by danielle | May 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Golden State Warriors aren’t the only teams who can sweep a competition. CSU Fresno’s MESA center grabbed both middle and high school titles and are headed to the National Engineering Design Competition in Philadelphia next month. The teams rose to the...
by danielle | May 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
California’s best and brightest future engineers will compete for top bragging rights and the title of state champs for creating the best code-powered prosthetic arm this weekend. The top four middle school and top four high school teams have already beaten thousands...
by danielle | May 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
If you ever wondered how to make the perfect balsawood glider, talk to Matthew Suzuki and Niravroh Laha. The Harbor Teacher Preparation Academy seniors had a hands down win at the CSU Long Beach MESA Day recently. Those engineering chops will come in handy this fall....
by danielle | Apr 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
Hands-on learning and project-based learning have become buzz terms in the STEM education world. But MESA students have been using the math and science concepts they learn in the classroom to create engineering projects for decades. MESA Days — yearly...
by danielle | Feb 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
Ask Aneita Gage how it felt to be the only black, female engineering student at San Diego State University in the mid 1980s, and she’ll declare a single word. “Lonely.” She had to prove to unsupportive professors that she was just as capable as other...
by danielle | Jan 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
Lupe Segura immigrated to the U.S, when she was 13 years old. A lack of English skills quickly diminished her self-confidence and left her struggling in her classes at the low-performing schools she attended in Oakland. And, as the daughter of a housewife and a...
