Dr. Sarmila Sahoo is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, India. Dr. Sahoo received Bachelor of Engineeing (Civil Engineering) from Bengal Engineering College (D.U.), Shibpur (presently, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur), Master of Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering) from Jadavpur University and Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering) from Jadavpur University. A national scholarship holder throughout career, she was the recipient of GATE fellowship from MHRD and Senior Research Fellowship from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India. She has worked in Design and Development Unit at Conveyor and Ropeway Services Pvt. Ltd. She has earlier taught Civil Engineering at Meghnad Saha Institute of Technology, Kolkata. Her research interests are finite elements method, vibration of plates and shells, functionally graded materials, composite materials, corrosion protection of construction steel. She is actively engaged in research and currently supervising a number of research students for their doctoral thesis. She has published over 80 research articles in international journals and conference proceedings. She has authored a book with Springer and a number of book chapters so far. She is associated with the editorial and review board of a number of international journals. She is a member of International Association of Engineers.

• Natural and Synthetic Layered Fillers as Advanced Matter for Improvement of Composites Performance.- Parametric Study of Dispersed Laminated Composite Plates.- Aramid Polycarbonate Resin Film Engineered Composite for Ballistic Protection.- Fiber Reinforced Composites for Restituting Automobile Leaf Spring Suspension System.- Dynamics of Axially Functionally Graded Timoshenko Beams on Linear Elastic Foundation.- Dynamic Sensitivity Analysis of Random Impact Behaviour of Hybrid Cylindrical Shells.