NMNWSE Awards at NAISEF 2012

• Senior categories:
• Cassandra Roy, Cloquet Sr HS, The Development of a cloud based methodology to share images of dicentric chromosomes and collect data for use in an international collaboration for dose assesment in a radiation emergency, Sr Computer Science / Cellular & Molecular Biology
• Raquel Redshirt, Shiprock HS, Improving the performance of a homemade solar oven phase III: Modifying material insulation, Engineeering: Materials & Bioengineering
• Junior categories:
• McKalee Steen, Grove MS, Rain, rain, come this way, Environmental Management
• Riley Howes, Cloquet Middle School, Can plant macrofossils and diatoms indicate a change in lake levels? Plant Sciences

The winners each received $50 plus a tote bag with career materials and award certificate. The judges for the NMNWSE Special Awards were Pat Pettit, Cheri Burch, Laurie Marnell, and Tinka Gammel.
Congratulations to all NMNWSE student award winners at NAISEF, and their teachers and mentors!
 

NMNWSE Awards at NMSEF 2012

Received $50 check, certificate and tote bag:

• Junior categories:
• Elsie Anne Koskelo, Los Alamos Middle School, "Does Architecture Tamper with Temperature?, Energy and Transportation
• Holly Perez, Vaughn Elementary School, "Wonder Wool, Energy and Transportation
• Anya Rosen-Gooding, Jefferson Middle School, "The Math of Magnets, Mathematical Sciences
• Senior categories:
• Elisabeth Burton, Rio Rancho High School, "A Big Fat Deal: Phase III, Behavioral and Social Sciences
• Jacqueline Baros, St Pius X High School, "Lost in the Los Conchas Fire, Earth and Planetary Sciences
• Miquela Apodaca, AIMES@UNM, "Can I Give You a Lift? Airfoils IV, Energy and Transportation
• Holly Erickson, Los Alamos High School, "Intelligent, Self-Assembling Systems Using Robotic Cells, Engineering
• LynnMarie Jarratt, Los Lunas High School, "Bubbling for a Cleaner Tomorrow, Environmental Sciences
• Soiba Mansoor, Albuquerque Institute for Math and Science, "Diabetes: A Rising Epidemic? Or Can It Be Controlled?, Medicine and Health Sciences
• Rosemary Elliott Smith, Monte Del Sol Charter School, "Things Fall Apart: Entropy in the Macroscopic World, Physics and Astronomy

Received certificate and tote bag:

• Junior categories:
• Haley Golden, Mesa View Middle School, Can Responses on Surveys be Primed?, Behavioral and Social Sciences
• Madalena Roeber, Jefferson Middle School, Fungi as Fertilizer, Botany
• Jaime Wood, Mesa View Middle School, Effects of Increased CO2 Concentration on the Growth Rate of Triticum Aestivum L., Botany
• Micaiela Cordova, Taos Middle School, Grow with the Flow, Environmental Sciences
• Grace Wood, Edgewood Middle School, Eroding Roads - Phase 3, Environmental Sciences
• Hiba Muhyi, Sierra Middle School, Animated Learning Tool-Mobile Device to Enhance Math Abilities of General and Deaf Students, Phase III, Mathematical Sciences
• Aurelia Jones, Loving Middle School, Tsunami Stopper, Physics and Astronomy
• Megan Risner, Heights Middle School, Can Human Interaction Affect a Shelter Dog's Performance on Mental and Behavioral Tests?, Zoology
• Senior categories:
• Caitlynn Mayhew, Piedra Vista High School, Lunar Roots: The Next Phase, Botany
• Valerie Perea, St. Pius X High School, Putting the Pieces Together: Enzymes and Biofuel Synthesis, Chemistry
• Abby Hengtes, Piedra Vista High School, Up, Up, and Away, Mathematical Sciences