SPE COURSE: Understanding the Mechanical Reliability of Recycled Plastics - Session 1

  Course

Understanding the Mechanical Reliability of Recycled Plastics

  September 29, 2025
  All workshop days are from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT.
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Understanding the Mechanical Reliability of Recycled Plastics
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  Agenda

September 29, 2025
Duration: 1 Hour

  Resources

  • TBA

  Session 1


 
Level: Intermediate
 
Total Hours: 1 Hour
 
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  Instructor

Rashed Islam 
Design for Reliability Lead
Joby Aviation
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Rashed Islam is a Design for Reliability Lead at Joby Aviation. His group is responsible for the powertrain and electronics reliability for Joby’s revolutionary electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Previously Rashed was the Head of Product Integrity at Lyft Bikes and Scooters and Technical Lead Manager at Google Devices and Services, where his team was managing the Nest home automation products. He was also leading the Sustainable Materials Reliability efforts for Google’s consumer HW and Lyft Bikes and Scooters. He has numerous publications in the field of sustainable plastics including ANTEC 2022, MRS Spring Meeting 2022 and made many presentations in SPE events.

Rashed has more than 15 years of industry experience in reliability engineering, failure analysis, and materials development (recycled plastics, Pb free solder, piezoelectric, and magnetoelectric materials). Before Google, Rashed worked on e-readers and Tablets (at Amazon), LEDs (at Philips), and Energy Harvesters and Dielectric Antennas (at Eoplex). Rashed has a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering and has published more than 50 journal and conference publications and book chapters. He has also authored 3 US patents.


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