Pre MESA Day 2024 (Panda Express MESA Day Preliminaries @ USC)

Pre MESA Day is one of MESA's signature competitions. Every year at Pre MESA Day, a variety of STEM competitions are hosted at the University of Southern California. We hope to see all of our students compete at Pre MESA Day 2024 this Spring!
**Information about competition registration, submission deadline, and event logistics will be posted in January 2024.**
Since 2000, Panda Express has sponsored our local competition. 

Competition Rules

Engineering Lab Book
An engineering lab book is required to compete in the Moon Base, Cargo Glider, and the MESA Machine competitions. Please use the guideline and template resources for your Engineering Lab Book.
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Cargo Glider
Cargo Glider Specialist:
Ricardo Rendon
rendondu@usc.edu
Coding Solutions - Virtual
Coding Solutions Specialist:
Crime Scene Science PILOT
Crime Scene Science
PILOT Specialist:
Emily Santos
santossa@usc.edu
Math Escape Challenge - Virtual
Math Escape Challenge Specialist:
​None
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MESA Machine
​MESA Machine Specialist:
Shyam Patel / Claudia Zambrano
shyampat@usc.edu / cz41106@usc.edu
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Moon Base
Moon Base Specialist:
Melissa Alvarez / Daniel Gonzalez
ma44387@usc.edu / danielg2@usc.edu
Think Tank
MESA Think Tank Specialist:
Julie Menendez
jmenende@usc.edu
National Engineering Design Challenge
NEDC Specialist:
Princeton Brooke
princeton.brooke@usc.edu

Pre-MESA Day 2023

Congratulations to all of our USC MESA students! Through your participation, we hope that you grew as a student by learning the importance of perseverance and collaboration!

Pre-MESA Day 2022

Results for all competitions, except Coding Solutions, were live streamed from on our USC MESA YouTube Channel. See the video to right.
Thank you to everyone who participated and supported our Pre MESA Day event! Click the buttons below to view all competition winners for middle and high school levels separately. Congratulations to all, your hard work and effort is amazing and you should ALL be very proud of yourselves for participating this year!

Pre-MESA Day 2021

For the competition results, please click the specific level button below. Please note the three tabs/sheets at the bottom:
  • ​Projects = results for all competitions
  • Awards + Raffles by School = list of medal, ribbon, and raffle winners
  • LA Metro Regional MESA Day = list of teams advancing to the regional finals