Architecture professor receives grant to study 3D-printed sustainable materials

A split screen image of an ABB robot 3D printing mycelium-based composites at left and a close-up view of the extrusion nozzle while printing at right.

A team of interdisciplinary Penn State researchers has partnered with researchers from the University of Freiburg (Germany) to 3D print new sustainable architectural materials using mycelium, the root of fungi.

Credit: Alale Mohseni