Updated: April 20, 2021

This year MESA Utah will be hosting a virtual competition in lieu of our usual State MESA Competition and MESA Events at Physics Day. We’ll post rules and information as they become available.

Upcoming MESA Utah Virtual Competition Events

• Mon April 26 – Engineering Design Competition Part 2
  • Email entries to Nathan Moore at nmoore1@graniteschools.org
  • Use PDF, PPT, JPG, or PNG format.
  • Expect a confirmation of receipt email by April 28.
  • Winners will not be announced until all four parts of the Engineering Design Competition are complete.
    
• Sat May 8 – Engineering Design Competition Part 3 – Prototype Pitch PPT & Demo
  (Zoom Meeting Competition)
  • We’ll schedule appointments with the participating teams who have submitted Parts 1 and 2.
    
• Wed May 12 – Mousetrap Car Race (Timed Race)
  • Mousetrap Car Rules
  • Mousetrap Car Score Submission Form
    
• TBD (Mid May) – Engineering Design Competition Part 4 – Technical Presentation & Interview via Zoom

[Calendar updated on 3/4/2021]

We will be hosting the Utah Engineering Design Competition virtually. The Utah rules will follow the MESA USA rules with adaptations for virtual competition. The MESA USA Engineering Design Competition will be held virtually in mid June.

Completed MESA Utah Virtual Competition Events

April 9 – Engineering Design Competition Part 1 – Design Brief

• Winners will not be announced until all four parts of the Engineering Design Competition are complete.
• We received entries from West High School, Cottonwood High School, Skyline High School, and Taylorsville High School.

April 5 – Tangram Race

• High School Winners:
  • 1st Taylorsville High
  • 2nd Skyline High
  • 3rd Cottonwood High
• Elementary/Junior High Winners:
  (Corrected on 3/21/21 due error. The original email announcement was correct.)
  • 1st Bonneville Junior
  • 2nd Bennion Junior
  • 3rd Wasatch Junior
• Competition Rules Updated on 3/10/21 to allow for competing via Zoom.
• Tangram Template
• Demo Puzzle Packet
• Demo Solution Sheet
• Demo Score Sheet
• 2021 Competition Puzzle Packet
• 2021 Score Sheet
• 2021 Answer Key

March 3 – Paper Rollercoaster

• YouTube Playlist
• Marble Rollercoaster Rules
• High School Winners:
  • 1st Taylorsville High & Granger High
  • 2nd Skyline High & Taylorsville High
  • 3rd Cottonwood High, Weber High, & West High
• Elementary & Junior High Winners:
  • 1st Bonneville Junior & Bonneville Junior
  • 2nd Bennion Junior & Northwest Middle
  • 3rd Bonneville Junior & Wasatch Junior

February 1 – Straw Tower (weight-bearing)

• Rules
• YouTube Playlist for Straw Tower
• High School Winning Teams:
  • 1st West High
  • 2nd Taylorsville High
  • 3rd Cottonwood High
• Elementary & Junior High Winning Teams:
  • 1st Bonneville Jr
  • 2nd Bonneville Jr
  • 3rd Matheson Jr

December 4 – Cleopatra’s Barge

• Rules
• YouTube Playlist for Cleopatra’s Barge
• High School Winning Teams:
  • 1st Weber High
  • 2nd Weber High
  • 3rd Cottonwood High
• Elementary & Junior High Winning Teams:
  • 1st Bonneville Jr
  • 2nd Bonneville Jr
  • 3rd Bonneville Jr

Congratulations to the clubs who received Arduino supplies.  These materials were provided by a STEM Action Center organization grant to MESA Utah.

In November, MESA Advisors were invited to fill out a request for Arduino supplies.  Supplies are being shared among the clubs that submitted requests in November.  MESA Utah used the grant to purchase:

• 60 Uctronics Arduino Robot Car Kits (K0070)
• 35 Arduino Super Starter Kits (Sunfounder Version 2.0 or Version 3.0)
• 35 Elegoo Uno R3 boards (Arduino Compatible boards)
• 20 Sunfounder Ulitmate Sensor Kits (for use with Arduino)

These kits will be shared among MESA clubs thoughout Utah.

The kits can be used for:

• Following the instructions in the kits to build and code beginning Arduino projects.
• Compete in the MESA Utah Arduino Based Solutions for Humans Competition in April.  This is the qualification event for the MESA USA Competition in Arizona this June.
• Compete in the MESA Utah Arduino Car Race at Lagoon in May.

Thank you for your participation in MESA this year.  We look forward to seeing your Arduino creations.

This video was just added to the USU Physics Day page:

Preparing for the MESA State and National Competitions

See Also:

• Mouse Trap Competition
• Arduino Clean Air Solutions Competition
• USU Physics Day