16 th Annual Awards Day Ceremony April 25, 2006

You Took the Challenge! You Took the Challenge! And we are proud of you!

Master of Ceremonies Master of Ceremonies Shaun Cooper, Supercomputing Challenge Board of Directors, NMSU

Board of Directors Bill Blackler, President Larry Donahue, Vice President David Kratzer, Secretary Joe Watts, Treasurer Shaun Cooper Celia Einhorn Betsy Frederick Marianne Granoff Irene Lee Willard Smith Mike Topliff Molly Tovar

Welcome to the Los Alamos National Laboratory from Dr. Buck Thompson

Welcome our Special Guests

Presentation of the Finalist Teams Presentation of the Finalist Teams Gina Fisk, LANL Betsy Frederick, Consult

Finalist Team Team 05 - Albuquerque Academy Wesley Smalls The Multi-Dimensional Encryption of Data Sponsoring Teacher: Jim Mims Project Mentor: Jim Mims

Finalist Team Team 43 - Las Cruces High School Julia Silva, Alan Hshieh and Daniel Parrott Can You See the Hot Spots? Sponsoring Teacher: Greg Marez Project Mentor: Dr. Puneet Ghei

Finalist Team Team 47 - Las Cruces High Jonathan Lee Annua, Billy Downs, Vincent Maestas and Andrei Klypin Simulation of Planetary Formation by Particle Accretion Sponsoring Teacher: Gregory Marez Project Mentor: Gregory Marez

Finalist Team Team 54 – Manzano High School Kristin Cordwell and Chen Zhao Finding Inverses in a Finite Project Mentor: Dr. William Cordwell Sponsoring Teacher: Stephen Schum Project Mentor: Stephen Schum

Finalist Team Team 73 - Onate High School Brittany Atteberry, Mihyun Hong, Jane Kim, Erica Swenson and Natalie Wells Hydrogen Vehicles and Their Atmospheric Effect Sponsoring Teachers: Josefina Dominguez and Donald Downs Challenge Mentor: Eleanor Walther

Finalist Team Team 75 - Onate High School Kyle Fitzpatrick, Brett Beckett, Meghan Scott, Kevin Christeson Expanding on the Pythagorean Theorem Sponsoring Teachers: Donald Downs and Josefina Dominguez

Finalist Team Team 77 - Rio Rancho High Christopher Morrison and Nicholas Kutac Analytical Fire Modeling: Fire in its Environment Sponsoring Teachers: Debbie Loftin and Janet Penevolpe Project Mentor: Nick Bennett

Finalist Team Team 94 - Santa Fe Indian School Eveli Abeyta An Herbaceous Vegetation Study Sponsoring Teachers: Kate Sallah, Sally Phelps and Matt Pecos Project Mentors: Irene Lee and Gabe Coysleon

Finalist Team Team 97 - Shiprock High School Martha Hughes, Polito Walters, Andrew Yazzie The Invasive Russian Olive Sponsoring Teachers: Mary Herrmann, Vernetta Noble Project Mentors: Gary Hathorn and Irene Lee

Finalist Team Team St. Pius X High School Matthew Paiz, Ryan Loyd and Mark Wunsch Dynamic Software Evolution Sponsoring Teacher: Kerrie Sena Project Mentor: James Carrie

Special Thanks to the Division of Computing and Computational Science, Los Alamos National Lab For scholarships and sponsorship of the 2006 Challenge Summer Teacher Institute

Los Alamos National Laboratory Environmental Modeling Award Presented by David Janecky, LANL

Los Alamos National Laboratory Environmental Modeling Award Team 94 - Santa Fe Indian School Eveli Abeyta Herbacious Vegetation Study

The Society of Technical Communication Best Written Report Award The Society of Technical Communication Best Written Report Award Presented by Judy Prono

The Society of Technical Communication Best Written Report Award The Society of Technical Communication Best Written Report Award Team 77 - Rio Rancho High School Chris Morrison & Nicholas Kutac Analytical Fire Modeling: Fire in its environment

iniCom Networks Best HTML Final Report iniCom Networks Best HTML Final Report Presented by Jon Hill

iniCom Networks Best HTML Final Report iniCom Networks Best HTML Final Report Team 06 - Albuquerque Academy Karalyn Baca, Franklin Orndorff-Plunket, Punit Shah Preventing Inbreeding

BX Internet Multimedia Award BX Internet Multimedia Award Presented by Peter Yanke

BX Internet Multimedia Award BX Internet Multimedia Award Team Shiprock High School Lache Yazzie Dakota Dee Jeralea Hillgartner Red Tide

SC Teacher Appreciation Award SC Teacher Appreciation Award Presented to Kate Sallah nominated by Eveli Abeyta of Santa Fe Indian School

SC Teacher Appreciation Award SC Teacher Appreciation Award Presented to Debbie Loftin nominated by Nicholas Kutac of Rio Rancho High

SC Teacher Appreciation Award SC Teacher Appreciation Award Presented to Neil McBeth nominated by Garrett Lewis of Sandia Preparatory School

SC Teacher Appreciation Award SC Teacher Appreciation Award Presented to Hanh Nguyen nominated by Omar Solliman of Socorro High School

1st Year in the Challenge Teachers Award David Bailey, Santa Fe School for the Arts Randy Gaylord and Jim Orth, Artesia High School Greg Marez, Las Cruces High School Diane Medford, Los Alamos High School Hahn Nguyen, Socorro High School Marie Levy Ryan, Albuquerque High School

Recognition of Judges Recognition of Judges Mike Trahan, Sandia National Laboratories Eleanor Walther, Sandia National Laboratories

Best Use of StarLogo Award Best Use of StarLogo Award Presented by Irene Lee, Santa Fe Institute & Supercomputing Challenge Board

Best Use of StarLogo Award Best Use of StarLogo Award Team 97 - Shiprock High School Martha Hughes Polito Walters Andrew Yazzie The Invasive Russian Olive

Ben Lujan Leadership Award Ben Lujan Leadership Award Shaun Cooper, Presenter

Ben Lujan Leadership Award Ben Lujan Leadership Award Recipients: Irene Lee Nick Bennett Shaun Cooper, Presenter

Teachers’ Choice Teachers’ Choice Presented by Catherine Cross Maple, Public Education Department

Teachers’ Choice Teachers’ Choice Team 97 - Shiprock High School Martha Hughes Polito Walters Andrew Yazzie The Invasive Russian Olive

Students’ Choice Students’ Choice Presented by Heather Lovato, NMITSA

Students’ Choice Students’ Choice Team 43 - Las Cruces High School Alan Hshieh Julia Silva Daniel Parrott Can You See the Hot Spots?

Tribune Lighthouse Award Best Professional Presentation Presented by Phill Casaus, Albuquerque Tribune

Tribune Lighthouse Award Best Professional Presentation Team 43 - Las Cruces High School Alan Hshieh Julia Silva Daniel Parrott Can You See the Hot Spots?

Senator Jeff Bingaman's Middle School Award Presented by Helen Maestas, Senator Bingaman's Office

Senator Jeff Bingaman's Middle School Award Team 80 - Rio Rancho Mid-High School Alex Baker Gunther Wong Modeling Air Flow over an Airfoil

High Performance Computing Award Presented by Mike Davis, Cray Incorporated

High Performance Computing Award Team 54 - Manzano High School Kristin Cordwell Chen Zhao Finding Inverses in a Finite Field

CHECS Research Award CHECS Research Award Presented by Duane Elms, CHECS

CHECS Research Award CHECS Research Award Team 70 - Navajo Preparatory School Raquel Hill Rochelle Vandever The Travelling Virus

CHECS Teamwork Award CHECS Teamwork Award Presented by Duane Elms, CHECS

CHECS Teamwork Award CHECS Teamwork Award Team 73 - Onate High School Brittany Atteberry, Mihyun Hong, Jane Kim, Erica Swenson, and Natalie Wells Hydrogen Vehicles and their Atmospheric Effect

Women in Science and Engineering Best Project by a woman or a team of women Women in Science and Engineering Best Project by a woman or a team of women Presented by Eleanor Walther, NMNWSE, Sandia National Labs

Women in Science and Engineering Best Project by a woman or a team of women Women in Science and Engineering Best Project by a woman or a team of women Team Shiprock High School Josephine Begay, Rochelle Begay Jerrin Nez, Karina Todechine, and Tierra Todechine Teacher Vernetta Noble Unwanted

Science is Fun Award Presented by Shaun Cooper, Supercomputing Challenge Board of Directors, NMSU

Science is Fun Award Team 57 - McCurdy High School Sarah Armstrong, Joseph Kobe, Vanessa Trujillo, Juan Antonio Vigil Computer Modeling of an Asymmetric Capacitor

Technical Poster Award Technical Poster Award Presented by Shaun Cooper

Technical Poster Award Technical Poster Award Team 28 - Eldorado / Manzano High School Stephanie McAllister Vincent Moore Statistical Analysis of Parallel Code

Graphical Poster Award Graphical Poster Award Presented by Shaun Cooper

Graphical Poster Award Graphical Poster Award Team 06 - Albuquerque Academy Karalyn Baca, Franklin Orndorff-Plunket, Punit Shah Preventing Inbreeding

Creativity & Innovation Award Creativity & Innovation Award Presented by Arthur Ratzel and Michael Vahle of Sandia National Laboratories

Creativity & Innovation Award Creativity & Innovation Award Team 75 - Onate High School Kyle Fitzpatrick, Brett Beckett, Meghan Scott, and Kevin Christeson Expanding on the Pythagorean Theorem

Supercomputing Challenge Sponsors You have met our sponsors who are with us this morning. Our other sponsors are on our webpage. Let’s have a good round of applause for all of our sponsors.

Governor's Award Governor's Award Presenter, David Kratzer, LANL, Consult

Governor's Award Governor's Award Presenter, David Kratzer, LANL, Consult Recipient: Dr. Richard Allen, Sandia, UNM

Scholarship Winners Scholarship Winners Presented by Willard Smith, Tennessee State University and NASA

Scholarship Winners Scholarship Winners William Downs, Las Cruces NMSU Engineering, $2500

Scholarship Winners Scholarship Winners Kyle Kitzpatrick, Onate, Intel Scholarship, $2500

Scholarship Winners Scholarship Winners Michael Scott, Melrose ENMU, $2000 Monte Mitzelfelt Memorial Scholarship, $1000

Scholarship Winners Scholarship Winners Nicholas Kutac, Rio Rancho LANL, $10,000

Scholarship Winners Scholarship Winners Stephanie McAllister, Manzano, LANL, $10,000

Scholarship Winners Scholarship Winners Matthew Paiz, St. Pius X High School LANL, $5000

Scholarship Winners Scholarship Winners Ryan Loyd, St. Pius X High School LANL, $5000

Scholarship Winners Scholarship Winners Mark Wunsch, St. Pius X High School LANL, $5000

Scholarship Winners Scholarship Winners Raquel Hill, Navajo Prep UNM, $2500

Scholarship Winners Scholarship Winners Rochelle Vander, Navajo Prep NMSU, $2500

Scholarship Winners Scholarship Winners Jane Kim, Onate LANL, $5000

Scholarship Winners Scholarship Winners Samantha Stutz, Los Alamos, LANL, $10,000 a year for 4 years

Honorable Mentions Honorable Mentions Presented by Shaun Cooper

Honorable Mentions Honorable Mentions Team 77 - Rio Rancho High Christopher Morrison and Nicholas Kutac Analytical Fire Modeling: Fire in its Environment Sponsoring Teachers: Debbie Loftin and Janet Penevolpe Project Mentor: Nick Bennett

Honorable Mentions Honorable Mentions Team St. Pius X High School Ryan Loyd, Matthew Paiz, and Mark Wunsch Dynamic Software Evolution Mentor: James Carrie

Honorable Mentions Honorable Mentions Team 75 - Onate High School Kyle Fitzpatrick, Brett Beckett, Meghan Scott, and Kevin Christeson Expanding on the Pythagorean Theorem

Second Place Winners Second Place Winners Regis Pecos, Chief of Staff for the House Speaker, Presenter

Second Place Winners Second Place Winners Team 43 - Las Cruces High School Julia Silva, Alan Hshieh and Daniel Parrott Can You See the Hot Spots? Sponsoring Teacher: Greg Marez Project Mentor: Dr. Puneet Ghei

First Place Winners! First Place Winners! Bill Blackler, President of the Supercomputing Challenge Board of Directors, presenter

First Place Winners! First Place Winners! Team 54 – Manzano High School Kristin Cordwell and Chen Zhao Finding Inverses in a Finite Project Mentor: Dr. William Cordwell Sponsoring Teacher: Stephen Schum Project Mentor: Stephen Schum

Judges’ Special Recognition Awards Integrating Computation into Anthropology

Judges’ Special Recognition Awards Integrating Computation into Anthropology Team 92 – Santa Fe Indian School Daniel Pedro Scan of the Past Teacher: Kate Sallah Project Mentor: Irene Lee

Judges’ Special Recognition Awards The Extra Mile Award

Judges’ Special Recognition Awards The Extra Mile Award Team 59 – Melrose High School Amanda Russell, Jessica Cano Toby Turner, Lorenzo Lopez Fruit Flies Teachers: Alan Daugherty, Beckie Raulie

Judges’ Special Service Award

Eleanor Walther For her commitment to excellence in judging.

04/13/06 First Place Winner’s Project Overview

David Kratzer Closing Remarks

Box Lunches will be served in the kitchen behind the auditorium after the award ceremony Fresh Roast Chicken Wrap Provolone, avocado, lettuce & tomato with basil mayo in a tomato-basil wrap Ham & Cheese Sandwich Lettuce, sliced tomato with mayonnaise and mustard on the side Club Sandwich Ham, bacon, lettuce, sliced tomato with mayonnaise and mustard on the side Veggie Cheese Wrap Munster cheese, guacamole, sprouts & red bell peppers with basil mayo in a tomato-basil wrap