{"id":966,"date":"2023-01-10T22:00:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T14:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/sms\/?p=966"},"modified":"2025-12-29T13:02:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T05:02:19","slug":"stem-climate-action-festivalukm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/sms\/stem-climate-action-festivalukm\/","title":{"rendered":"STEM &#8211; Climate Action Festival UKM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On January 10, 2023, a group of enthusiastic postgraduate students showcased their innovative project,\u00a0<strong>3DP PETIR (Polyester In-house Recycling)<\/strong>, at the Climate Action Festival held at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). This initiative focuses on recycling PET bottles into filament for 3D printing, demonstrating a practical and sustainable approach to plastic waste management. Our team, <strong>Assoc. Prof. Ts. Dr. Mohd Shaiful Sajab<\/strong>, <strong>Siti Aisyah Syazwani Zaidi<\/strong>, <strong>Muhammad Alif Fitri Hanipa<\/strong> and <strong>Wan Nazihah Liyana Wan Jusoh<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The students\u2019 project highlights the potential of transforming everyday plastic waste into valuable resources, contributing to environmental sustainability and promoting the circular economy. Their participation in the festival underscores the importance of academic involvement in addressing global environmental challenges. The 3DP PETIR project not only exemplifies cutting-edge recycling technology but also inspires others to consider innovative solutions for a greener future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"967\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/sms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20230110-WA0085-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/sms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20230110-WA0085-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/sms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20230110-WA0085-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/sms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20230110-WA0085-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/sms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20230110-WA0085.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/sms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20230110-WA0058-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/sms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20230110-WA0058-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/sms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20230110-WA0058-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/sms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20230110-WA0058.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"766\" data-id=\"970\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/sms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20230110-WA0067-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/sms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20230110-WA0067-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/sms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20230110-WA0067-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/sms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20230110-WA0067-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/sms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20230110-WA0067.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"971\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/sms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20230110-WA0031-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/sms\/tag\/muhammad-alif-fitri-hanipa\/\" rel=\"tag\">Muhammad Alif Fitri Hanipa<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/sms\/tag\/siti-aisyah-syazwani-mohd-zaidi\/\" rel=\"tag\">Siti Aisyah Syazwani Mohd Zaidi<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/sms\/tag\/wan-nazihah-liyana-wan-jusoh\/\" rel=\"tag\">Wan Nazihah Liyana Wan Jusoh<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 10, 2023, a group of enthusiastic postgraduate students showcased their innovative project,\u00a03DP PETIR (Polyester In-house Recycling), at the Climate Action Festival held at<a class=\"ut-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/sms\/stem-climate-action-festivalukm\/\"> &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,24],"tags":[12,14,6,5],"class_list":["post-966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-9","category-activity","tag-mohd-shaiful-sajab","tag-muhammad-alif-fitri-hanipa","tag-siti-aisyah-syazwani-mohd-zaidi","tag-wan-nazihah-liyana-wan-jusoh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/sms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/sms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/sms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/sms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/sms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=966"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/sms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1018,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/sms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966\/revisions\/1018"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/sms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/sms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/sms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/sms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}