https://pages.htgaa.org/2026b/zayar-paing-soe/week-01-hw-project-ideas/index.htmlPredictive Biomanufacturing of Functional Mycelium–Nanoparticle Materials Why this matters: Mycelium-based materials offer a renewable and biodegradable platform for functional materials, but their performance depends strongly on the biological state of the fungus and the conditions used to process it. My project explores whether Ganoderma lucidum can act not only as the material itself, but also as a living manufacturing system that helps form antimicrobial silver nanostructures within the mycelial network. I want to combine this biological system with automated cultivation and characterization to understand how process conditions influence nanoparticle formation, structure, and function. In the longer term, the goal is to move from small-scale experiments toward a scalable, data-driven and predictive biomanufacturing platform where desired material properties can guide how the biological process is designed and controlled.Hugoen