News & Events

MESA will be operating all programs virtually for the 2020-2021 school year.

For the past decade, Oregon MESA has grown significantly to serve more students throughout the state. With the development of our Invention Toolkit, Oregon MESA has also become a leader in invention education nationally bringing more opportunities for underrepresented students

Bronze Medal Award Winners MESA USA National Engineering Design Competition (NEDC) Congratulations to the McDaniel High School MESA Students and Advisor of Portland! Team members Conner Lanusse, Frankie Silverstein, and Akosha Taylor won the Bronze Medal Award for their MESA

Oregon MESA held our MESA Day 2021 Awards Ceremony on May 20th. Although MESA Day 2021 was virtual we had hundreds of students and teachers join us for the week’s activities. We’re pleased to announce the following winners from MESA

Sign up to give feedback to MESA this spring! We’d love to hear your input in group interviews, surveys, or individual interviews. Fill out the interest forms below: Oregon MESA Feedback Interest Form   Encuesta Sobre El Programa Mesa Oregon

We are working hard for our students! Read on to find out more information about all the amazing things we’ve been up to and discover opportunities to get involved with us! Demo Day On 03/06 we held our virtual Demo

May 20th, 2021 Come celebrate our graduating seniors and honor the work they have accomplished in their time in MESA! Our Future Innovators Celebration is open to the public and happening on May 20th at 5:30 pm as part of

MESA Day, our biggest event of the year, is happening virtually May 18th-20th! Join us in celebrating the achievements of our students with hands-on STEM competitions, our state competition for the MESA USA National Engineering Design Challenge (NEDC), an interactive

As part of our celebration for Black History Month, we highlighted Black STEM Heroes in the MESA Community. They included Renee Anderson (Oregon MESA’s first Director), Dr. Arlyne Simon (inventor, author, and MESA speaker), Dr. Lemmy Meekisho (professor, engineer, and