NMNWSE Award at the 2011 NM Supercomputing Challenge Expo
The NMNWSE Special Award at the 2011 NM Supercomputing Challenge Expo,
held April 25-26, 2011 in Los Alamos, NM,
went to team 106 from Robertson High School, Las Vegas, NM,
for their project Specifires,
which investigated the impact of keystone species on wildfire behavior.
The final report on their project is available at
http://www.challenge.nm.org/archive/10-11/finalreports/106.pdf
Each student on the team received $50 and an NMNWSE tote bag, and the teacher also received a tote bag.
The judge for the NMNWSE Special Award was Eleanor Walther.
Congratulations to the team members
Austin Fenzi, Victoria Gomez, and Victoria Jauregui,
as well as their teacher Mike Boyle and mentor David West!
NMNWSE Special Award winners at the
New Mexico Science and Engineering Fair
held April 1-2, 2011 at NM Tech in Socorro, NM
Received $50 check, certificate and tote bag:
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Junior categories:
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Lilly Chiou, Chemistry, How does pH and Temperature Affect Enzyme
Activity in Fruits?
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Carrie Hicks, Energy & Transportation, Does Winglet Size Impact Flight
Distance
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Gabrielle Lynch, Engineering, Which Truss Holds the Most Weight
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Grace Wood, Environmental Sciences, Eroding Roads - Phase II
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Senior categories:
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Holly Erickson, Chemistry, Controllable Chemistry: Dielectric Barrier
Discharge Conversion of Pollution Gases
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Majdolene Khweis, Earth & Planetary Science, Don't Let It Slide V: The
Final Frontier
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Mary Spanjers, Engineering, Thermal Design Optimization of New Patio
Blocks to Provide Passive Heating
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Raquel Redshirt, Environmental Sciences, Improving the Heat Capacity of
Homemade Solar Ovens
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Taylor Roach, Medicine & Health Sciences, Determining Optimum
Methods for Tooth Refurbishment
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Alexandria Hehlen, Physics & Astronomy, Running into Chaos
Received certificate and tote bag:
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Junior categories:
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Elise Anne Koskelo, Behavioral & Social Sciences Signal vs. Background
Noise
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Sara Manshad, Computer Science, Multimodal Graphs for the Visually
Handicapped
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Ashley Cruz, Earth & Planetary Science, Solar Cooking
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Chloe Keilers, Physics & Astronomy Drag Project
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Senior categories:
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Serene Akkad, Microbiology, Exploring the Antibacterial Effects of
Colloidal Silver
Judges for the 2011 NMNWSE Special Awards were Yolanda King, Elizabeth
Kallman, Laurie Marnell, Nan Founds, Nancy Jo Nicholas, Charlotte Coleman,
and Susan Elliott.
Congratulations to all NMNWSE student award winners at the State Science Fair, and their teachers and
mentors!