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Dr. Sushmita Dash

Gandhi Institute For Technological Advancement, Trident Academy of Technology, KIIT University, NM Institute of Engineering and Technology

ORCID iD 0000-0003-3154-8522

About

Dr. Sushmita Dash is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering with over 14 years of academic and research experience. She holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from KIIT University and has completed the AICTE QIP Postgraduate Certificate Programme from Indian Institute of Technology Indore on Emerging Technologies in "Advanced Composite Materials: Modelling, Manufacturing, and Testing". Her specialization includes design and manufacturing, composite materials, and computational mechanics, with research interests in functionally graded materials, laminated and smart composite structures,Machine Learning,MATLAB, finite element analysis, optimization, and molecular dynamics simulation.

Dr. Dash has received several prestigious recognitions for her academic and research contributions. She was honored with the Research Excellence Award (2022) by Institute of Scholars for her work on functionally graded sandwich structures and received the Best Faculty Award (2022) at the International Research Awards on Science, Technology, and Management. She was also the recipient of the Best Paper Award (2023) at the 50th National Symposium on Acoustics. In 2025, she was ranked in the AD Scientific Index with notable positions at global, national, and institutional levels by AD Scientific Index.

She has published extensively in reputed SCI and Scopus-indexed journals in the areas of composite materials and structural analysis and has contributed to conference proceedings and book chapters. She is also actively involved in research supervision, guiding Ph.D. and M.Tech. scholars. In addition to her academic work, Dr. Dash serves as a reviewer and editor for international journals and has contributed to the academic community through conference organization and professional society memberships.

Her research primarily focuses on advanced composite structures, particularly functionally graded and smart materials, aiming at improving structural performance for engineering applications.

Employment

  • Gandhi Institute For Technological Advancement Associate Professor
    2014 - Present
  • Trident Academy of Technology Lecturer
    2005 - 2008
  • NM Institute of Engineering and Technology Lecturer
    2004 - 2005

Education

  • KIIT University Ph.D
    2015 - 2022

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (21)