Dr. Madhu Lisha Pattanaik is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering with expertise in Transportation Engineering, pavement materials, and sustainable infrastructure. She earned her M.Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati and pursued doctoral research in Transportation Engineering, focusing on the design and performance of Open Graded Friction Course mixes incorporating Electric Arc Furnace Steel Slag. She has served as a Teaching Assistant at IIT Guwahati and as an Assistant Professor at ITER, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan. Her research has been published in reputed international journals, including ASCE, Elsevier, ASTM, and Taylor & Francis. Her academic interests include pavement engineering, sustainable transportation materials, road safety, and advanced pavement performance evaluation.