Mahesh Hosur, PhD, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Affairs; Director – NSF-CREST Center for Sustainable Water Use; Director – PhD Program in Engineering

Mahesh Hosur received his education from India with a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree in Civil Engineering from Karnataka University (1985), Master of Technology (M. Tech.) degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Indian Institute of technology, Bombay (1990), and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Aerospace Engineering from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (1996). After serving Tuskegee University for 21 years, he joined Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) in his current position in August 2018. His teaching and research interests are in advanced composite materials, nondestructive evaluation, experimental and structural mechanics. Over last 25 years, He has led research efforts of nearly $36.5 M as Principal Investigator and over $40 M as Co-Principal Investigator. He has graduated 12 Ph.D. and 37 M.S. students and advised over 50 undergraduate students besides mentoring junior faculty members. He has authored or coauthored 4 books, 7 book chapters, 125 refereed articles in journals and over 220 refereed articles in conference proceedings besides numerous technical reports. He has received honors which include recognition as a Fellow of American Society for Mechanical engineers, Faculty Achievement Award at Tuskegee University and Russell Brown Award from Tuskegee University Sigma Xi Chapter.