Oregon MESA

That’s a wrap on Summer Invention Lab 2026! Lookout for some more highlights next week. Shoutout to the partners that made this possible
nesteamcoalition Albina Vision Trust Center for Black Excellence Portland Community College Portland State University

Give a round of applause to our Oregon MESA teams for an incredible week at NEDC in Maryland! 👏
With the NEDC competition officially wrapped, we are celebrating our amazing Oregon MESA middle and high school teams for representing Oregon with excellence on the national stage. We couldn’t be more proud of everything they accomplished!
A special congratulations to Parkrose Middle School for earning 2nd place for their Academic Poster and tying for 1st place for their Symposium! And congratulations to our Early College High School team for taking 3rd place in the nation for their Technical Pitch!
These students showcased countless hours of hard work and we congratulate them for making Oregon proud! 🌲🏆

We had a great time at MESA’s National Engineering and Design Competition, hosted by Maryland MESA at the Johns Hopkins Applied Science Laboratory. The Oregon MESA state champs already had so much to be proud of just by making it to the national stage, and yet they STILL came away with several medals! 🏅

The Parkrose Middle School team created an affordable and accessible temperature-regulating poncho designed to support students experiencing discomfort during extreme weather conditions. The Early College High School (Salem) team developed a collaborative interactive console to foster social connection and emotional development in special education classrooms. 🤩

We are so proud of these teams for representing Oregon with creativity, innovation, and heart. Thank you for showing how STEAM can be used to make our communities more accessible, inclusive, and connected. Stay tuned for more NEDC content, and read more about these incredible projects at oregonmesa.org