Associate Dean for Graduate Affairs and Research/Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Education:

B. E Civil Engineering, Karnataka University, Dharwad, India 1985
M. Tech, Aeronautical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India 1990
Ph. D, Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 1996

Experience:

• Associate Dean for Graduate Affairs and Research; Director, Ph.D. Program in Engineering; and Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering: Texas A&M University, Kingsville, August 2018 - Present
• Head, Materials Science Engineering, Tuskegee University, July 2016-August 2018
• Interim Head, Materials Science Engineering, Tuskegee University, June 2015-June 2016
• Professor, Materials Science Engineering, Tuskegee University, October 2010-2018
• Research Associate Professor, Materials Science Engineering, Tuskegee University,  June 2006-September 2010
• Associate Professor,  Department of Aerospace Science Engineering, Tuskegee University, May 2004 –May 2006
• Assistant professor, Department of Aerospace Science Engineering, Tuskegee University,  August 1999-May2004
• Research Assistant Professor, Center for Advanced Materials, Tuskegee University, August 1997-July 1999
• Scientist (C),  Aeronautical Development Agency, Bangalore, India,  May 1996-July 1997
• Research Associate,  Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, April 1996
• Research Assistant, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, August 1993-March 1996
• Lecturer,  Gogte Institute of Technology, India, August 1985-July 1988

Research Interests:
Dr. Hosur's research interests are focused in the following areas of advanced fiber reinforced composites, sandwich composites, nanophased composites, advanced green composites

Processing (hand layup, vacuum bag, autoclave, compression molding, microwave curing), Process Sensing, low-cost manufacturing using RTM, VARIM processes, static and dynamic (low-velocity, high strain rate, ballistic impact) characterization, Fatigue and Fracture, Structural Analysis, Development of Characterization of Flexible Armors for Extremities Protection, Repair of thick section composites, Damage Tolerant Design, Environmental Effects, Morphological Characterization, Microstructural Characterization, Non Destructive Evaluation, in particular Ultrasonic technique, Biopolymer/Polymer Nanocomposites processing and characterization (cure kinetics, thermal, mechanical and thermomechanical, rheology, Force Spinning)

Courses taught:

• Graduate Courses: Advanced Mechanics of Composites and Design, Mechanics of Composite Materials, Composite Materials, Non-Destructive Evaluation

• Undergraduate Courses: Statics and Dynamics, Strength of Materials, Composite Materials, Flight Mechanics, Aerospace Design and Analysis I, Aerospace Structures I, Aerospace Structures Laboratory, Aerospace structures II, Stability and Control, Aerodynamics I, Aerodynamics Laboratory, Statics, Engineering Mechanics, Engineering Mechanics Laboratory, Structural mechanics, Strength of Materials Laboratory, RCC Design, Concrete Technology, Surveying

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS OF BOOKS, BOOK CHAPTERS AND REFEREED ARTICLES

1.  Sabu Thomas, Mahesh Hosur, Cintil Jose Chirayil, Unsaturated Polyester Resins – Fundamentals, Design, Fabrication and Applications, 1^st Edition, Paperback ISBN: 9780128161296, eBook ISBN: 9780128163030, Imprint: Elsevier, Published Date: 19th July 2019, Page Count: 656.

1. Mahesh Hosur, Tanjheel Mahdi, Ekramul Islam, and Shaik Jeelani, “Improvements of Static and Dynamic Behavior of Laminated Carbon/Epoxy Composites Through the Inclusion of Nanoclay and MWCNTs,” Encyclopedia of Materials: Plastics and Polymers, Editor in chief: M. S. J. Hashmi, Volume 2, pp. 195-192, ISBN 978-0-12-823291-0, Elsevier, 2022.
2. Shaik Zainuddin, V. Hosur, A. A. Mohammed, E. M. Smith and S. Jeelani, “Thermoset Resin Sandwich Structures,” in Lightweight Composite Structures for Transport: Design, Manufacturing, Analysis and Performance, Ed: James Njuguna, Woodhead Publishing Series in Composites Science and Engineering, 2016, ISBN: 978-1-78242-325-6, pp. 165-187.
3. Harish Rao, Mahesh Hosur, Shaik Jeelani, “Stab characterization of STF and thermoplastic impregnated ballistic fabric composites,” Chapter 12 of Advanced Fibrous Composite Materials for Ballistic Protection, Editors: Xiaogang Chen and Gwen Jones, Woodhead Publishing, Cambridge, UK, ISBN: 978-1-78242-461-1, 2016, pp. 363-388.
4. Mahesh Hosur, Farhan Chowdhury and Shaik Jeelani, “Effects of Fabrication Processes and Nanoclay Inclusion on Performance of Woven Carbon/Epoxy Composite Laminates,” Chapter 6 in Computational and Experimental Methods in Structures- Vol. 6: Woven Composites, Editor: Ferri M. H. Aliabadi, Imperial College Press, ISBN 978-1-78326-617-3, 2015, pp. 179-214. 

1. Kamrul SM Hasan, Shaik Zainuddin, Azizi Turner, Mahesh Hosur and Shaik Jeelani, “Halloysite infused jute fiber/poly (3-hyrdoxy-butyrate-co-3-valerate) Bionanocomposites: Thermal, mechanical and fire retardant properties,” Journal of Composite Materials, 2022, Vol 0(0) 1-11, https://doi.org/10.1177/00219983221127062.
2. Md. Sarower Tareq, Bodiuzzaman Jony, Shaik Zainuddin, Mohammad Al Ahsan, Mahesh V Hosur, “Fatigue analysis and fracture toughness of graphene reinforced carbon fibre polymer composites,” Fatigue Fract Eng Mater Struct. 2021; 44:461-474. https://doi.org/10.1111/ffe.13371.
3. Kazi Al Imran, Mohammad Kamal Hossain, Mahesh Hosur, Shaik Jeelani, “Assessment of moisture barrier, mechanical, and thermal property of base/nanophased carbon-epoxy composites in seawater,” https://doi.org/10.1177/0021998320953480, Article first published online: September 11, 2020.
4. Md Sarower Hossain Tareq, Shaik Zainuddin, Mahesh V Hosur, Bodiuzzaman Jony, Mohammad Al Ahsan, Shaik Jeelani, “Flexural fatigue and fracture toughness behavior of nanoclay reinforced carbon fiber epoxy composites,” Journal of Composite Materials, First Published June 27, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1177/0021998320935166.
5. Farooq Syed, Shaik Zainuddin, Andrea Mills, Mahesh Hosur, Shaik Jeelani, “Crosslinking and Interfacial Behavior of Carboxylic Functionalized Carbon nanotube Epon Nanocomposites: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Approach,” Spring Nature Applied Sciences, 2019, 1:1423, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-019-1441-0, Published online 10/16/2019.

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