Events

MESA Day

MESA Day is Florida MESA's statewide engineering competition and occurs in May at the University of South Florida. At MESA Day students present their completed projects and compete within various area's that showcase their prototypes. Students receive scores from judges within the select categories, identical to the National Engineering Design Competition (NEDC).

MESA Day Annual Theme 

Taking Action: Designing for Sustainable Communities

This year students will Take Action and Design for Sustainable Communities with a focus on Environmental Sustainability.

MESA Day Requirements

Yearly Theme
Projects must fit the Florida MESA's annual theme.

User
The user for student projects must be someone from the student's communities that they collaborate with and include throughout the design process. Your user can include a family member, teacher, peer, school staff, members of your neighborhood, a professional in the field and more!

Project Prototype/Product/Device
Students must create a physical prototype or model of their designed solution. Students must incorporate a microcontroller function to their prototypes in preparation for the National Engineering Design Competition.

Date for the 2025 Florida MESA Demo Day Coming Soon!