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More than 350 Orange County high school students
will visit Cal State Fullerton for a day of science and engineering
competitions, including the egg drop event, during MESA (Mathematics,
Engineering, Science Achievement) Day. |
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| When: |
9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19 |
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| Where: |
Most activities will take place in the Engineering
and Computer Science Quad. |
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| Events: |
Competitions include the popular packaged egg
event, in which students design a protective package that will
keep eggs from breaking when dropped from the roof of a campus
building. Other events include crystal growing, balsa wood bridge
testing, glider fly-off, Web design and remote-control car demonstrations.
(See schedule of events that follows.) |
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| Background: |
Cal State Fullerton’s MESA chapter is part
of a statewide program designed to help educationally disadvantaged
students to excel in math and science. More than 90 MESA centers
throughout California provide services to more than 30,000 students
from elementary through university levels. Among MESA high-school
seniors, 85 percent go on to attend college. Two years ago,
the statewide MESA program received one of the $100,000 Innovations
in Government Awards from Harvard’s Institute for Government
Innovation. |
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| Media Contacts: |
Vonna Hammerschmitt, ECS MESA competition director,
at 657-278-3195 or vhammerschmitt@fullerton.edu
Dave Reid, Public Affairs, at 657-278-4855 or dreid@fullerton.edu |
| 8:30 – 9:15 a.m. |
Registration |
Engineering and Computer Science
Quad |
| 9 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
Web Scavenger Hunt |
Room 401 - Computer Science |
| 9:15 – 10:15 a.m. |
Web Design |
Room 408 - Computer Science |
| 9:15 – 10:15 a.m. |
Oral Presentation I |
Room 301- Computer Science |
| 9:15 – 10:15 a.m. |
Model Science Judging |
Room 321- Engineering |
| 9:15 – 10:20 a.m. |
Air-Powered Vehicles |
Room 21- Engineering |
| 10:15 – 11:30 a.m. |
Balsa Wood Bridge Testing |
Room 11- Engineering |
| 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. |
Oral Presentation II |
Room 301- Computer Science |
| 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. |
Crystal Growing Judging |
Room 41- Engineering |
| 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. |
Remote-Controlled Cars |
Lawn |
| 10:30 a.m. – noon |
Team Math Quest |
Room 321- Engineering |
| Noon – 1:15 p.m. |
Packaged Egg Drop |
Humanities-Social Sciences Building |
| 12:30 – 1:45 p.m. |
Glider Fly-off |
Lawn |
| 12:30 – 1:45 p.m. |
Model Science Questions |
Room 24C - Engineering |
| 1:45 – 2:30 p.m. |
Awards |
Engineering and Computer Science Quad |
