HTGAA 2026: Individual Final Project Documentation Project Title Bio-Acoustics: Lab-Grown Spider Silk Instruments
SECTION 1: ABSTRACT This project focuses on designing a recombinant spider-silk-inspired protein that could be expressed, purified, concentrated, and spun into a synthetic fiber. Spider silk is an important biomaterial because it combines strength, elasticity, toughness, and low density. These properties make it useful for many possible applications, including textiles, biodegradable fibers, medical materials, lightweight structural materials, and acoustic materials.