Jacobi Gunsalus wants to engineer an equitable future for everyone by fostering a creative and inclusive community at the student-run UCLA chapter of 3D4E — 3D printing and modeling for everyone.
The fourth-year mechanical engineering student said she first discovered her interests in science, technology, engineering and mathematics when she was a child. Due to immune-related complications, some of which Gunsalus continues to cope with in adulthood, she had to spend a great deal of time indoors and wanted to do something creative to keep herself occupied. Without realizing she was using basic engineering knowledge to work on these do-it-yourself projects, Gunsalus grew to love STEM, taking math courses at a local community college when she ran out of classes to take in her high school.
“When I looked more into engineering, I realized it was the best option for me to pursue a…
