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Welcome to the 19th Annual Awards Ceremony April 21, 2009

Welcome to the 19th Annual Awards Ceremony April 21, 2009. And we are proud of you all!. You Took the Challenge!. Master of Ceremonies. Dr. Shaun Cooper, Supercomputing Challenge Board of Directors and CIO at NMSU.

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Welcome to the 19th Annual Awards Ceremony April 21, 2009

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  1. Welcome to the 19th Annual Awards Ceremony April 21, 2009

  2. And we are proud of you all! You Took the Challenge!

  3. Master of Ceremonies Dr. Shaun Cooper, Supercomputing Challenge Board of Directors and CIO at NMSU

  4. Los Alamos National Laboratory Dr. Duncan McBranch, Deputy Principal Associate Director

  5. A Welcome to the Mid school GUTS clubs GUTS stands for Growing Up Thinking Scientifically Project GUTS is...

  6. Presentation of the Finalists David Kratzer, Consult

  7. The Finalists Desert Academy Team 35 La Cueva Team 4 Los Alamos High Team 52 Los Alamos High Team 55 Los Alamos Mid Team 65 Manzano High Team 66 Melrose High Team 71 Sandia Prep Team 95 Silver High Team 98

  8. Los Alamos National Laboratory Environmental Modeling Award Presenter, David Janecky, LANL

  9. Los Alamos National Laboratory Environmental Modeling Award Winners: “Where Oh Where Did The Jumping Mice Go?” Team 16, Aspen Elementary Jacob Holesinger Emma Martins Talia Dreicer Sponsor: Zeynep Unal Mentors: Jared Dreicer

  10. Society of Technical Communication Written Report presented by Kathy Pallis and Sue King

  11. Society for Technical Communication Winners: “A Novel Approach to Asteroid Identification Using Image Processing of Existing Data” Team 4, La Cueva High Erika DeBenedictis Chris Hong Tony Huang Mentor: Dr. Erik DeBenedictis

  12. Encryption Award Presented by Dr. Lorie Liebrock, NMT, NM CAC, Challenge Board Member

  13. Encryption Award Winners: “The Implementation and Optimization of the RSA Encryption Method” Team 35, Desert Academy Colton McDonald C. Rose Morris-Wright Avery Rowlison Bjørn Swenson Mentor: S. Thomas Christie

  14. Best Web Presentation of Final Report Presented by Michele Jacquez-Ortiz, Senator Udall's staff

  15. Best Web Presentation of Final Report Winners: “Universally Accessible Distributed Computing on Public, Heterogeneous Networks, Applied to the Search for Mersenne Primes” Team 105, Monte del Sol Charter School & Capshaw Middle School Max Bond Harsha Dodda Sponsor: Natalie Martino Mentor: Nick Bennett

  16. Recognition of Judges • Mike Trahan, Sandia National Laboratories, Principal Member of the Technical Staff, Laser & Computational Initiatives. • Eleanor Walther, Sandia National Laboratories, Principal Member of the Technical Staff, Emergent Threats.

  17. Best Agent-Based Modeling Project Presented by Irene Lee, Project GUTS, Santa Fe Institute

  18. Best Agent-Based Modeling Project Winners: “The Control and Spread of Wildfires” Team 71, Melrose High Kyle Jacobs Angel Lucero Richard Rush Ramon Arenivar Sponsors: Alan Daugherty Rebecca Raulie

  19. Community Focus Award Presented by Nick Bennett, Grass Roots Consulting

  20. Community Focus Award Winners: “Get on the Bus --- Simple or Not?” Team 45, Los Alamos High School Issac Koh Sponsor: Aik-Siong Koh

  21. Crowd Favorite Presented by Francisco Vigil, graduating senior from McCurdy High, and Deb Loftin, Teacher Member of the Board

  22. Crowd Favorite Winners: “Hawk EyE” Team 76, Melrose High Brandon Mitchell Brian Hemminger Quinton Flores Victoria Northrup Sponsors: Alan Daugherty Rebecca Raulie Mentor: Brent Mitchell

  23. Albuquerque Journal Award for Best Professional Presentation Presented by Raam Wong Albuquerque Journal

  24. Journal Award for Best Professional Presentation Winner: “Astrophysical N-Body Simulations of Star Clusters” Team 61, Los Alamos Middle School Sam Baty Peter Armijo Sponsor: Robert Dryja Mentors: Christopher Fryer Stephen Diehl

  25. Senator Jeff Bingaman's Middle School Award Presented by Julia Maccini, Senator Bingaman's Office

  26. Senator Jeff Bingaman's Middle School Award Winner: “Rocky Planet Formation as the Universe Ages” Team 18, Aspen Elementary Devon Conradson Sponsor: Zeynep Unal Mentor: Steven Conradson

  27. Senator Jeff Bingaman's Video Message

  28. Cray High Performance Award Presented by Mike Davis and Victor Kuhns of Cray, Inc.

  29. Cray High Performance Award Winners: “A Novel Approach to Asteroid Identification Using Image Processing of Existing Data” Team 4, La Cueva High Erika DeBenedictis Chris Hong Tony Huang Mentor: Dr. Erik DeBenedictis

  30. CHECS Research Award Presented by Dr. Shaun Cooper, NM CHECS

  31. CHECS Research Award Winners: “Elliptic Curve Computations”Team 66, Manzano High School Kristin Cordwell Chen Zhao Sponsor: Stephen Schum Mentor: William Cordwell

  32. CHECS Teamwork Award Presented by Dr. Shaun Cooper, NM CHECS

  33. CHECS Teamwork Award Winners: “Interplanetary Travel in a Closed Ecosystem” Team 15, Aspen Elementary Colin Redman Matthew Ticknor Michael Englert-Erickson Dhaivat Pandya Sponsor: Zeynep Unal Mentors: Elizabeth Cooper Jim Redman

  34. Best Computational Science Award Presented by Mike Trahan, Sandia National Labs

  35. Best Computational Science Award Winners: “A Novel Approach to Asteroid Identification Using Image Processing of Existing Data” Team 4, La Cueva High Erika DeBenedictis Chris Hong Tony Huang Mentor: Dr. Erik DeBenedictis

  36. Teacher Appreciation Award Presented by Randall Rush

  37. Teacher Appreciation Winners: Alan Daugherty and Beckey Raulie, Melrose High

  38. Technical Poster Award Presented by Mike Trahan, Sandia National Labs

  39. Technical Poster Award Winners: “Programming Agents to Locate Items in Buildings” Team 75, Melrose High School Randall Rush Kaleb Broome Sponsors: Alan Daugherty Rebecca Raulie

  40. Graphical Poster Award Supercomputing Challenge Logo for the 2009-2010 Presented by Dr. Shaun Cooper, NMSU

  41. Graphical Poster Award Winners: “Modeling the Sun-Earth-Moon System” Team 98, Silver High School Powell Brown Ted Benakis John McCauley Sponsor: Peggy Larisch Mentors: Berry Estes Reid Wistort

  42. Sandia National Laboratories’Creativity and Innovation Award Presented by Dr. Tom Laub, Sandia National Labs

  43. Sandia National Laboratories’Creativity and Innovation Award Winners: “Machine Vision and Alternative Game Control” Team 106, Monte del Sol Charter School Tenzin Lekden Lungtok Cole Tuffli Sponsor: Natalie Martino Mentors: Stephen Guerin John Paul Gonzales

  44. New Mexico Network for Women in Science and Engineering Presented by Dr. Eleanor Walther, Sandia National Labs

  45. New Mexico Network for Women in Science and Engineering Winners: Kristin Cordwell, Manzano High, "Elliptic Curve Computations"

  46. Dr. Berry Estes Memorial Award Presented by Teri Roberts, LANL

  47. Dr. Berry Estes Memorial Award Winners: “Modeling the Sun-Earth-Moon System” Team 98, Silver High Powell Brown Ted Benakis John McCauley Sponsor: Peggy Larisch Mentors: Reid Wistort Berry Estes

  48. Challenge Teacher Sponsors Presented by the Challenge Girls

  49. Best Use of Multiple Languages Award Presented by John Paul Gonzales, Project GUTS

  50. Best Use of Multiple Languages Award Winners: “Magnetosphere Particle Interaction” Team 68, McCurdy High Brandon Ramirez Dennis Trujillo Francisco Vigil Sponsors: John Paul Lorenzen Irina Cislaru Mentors: Michelle Thomsen Robert Robey

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