2021\/09\/2.jpg","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/ioannis-mastorakos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/ioannis-mastorakos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/ioannis-mastorakos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/ioannis-mastorakos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/163"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/ioannis-mastorakos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/ioannis-mastorakos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140,"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/ioannis-mastorakos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51\/revisions\/140"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/ioannis-mastorakos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/ioannis-mastorakos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}