Welcome to the 20 th Annual Awards Ceremony

Welcome to the 20 th Annual Awards Ceremony April 27, 2010

We are proud of each of you! You took the Challenge!

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

Welcome Isaac E. Richardson Deputy Director Los Alamos National Laboratory

Congratulations to Challenge First-Year Schools Edgewood Elementary & Middle Schools, Creative Education Preparatory Institute #1, Cleveland HS, Deming HS, Hatch HS, Quemado HS, Red Mountain MS, and Tibbetts Jr. High

Presentation of the Finalists! David Kratzer, Consult

The Finalists Team 5 Albuquerque Academy The Metropolis Algorithm and Nanometer-Scale Pattern Formation Michael Wang Jack Ingalls

The Finalists Team 36 Desert Academy Arbitrary Precision Integers on the Cell Processor Megan Belzner Matt Rohr Bjorn Swenson

The Finalists Team 37 Desert Academy The Spread of the Black Death in London Katie Boot Sara Hartse

The Finalists Team 65 Los Alamos High The Holy Grail of Adam’s Ale Gabriel Montoya Rachel Robey Orli Shlachter Orion Staples

The Finalists Team 69 Los Alamos High Enlightenment: Metropolis-Hastings Ray Prediction Model in 3 D Space Kathy Lin, Jake Poston, Ryan Marcus, Dov Shlachter

The Finalists Team 70 Los Alamos High To Kill a Flocking Bird Peter Ahrens Stephanie Djidjev Vicky Wang Mei Liu

The Finalists Team 84 Mc. Curdy High Particle-Atmosphere Interaction Dennis Trujillo Oliver Galvan Brandon Ricci

The Finalists Team 99 Melrose High Control and Spread of Wildfires II Richard Rush Kyle Jacobs Randall Rush

Intel Science Talent Search Winner Erika De. Benedictis Albuquerque Academy

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

Los Alamos National Laboratory Environmental Modeling Award Winner: Team 79 Los Alamos Middle School Alien River Cloggers Jacob Holesinger Kevin Tao

Dr. Robin Bush Award for Best Epidemic Model Presented by: John Paul Gonzales

Dr. Robin Bush Award for Best Epidemic Model Winner: Team 37 The Spread of Black Death in London Katie Boot Sara Hartse

Magellan Award Presented by: Bob & Peggy Robey

Magellan Award Winner: Jerry Esquivel, Creative Education Preparatory Institute #1

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

Best Web Presentation of Final Report Winners: Team 13 Artesia High School Classroom Behavior Cristina Villa Nayeli Ramirez Brenna Arredondo

Recognition of Judges Michael Trahan Sandia National Laboratories, Principal Member of the Technical Staff, Laser and Computational Initiatives. Dr. 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 Winner: Team 37 Desert Academy The Spread of the Black Death in London Sara Hartse, Katie Boot

Crowd Favorite for Outstanding Project Presenter: Nico Marrero

Crowd Favorite for Outstanding Project Winner: Team 99 Melrose High

Community Focus Award Presented by Nick Bennett, Grass Roots Consulting

Community Focus Award Winner: Team 102 Navajo Preparatory School The Latest Buzz About Bees Alexis Archambault Ariel Nephew Wilfred Jumbo

Best Professional Presentation Presented by Hailey Heinz Albuquerque Journal

Albuquerque Journal Award Best Professional Presentation Winner: Team 68 Los Alamos High School Astrophysical N-Body Simulations of Star Clusters Sam Baty and Peter Armijo

Video Greeting Senator Jeff Bingaman

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

Senator Jeff Bingaman Middle School Award Winner: Team 53 Los Alamos Homeschool Ariel Koh and Aline Parliman

Cray High Performance Computing Award Presented by Mike Davis of Cray, Inc.

Cray High Performance Computing Award Winner: Team 36 Desert Academy Arbitrary Precision Integers Megan Belzner Matt Rohr Bjorn Swenson

Newcomers Award Presenters: Bob & Peggy Robey

Newcomers Award Winner: Laura Larisch, Quemado High School

CHECS Research Award Presented by Dr. Gilbert Gonzales, CIO of UNM and President, NM CHECS

CHECS Research Award Winner: Team 70 Los Alamos High School To Kill a Flocking Bird Peter Ahrens, Stephanie Djidjev, Vicky Wang, Mei Liu

CHECS Teamwork Award Presented by Dr. Gilbert Gonzales, CIO of UNM and President, NM CHECS

CHECS Teamwork Award Winner: Team 107 Quemado High School & Silver High School Jose Mora and Austin Nightengale

Teacher Appreciation Awards Presented by: Eleanor Walther, Sandia National Labs

Teacher Appreciation Awards Winner: Karen Glennon, Jackson Middle School Albuquerque

Teacher Appreciation Awards Winner: Creighton Edington, Deming High School Deming

Technical Poster Award Cover of 2009 -2010 Final Reports Presented by Jennifer Catechis, Ben Ray Lujan’s office

Technical Poster Award Winner: Team 65 Los Alamos High

Graphical Poster Award Supercomputing Challenge Logo for 2010 -2011 Presented by Dr. Shaun Cooper, CIO, NMSU

Graphical Poster Award Winner: Team 11 Artesia High

Sandia National Laboratories’ Creativity and Innovation Award Presented by Eleanor Walther, Sandia National Labs

Sandia National Laboratories’ Creativity and Innovation Award Winner: Team 33 Deming High School Tortuga Trouble: A New Survey Method Rocky Navarrete Gabriela Anguiano

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

New Mexico Network for Women in Science and Engineering Winner: Team 70 Los Alamos High School To Kill a Flocking Bird Peter Ahrens, Stephanie Djidjev, Vicky Wang, Mei Liu

Challenge Teacher Sponsors Retirees Presented by the Challenge Girls

Challenge Teacher Sponsors Retirees Shirley Maurer, Farmington High Joe Vertrees, Freedom High

Science Rocks Presented by John Paul Gonzales, Project GUTS

Science Rocks Winner: Team 18 Aspen Elementary The Disappearing Honeybees Kim Vo Rowan Cantua Kaelan Prime

Don’t Panic Presented by Eleanor Walther, Sandia National Labs

Don’t Panic Winner: Team 50 Freedom High School A Proper Interpretation of Panic William Barrett, Holly Campbell, Chelsea Kibbee, and Amy Ronan

Best Visualization Award Presented by Lorie Liebrock, New Mexico Tech

Best Visualization Award Winners: Teams 65 & 70 The Holy Grail of Adam’s Ale and To Kill a Flocking Bird

Best Use of Parallelism Presented by Lorie Liebrock, New Mexico Tech

Best Use of Parallelism Winner: Team 69 Los Alamos High School Enlightenment: Metropolis-Hastings Ray Prediction Model in 3 D Space Kathy Lin, Jake Poston, Ryan Marcus, Dov Shlachter

Governor’s Award Presented by Tom Laub, past recipient of the Governor’s Award, Sandia National Laboratories

Governor’s Award Winner: Michael Trahan, Sandia National Laboratories

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

Challenge Awards for Exceptional Service Presented by Celia Einhorn and Betsy Frederick

Challenge Awards for Exceptional Service Winners: John Paul Gonzales and Harry Henderson

Scholarship Awards Presented by Larry Cox, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Scholarship Winners

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

And now, the moment we have all been waiting for….

Third Place Team 70 Los Alamos High To Kill a Flocking Bird Peter Ahrens Stephanie Djidjev Vicky Wang Mei Liu

Second Place Team 65 Los Alamos High The Holy Grail of Adam’s Ale Gabriel Montoya Rachel Robey Orli Shlachter Orion Staples

First Place Team 99 Melrose High Control and Spread of Wildfires II Richard Rush Kyle Jacobs Randall Rush

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