The Nelson W. Taylor Lecture in Materials,

Penn State University.

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new type of material that could offer a sustainable and eco-friendly solution to clean pollutants from water.

Dubbed an “engineered living material,” it is a 3D-printed structure made of a seaweed-based polymer combined with bacteria that have been genetically engineered to produce an enzyme that transforms various organic pollutants into benign molecules. The bacteria were also engineered to self-destruct in the presence of a molecule called theophylline, which is often found in tea and chocolate. This offers a way to eliminate them after they have done their job.

Full story: today.ucsd.edu/story/3d-printed-living-material-could-cle...

Photos by: David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering

A new 3D printing method developed by UC San Diego engineers is so simple that it uses a polymer ink and salt water solution to create solid structures. The work has the potential to make materials manufacturing more sustainable and environmentally friendly.

Full story: today.ucsd.edu/story/sustainable-and-reversible-3d-printi...

Photos by: Liezel Labios/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering

A new 3D printing method developed by UC San Diego engineers is so simple that it uses a polymer ink and salt water solution to create solid structures. The work has the potential to make materials manufacturing more sustainable and environmentally friendly.

Full story: today.ucsd.edu/story/sustainable-and-reversible-3d-printi...

Photos by: Liezel Labios/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering

Photos from Oregon State University, School of Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering Graduation Day. June 12, 2015.

Photos from Oregon State University, School of Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering Graduation Day. June 12, 2015.

Photos from Oregon State University, School of Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering Graduation Day. June 12, 2015.

Photos from Oregon State University, School of Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering Graduation Day. June 12, 2015.

Photos from Oregon State University, School of Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering Graduation Day. June 12, 2015.

Photos from Oregon State University, School of Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering Graduation Day. June 12, 2015.

Photos from Oregon State University, School of Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering Graduation Day. June 12, 2015.

Photos from Oregon State University, School of Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering Graduation Day. June 12, 2015.

Photos from Oregon State University, School of Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering Graduation Day. June 12, 2015.

Photos from Oregon State University, School of Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering Graduation Day. June 12, 2015.

Photos from Oregon State University, School of Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering Graduation Day. June 12, 2015.

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new type of material that could offer a sustainable and eco-friendly solution to clean pollutants from water.

Dubbed an “engineered living material,” it is a 3D-printed structure made of a seaweed-based polymer combined with bacteria that have been genetically engineered to produce an enzyme that transforms various organic pollutants into benign molecules. The bacteria were also engineered to self-destruct in the presence of a molecule called theophylline, which is often found in tea and chocolate. This offers a way to eliminate them after they have done their job.

Full story: today.ucsd.edu/story/3d-printed-living-material-could-cle...

Photos by: David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering

Photos from Oregon State University, School of Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering Graduation Day. June 12, 2015.

Photos from Oregon State University, School of Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering Graduation Day. June 12, 2015.

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new type of material that could offer a sustainable and eco-friendly solution to clean pollutants from water.

Dubbed an “engineered living material,” it is a 3D-printed structure made of a seaweed-based polymer combined with bacteria that have been genetically engineered to produce an enzyme that transforms various organic pollutants into benign molecules. The bacteria were also engineered to self-destruct in the presence of a molecule called theophylline, which is often found in tea and chocolate. This offers a way to eliminate them after they have done their job.

Full story: today.ucsd.edu/story/3d-printed-living-material-could-cle...

Photos by: David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering

Photos from Oregon State University, School of Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering Graduation Day. June 12, 2015.

Photos from Oregon State University, School of Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering Graduation Day. June 12, 2015.

Photos from Oregon State University, School of Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering Graduation Day. June 12, 2015.

Photos from Oregon State University, School of Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering Graduation Day. June 12, 2015.

Photos from Oregon State University, School of Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering Graduation Day. June 12, 2015.

Photos from Oregon State University, School of Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering Graduation Day. June 12, 2015.

Photos from Oregon State University, School of Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering Graduation Day. June 12, 2015.

Photos from Oregon State University, School of Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering Graduation Day. June 12, 2015.

Photos from Oregon State University, School of Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering Graduation Day. June 12, 2015.

Photos from Oregon State University, School of Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering Graduation Day. June 12, 2015.

Photos from Oregon State University, School of Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering Graduation Day. June 12, 2015.

Photos from Oregon State University, School of Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering Graduation Day. June 12, 2015.

September 26, 2023 - Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) hold up samples of the PolyEster Covalently Adaptable Network (PECAN) resin. From left to right: Erik Rognerud, research technician, Nic Rorrer, senior researcher, and Jason DesVeaux, researcher. (Photo by Werner Slocum / NREL)

Photos from Oregon State University, School of Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering Graduation Day. June 12, 2015.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) materials science researchers Peter Rupnowski and Bryan Miller stand in their lab where they have been working with a roll-to-roll web-line in their lab in Process Development Integration Laboratory (PDIL) at NREL’s Science and Technology Facility (S&TF).

The web-line is used for research of in-line quality control monitoring techniques for battery, electrolyzer, and fuel cell materials.

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