Congratulations MESA!!

Our amazing MESA students competed Saturday at the UC Irvine MESA Day.  They calculated their way out of the Math Escape Room, designed and tested out the sturdiness of their Moon Bases, launched gliders, created Rube Goldberg style MESA machines, coded up a storm, and using using microscopes investigated a crime scene. We had winners in the following events:
 
Cargo Glider - Innovative Engineering Design
1st place (Royal Hernandez, Cristian Davis & Ismael Gomez)   
3rd place (Edgar Alcocer & Lilly Lopez)
 
Cargo Glider - Overall
2nd place (Royal Hernandez, Cristian Davis & Ismael Gomez)
3rd place (Edgar Alcocer & Lilly Lopez)
 
MESA Machine - Innovative Engineering Design
2nd place (Ayari Alvarado, Bryce Johnson, Joaquin Angulo)
 
MESA Machine - Distance
1st Place (Ayari Alvarado, Bryce Johnson, Joaquin Angulo)
 
Math Escape Room Challenge
2nd place (Keith Cho, Samuel Jimenez, Timothy Torres)
 
Coding Solutions
1st place (Demian Castelan & Justyn Gomez)
2nd place (Keith Cho & Samuel Jimenez)
 
The following teams will be headed to the Regional MESA Competition in Riverside to compete further:
 
Coding Solutions
1st place (Demian Castelan & Justyn Gomez)
 
MESA Machine - Distance
1st Place (Ayari Alvarado, Bryce Johnson, Joaquin Angulo)
 
A huge THANKS to Coaches Ms. Sanchez and Ms. Ramirez for mentoring!!