We are excited to announce the search for our next permanent Executive Director has finally started. Finding the right person to fill this role is critical to our continued success and future impacts. As a valued member of our community, we need
We are thrilled to announce that our 2023 MESA Day is happening on Friday, May 19th at Portland State University! MESA Day is our culminating event of the year where our middle and high school students engage in hands-on competition,
For the first time ever, MESA partnered with Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon and University of Portland STEM Center to provide a free STEM Entrepreneurship camp for MESA middle schoolers! This free, four-day long spring break day camp was a first-of-its-kind
And just like that, it’s a wrap on our 2023 Demo Days! For the first time in three years, all of our regions got to experience the magic of an in-person Demo Day. Students stunned community members with their inventions
We are so excited to announce our Demo Day 2023! Demo Day is our community showcase where MESA students present the invention projects they are working on and get valuable feedback from the community. According to our yearly theme Climate Action: Designing for
Oregon MESA 2022 Annual Report: A Journey Through MESA Day We are so excited to share with you our 2022 Annual Report! The report is all about the amazing journey through the MESA year leading up to MESA Day. After
This year’s competition theme is here! We are excited to announce that our students will be working on the theme of Climate Action: Designing for Environmental Justice. Our middle and high school student teams will be identifying and working with
We are so proud of our two teams representing Oregon at this year’s National Engineering and Design Competition! The Eagled Eyes from Parkrose High School and Chico & Co from Brixner Junior High placed first in the State in our
May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month! This month recognizes the contributions and influence of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States. When it comes to