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Last year 8th grader Ernesto Castro wanted to be a mechanic when he grew up.   But after he attended an Arduino coding training, his MESA teacher had a future mechanical engineer on her hands.   “Before MESA I just wanted to fix things,” Ernesto said. “Now I want to create them.”   Castro is […]

Two California teams rose to the top, making the best robotic prosthetic arm. Now they are headed to nationals to try to keep the winning streak going.   CSU Fresno center’s Los Banos Junior High School and UC Irvine center’s Costa Mesa High School are headed to the National Engineering Design Competition in Utah next month. […]

Engineering know-how can take MESA students big places — namely, this weekend’s prosthetic arm challenge state championship at UC Irvine.   Eight teams have successfully demonstrated their engineering skills in preliminary and regional competitions, and now will compete for top bragging rights and the title of state champs for creating the best code-powered prosthetic arm. […]

A record-breaking eight African-American women earned doctorates in education simultaneously this year at Indiana University.   Dubbed, the “Great Eight” the women credit their success in part to the “sister circle” support group they created.   They started the group after discussing the lack of institutional support for black women in education, according to an article […]

We’ve recently launched some important additions to our website. Check it out:    MESA now has a section dedicated to its premier statewide events. You can find details about MESA’s marquis events including the Student Leadership Conference, a virtual statewide teacher training conference and the hands-on engineering competitions known as MESA Days.   It is […]

Hartnell MESA students hosted a special guest this week to show off their transfer success.   University of California President Janet Napolitano met with more than 30 MESA students and other Hartnell UC-bound students Thursday.   Streamlining the transfer process and increasing the number of community college students who transfer to UC campuses is one […]

  Google named MESA a 2016 RISE Award recipient for providing STEM education access to underserved populations.   Each year, the tech giant awards organizations around the world that successfully increase diversity in computer science education.   ...

While Americans across the nation are contributing to lower productivity, office bracket pools and business-hours basketball viewing, MESA has a little March Madness of its own going on. This month marks the time of year when MESA students also get their...

Each year during National Engineers Week we celebrate how engineers make a difference, but California is increasingly strapped for highly educated professionals to fill those jobs. California will need a total of 1.1 million STEM jobs by 2018, which is a 19...

As National Mentoring Month comes to a close, a new collaboration will connect even more industry mentors with MESA students pursuing STEM degrees.   SanDisk, the memory storage solutions company, is teaming up with MESA to launch a mentor program.  The...