When the UCLA Samueli Makerspace upgraded its fleet of 3D printers last fall to keep pace with rising student demand, it left a row of working Prusa MK3S+ machines sitting in storage. Rather than let them collect dust, a team of makerspace students began plotting a second life for the printers in classrooms across Los Angeles.

Each year, the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering honors alumni, faculty, students and other engineering leaders for outstanding achievements in their fields. The following profiles highlight recipients of the 2026 Edward K. Rice Outstanding Student Award.

About 1 in 8 American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime, and 1 in 44 will die of the disease. While early detection and treatment have cut the mortality rate by about half over the last 30 years, it remains the

Two computer scientists from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have been selected as co-principal investigators on separate quantum computing projects funded by the National Science Foundation’s Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes

Concrete slowly absorbs small amounts of carbon dioxide from the air over its lifetime, a natural process sometimes proposed as a solution to the cement industry’s heavy carbon footprint

Growing up an only child in the suburbs outside Minneapolis, where there were very few Asian American kids at her school, Nicole Guan said being bored was her first problem to solve