Mesa (Portuguese and Spanish for table) is the American English term for tableland, an elevated area of land with a flat top and sides that are usually steep cliffs. It takes its name from its characteristic table-top shape. It may also be called a table hill, table-topped hill or table mountain. It is larger than a butte, which it otherwise resembles closely.

MESA+]is the Nanotechnology Research institute of University of Twente. It consists of 500 employees including 275 PhDs and postdocs. It holds around 1250 m² cleanroom space with some other state of the art research equipment. It has around 45 million euro yearly turnover [1] Approximately 60% of the turnover come from external sources [2]The management of MESA+ consists of Scientific Director and Technical Commercial Director [3]University Board, Scientific Advisory Board [4]and Supervisory board assists MESA+ management when necessary [5] Currently Prof.dr.ing Dave Blank [6]and Ir. Janneke Hoedemaekers[7]are working as the Scientific Director and Technical Commercial Director respectively.

A mesa is an elevated area of land with a flat top, surrounded on all sides by steep cliffs.