Dr. Wijesinghe is a structural engineer and architect by education with a Ph.D. in structural engineering and masters degrees in both Civil Engineering and Architecture. Before joining academia, she worked as an architect and a structural engineer for several years in the united states and overseas. Dr. Wijesinghe’s doctoral and post doctoral research focused on structural health monitoring (SHM), fatigue monitoring and detection in steel highway bridges, and linear and nonlinear finite element modeling and analysis. Dr. Wijesinghe is an engineering education and assessment expert and serves as the assessment coordinator for CEMS. As the Director of Curricular Enrichment, she has organized and facilitated numerous teaching and assessment workshops to enhance the teaching and learning experience for CEMS faculty and students. Dr. Wijesinghe has been teaching sophomore to graduate-level engineering mechanics and civil and structural engineering courses since 2011 at UVM. She is passionate about innovative teaching pedagogies and mindfulness practices in engineering education. Dr. Wijesinghe is an active member of the Contemplative Practices Learning Community of the University’s Center for Teaching and Learning. She has been incorporating contemplative practices and mindfulness meditations in her engineering classes since 2019.