Mr. Usha Kiran Kumar Sanivada obtained his Master’s in Automotive Engineering from the University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, and his Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from JNTU Hyderabad, India. He worked as Assistant Professor in various institutions before taking up a researcher position in University of Minho. Presently, he is a PhD Student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minho, Portugal. His research area includes green composite materials aiming at achieving multifunctionality by inducing hierarchical nature into the composites for automotive and aerospace applications. Furthermore, he is working with Fibrenamics on a project related to the lighting and heating of automobile interiors. To date he has published 4 SCI articles, 2 conference articles, a book chapter, and 2 posters.