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

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

3. Master of Ceremonies 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 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 GUTSProject GUTS is... Project GUTS

6. Presentation of the Finalists David Kratzer, Consult

7. The Finalists 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 Encryption Award Presented by Dr. Lorie Liebrock, NMT, NM CAC, Challenge Board Member

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

18. Best Agent-Based Modeling Project 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 Community Focus Award Presented by Nick Bennett, Grass Roots Consulting

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

27. Senator Jeff Bingaman's Video Message

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

29. Cray High Performance Award 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 CHECS Research Award Presented by Dr. Shaun Cooper, NM CHECS

31. CHECS Research Award 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 CHECS Teamwork Award Presented by Dr. Shaun Cooper, NM CHECS

33. CHECS Teamwork Award 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 Presented by Dr. Shaun Cooper, NMSU Supercomputing Challenge Logo for the 2009-2010

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

43. Sandia National Laboratories’ Creativity and Innovation Award 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 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 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

51. Passion for Science Award Presented by Dr. Eleanor Walther, Sandia National Labs

52. Passion for Science Award Winner: “Fractal Illuminations” Team 41, Freedom High Amy Ronan David Montoya Shelby Parker Donny Kruse Holly Campbell Sponsor/Mentor: Joe Vertrees

53. Judges Special Award for Biotech Presented by Dr. Cleve Moler, MatLab

54. Judges Special Award for Biotech Winner: “Vibrational Spectroscopy and Normal Mode Analysis Applied to Human Prion Protein E200K” Team 95, Sandia Preparatory School Jeff Fenchel Christopher Parzyck Evan Hughes Sponsor: Neil McBeth Mentor: Mark Fleharty

55. Sponsor Recognition Let's hear it for all our sponsors listed on our web page!sponsors

56. Congratulations from Wolfram Research Look for a special offer of the student license of Mathematica in your email.

57. Governor’s Award Presented by Bob Robey, past recipient of the Governor's Award

58. Governor’s Award Winner: Tom Laub, Sandia National Labs

59. Scholarship Winners Scholarship Winners Presented by Willard Smith, Retired from Tennessee State University and NASA

60. Division of Computer, Computational, and Statistical Sciences Division Los Alamos National Laboratory Thanks, thanks, and more thanks! For the generous funding of Challenge scholarships

61. Scholarship Winners

62. And now, the moment we have all been waiting for…. Bill Blackler, the envelopes please.

63. Third Place “Energy Efficiency through Smart Wall Design” Team 65, Los Alamos Middle School Rachel Robey Gabe Montoya Sponsor: Bob Dryja Mentors: Bob Robey Derrick Montoya

64. Second Place “Elliptic Curve Computations” Team 66, Manzano High School Kristin Cordwell Chen Zhao Sponsor: Stephen Schum Mentor: William Cordwell

65. First Place “A Novel Approach to Asteroid Identification Using Image Processing of Existing Data” Team 4, La Cueva High School Erika DeBenedictis Chris Hong Tony Huang Mentor: Dr. Erik DeBenedictis

66. The Last Word David Kratzer, Consult

67. Delicious burritos will be served in the kitchen behind the auditorium after the awards ceremony. Your choice of Bacon/Green, Ham/Red, Sausage/Red or Veggie/Green