MESA

University of California Irvine

MESA Day 2021

1st Place Think Tank - Jesse Amaya, Aide Gomez, Annexcys Hernandez
3rd Place Think Tank - Ana Saldana, Jonathan Jara, Ivan Alcaraz

MESA Day 2020

NEDC: Daniel Abraham, Priya Bhavsar, Emiliano Benitez

3rd Place Protoype Pitch
3rd Place Poster
3rd Place Technical Interview

MESA MACHINE:

1st Place Design & 1st Place Performance (9th/10th)*
Mariana Saldana, Celeste Garcia, Brenda Corona
2nd Place Performance (11th/12th)
Leslie Hernandez, Kimberly Castro, Renajah Lee
3rd Place Performance (11th/12th)
Esmeralda Landa, Ana Saldana, Renejah Lee

THINK TANK:

3rd Place: Alexei Olivo, Alberto Rodriguez, Jonathan Jara

PROSTHETIC ARM:

1st Place Design & 3rd Place Performance (9th/10th)
Sonia Vazquez, Betzy Sanchez
1st Place Design & 3rd Place Performance (11th/12th)
Aide Gomez, Jesse Amaya

CIVIL STRUCTURES

3rd Place Design: Victoria Sanchez, Xiamara Gonzalez Ramos, Cynthia Gonzalez Ramos

WRIGHT TURN GLIDER (9th/10th)

1st Place: Sabas Perez, Shareef Aliu*
2nd Place: Sandra Diaz, Deserae Moran
3rd Place: Heidy Marelino, Ivan Ixtlilco

2019 Competition Results

MESA Day February 2019

1st Place	Hour of Code Challenge	Priya Bhavsar, Jessica Molina, Yajaira Garcia
2nd Place	Math Escape Room	Adriana Rosales, Christian Valdovinos, Elizabeth Orkeh
3rd Place	Math Escape Room	Emiliano Benitez, Jesus Arias
1st Place	Prosthetic Arm Innovative Engineering Design 9th/10th	Esmeralda Landa, Ana Saldana, Renejah Lee
3rd Place	Prosthetic Arm Innovative Engineering Design 9th/10th	Annexcys Hernandez, Jesse Amaya
2nd Place	Prosthetic Arm Performance 9th/10th	Esmeralda Landa, Ana Saldana, Renejah Lee
3rd Place	Prosthetic Arm Performance 9th/10th	Annexcys Hernandez, Jesse Amaya
2nd Place	Prosthetic Arm Performance 11th/12th	Dayanira Monge, Yerli Bolainez, Gabriela Sanchez
2nd Place	Think Tank 11th/12th	Karen Ruiz-Roca, Elizabeth Armstead
2nd Place	Machine (Rube Goldberg) Innovative Engineering Design 9th/10th	Kimberly Castro, Leslie Hernandez, Renajah Lee
2nd Place	Machine (Rube Goldberg) Ball Launch 9th/10th	Kimberly Castro, Leslie Hernandez, Renajah Lee
1st Place	Machine (Rube Goldberg) Innovative Engineering Design 11th/12th	Karen Cazares, Elizabeth Espinoza, Sasha Lozano
*1st Place	Wright Turn Glider 9th/10th	Sandra Diaz, Celeste Garcia, William Udo
3rd Place	Wright Turn Glider 11th/12th	Alan Lopez, Benjamin Ramos, Luis Galdamez
2nd Place	Arduino Based Solutions for Humans Technical Presentation & Interview	Adebayo Ojute, Priya Bhavsar, Yajaira Garcia, Jessica Molina
3rd Place	Arduino Based Solutions for Humans Poster Symposium	Adebayo Ojute, Priya Bhavsar, Yajaira Garcia, Jessica Molina

*advances to Regionals

2018 Competition Results

Engineering the Future Day May 2018

1st Place	Rubiks Cube	Bryan De La Cruz, 1:26 (Fastest High School Time)
1st Place	Mousetrap Car	Jose Carranza, Charlie Le, Andy Rivas
3rd Place	College Presentation	Alejandra Gonzalez, Sarahi Macias, Karla Soto
3rd Place	Robotics	Kimberly Castro, Daisy Hernandez, Leslie Hernandez, Renajah Lee, Diego Maciel
3rd Place	Video	Emiliano Benitez

MESA Regional April 2018

3rd Place	National Engineer Design Challenge - Protoype Pitch	Adebayo O
3rd Place	National Engineer Design Challenge - Overall	Priya B, Yajaira G, Jessica M
1st Place	Rube Goldberg - Design (9th/10th)	Esmeralda L, Renejah L, Ana S
1st Place	Rube Goldberg - Design (11th/12th)	Edith M, Elizabeth N, Helen M

MESA Day February 2018

1st Place	National Engineer Design Challenge - Protoype Pitch	Priya B, Yajaira G, Jessica M
3rd Place	National Engineer Design Challenge - Protoype Pitch	Luis G, Alan L, Adebayo O, Benjamin R
2nd Place	National Engineer Design Challenge - Report	Priya B, Yajaira G, Jessica M
2nd Place	National Engineer Design Challenge - Technology Interview & Poster Symposium	Priya B, Yajaira G, Jessica M
3rd Place	National Engineer Design Challenge - Technology Interview & Poster Symposium	Luis G, Alan L, Adebayo O, Benjamin R
*2nd Place	National Engineer Design Challenge - Overall	Priya B, Yajaira G, Jessica M
*3rd Place	National Engineer Design Challenge - Overall	Luis G, Alan L, Adebayo O, Benjamin R
*3rd Place	Civil Structure - Strength to Weight (11th/12th)	Jose C & Lynda J
2nd Place	Rube Goldberg - Design (9th/10th)	Esmeralda L, Renejah L, Ana S
3rd Place	Rube Goldberg - Design (9th/10th)	Kimberly C, Leslie H, Renejah L
3rd Place	Rube Goldberg - Design (11th/12th)	Edith M, Elizabeth N, Helen M
1st Place	Rube Goldberg - Design	Andy R, Sasha L, Elizabeth E
*1st Place	Rube Goldberg - Launch Performance (11th/12th)	Edith M, Elizabeth N, Helen M
*1st Place	Rube Goldberg - Launch Performance (9th/10th)	Esmeralda L, Renejah L, Ana S
*2nd Place	Rube Goldberg - Launch Performance (11th/12th)	Suzzy N and Carlos S
2nd Place	Prosthetic Arm - Design (11th/12th)	Jose Aguilar and Yahaira D
*3rd Place	Prosthetic Arm - Performance (11th/12th)	Jose Aguilar and Yahaira D
*1st Place	MESA Tank (9th/10th)	Jesse A and Jose Avila
*1st Place	MESA Tank (11th/12th)	David B and Charlie L

*Advances to Regionals

2017 Competition Results

Engineering the Future Day May 2017

1st Place	Rube Goldberg
2nd Place	Rube Goldberg
3rd Place	Rube Goldberg

MESA Regional April 2017

1st Place	Arduino Research & Design	Daniel Abraham, David Abraham, Luis Galdamez
2nd Place	Arduino Research & Design	Jennifer Arroyo, Claudia Reyes, Adileny Guerrero

MESA Day February 2017

*3rd Place	Mathematics 9th	Daniel Abraham
*1st Place	Mathematics 10th	Adebayo Ojute
*1st Place	Arduino Research & Design	Daniel Abraham, David Abraham, Luis Galdamez
*2nd Place	Arduino Research & Design	Jennifer Arroyo, Claudia Reyes, Adileny Guerrero
*3rd Place	Wright Turn Glider	Charlie Le, Eric Sierra, David Bonilla, Damian Santiago
*2nd Place	Egg Drop 9th/10th	Cesar Vest-Bravo
*1st Place	Egg Drop 11th/12th	Ruth Arriaga & Helen Mejia
*3rd Place	Egg Drop 11th/12th	William Rodriguez & Nohelia Montano
*2nd Place	Airplane 11th/12th	Karla Soto & Alejandra Gonzalez
*2nd Place	Civil Structures 11th/12th	Lynda Jimenez & Jose Carranza
2nd Place	Civil Structures Creativity 11th/12th	Angela Velasquez
3rd Place	Civil Structures Creativity 11th/12th	Lynda Jimenez & Jose Carranza
*2nd Place	Mousetrap Car 11th/12th	Manuel Toro & Shelly Son
*3rd Place	Mousetrap Car 11th/12th	Eric Sierra & Damian Santiago
2nd Place	Mousetrap Car Design 11th/12th	Eric Sierra & Damian Santiago
3rd Place	Mousetrap Car Design 11th/12th	Manuel Toro & Shelly Son
*2nd Place	Mousetrap Car 9th/10th	Adebayo Ojute & Eimar Ixtilco
2nd Place	Mousetrap Car Design 9th/10th	Adebayo Ojute & Eimar Ixtilco
*2nd Place	Speak Out 9th/10th	Alan Lopez, Adrian Mireles, Benjamin Ramos

*Advances to Regionals

Advisors:
Ms. Butapetch (Advisor)

Mr. Hollaway (Assistant Advisor)

Ms. Villa (Assistant Advisor/HRoom)

For more info: Rm. 207

MESA’s college prep program sparks early interest in STEM by bridging classroom concepts to real-world practice, and inspires youth on their STEM journey to higher education and their future success.