1. Welcome to the 21st Annual Awards Ceremony April 26, 2011

2. You Took the Challenge! We are proud of each of you!

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

4. Duncan McBranch Deputy Principal Associate Director for Science, Technology and Engineering LANL

5. I Took the Challenge! First Year Schools John Paul Gonzales, Consult

6. I Took the Challenge! First Year Schools Academy for the Tech & Classics Annunciation Catholic School Bernalillo High Hatch Valley Middle School Mayfield Robertson Saturday Science & Math Academy Volcano Vista

7. Welcome back! Eldorado High School, Picacho Middle School, and Oñate High School.

8. Presentation of the 2010 - 2011 Finalists David Kratzer, Consult

9. The Finalists Albuquerque Academy Team 7 Eldorado/La Cueva Highs Team 43 Los Alamos High Team 66 Los Alamos High Team 56 Los Alamos Mid Team 69 Los Alamos Mid Team 72 AIMS@UNM Team 5 Albuquerque Academy Team 7 Desert Academy Team 36 Sat. Science & Math Academy Team 112

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

11. Los Alamos National Laboratory Environmental Modeling Award Winners: Team 5 Nico Ponder, Stephan Klosterman, Lewis Jencka, and Jake Kileen “Rehabilitation of the Rio Grande Silvery Minnow”

12. Climate Change Modeling Award Presented by: Natalie Willoughby

13. Climate Change Modeling Award Winner: Team 119, Aspen Elementary School, Global Warming, What can we do about it? Team Member: Sara Shiina

14. NM Museum of Natural History and Science Southwest Ecosystem Model Presenter: Janeen Anderson, Acaji Inc.

15. Award for Modeling an Ecosystem of the Southwest Winners: Team 48, Hatch Valley High School, Predicting Pungency in Chile Team Members: Joel Cazares, Selinda Garay

16. Best Written Report Presented by: Kathy Pallis and Sue King, LANL

17. Best Written Report Winners: Team 7, Albuquerque Academy, Characterizing the Effects of Asteroid Belt Perturbations on the Orbits of the Inner Planets Team Members: Nikita Bogdanov

18. Best Visualization of Output Award Presented by: Dr. Lorie Liebrock, New Mexico Tech

19. Best Visualization of Output Award Winner: Team 72, Los Alamos Middle School, Computer Simulation of Dark Matter Effects on Galaxy Rotation Team Member: Cole Kendrick

20. Parallel Processing Award Presenter: Dr. Lorie Liebrock

21. Parallel Processing Award Winners: Team 72, Los Alamos Middle School, Computer Simulation of Dark Matter Effects on Galaxy Rotation Team Members: Cole Kendrick

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

23. Best Web Presentation of Final Report Winners: Team 70, Los Alamos Middle School, Reintroduction of the Mexican Gray Wolf Team Members: Madeline Lockhart, Sean Reynolds, Ronald “Derek” Selvage

24. Recognition of Judges Michael Trahan, Sandia National Laboratories, Principal Member of the Technical Staff, Emerging Threats. Dr. Eleanor Walther, Retired, Sandia National Laboratories, Principal Member of the Technical Staff, Emerging Threats.

25. Community Focus Award Presented by Ron Davis, Abba Technologies

26. Community Focus Award Winners: Team 46, Freedom High School, Fathoming Fortune at Freedom Team Members: Joel Sandoval, Holly Campbell, Brion Willis, Chris Marroquin, SaraJade Chavez

27. Challenge Service Award Presented by Betsy Frederick, Supercomputing Challenge

28. Challenge Service Award Winner: Nick Bennett

29. Crowd Favorite Presented by Deb Loftin Teacher, Cleveland HS Member of the Challenge Board

30. Crowd Favorite Winner: Team 72, Los Alamos Middle School, Computer Simulation of Dark Matter Effects on Galaxy Rotation Team Member: Cole Kendrick

31. Newcomer Award Presenters: Peggy and Bob Robey

32. Newcomer Award Winners: Picacho Middle School Gloria Kindig, Veronica Muñoz, Anna Gutierrez, Eva Morena and all of their students.

33. Magellan Award Presenters: Peggy and Bob Robey

34. Magellan Award Winners Bernalillo High School Team 16 Teachers: Valerie Salas, Jennifer Halpain Students: Lorenzo Rivera Lanza Joseph Kloeppel

35. Most Professional Presentation Presented by Ed Angel, Santa Fe Complex

36. Most Professional Presentation Winners: Team 36, Desert Academy, The North Pacific Gyre Team Members: Sean Colin-Ellerin, Sara Hartse

37. Senator Jeff Bingaman's Middle School Award Presenter: Andrew Black Senator Bingaman's Office

38. Winners: Team 98, Picacho Middle School, Impact of the Saltcedar in the Southwest Team Members: Jasmine Munoz, Felicia Martinez, Manases Gomez, Alfredo Carrasco Senator Jeff Bingaman's Middle School Award

39. Senator Jeff Bingaman's Video Message

40. Cray High Performance Award Presented by Mike Davis, Cray, Inc.

41. Cray High Performance Award Winners: Team 56, Los Alamos High School, BrilliAnts Team Members: Peter Ahrens, Dustin Tauxe, Stephanie Djidjev

42. CHECS Research Award Presented by Shaun Cooper, Member, NM CHECS

43. CHECS Research Award Winners: Team 109, Sandia Preparatory, Orbital Solar Panels Team Members: Alex Burd, Caitlyn Scharmer

44. CHECS Teamwork Award Presented by Shaun Cooper, NMSU and NM CHECS

45. CHECS Teamwork Award Winners: Team 70, Los Alamos Middle School, Reintroduction of the Mexican Gray Wolf Team Members: Madeline Lockhart, Sean Reynolds, Ronald “Derek” Selvage

46. Teacher Appreciation Award Presented by Celia Einhorn

47. Teacher Appreciation Award Winners: Gloria Kindig, Picacho Middle School Sam Smith, La Cueva High School

48. Supercomputing Challenge Technical Poster Award Presented by Nerissa Whittington,

49. Technical Poster Award Winners: Team 103, Quemado High School, Running Head: Multi-Touch Surface Team Members: Jose Mora, Justin Miller, Michael O’Dell

50. Graphical Poster Award Presented by Dr. Shaun Cooper, NMSU Supercomputing Challenge Logo for 2011-2012

51. Graphical Poster Award Winners: Team 11, Aspen Elementary School, Where are you H1N1? Team Members: Kai Coblenz, Claire DeCroix, & Kaan Unal

52. Sandia National Laboratories’ Creativity and Innovation Award Presented by Tom Laub, Principal Member of the Technical Staff, Acting Manager, Radiation Effects Theory Department, Sandia National Labs

53. Sandia National Laboratories’ Creativity and Innovation Award Winners: Team 43, La Cueva High School & Eldorado High School, Digital Analysis and Synthesis of Musical Recordings Team Members: Alexandra Porter, Evan Roche

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

55. New Mexico Network for Women in Science and Engineering Winners: Team 106, Robertson High School, Specifires Team Members: Austin Fenzi, Victoria Gomez, Victoria Jauregui

56. Programming Innovation Award Presented by John Paul Gonzales, Project GUTS Award Sponsored by Fourth Watch Software

57. Programming Innovation Award And the Pythonistas are: Team 56, Los Alamos High School, BrilliAnts Team Members: Peter Ahrens, Dustin Tauxe, Stephanie Djidjev

58. Science Rocks Presented by Jennifer Catechis for Congressman Ben Ray Lujan

59. Science Rocks Winners: Team 16, Bernalillo High School, The Effectiveness of Zombies Team Members: Lorenzo Rivera Lanza, Joseph Kloeppel

60. Judges' Special Award Presented by Cleve Moler, PhD

61. Judges' Special Award Best Challenge Process Winners: Team 80, McCurdy High School, Contributing Factors for Obesity in the US – Part II Team Members: Lindsay Redman, Marisa Griego, Ernesto Gonzalez

62. Judges' Special Award Presented by Janeen Anderson

63. Judges' Special Award Modeling Perseverance Winners: Team 9, Annunciation Catholic School, Cars and Harmful Ozone Team Members: Anjitha Saji

64. Sponsor Recognition Let's give a big round of applause for our sponsors! The people in these businesses and companies helped us Take the Challenge!

65. Leadership Award Presented by Michael Trahan, past recipient of the Governor's Leadership Award

66. Leadership Award

67. Scholarship Winners Presented by Nick Bennett, Numerix LLC

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

69. Scholarship Winners

70. And now, the moment we have all been waiting for…. Irene Lee, President of the Board of Directors, the envelopes please.

71. Third Place

72. Team 36, Desert Academy, The North Pacific Gyre Team Members: Sean Colin-Ellerin, Sara Hartse Team 43, La Cueva High School & Eldorado High School, Digital Analysis and Synthesis of Musical Recordings Team Members: Alexandra Porter, Evan Roche

73. Second Place

74. Team 56: Los Alamos High School, BrilliAnts Team Members: Peter Ahrens, Dustin Tauxe, Stephanie Djidjev

75. First Place

76. Team 72: Los Alamos Middle School, Computer Simulation of Dark Matter Effects on Galaxy Rotation Team Member: Cole Kendrick

77. First Place Team Winner’s Project Overview

78. The Last Word David Kratzer, Consult

79. 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