Innovation transforms global challenge into sustainable solution
November 04,2025 : Dubai, UAE: As the world struggles with growing plastic waste, a team of mechanical engineering students from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) of Dubai has trialled an innovative approach to turning this global challenge into a sustainable solution. As part of their graduation project, Reem Aly, Shriya Vijay, Vishnu Shyju, and Muhammed Sharfuddin, worked under the supervision of Dr. Wael A. Samad, Chair of the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, to transform discarded water bottles into usable filament for 3D printing.

Continue reading RIT Dubai project reinvents campus plastic waste to produce 3D printing materials-Reem Aly, Shriya Vijay, Vishnu Shyju, and Muhammed Sharfuddin worked under the supervision of Dr Wael A. Samad to transform discarded water bottles into usable filament for 3D printing


