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). 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 $36.9 M as Principal Investigator and over $40.8 M as Co-Principal Investigator. He has graduated 13 Ph.D. and 38 M.S. students and advised over 50 undergraduate students besides mentoring junior faculty members. He has authored or coauthored 5 books, 9 book chapters, 127 refereed articles in journals and 235 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.