Welcome to the 18th Annual Awards Ceremony

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Welcome to the18th Annual Awards Ceremony April
22, 2008
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And we are proud of you all!
You took the Challenge and completed the
marathon!
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Master of Ceremonies
Shaun Cooper, Supercomputing ChallengeBoard of
Directors and Interim CIO at NMSU
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Presentation of the Finalists David Kratzer,
Consult
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The 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
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Welcome to Los Alamos National Laboratory Dr.
Terry Wallace The Principal Associate Director
ofScience, Technology, and Engineering
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First 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
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Los Alamos National Laboratory Environmental
Modeling Award
Presented by David Janecky, LANL
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Los Alamos National Laboratory 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
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Society of Technical Communication
Best Written Report Presented by Kathy Pallis
and Sue King
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Society 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

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Best HTML Final Report
Presented by Michael Friestad, New Mexico
Internet Professionals Association
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Best 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

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Recognition of Judges
Mike Trahan and Eleanor Walther,Sandia National
Laboratories,Principal Members of the Technical
Staff, Emergent Threats
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Community Focus Award
Presented by Nick Bennett Grass Roots Consulting
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Community 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
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Best Use of StarLogo Award
Presented by Irene Lee, Santa Fe Institute
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Best Use of StarLogo Award
Winner 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
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Best Challenge Process
Presented by Eleanor Walther, Sandia National Labs
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Best Challenge Process
Winner Team 42, Freedom High Project Cosmic
Shooting Gallery Team Members Tanner Wood, Ryan
Mayfield, Matt Royo Teacher Joseph Vertrees
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Science is Fun!
Presented by Tom Laub, Sandia National Labs
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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
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Students Choice Awardfor Favorite Project
Presented by Tony Giancola, representing NMITSA
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Students Choice Award
Winners 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
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Teachers Choice Awardfor Favorite Project
Presented by Chris Neubauer,Representative
Udall's Office
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Teachers 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
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Santa Fe New Mexican Award for Best Professional
Presentation
Presented by Henry Lopez,from Santa Fe's locally
owned, independent daily newspaper.
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Santa Fe New Mexican Award for Best Professional
Presentation
Winners Team 48, Jackson Middle
School ProjectHome Remedies vs Prescriptions
Team Members Matt Jannakos, Chris Winter, Nick
Shortencarier Teacher Karen Glennon Project
Mentors Dale Henderson, Betsy Frederick, Nick
Bennett
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Cray High Performance Award
Presented by Mike Davis of Cray, Inc.
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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
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CHECS Internet Research Award
Presented by Shaun Cooper, NM CHECS
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CHECS 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
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CHECS Teamwork Award
Presented by Shaun Cooper, NM CHECS
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CHECS Teamwork Award
Winners 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
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We would also like to welcome Representative
Jimmie Hallfrom Albuquerque andVeronica
Rodriquez fromSenator Domenici's office.

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Special Mentor Award Successful teams say
having the correct mentor makes all the
difference in their project work. Presented by
Jackson Middle School

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Special Mentor Award
Winner Nick Bennett,Grass Roots Consulting
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Technical Poster Award

Presented by Mike Topliff, NMTech(Last year's
winner pictured.)
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Technical Poster Award
(Cover for the 2008-2009 Final Reports)
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
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Graphical Poster Award
(Supercomputing Challenge Logo for the 2008-2009)
Presented by Shaun Cooper, NMSU
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Graphical Poster Award
(Supercomputing Challenge Logo for the 2008-2009)
Winners Team 85, Santa Fe Indian
School Project Scan of the Past II Team
Member Daniel Pedro
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Sandia National LaboratoriesCreativity and
Innovation Award
Presented by John Mitchiner, Senior Manager for
Computation Science, R D
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Sandia National LaboratoriesCreativity 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
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New Mexico Network for Women in Science and
Engineering
Presented by Eleanor Walther Principal Member
Technical Staff Sandia National
Laboratories Emergent Threats
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New Mexico Network for Women 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
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Computer Forensics and Encryption Award
Presented by iniCom Networks Awarded by Maryjo
Daniel,Math and Science Bureau, PED
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Computer Forensics and 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
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Sponsor Recognition
Shaun Cooper, NMSU and Supercomputing Challenge
Board of Directors.
Let's hear it for all our SPONSORS listed on our
webpage!!!
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Senator Jeff Bingaman's Middle School Award
Presented by Bob Robey, Consult
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Senator Jeff Bingaman's Middle School Award
Winner Projects GUTS Team Alexis, Betsy,
Caroline, Celia, Dale, Greg, Irene, Janet, Josh,
Lisa, Maureen, Nick, Paige, and Talaya
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Governors Award
Presented by Shaun Cooper Board of Directors
Supercomputing Challenge
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Governors Award
Winner Bob Robey, LANL, tireless champion for
the Challenge!
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Scholarship Winners
Presented by Willard Smith, Tennessee State
University and NASA, but first...
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Scholarship Winners
Let's honor Willard. Here are some words from
Betsy Frederick, Consult.
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Computer, Computational, and Statistical
Sciences Division Los Alamos National Laboratory
Presented by Willard Smith Thanks, thanks, and
more thanks! For the generous funding of
Challenge scholarships
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Scholarship Winners
Intel Corporation Scholarship Presented by John
G Miner, High Performance Computing Analyst
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Hot Off the Press NM CAC Award by Intel
Three Research Projects UNM, NM Tech, NMSU One
faculty member, one graduate student and one
Challenge student
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Scholarship Winners

• 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

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
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And now, the moment we have all been waiting for.
Willard Smith, the envelopes please.
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Third Place

• Team 2 Albuquerque AcademyProject Nanoscale
  Self-AssemblyTeam Members Michael Wang, Ari
  Shaw-Faber Teacher Jim MimsProject Mentor
  Yifeng Wang, Ph.D

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Second Place

• Team 61 Los Alamos Middle SchoolProject Turn
  Up the Heat, Energy Efficiency through Smart
  Wall DesignTeam Members Rachel Robey, Jessie
  BohnTeacher LeAnn SalazarProject Mentor
  Robert Robey

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First Place

• Team 49 La Cueva/Saint Pius XProject An
  Analysis of Direct Simulation Monte Carlo And
  Its Application to Simulating Supersonic
  ShockwavesTeam Members Tony Huang, Erika
  DeBenedictis, Project Mentor Dr. Erik
  DeBenedictis, Dr. Dan H. Huang, Dr. Michail
  Gallis

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First Place Winners Project Overview
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The Last WordDavid Kratzer, Consult
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New Mexicos Best breakfast burritos will be
served in the kitchen behind the auditorium after
the awards ceremony.
Choose from Bacon Green Cheese Bacon Red
Cheese Red or Green Veggie No chile burritos with
chips, cookies, fruit and drinks.