Welcome to the 19 th Annual Awards Ceremony

Welcome to the 19 th 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

Los Alamos National Laboratory Dr. Duncan Mc. Branch, Deputy Principal Associate Director

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

Presentation of the Finalists David Kratzer, Consult

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Community Focus Award Presented by Nick Bennett, Grass Roots Consulting

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Senator Jeff Bingaman's Video Message

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Teacher Appreciation Award Presented by Randall Rush

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

Technical Poster Award Presented by Mike Trahan, Sandia National Labs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Challenge Teacher Sponsors Presented by the Challenge Girls

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

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

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

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

Judges Special Award for Biotech Presented by Dr. Cleve Moler, Mat. Lab

Judges Special Award for Biotech Winner: “Vibrational Spectroscopy and Normal Mode Analysis Applied to Human Prion Protein E 200 K” Team 95, Sandia Preparatory School Jeff Fenchel Christopher Parzyck Evan Hughes Sponsor: Neil Mc. Beth Mentor: Mark Fleharty

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

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

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

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

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

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

Scholarship Winners

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

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

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

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

The Last Word David Kratzer, Consult

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