Dr. A. Sinthuja has ten years of post-doctoral experience in the civil engineering sector in academia and industry. She obtained her BSc. Eng (Hons) degree from University of Moratuwa in 2008 and PhD in Civil (Geotechnical) Engineering from University of Southampton, UK in 2014. Her PhD project was focused on the mechanical behaviour of railway ballast and the effect of tamping on its structure. Immediately before joining the faculty, she was a KTP Associate in Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Bristol working with Structural Soils Ltd. She was actively involved in research and development activities of the SSL laboratory and designing training for technicians. She was working as a Lecturer in Civil and Construction Engineering at Teesside University, UK from Jun 2020 to Jan 2022 full time and then until July 2023 part time. Immediately before that she worked in a Arcadis Consulting Ltd as a geotechnical engineer. She was a founder member and head of the Department of Engineering Technology in the University of Jaffna in between Feb 2016 and July 2018.