MESA hero, mother passes away

The MESA family has lost an early pioneer of the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education realm with the passing of the program’s co-founder Mary Perry Smith. MESA began in 1970 with Smith and other visionaries, who wanted to develop academic...

Coding takes biomedical engineering competition to next level

Let’s face it: We all want to code.  From President Obama to Will.i.am everyone is on a coding kick. MESA has held coding competitions for years, but a new partnership has expanded that effort into  a new national competition. In preparation for the new...

National Engineering Competition Winners Honored

MESA's National Engineering Design Competition champions, Azucena Castro and Jennifer Barrientos, were given star treatment at the California state capital last week.   The recent Dominguez High School graduates were invited to Sacramento by State Superintendent...

MESA tapped as STEM authority

MESA Executive Director Dr. Oscar Porter will be an expert panelist during the fourth annual U.S. News STEM Solutions conference in San Diego next week.   The conference will draw more than 1,500 stakeholders from all sectors of the national STEM community to San...

All-female Compton team wins big

Years of hands-on learning paid off for Dominguez High School graduates Azucena Castro and Jennifer Barrientos when they were named the 2015 MESA USA National Engineering Design Challenge champions.   On June 17-20, Azucena and Jennifer represented California in...