Vaughn and Ford Carty, Rio Rancho High School students and twins, won the Senior Division Grand Awards, Team Award, which will guarantee them an all-expenses paid trip to the International Science and Engineering Fair in Atlanta, Ga., where they are eligible to compete as exhibitors.
Their project was the “Saline Tolerance of Lipid Producing Diatoms: New Energy and Economics for the Neo-Permian Basin.”
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Rio Rancho High student Megan Danielle Johnson won the Life Science award for her project, “How We Think, Who We Are: How We Learn?” Johnson will also go to Atlanta.
Junior Division Grand Awards is the highest award given by New Mexico Science and Engineering Fair to an exhibitor in the Junior Division in the field of Life Sciences.
Second Place was awarded to Alex Heimgartner, Rio Rancho Mid High School, for his project, “Antlions: To Heat or Not to Heat” and Kristen Lin Henriksen, Rio Rancho High School for her project, “The Effects of Phytoestrogens on the Neural Functions of Platyhelminthes.”
Senior Team Projects First Place award to Ford and Vaughn Carty, Rio Rancho High for “Saline Tolerance of Lipid Producing Diatoms: New Energy & Economics for the Neo-Permian Basin?”
Senior Team Projects Third Place award to Ian Micheal Burch, Rio Rancho High School, for the project, “Optimization of Railgun Mechanics” and Byron Ray Marohn, Rio Rancho High School for “Optimization of Railgun Mechanics.”
Senior Environmental Sciences award for First Place, Kevin Michael Wymer, Rio Rancho High School for “The Effects of Agricultural and Urban Development on Bacterial Populations in the Rio Grande River.”
Second Place Award to Rachel Marie Lopez, Rio Rancho High School, for “Ghost Nets: Biodegradable or Not? Testing of Agavacae Fibers Part II.”
Honorable Mention award to John Roman Valdez, Rio Rancho Mid High School for project “CO2 Concentration Employing Natural Absorbents Phase 2.”
In Senior Engineering, Third Place Award to Nicolette I Quesada, Rio Rancho High School for “Roll Up for Easy Access-a design evolution of P.E.A.R.L.”
Senior Earth and Planetary Sciences Third Place Award to Ryan A Stuart, Rio Rancho High School for project “Taking the Solar System’s Magnetic Pulse.”
Senior Chemistry Second Place Award to Mercedes Ali’i Reuel, Rio Rancho High School for project “Waste Not, Want Not” and Honorable Mention Award to Brian Jon McCallister, Rio Rancho High School for project “Safe As You Think?”
Rio Rancho High students won the first three places and one of the honorable mention awards in the Senior Behavioral and Social Sciences award. First Place, Megan Danielle Johnson, Rio Rancho High School for “How We Think, Who We Are: How We Learn?”Second Place, Francesca Giovanna Garcia, Rio Rancho High School for “Odors in a Room: Applying Natural CNS Responses to Memory Phase III.” Third Place, Amber Harley Porter, Rio Rancho High School for “Who’s Got the Power? Political Election Analysis- Phase II.” And, Honorable mention, Cynthia P. Hatch, Rio Rancho High School for “Gender Trait Identification In High School Student and Teacher Populations.”
Junior Physics and Astronomy Honorable Mention Award, Travis Crockett, Rio Rancho Mid High School for “Laser Ranging for Dummies.”
Junior Medicine and Health Sciences Third Place Award, Rebecca Eisenberg, Mountain View Middle School, Rio Rancho for project “How Clean is Your Cutting Board.”
Junior Mathematical Sciences Third Place Award, Meredith Larissa Johnson, Mountain View Middle School, Rio Rancho for “Inclinometer Inquisition”
Junior Environmental Sciences Second Place Award, Megan Alice McMillan, Mountain View Middle School, Rio Rancho for “Contamination Water Model.”
Junior Engineering Second Place Award, Xavier Charles Tapia, Eagle Ridge Middle School, Rio Rancho for “Recording on a Wire.”
Junior Energy and Transportation First Place Award, Shelby D. Paul, Mountain View Middle School, Rio Rancho for “Building a Better Parachute.”
Junior Earth and Planetary Sciences First Place Rachel Lynn Shroyer, Eagle Ridge Middle School, Rio Rancho for “Mineral Identification of a Septarian Nodule.”
Yale Science and Engineering Association (certificate and medallion) to Nicolette I Quesada, Rio Rancho High School for “Roll Up for Easy Access-a design evolution of P.E.A.R.L.”
U.S. Air Force award (Pad folio, Wifi hot spot finder, USB flash drive, and messenger bag) to Megan Danielle Johnson, Rio Rancho High School for “How We Think, Who We Are: How We Learn?”
Certificate and invitation to enter the Stockholm Junior Water Prize competition to Kevin Michael Wymer, Rio Rancho High School for “The Effects of Agricultural and Urban Development on Bacterial Populations in the Rio Grande River.”
Society for Science and the Public Middle School Program awarded to junior high students for good science and the ability to communicate about science. Students will be invited to enter the Society for Science and the Public Middle School’s national science fair.
Rio Rancho finalists were Megan Alice McMillan, Mountain View Middle School, Rio Rancho for “Contamination Water Model”; Shelby D. Paul, Mountain View Middle School, Rio Rancho for “Building a Better Parachute”; Rachel Lynn Shroyer, Eagle Ridge Middle School for “Mineral Identification of a Septarian Nodule”; and, Xavier Charles Tapia, Eagle Ridge Middle School, Rio Rancho for “Recording on a wire.”
Society for Range Management, New Mexico Section Second Place ($75 cash award), John Roman Valdez, Rio Rancho Mid High School, Rio Rancho for “CO2 Concentration Employing Natural Absorbents Phase 2.”
Society for In Vitro Biology to the top projects in the areas of plant or animal in vitro biology or tissue culture. Certificate Award, Andrew Abernathy, Rio Rancho High School for “The Transfer of Antibiotic Resistance by Gene Mutations Between E. coli and M. luteus.”
Rocky Mountain Water Environment Association ($200 award) to Kevin Michael Wymer
Rio Rancho High School for “The Effects of Agricultural and Urban Development on Bacterial Populations in the Rio Grande River.”
Ricoh Sustainable Development Award
To the project whose principles and technical innovations offer the greatest potential for increasing our ability to grow environmentally friendly and socially responsible businesses. Certificate awarded to Vaughn Carty and Ford Carty, Rio Rancho High for project “Saline Tolerance of Lipid Producing Diatoms: New Energy & Economics for the Neo-Permian Basin?”
New Mexico Tech NMSEF scholarship awarded to all graduating seniors entered in State Science Fair ($700 book award for use at New Mexico Tech) to Ian Micheal Burch, Rio Rancho High School for “Optimization of Railgun Mechanics”; Kristina Dahm, Rio Rancho High School for “Geomicrobiology of Intercontinental Travertine Springs”; Cynthia P. Hatch, Rio Rancho High School for “Gender Trait Identification In High School Student and Teacher Populations”; Kristen Lin Henriksen, Rio Rancho High School for “The Effects of Phytoestrogens on the Neural Functions of Platyhelminthes”; Megan Danielle Johnson, Rio Rancho High School for “How We Think, Who We Are: How We Learn?”; Byron Ray Marohn, Rio Rancho High School for “Optimization of Railgun Mechanics”; and, Kevin Michael Wymer
Rio Rancho High School for “The Effects of Agricultural and Urban Development on Bacterial Populations in the Rio Grande River.”
New Mexico Solar Energy Association $35 award for the best project related to solar energy, renewable energy, or energy efficiency to Ford and Vaughn Carty, Rio Rancho High School for “Saline Tolerance of Lipid Producing Diatoms: New Energy & Economics for the Neo-Permian Basin?”
New Mexico Optometric Association for a project related to vision or optics or to a medically related field ($100 cash award) Megan Danielle Johnson, Rio Rancho High School for “How We Think, Who We Are: How We Learn?”
Alia M. Saad, Albuquerque Institute for Math and Science, Afterimages of the Constantly Stimulated Eye ($50 cash award) honorable mention to Brian Charles Yarbrough, Rio Rancho Mid-High School for “The Filtration of Diffracted Light.”
New Mexico Network for Women in Science and Engineering for young women Tote Bag awarded to Kristen Lin Henriksen, Rio Rancho High School for “The Effects of Phytoestrogens on the Neural Functions of Platyhelminthes.”
New Mexico Bureau of Geology for a project that demonstrates excellence in geo-science, senior division ($100 cash award, subscription to New Mexico Geology, and publication of the student’s abstract in New Mexico Geology) to Kristina Dahm, Rio Rancho High School for “Geomicrobiology of Intercontinental Travertine Springs.”
Junior Division ($80 cash award, subscription to New Mexico Geology, and publication of the student’s abstract in New Mexico Geology) to Megan Alice McMillan, Mountain View Middle School, Rio Rancho for “Contamination Water Model.”
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Certificate to John Roman Valdez
Rio Rancho Mid High School for “CO2 Concentration Employing Natural Absorbents Phase 2.”
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute $1,000 scholarship to college of the student’s choice to Madison Danielle Kass, Rio Rancho High School for “Tar filled lungs and happy mind: Smoking n nails for your coffin.”
Kirschbaum Award in memory of Dr. Walter Kirschbaum, M.D., and Dr. Brunhilde Kirschbaum, M.D. ($50 cash award) to Cynthia P. Hatch, Rio Rancho High School for “Gender Trait Identification In High School Student and Teacher Populations” and Megan Danielle Johnson, Rio Rancho High School for “How We Think, Who We Are: How We Learn?”
John Harty Award for the project which makes the best use of readily available materials
Plaque to Nicolette I Quesada, Rio Rancho High School for “Roll Up for Easy Access-a design evolution of P.E.A.R.L.”
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association for an outstanding engineering project (Medallion and certificate) to Nicolette I Quesada, Rio Rancho High School for “Roll Up for Easy Access-a design evolution of P.E.A.R.L.”
Atmospheric Physics, Inc. ($250 cash award) to Rachel Marie Lopez, Rio Rancho High School for “Ghost Nets: Biodegradable or Not? Testing of Agavacae Fibers Part II.”
Association for Women Geoscientists for high standards of innovativeness and scientific excellence in the geosciences. Certificate, Rachel Lynn Shroyer, Eagle Ridge Middle School, Rio Rancho for “Mineral Identification of a Septarian Nodule.”
ASM International - Los Alamos Chapter, judged on use of the scientific method, ingenuity, in-depth study of materials and/or engineering, with possible future studies in the material science field, Second Place award ($75 cash award) to Lauren Ashtin Wade, Rio Rancho Mid High School for “Got Insulation?”
American Statistical Association, Albuquerque Chapter for the best use of statistics, Senior Division, First Place (Plaque for school and $100 award for student) to Kevin Michael Wymer, Rio Rancho High School for “The Effects of Agricultural and Urban Development on Bacterial Populations in the Rio Grande River.”
And, Senior Division, Second Place (Plaque for school and $75 award for student) to Megan Danielle Johnson, Rio Rancho High School for “How We Think, Who We Are: How We Learn?”
And, Senior Division, Third Place (Plaque for school and $50 award for student) to Amber Harley Porter, Rio Rancho High School for “Who’s Got the Power? Political Election Analysis- Phase II.”
American Psychological Assoc. & Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools for a project which demonstrates outstanding research in psychology Certificate to Cynthia P. Hatch
Rio Rancho High School for “Gender Trait Identification In High School Student and Teacher Populations” and Megan Danielle Johnson, Rio Rancho High School for “How We Think, Who We Are: How We Learn?”
Senior Division Sponsor of the Year, Sponsor of the Year, Nadyne Shimada, Rio Rancho High School, Senior Division Sponsor of the Year.
Research Paper Competition, sponsored by the New Mexico Academy of Science, Intel, Sandia National Labs/Lockheed Martin Paper Competition, Senior Division, First Place to Megan Danielle Johnson, Rio Rancho High School for “How We Think, Who We Are: How We Learn?”
Paper Competition: American Vacuum Society, Junior Division, First Place to Megan Danielle Johnson, Rio Rancho High School for “How We Think, Who We Are: How We Learn?”
Top exhibitors in physical and life sciences will continue on to Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, which will be held this year in Atlanta, Georgia on May 10 to 17. The competitors in NMSEF are those who have placed at the top in New Mexico’s six regional fairs. NMSEF is expecting approximately 450 participants from across the state. NMSEF’s goal is to recognize and reward excellence in science, mathematics, and engineering projects carried out by junior high and high school students from throughout the state. Participants are eligible for over $100,000 in scholarships and prizes. New Mexico Tech, a public, state-supported university located in Socorro, is the state’s leading educator of scientists and engineers.
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