Back in 2015, the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) was part of a group working on a design guidance system for AM that received funding from America Makes as part of its third project call for additive manufacturing applied research and development projects. Now, an engineer and assistant professor in the university's Department of Bioengineering has been awarded a grant for a very different kind of 3D printing project. Yi Hong received an R21 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in the amount of $211,000, to develop materials to make 3D printed blood vessels for children suffering from vascular defects. Hong will develop materials that are elastic and can be formed into patient-specific, feasible blood vessels, and also can be used in a 3D printer. Read more at 3DPrint.com: http://3dprint.com/170564/uta-3d-printed-blood-vessels/