Bridge Engineering

Dr. Piyali Sengupta (M. ASCE, M. ACI, A.M. EERI, M. IABSE, M. IEI) is presently serving as Assistant Professor in Department of Civil Engineering of Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad since 2017. She received her PhD from Structures and Mechanics Division of School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore in 2014. She obtained her B.E. in Civil Engineering with First Class (Honours) from Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur in 2007. Before joining IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, she served as post-doctoral research fellow in National University of Singapore (NUS) for three years. She also acquired two years of industry experience while being associated with M. N. Dastur & Co (Pvt.) Limited, Kolkata, India and EMAS-AMC PTE LTD, Singapore. Her primary research interest comprises vulnerability assessment of bridges and tall and special buildings under extreme loading. She is recipient of Early Career Research Award by Science and Engineering Research Board of Department of Science and Technology (DST) in 2019 for her research project on “Multi-Hazard Performance Assessment of Highway Bridges under Seismic and Blast Loading”. She has authored several research publications in SCI-indexed journals and reputed conferences. She also served as the secretary of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), India Section, Eastern Region during 2019-2021. Dr. Piyali Sengupta is the winner of the “Outstanding Woman Structural Engineer Awards 2021" by Indian Association of Structural Engineers (IAStructE)