https://pages.htgaa.org/2026b/justin-aguilar/week-01-hw-project-ideas/index.html🤖 (1) What I want to biomanufacture and why I want to biomanufacture polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), a biodegradable bacterial bioplastic, as the raw polymer feedstock for 3D-printed scaffolds for bone tissue regeneration. Bone grafts are needed for large defects caused by trauma, tumor resection, or congenital conditions, and current options (autografts, allografts, metal implants) have real limitations: autografts require a second surgical site, allografts carry rejection/disease-transmission risk, and metal implants don’t resorb as new bone forms. A biodegradable, biocompatible polymer that can be 3D-printed into a patient-specific porous scaffold — and that gradually degrades as the body lays down new bone — addresses this directly. My personal motivation comes from my Mechatronics background: I’m interested in the intersection of CAD/manufacturing and biomedical engineering, and this project lets me combine both.Hugoen