welcome to the 18th annual awards ceremony april 22, 2008
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Welcome to the 18th Annual Awards Ceremony April 22, 2008. And we are proud of you all!. You took the Challenge and completed the marathon!. Master of Ceremonies. Shaun Cooper, Supercomputing Challenge Board of Directors and Interim CIO at NMSU. Presentation of the Finalists - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Welcome to theWelcome to the
18th Annual Awards Ceremony18th Annual Awards CeremonyApril 22, 2008April 22, 2008
You took the ChallengeYou took the Challenge
and completed the marathon!and completed the marathon!
And we are proud of you all!And we are proud of you all!
Master of CeremoniesMaster of Ceremonies
Shaun Cooper, Supercomputing Challenge
Board of Directors and Interim CIO at NMSU
Presentation of the FinalistsPresentation of the Finalists
David Kratzer, ConsultDavid Kratzer, Consult
The FinalistsThe Finalists
Team 2 Albuquerque Academy
Team 3 Albuquerque Academy
Team 6 Albuquerque Academy
Team 7 Albuquerque Academy
Team 49 La Cueva/St. Pius
Team 61 Los Alamos Mid
Team 56 Los Alamos High
Team 82 Sandia Prep
Team 83 Sandia Prep
Welcome to Los Alamos Welcome to Los Alamos
National Laboratory National Laboratory
Dr. Terry WallaceDr. Terry Wallace
The Principal Associate Director ofThe Principal Associate Director of
Science, Technology, and EngineeringScience, Technology, and Engineering
First Year Challenge TeachersFirst Year Challenge Teachers
Jose Quiroz, Artesia
Maureen Psalia-Dombrowski, Los Alamos
LeAnne Salazar-Montoya, LA
Andrea Spence, Los Alamos
Zeynep Unal, Los Alamos
Presented by Celia Einhorn, Consult
Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory Environmental Modeling Award Environmental Modeling Award
Presented by David Janecky, LANL
Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory Environmental Modeling Award Environmental Modeling Award
Winners: Team 16, Barranca Mesa Elementary,
Global Warning: It's Not Cool
Team Members: George Barnum, Eric Begnaund,
Mohit Dubey, Ben Liu, Mengzhe Zhao
Teacher: Andrea Spence
Project Mentor: Dr. Michael L. Begnaud
Society of Technical CommunicationSociety of Technical Communication
Best Written Report
Presented by Kathy Pallis and Sue King
Society of Technical CommunicationSociety of Technical Communication
Winners: Team 82, Sandia Prep
Project: “Comparing Numerical Integration Methods”
Team Members: Alex Clement, Amy Clement, Greg Fenchel, Jeff Fenchel, Jayson Lynch
Teacher: Neil McBeth
Mentor: Mark Smith
Best HTML Final ReportBest HTML Final Report
Presented by Michael Friestad,
New Mexico Internet Professionals Association
Best HTML Final ReportBest HTML Final Report
Winner: Team 15, Aspen Elementary, Project: Cryptography Study
Team Members: Dhaivet Pandya, Colin Redman and Matthew Ticknor
Teacher: Zeynep Unal
Project Mentor: Elizabeth Cooper
Recognition of JudgesRecognition of Judges
Mike Trahan and Eleanor Walther,Sandia National Laboratories,
Principal Members of the Technical Staff, Emergent Threats
Community Focus AwardCommunity Focus Award
Presented by Nick Bennett
Grass Roots Consulting
Community Focus AwardCommunity Focus Award
Winners: Team 90, Socorro High
Project: “The Unbeatable Speed Limit”
Team Members: Omar Soliman, Alan Benalil,
Mariah Deters, Carly Nowicki,
Teacher: Bala Settu
Project Mentor: LD Landis
Best Use of StarLogo AwardBest Use of StarLogo Award
Presented by Irene Lee,
Santa Fe Institute
Best Use of StarLogo AwardBest Use of StarLogo AwardWinner: Team 59, Los Alamos Middle
School
Project “River Otters and their Effect on the Riverine Ecosystems”
Team Members: Thomas Henderson, Johnny Jacobs, Steven McCrory, Jack Mockler, Simon Redman, and Marie-Luise Schmidt
Teacher: LeAnn Salazar
Project Mentor: Rueben Guadiana
Best Challenge ProcessBest Challenge Process
Presented by Eleanor Walther, Sandia
National Labs
Best Challenge ProcessBest Challenge Process
Winner: Team 42, Freedom High
Project: “Cosmic Shooting Gallery”
Team Members: Tanner Wood, Ryan
Mayfield, Matt Royo
Teacher: Joseph Vertrees
Science is Fun!Science is Fun!
Presented by Tom Laub, Sandia National Labs
Science is Fun!Science is Fun!Winner: Team 83, Sandia Prep
Project: “Modeling the Hydrogen Atom”
Team Members: Alessandra Anderson, Kaitlyn
Hughes
Teacher: Neil McBeth
Mentor: Robert Anderson
Students’ Choice AwardStudents’ Choice Awardfor Favorite Projectfor Favorite Project
Presented by Tony Giancola, representing
NMITSA
Students’ Choice AwardStudents’ Choice AwardWinners: Team 59, Los Alamos Middle
Project: “River Otters and Their Effect on Riverine Ecosystems”
Team Members: Thomas Henderson, Johnny Jacobs, Steven McCrory, Jack Mockler, Simon Redman, Marie-Luise Schmidt
Teacher: LeAnn Salazar
Project Mentor: Rueben Guadiana
Teachers’ Choice AwardTeachers’ Choice Awardfor Favorite Projectfor Favorite Project
Presented by Chris Neubauer,
Representative Udall's Office
Teachers’ Choice AwardTeachers’ Choice Award
Winners: Team 68, Melrose High
Project: “Oryx Population at the White Sands Missile Range”
Team Members: Kyle Jacobs, Richard Rush, Randall Rush
Teacher: Alan Daugherty
Mentor: Rebecca Raulie
Santa Fe New Mexican Award Santa Fe New Mexican Award for Best Professional Presentationfor Best Professional Presentation
Presented by Henry Lopez,from Santa Fe's locally owned, independent daily newspaper.
Santa Fe New Mexican Award Santa Fe New Mexican Award for Best Professional Presentationfor Best Professional Presentation
Winners: Team 48, Jackson Middle School
Project:“Home Remedies vs Prescriptions”
Team Members: Matt Jannakos, Chris Winter, Nick Shortencarier
Teacher: Karen Glennon
Project Mentors: Dale Henderson, Betsy Frederick, Nick Bennett
Cray High Performance Award Cray High Performance Award
Presented by Mike Davis of Cray, Inc.
Cray High Performance Award Cray High Performance Award
Winner: Team 49, La Cueva and St. Pius,
Project: “An Analysis of Direct Simulation
Monte Carlo”
Team Members: Erika DeBenedictis and Tony
Huang
CHECS Internet Research AwardCHECS Internet Research Award
Presented by Shaun Cooper,
NM CHECS
CHECS Internet Research AwardCHECS Internet Research Award
Winners: Team 81, Rio Rancho Mid-High
Project: “Modeling the NASA Dawn Ion Propulsion Spacecraft”
Team Members: Destiny Tamboer, Ryan Cortez, Jerett Jones, Luis Maura, Alissandra Rogers
Teacher: Debra Loftin
Project Mentor: Nick Bennett
CHECS Teamwork AwardCHECS Teamwork Award
Presented by Shaun Cooper,
NM CHECS
CHECS Teamwork AwardCHECS Teamwork AwardWinners: Team 59, Los Alamos Middle School
Project: “River Otters and Their Effect on Riverine Ecosystems”
Team Members: Thomas Henderson, Johnny Jacobs, Steven McCrory, Jack Mockler, Simon Redman, Marie-Luise Schmidt
Teacher: LeAnn Salazar
Project Mentor: Rueben Guadiana
We would also like to welcome We would also like to welcome
Representative Jimmie HallRepresentative Jimmie Hall
from Albuquerque andfrom Albuquerque and
Veronica Rodriquez fromVeronica Rodriquez from
Senator Domenici's office.Senator Domenici's office.
Special Mentor AwardSpecial Mentor Award
Successful teams say having theSuccessful teams say having the
correct mentor makes all the correct mentor makes all the
difference in their project work.difference in their project work.
Presented by Jackson Middle SchoolPresented by Jackson Middle School
Special Mentor AwardSpecial Mentor Award
Winner: Nick Bennett,
Grass Roots Consulting
Technical Poster AwardTechnical Poster Award
Presented by Mike Topliff,
NMTech
(Last year's winner pictured.)
Technical Poster AwardTechnical Poster Award
Winners: Team 61, Los Alamos Middle School
Project: “Turn Up the Heat, Energy Efficiency through Smart Wall Design”
Team Members: Rachel Robey, Jessie Bohn
Teacher: LeAnn Salazar
Mentor: Robert Robey
(Cover for the 2008-2009 Final Reports)
Graphical Poster AwardGraphical Poster Award
Presented by Shaun Cooper, NMSU
(Supercomputing Challenge Logo for the 2008-2009)
Graphical Poster AwardGraphical Poster Award
Winners: Team 85, Santa Fe Indian School
Project: “Scan of the Past II”
Team Member: Daniel Pedro
(Supercomputing Challenge Logo for the 2008-2009)
Sandia National Laboratories’Sandia National Laboratories’Creativity and Innovation AwardCreativity and Innovation Award
Presented by John Mitchiner,
Senior Manager for Computation Science, R & D
Sandia National Laboratories’Sandia National Laboratories’Creativity and Innovation AwardCreativity and Innovation Award
Winners: Team 85, Santa Fe Indian School
Project: “Scan of the Past II”
Team Members: Daniel Pedro
Teacher: Rhonda Ward-Martinez, Sally Phelps
Project Mentor: Stephen Guerin
New Mexico Network for New Mexico Network for Women in Science and EngineeringWomen in Science and Engineering
Presented by Eleanor Walther
Principal Member Technical Staff
Sandia National Laboratories
Emergent Threats
New Mexico Network for New Mexico Network for Women in Science and EngineeringWomen in Science and Engineering
Winners: Team 55, Los Alamos High
Project: “Polar Warming”
Team Members: Shelby Anderson, Emily TenCate
Teacher: Diane Medford
Project Mentor: Mark Anderson, James TenCate
Computer Forensics andComputer Forensics and Encryption Award Encryption Award
Presented by iniCom Networks
Awarded by Maryjo Daniel,
Math and Science Bureau, PED
Computer Forensics andComputer Forensics and Encryption Award Encryption Award
Winners: Team 15, Aspen Elementary,
Project: “Cryptography Studies: Caesar Cipher”
Team Members: Dhaivat Pandya, Colin
Redman, Matthew Ticknor
Teacher: Zeynep Unal
Project Mentor: Elizabeth Cooper
Sponsor RecognitionSponsor Recognition
Shaun Cooper, NMSU and Supercomputing
Challenge Board of Directors.
Let's hear it for all our SPONSORSlisted on our webpage!!!!!!
Senator Jeff Bingaman's Senator Jeff Bingaman's Middle School AwardMiddle School Award
Presented by Bob Robey,
Consult
Senator Jeff Bingaman's Senator Jeff Bingaman's Middle School AwardMiddle School Award
Winner: Projects GUTS Team:
Alexis, Betsy, Caroline, Celia, Dale, Greg, Irene, Janet, Josh, Lisa, Maureen, Nick, Paige, and Talaya
Governor’s AwardGovernor’s Award
Presented by Shaun Cooper
Board of Directors
Supercomputing Challenge
Governor’s AwardGovernor’s Award
Winner:
Bob Robey, LANL,
tireless champion for the Challenge!
Scholarship WinnersScholarship Winners
Presented by Willard Smith, Tennessee State
University and NASA, but first...
Scholarship WinnersScholarship Winners
Let's honor Willard.
Here are some words from
Betsy Frederick, Consult.
Computer, Computational, and Computer, Computational, and Statistical Sciences Division Statistical Sciences Division
Los Alamos National LaboratoryLos Alamos National Laboratory
Presented by Willard Smith
Thanks, thanks, and more thanks!
For the generous funding of Challenge
scholarships
Scholarship WinnersScholarship Winners
Intel Corporation Scholarship
Presented by John G Miner,
High Performance Computing
Analyst
Hot Off the Press:Hot Off the Press:
NM CAC Award by IntelNM CAC Award by IntelThree Research Projects
UNM, NM Tech, NMSU
One faculty member, one
graduate student and one
Challenge student
Scholarship WinnersScholarship Winners
Brandon Oselio, ASU or NMSU
Daniel Pedro, UNM;
Phillip de la Rosa, ENMU
Alex Sifuentes, ENUM
Vlado Ovtcharov, UNM
Alan Benalil, NMT
Omar Soliman, NMT
Jessica MacKinnon, NMSU
Danielle Charley, NAU
Tracey Franklin, Dartmouth or Rice
Miquela Trujillo, NMSU
Sarah Garduno, NMSU
Jayson Lynch, MIT or CalTech
Punit Shah, UPenn or MIT
And now, the moment we have all And now, the moment we have all
been waiting for….been waiting for….
Willard Smith, the envelopes please.
Third PlaceThird Place
Team 2: Albuquerque Academy
Project: “Nanoscale Self-Assembly”
Team Members: Michael Wang, Ari Shaw-Faber
Teacher: Jim Mims
Project Mentor: Yifeng Wang, Ph.D
Second PlaceSecond Place
Team 61: Los Alamos Middle School
Project: “Turn Up the Heat, Energy Efficiency
through Smart Wall Design”
Team Members: Rachel Robey, Jessie Bohn
Teacher: LeAnn Salazar
Project Mentor: Robert Robey
First PlaceFirst PlaceTeam 49: 49: La Cueva/Saint Pius X
Project: “An Analysis of Direct Simulation Monte
Carlo And Its Application to Simulating
Supersonic Shockwaves”
Team Members: Tony Huang, Erika DeBenedictis,
Project Mentor: Dr. Erik DeBenedictis,
Dr. Dan H. Huang, Dr. Michail Gallis
First Place Winners
Project Overview
The Last WordThe Last Word
David Kratzer, ConsultDavid Kratzer, Consult
New Mexico’s Best breakfast burritos will be New Mexico’s Best breakfast burritos will be
served in the kitchen behind the auditorium served in the kitchen behind the auditorium
after the awards ceremony.after the awards ceremony.
Choose from: Bacon Green CheeseChoose from: Bacon Green Cheese
Bacon Red CheeseBacon Red Cheese
Red or Green VeggieRed or Green Veggie
No chile burritosNo chile burritos
with chips, cookies, fruit and drinks.with chips, cookies, fruit and drinks.