MESA Day Preliminaries: Event Advisory

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	January 16, 2008 Contact: Amy Hewes College of Engineering 805-756-6402 ahewes@calpoly.edu MESA Day Preliminaries: Event Advisory The Cal Poly Multicultural Engineering Program (MEP) will host local preliminaries for Math, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) Day, a statewide competition in which middle and high school students participate in several math, science and engineering-related activities to see who scores the highest. Who: Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) What: Approximately 250 students from Santa Maria, Guadalupe, Shandon and Paso Robles will converge on Cal Poly to build bridges, drop eggs, solve math problems and present their scientific findings. Those with the highest scores will move on to the regional competition to be held at UC Santa Barbara. When: March 1, 2008, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Where: Cal Poly campus Why: The MESA program works specifically with students from underprivileged communities and those who are first generation college students, teaching them to work together and to understand the value of competition in the real world. Contact: David Cantu, Multicultural Engineering Program Director (805) 756-1433 or dcantu@calpoly.edu	Himanshu Parmar Electrical Engineering senior “I like to get my hands dirty. Well, at least as dirty as electrical engineering projects allow.” I've been able to focus on my two areas of interest -- digital design and signal processing -- while working on some very interesting projects.