Dr. Muthu Ram Prabhu Elenchezhian is an R&D Engineer in Polymer Composites Materials, Aging and Degradation. He holds an MS and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from The University of Texas at Arlington. Before Joining Purdue as a postdoctoral researcher, he worked as a Graduate Researcher at the Institute for Predictive Performance Methodologies, at the University of Texas at Research Institute, the USA on creating novel methods for predicting the Remaining Strength and Life of Composite Materials and Assessing the Quality and Strength of Adhesive Bonds in Composite Structures. He is a Cross-functional researcher contributing inventively to the research and development of composite materials and structures, manufacturing and characterization methods, performance, and reliability systems for composites, using combined methods with Artificial Intelligence(AI), Machine Learning(ML) and Interpretable ML models. He has authored and co-authored more than 30 journal and conference publications, co-authored a book chapter, served as a peer-reviewer for various leading journals and holds a US Patent. He has also won many scholarships and awards during his career.