Competition Volunteer Information

Thank you for agreeing to be a part of MESA Day, our statewide engineering design competition. We are expecting almost 450 students from about 36 middle and high schools this year.  The links below provide information about the day. For our judges, there are also links to resources needed to help judge students' work. If you have any questions please contact us at azmesa@arizona.edu

All volunteers will be provided with a MESA Day T-shirt, continental breakfast, and lunch. Check-in, breakfast, and lunch will occur in the GCU arena. 

 

 

 

GCU Campus Map (interactive)

Judges, please refer to the Design Challenge Orientation Slides for event specific info. You can also find the specifications and student resources for each event on our Specifications and Resources Page

 

  • Specifications
  • Building 57, Room 130
  • Judging Guidelines
    • Students will present their Pitch at MESA Day. During the pitch they can use any media and may refer to their Design Brief and Poster. Judges are asked to focus on ensuring:
      • Projects are addressing an inequity faced by the users of their design
      • Projects are using a Human Centered Design
      • A coding element is a focal point of the solution
      • Provide feedback that may help students move project forward.

 

 

  • Specifications
  • Building 57, Room 234/6 and 235/7
  • Judging Guidelines
    • Students will present their design. Designs may be physical or digital models. Judges are asked to focus on ensuring:
      • Projects are using a Human Centered Design
      • Project are based in Tucson or Phoenix and have a minimum of two floors for commercial use
      • Projects have research that supports their design decisions on height, shape, materials, location, amenities, etc.
      • Sustainability is a focus and students are using LEED cert as a guide
      • Provide feedback that may help students move project forward.

  • Specifications
  • Building 57, Room 230 and 2nd Floor Balcony
  • Judging Guidelines
    • Students will bring their design for testing. All designs must be impounded during Spec Check. Judges are asked to focus on ensuring:
      • Projects are 100% made of paper
      • High School Projects have a payload of at least 10 grams
      • Designs are meeting the listed parameters for size, materials, etc.
      • Ensure all testing is done in a fair and consistent manner.
      • Provide feedback that may help students move project forward.

  • Specifications
  • GCU Quad Lawn
  • Judging Guidelines
    • Students will bring their design for testing. All design must be impounded during Spec Check. Judges are asked to focus on ensuring:
      • Projects are safe to use and have a remote trigger that can be operated from at least 1 meter from device.
      • Only official MESA cornhole boards and bean bags are used. Schools may use MESA provided bags if they do not have their own that meet specifications.
      • Ensure all testing is done in a fair and consistent manner.
      • Provide feedback that may help students move project forward.

  • Specifications
  • GCU Arena
  • Judging Guidelines
    • Students will bring their design for testing. All design must be impounded during Spec Check. Judges are asked to focus on ensuring:
      • Projects are safe to use.
      • Designs are meeting the listed parameters for size, weight, materials, etc.
      • Ensure all testing is done in a fair and consistent manner.
      • Provide feedback that may help students move project forward.

  • Specifications (coming soon)
  • Building 57, Room 231/3
  • Judging Guidelines
    • Students must check-in during Spec Check. On-Site Design begins at 9:00 am and all students must stay until their design is tested. Building will take place until about 11:00 am, immediately followed by testing. Judges are asked to focus on ensuring:
      • Teams understand the objective of the challenge
      • Team have all the necessary materials
      • Teams are working together and implementing the engineering design process to meet the challenge
      • Ensure all testing is done in a fair and consistent manner..

Set-up begins at 8:00 am

Exhibition will occur from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm 

Location: GCU Arena

Equipment Provided: Table, 2 chairs