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Student Innovator Develops Catalyst to Transform Tire Waste

9/3/2025

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Menon, a student researcher at Young Researchers Institute, is creating a hybrid catalyst system for recycling waste tires into cleaner fuels.
The project seeks to enhance efficiency, reduce sulfur emissions, and lower costs, tackling tire waste globally.
It integrates laboratory experiments with computer modeling to prove large-scale feasibility.
Menon was inspired by the environmental consequences of tire waste, particularly a video of burning tires in Egypt.

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Menon, a student researcher at Young Researchers Institute, is creating a hybrid catalyst system for recycling waste tires into cleaner fuels.
The project seeks to enhance efficiency, reduce sulfur emissions, and lower costs, tackling tire waste globally.
It integrates laboratory experiments with computer modeling to prove large-scale feasibility.
Menon was inspired by the environmental consequences of tire waste, particularly a video of burning tires in Egypt.