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Innovative solutions to global problems: 11th grader’s crusade against tire waste
New India Abroad interviewed Ishaan Menon, a Texas-based high school student who is researching a sustainable recycling process to convert waste tires into clean fuels.
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Pallavi Mehra - Wed, 27, Aug 2025
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Ishaan Menon; (right) representative image of tires. / Unsplash
Ishaan Menon is an 11th-grade student at Obra D. Tompkins High School in Katy, Texas. His research project—Hybrid Catalytic Pyrolysis of Waste Tires Using Bimetal-Modified Zeolite and Industrial Waste-Derived Catalysts, addresses one of the world’s fastest-growing waste problems: discarded tires.
Every year, billions of tires are thrown away, causing pollution and health hazards. His research, in collaboration with the Young Researchers Institute, explores a sustainable recycling process called catalytic pyrolysis, which can transform waste tires into cleaner fuels and chemicals.
By developing a hybrid catalyst system, Menon was able to improve efficiency, lower sulfur emissions, and reduce overall costs. The project integrates both laboratory experiments and computer modeling to show how this method could work on a large scale. He will be presenting this research at the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), where students from across the world showcase innovations that address pressing global challenges.
We spoke to Ishaan Menon to learn about his research project, his inspirations, the challenges he faced, and the project's potential impact on a global scale.
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