Dr. Mahantesh Hiremath has over 30 years of wide range of industry experience – Space, Energy, Transportation, and Infrastructure. He is among handful in the world to have designed and analyzed complex systems in four environments – deep underground strategic petroleum reserves, offshore oil platforms, high-rise buildings, and high-flying geosynchronous satellites.
Dr. Hiremath served as 140th President of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) for term 2021-22. He is the first Asian and Indian to be selected for this honor. He has been Invited Speaker and Panel Participant at prestigious international conferences.
Dr. Hiremath is a recipient of the 2023 College of Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award from The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. He currently serves as Advisor/Consultant to startups in Silicon Valley. Earlier, he held several important positions at SC Solutions, Spinlaunch, Space Systems Loral (SSL), ARES Corporation, Northrop Grumman, and Stellar Solutions.
Dr. Hiremath is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He was selected as ASME’s Congressional Fellow in 2013-14 and served on the Capitol Hill as Technical Advisor to the Science, Space and Technology Committee of the US House of Representatives. He is an Adjunct Faculty in Civil and Mechanical Engineering at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California.
Dr. Hiremath received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Later, Dr. Hiremath earned the Certificate in Systems Engineering from Stanford University.