Dr. Hemalata Jena is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar. She joined KIIT Bhubaneswar in the year 2014. Before joining in KIIT, she worked in Vedanata Aluminium Ltd as an Assistant Manager. She completed her PhD from IIT Bhubaneswar in the year 2015. Her research interest includes Composite materials, Machining of composite, Utilization of industrial waste, Application of composite materials and tribology of polymer and polymer composite. She has more than 30 publications to her credit. She is the life member of International Society For Research And Development, Indian Science Congress, Institution of Engineering and Technology, Asian Polymer Association and many more. She is also a reviewer in various reputed journals related to composite materials i.e. Journal of Industrial Textiles, Polymer Composites, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Construction and Building Materials etc. She has delivered various invited talk on composite materials. She has organized various FDP/International conference in advanced materials.