16 th Annual Awards Day Ceremony April 25, 2006

16th Annual Awards Day

Ceremony

April 25, 2006

You Took the You Took the

Challenge!Challenge!

And we are proud of

you!

Master of Master of

CeremoniesCeremoniesShaun Cooper,

Supercomputing Challenge

Board of Directors , NMSU

Board of DirectorsBoard of Directors

Bill Blackler, President

Larry Donahue, Vice President

David Kratzer, Secretary

Joe Watts, Treasurer

Shaun Cooper

Celia Einhorn

Betsy Frederick

Marianne Granoff

Irene Lee

Willard Smith

Mike Topliff

Molly Tovar

Welcome to the Los Welcome to the Los

Alamos National Alamos National

Laboratory fromLaboratory from

Dr. Buck Thompson Dr. Buck Thompson

Welcome our Special Welcome our Special

GuestsGuests

Presentation of the Finalist Presentation of the Finalist

TeamsTeams

Gina Fisk, LANL

Betsy Frederick, Consult

Finalist TeamFinalist TeamTeam 05 - Albuquerque Academy

Wesley Smalls

The Multi-Dimensional Encryption of Data

Sponsoring Teacher: Jim Mims

Project Mentor: Jim Mims

Finalist TeamFinalist Team

Team 43 - Las Cruces High School

Julia Silva, Alan Hshieh and Daniel Parrott

Can You See the Hot Spots?

Sponsoring Teacher: Greg Marez

Project Mentor: Dr. Puneet Ghei


Team 47 - Las Cruces High

Jonathan Lee Annua, Billy Downs,

Vincent Maestas and Andrei Klypin

Simulation of Planetary Formation by Particle Accretion

Sponsoring Teacher: Gregory Marez

Project Mentor: Gregory Marez


Team 54 – Manzano High School

Kristin Cordwell and Chen Zhao

Finding Inverses in a Finite Project

Mentor: Dr. William Cordwell

Sponsoring Teacher: Stephen Schum

Project Mentor: Stephen Schum


Team 73 - Onate High School

Brittany Atteberry, Mihyun Hong, Jane Kim,

Erica Swenson and Natalie Wells

Hydrogen Vehicles and Their Atmospheric Effect

Sponsoring Teachers: Josefina Dominguez and

Donald Downs

Challenge Mentor: Eleanor Walther



Kyle Fitzpatrick, Brett Beckett,

Meghan Scott, Kevin Christeson

Expanding on the Pythagorean Theorem

Sponsoring Teachers: Donald Downs

and Josefina Dominguez


Team 77 - Rio Rancho High

Christopher Morrison and Nicholas Kutac

Analytical Fire Modeling: Fire in its Environment

Sponsoring Teachers: Debbie Loftin and

Janet Penevolpe

Project Mentor: Nick Bennett


Team 94 - Santa Fe Indian School

Eveli Abeyta

An Herbaceous Vegetation Study

Sponsoring Teachers: Kate Sallah, Sally Phelps

and Matt Pecos

Project Mentors: Irene Lee and Gabe Coysleon


Team 97 - Shiprock High School

Martha Hughes, Polito Walters, Andrew Yazzie

The Invasive Russian Olive

Sponsoring Teachers: Mary Herrmann, Vernetta Noble

Project Mentors: Gary Hathorn and Irene Lee


Team 126 - St. Pius X High School

Matthew Paiz, Ryan Loyd and Mark Wunsch

Dynamic Software Evolution

Sponsoring Teacher: Kerrie Sena

Project Mentor: James Carrie

Special Thanks to the Special Thanks to the

Division of Computing and Division of Computing and

Computational Science, Computational Science,

Los Alamos National LabLos Alamos National Lab

For scholarships and sponsorship of

the 2006 Challenge Summer

Teacher Institute

Los Alamos National Los Alamos National

Laboratory Environmental Laboratory Environmental

Modeling AwardModeling Award

Presented by David

Janecky, LANL

Los Alamos National Los Alamos National

Laboratory Environmental Laboratory Environmental

Modeling AwardModeling Award

Team 94 - Santa Fe Indian School Eveli Abeyta Herbacious

Vegetation Study

The Society of Technical The Society of Technical

CommunicationCommunication

Best Written Report AwardBest Written Report Award

Presented by Judy Prono

The Society of Technical The Society of Technical

CommunicationCommunication

Best Written Report AwardBest Written Report Award

Team 77 - Rio Rancho High School

Chris Morrison & Nicholas Kutac

Analytical Fire Modeling:

Fire in its environment

iniCom NetworksiniCom Networks

Best HTML Final Best HTML Final

ReportReport

Presented by Jon Hill

iniCom NetworksiniCom Networks

Best HTML Final Best HTML Final

ReportReportTeam 06 - Albuquerque Academy

Karalyn Baca,

Franklin Orndorff-Plunket,

Punit Shah

Preventing Inbreeding

BX InternetBX Internet

Multimedia AwardMultimedia Award

Presented by Peter Yanke

BX InternetBX Internet

Multimedia AwardMultimedia Award


Lache Yazzie

Dakota Dee

Jeralea Hillgartner

Red Tide

SC Teacher Appreciation SC Teacher Appreciation

Award Award

Presented to Kate Sallahnominated by Eveli Abeytaof Santa Fe Indian School


Award Award

Presented to Debbie Loftinnominated by Nicholas Kutac

of Rio Rancho High


Award Award

Presented to Neil McBethnominated by Garrett Lewisof Sandia Preparatory School


Award Award

Presented to Hanh Nguyennominated by Omar Solliman

of Socorro High School

1st Year in the 1st Year in the ChallengeChallenge

Teachers Award Teachers Award David Bailey, Santa Fe School for the Arts

Randy Gaylord and Jim Orth, Artesia High School

Greg Marez, Las Cruces High School

Diane Medford, Los Alamos High School

Hahn Nguyen, Socorro High School

Marie Levy Ryan, Albuquerque High School

Recognition of Recognition of

JudgesJudges

Mike Trahan, Sandia National Laboratories

Eleanor Walther, Sandia National Laboratories

Best Use of StarLogo AwardBest Use of StarLogo Award

Presented by

Irene Lee, Santa Fe Institute &

Supercomputing Challenge Board

Best Use of StarLogo AwardBest Use of StarLogo AwardTeam 97 - Shiprock High School

Martha Hughes

Polito Walters

Andrew Yazzie


Ben Lujan Leadership Ben Lujan Leadership

AwardAwardShaun Cooper,

Presenter

Ben Lujan Leadership Ben Lujan Leadership

AwardAward

Recipients: Irene

Lee

Nick

Bennett

Shaun Cooper,

Presenter

Teachers’ Teachers’

ChoiceChoice

Presented by Catherine Cross Maple,

Public Education Department

Teachers’ Teachers’

ChoiceChoice


Martha Hughes

Polito Walters

Andrew Yazzie


Students’ Students’

ChoiceChoice

Presented by Heather Lovato, NMITSA

Students’ Students’

ChoiceChoiceTeam 43 - Las Cruces High

School

Alan Hshieh

Julia Silva

Daniel Parrott


Tribune Lighthouse Award Tribune Lighthouse Award Best Professional PresentationBest Professional Presentation

Presented by Phill Casaus, Albuquerque

Tribune

Tribune Lighthouse Award Tribune Lighthouse Award Best Professional PresentationBest Professional Presentation

Team 43 - Las Cruces High School

Alan Hshieh

Julia Silva

Daniel Parrott


Senator Jeff Bingaman's Senator Jeff Bingaman's

Middle School AwardMiddle School Award

Presented by Helen Maestas,

Senator Bingaman's Office

Senator Jeff Bingaman's Senator Jeff Bingaman's

Middle School AwardMiddle School Award

Team 80 - Rio Rancho Mid-High School

Alex Baker

Gunther Wong

Modeling Air Flow over an Airfoil

High Performance High Performance

Computing Award Computing Award

Presented by Mike Davis, Cray Incorporated

High Performance High Performance

Computing Award Computing Award

Team 54 - Manzano High School

Kristin Cordwell

Chen Zhao

Finding Inverses in a Finite Field

CHECS Research CHECS Research

AwardAward

Presented by Duane Elms,

CHECS

CHECS Research CHECS Research

AwardAward

Team 70 - Navajo Preparatory School

Raquel Hill

Rochelle Vandever

The Travelling Virus

CHECS Teamwork CHECS Teamwork

AwardAward

Presented by Duane Elms,

CHECS

CHECS Teamwork CHECS Teamwork

AwardAward


Brittany Atteberry, Mihyun Hong, Jane Kim,

Erica Swenson, and Natalie Wells

Hydrogen Vehicles and their Atmospheric Effect

Women in Science and Women in Science and

Engineering Engineering Best Project by a woman or a team of Best Project by a woman or a team of

womenwomen

Presented by Eleanor

Walther,

NMNWSE, Sandia National Labs

Women in Science and Women in Science and

Engineering Engineering Best Project by a woman or a team of Best Project by a woman or a team of

womenwomenTeam 101 - Shiprock High School

Josephine Begay, Rochelle Begay

Jerrin Nez, Karina Todechine, and

Tierra Todechine

Teacher Vernetta Noble

Unwanted

Science is Fun AwardScience is Fun Award

Presented by Shaun Cooper,

Supercomputing Challenge

Board of Directors , NMSU

Science is Fun AwardScience is Fun Award

Team 57 - McCurdy High School

Sarah Armstrong, Joseph Kobe,

Vanessa Trujillo, Juan Antonio Vigil

Computer Modeling of an Asymmetric Capacitor

Technical Poster Technical Poster

AwardAward

Presented by Shaun Cooper

Technical Poster Technical Poster

AwardAward

Team 28 - Eldorado / Manzano High School

Stephanie McAllister

Vincent Moore

Statistical Analysis of Parallel Code

Graphical Poster Graphical Poster

AwardAward

Presented by Shaun Cooper

Graphical Poster Graphical Poster

AwardAward

Team 06 - Albuquerque Academy

Karalyn Baca,

Franklin Orndorff-Plunket,

Punit Shah

Preventing Inbreeding

Creativity & Innovation Creativity & Innovation

AwardAward

Presented by Arthur Ratzel and Michael Vahle of

Sandia National Laboratories

Creativity & Innovation Creativity & Innovation

AwardAward



Meghan Scott, and Kevin Christeson


Supercomputing Challenge Supercomputing Challenge

SponsorsSponsors

You have met our sponsors who are

with us this morning. Our other

sponsors are on our webpage. Let’s

have a good round of applause for all

of our sponsors.

Governor's Governor's AwardAward

Presenter, David Kratzer, LANL, Consult

Governor's Governor's AwardAward

Presenter, David Kratzer, LANL, Consult

Recipient: Dr. Richard Allen, Sandia,

UNM

Scholarship Scholarship

WinnersWinners

Presented by Willard Smith,

Tennessee State University and NASA


WinnersWinners

William Downs, Las Cruces

NMSU Engineering, $2500


WinnersWinnersKyle Kitzpatrick, Onate,

Intel Scholarship, $2500


WinnersWinnersMichael Scott, Melrose

ENMU, $2000

Monte Mitzelfelt Memorial Scholarship, $1000


WinnersWinnersNicholas Kutac, Rio Rancho

LANL, $10,000


WinnersWinnersStephanie McAllister, Manzano,

LANL, $10,000


WinnersWinnersMatthew Paiz, St. Pius X High School

LANL, $5000


WinnersWinnersRyan Loyd, St. Pius X High School

LANL, $5000


WinnersWinnersMark Wunsch, St. Pius X High School

LANL, $5000


WinnersWinnersRaquel Hill, Navajo Prep

UNM, $2500


WinnersWinnersRochelle Vander, Navajo Prep

NMSU, $2500


WinnersWinnersJane Kim, Onate

LANL, $5000


WinnersWinnersSamantha Stutz, Los Alamos,

LANL, $10,000 a year for 4 years

Honorable Honorable

MentionsMentionsPresented by Shaun Cooper

Honorable Honorable

MentionsMentionsTeam 77 - Rio Rancho High

Christopher Morrison and Nicholas Kutac

Analytical Fire Modeling: Fire in its Environment

Sponsoring Teachers: Debbie Loftin and

Janet Penevolpe

Project Mentor: Nick Bennett

Honorable Honorable

MentionsMentionsTeam 126 - St. Pius X High School

Ryan Loyd, Matthew Paiz, and Mark Wunsch

Dynamic Software Evolution

Mentor: James Carrie

Honorable Honorable

MentionsMentions



Meghan Scott, and Kevin Christeson


Second Place Second Place

WinnersWinners Regis Pecos, Chief of Staff

for the House Speaker, Presenter

Second Place Second Place

WinnersWinners Team 43 - Las Cruces High School

Julia Silva, Alan Hshieh and Daniel Parrott


Sponsoring Teacher: Greg Marez

Project Mentor: Dr. Puneet Ghei

First Place First Place

Winners!Winners! Bill Blackler, President of the

Supercomputing Challenge Board of

Directors, presenter

First Place First Place

Winners!Winners!Team 54 – Manzano High School

Kristin Cordwell and Chen Zhao

Finding Inverses in a Finite Project

Mentor: Dr. William Cordwell

Sponsoring Teacher: Stephen Schum

Project Mentor: Stephen Schum

Judges’ Special Recognition Judges’ Special Recognition

AwardsAwardsIntegrating Computation into

Anthropology


AwardsAwardsIntegrating Computation into

Anthropology

Team 92 – Santa Fe Indian School

Daniel Pedro

Scan of the Past

Teacher: Kate Sallah

Project Mentor: Irene Lee


AwardsAwardsThe Extra Mile Award


AwardsAwardsThe Extra Mile Award

Team 59 – Melrose High School

Amanda Russell, Jessica Cano

Toby Turner, Lorenzo Lopez

Fruit Flies

Teachers: Alan Daugherty, Beckie Raulie

Judges’ Special Service Judges’ Special Service

AwardAward

Judges’ Special Service Judges’ Special Service

AwardAward

Eleanor WaltherFor her commitment to excellence in

judging.

04/13/06

First Place Winner’s First Place Winner’s

Project OverviewProject Overview

David KratzerDavid KratzerClosing RemarksClosing Remarks

Box Lunches will be served in the kitchen Box Lunches will be served in the kitchen

behind the auditorium after the award behind the auditorium after the award

ceremonyceremonyFresh Roast Chicken Wrap

Provolone, avocado, lettuce & tomato with basil mayo in a tomato-basil

wrap

Ham & Cheese Sandwich

Lettuce, sliced tomato with mayonnaise and mustard on the side

Club Sandwich

Ham, bacon, lettuce, sliced tomato with mayonnaise and mustard on the

side

Veggie Cheese Wrap

Munster cheese, guacamole, sprouts & red bell peppers with basil mayo in

a

tomato-basil wrap

16 th Annual Awards Day Ceremony April 25, 2006

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