by danielle | Apr 21, 2022 | Blog Posts
The MESA Idea Accelerator project is an 8-week long course that will engage students in developing solutions to societal problems using a human centered design process. The course culminates with a pitch presentation that will be judged by industry members. Through...
by danielle | Oct 1, 2021 | Blog Posts
Solving the diversity problem in the tech world is a complicated problem. Many tech companies have committed to improving their hiring practices but there’s still much progress to be made. In fact, most companies have yet to move the needle by any...
by danielle | Sep 21, 2021 | Blog Posts
From access to healthcare for low income residents to rapid exchange of info for isolated rural communities, MESA undergraduate students identified and attempted to solve problems with a combination of tech know how and empathy. These were the winning submissions of...
by danielle | Jul 30, 2021 | Blog Posts, Uncategorized
For Monica Noori-Saghar MESA means progress. As a first generation college student, she began her STEM journey at Diablo Valley College. She was active in MESA and the program led her to transfer to San Jose State University which also has a MESA center. Monica was...
by danielle | Jun 29, 2021 | Blog Posts
Both California MESA National Engineering Design Competition teams took home second place in creating a solution to help their communities. Costa Mesa High School and Costa Mesa Middle School — both from the UC Irvine MESA center — teams bested other teams locally,...
