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071210.RRHS.Expo.awards
THE BEST OF THE BEST: Andrew Abernathy (right0 explains his project while other winners of the "Outstanding Young Researcher" award look on. To see more pictures from the Fall Research Expo, click here. For a humorous look at the Expo, click here.
Rio Rancho High School
2007 Fall Senior Research EXPO
Placement Awards
(Awards split among team members for team projects; information is listed as student(s) name, project title and award, except where noted)2007 Fall Senior Research EXPO
Placement Awards
Outstanding Young Researcher: $250 award
(Name, Project Title, Category)
(Name, Project Title, Category)
•Andrew Abernathy, The Transfer of Antibiotic Resistance by Gene Mutations Between E. coli and M. luteus, Medicine & Health/Microbiology/Gerontology
•Leslie Garza, You Have Some Phi on Your Face, Mathematics/Computer Science/Robotics
•Jordan Grainger, FIGHTING BAC!! Modulatory Effects of Over-the-Counter Medicines, Dietary Supplements, and Fruit Juices on the Sensitivity of Bacteria to Antibiotics, Medicine & Health/Microbiology/Gerontology
•Megan Johnson, The "Best" Learning Style (Phase IV), Behavioral and Social Sciences
•Kristen Henriksen, The Effects of Phytoestrogens on the Neural Functions of Platyhelminthes, Biology/Botany/Zoology
•Rebekah Humpton, Rainbow Scratches: Multicolored Abrasion Holography, Physics
•Gayle Jones and Allison Majewski, Fields of Fuel, Environmental Science/Earth and Space
•Nicolette Quesada, Roll Up, Roll Up For Easy Access, Engineering
•Mercedes Reuel, Waste Not, Want Not, Chemistry/Biochemistry
•Kelly Squires, Foiled Again: The Effects of the Angle of Attack on an Airfoil, Engineering
Behavioral and Social Sciences
First place:
•Megan Johnson, The “Best” Learning Style (Phase IV), $100
•Suzannah Wood, Where to Sit at the Movies?, $100
Second place:
•Francesca Garcia, Odors in a Room: Applying Natural CNS Responses to Memory - Phase III, $80
•Cynthia Hatch, Gender Trait Identification in High School Student and Teacher Populations, $80
Third place:
•Amber Porter, Who's Got the Power: Political Election Analysis - Phase II, 3rd Place, $60
•Andrew Smith, Subliminal Advertising: Being "Programmed", 3rd Place, $60
Fourth place:
•Jennifer Kuechmann and Anthony Patton, What's in a Name?, 4th Place, $40
•Kristine Yi, Golf Balls: Fore-get the Goal, Go For the Hole! Phase III, 4th Place, $40
Fifth place:
•Ariel Blaney, Language Extinction, $20
Honorable mention:
•Natasha Adelmann, Which Christmas Light Is Safer and Cheaper?, $15
•Marlena Allen, Can It Be Seen?, $15
•Brynna Anderson and Jennifer Werkmeister, Remember Them? Phase II, $16
•Erica Cork, Human Behavior With Advanced Technology, $15
•Cheryl Crofton, Too Many Choices…Are Consumers Influenced by Ads? Phase 4, $15
•Anisa Graham, Nature vs. Nurture: The Study of Fruit Flies, $15
•Morgan Holmes, Birth Order Effects on GPA, $15
•Amanda Huffman, Music and Brain Hemisphere Dominance, $15
•Jorel Johnson, Olympics and Economics, $15
•Whitney Jones, Do We Use Appearance to Predict Personality?, $15
•Megan Muniz, Dominant Eyes, $15
•Kelly Pavers, Body Image and the Media, $15
•Amber Wright, Life is Like a Bag of Candy Coated Chocolates, $15
Biology/Botany/Zoology
First place:
•Kristen Henriksen, The Effects of Phytoestrogens on the Neural Functions of Platyhelminthes, $100
•Lauren Huey, Cow Emissions, $100
Second place:
•Caitlin Hale, The Spectrum and Plant Growth Phase II, $80
•Megan Sehr, Using Their Senses: Does Color Matter to Cavia porcellus, $80
Third place:
•Kyle Axtell and Jamison Spam, Altitude’s Influences on Pigmentation, $60
Fourth place:
•Kayla Gregor, Food Preferences of Male and Female Crickets, $40
•Patrick Mares, The TMV Virus and Its Effects, $40
Fifth place:
•Mackenzie Clark, Dog Smarts: What's Behind Those Puppy Dog Eyes?, $20
•Jacquelyn Stringfield, Generations of Oleanders and Foxgloves: Can They Produce Healthier Offspring than the Parental Plants?, $20
•Autumn Sundt, Ironic Protection: A Study of Bacterial Resistance to Various Antiseptics, $20
•Brooke Williams, Milk Vs.Yogurt, $20
Honorable mention:
•Jesse Ardis, Effects of Colored Lights on Plants, $15
•Kristienne Banez and Vanessa Surjadidjaja, Don't Eat Your Vegetables (It Might Have E. Coli), $16
•Richard Barnitz, Coral Growth, $15
•David Belovarski, The Effect of a Chemical-Free Biofilter on Coloration and Smell of River Water, $15
•Taeho Choi, Effects of the Different Types of Liquid; Tap Water, Gatorade, Apple Juice, and Green Tea on the Germination of Lima Bean Seeds, $15
•Tia Donaldson, Got Bacteria?, $15
•Rachel Fisher, The Green Submarine, $15
•Samantha Flores, So What's the Harm?, $15
•Virginia Flores, icolor Cricket, $15
•Krisztina Greene, Do Genetics Make the Champion?, $15
•Nick Griffith, The Sunscreen Bean, $15
•Alex Heimgartner, Ant Lions: To Heat or Not to Heat?, $15
•Monique Jee, Fear the Java, $15
•Ryan Laws-Watts, How Effective is Off! Yard and Deck, $15
•Lauren Lien, Toxic vs. Natural…Are Chemicals Really Better?, $15
•Christopher Morales, Is It Worth the Risk?, $15
•Devin Potter, Which Beverage Grows Plants the Best?, $15
•Brianne Reynolds, Different Ways to Digest, $15
•Leah Sanchez, Does the Quality of Water Affect the Growth of Houseplants?, $15
•Jessica Sims, Brackish Water: Good or Bad for Vegetables?, $15
•Meiyer Torrisi, What Type of Plant Propagation Method Will Work Best in 'Cloning' Plants?, $15
Chemistry/Biochemistry
First place:
•Priyanka Ravindran, You Got Inked!, $100
•Mercedes Reuel, Waste Not, Want Not, $100
Second place:
•Brian McCallister, Safe As You Think?, $80
•Gabriel Shipley, The Properties of Saturation, $80
Third place:
•Taylor Calloway, What Are the True Costs of 'Looking Good'?, $60
•Ivan Lien, Strange Brew: How Does Total Dissolved Solid Concentration Correlate to Heavy Metal Concentration in Sandia Mountain Stream Water?, $60
Fourth place:
•Amanda Buffalow, An Up-Close "Kodak Moment" or Not?, $40
•Virginia Leal, Power of Fruit, $40
Fifth place:
•Patrick Sanchez, Is It Really Gone?, $20
Honorable mention:
•Jeff Alberti, Rusty Nails, $15
•Jordan Arroyo, Joseph Moreno, and Mark Williams, The Effects of Acid Rain on Metal, $15
•Cassidy Baker, Coffee and Cream, $15
•Chaniece Cnare, It Just Keeps Going and Going and Going, $15
•Kaylinda Cullen, pH Levels, $15
•Jan Diller, Tensile Strength of Galvanized Nails with Specialized Coatings, $15
•Helen Dunn, Does the Cost of Nail Polish Affect Its Quality?, $15
•Alexandra Garcia, Determining the Hardness of Water Based on Calcium and Magnesium Content, $15
•Kyle Griffitts, Measuring the Strength of Metals With Weights, $15
•Nathan Hanrahan, Freezing Concrete, $15
•Kara Hermanns, You're On Fire!, $15
•Christopher Herrera, What Percent of Biodiesel Burns the Most Effectively, $15
•Veronica Jones, Effects on Hair, $15
•Julian Jungtaubl, Fire Retardant, $15
•Shantel Latham, Huggies vs. Pampers, $15
•Holly Marquez, Susie Chapstick Says…., $15
•Megan Miller, Curious Carpet, $15
•Nico Muniz, Burning Materials, $15
•Chelsea Nielsen, Primary Color Separation, $15
•Hana Ottesen, Glow Sticks: Phase III, $15
•Zane Pace, Freezing Salt, $15
•Paulina Pantoja, Is There a Difference Between Miracle-Gro and Expert Gardener Plant Food?, $15
•Kyle Reed, pH-un, $15
•Hailey Rollinson, Who Wants Whiter Teeth?, $15
•Clara Spielman, Color the World: Organic Ink Phase I, $15
•Victoria Ujczo, What Is the Best Way to Clean a Board?, $15
•Amanda Unis, Homemade Soap, $15
•Benjamin Warner, Only Cheese Has More Cheese, $15
Engineering
First place:
•Nicolette Quesada, Roll Up, Roll Up For Easy Access, $100
•Kelly Squires, Foiled Again: The Effects of the Angle of Attack on an Airfoil, $100
Second place:
•Megan Flowers, Architecture in Earthquake-Prone Areas, $80
•Keegan Martinez, Reinventing the Wheel, $80
Third place:
•Daniel Glick, Sideblade: For the Slipperiest Situations, $60
•Julianna Stringfield, Sleep-EO 2.0, $60
Fourth place:
•Matthew Helmick, Handicapped Helper, $40
•Hunter Loen, Sideways-looking Doppler Radar for Preventing Train/Vehicle Accidents, $40
Fifth place:
•Kayleen Aguino, Not a Real Gun, a Rail Gun, $20
•John Morell, The Effectiveness of Paint in the Sport of Paintball, $20
Honorable mention:
•Michael Apers, Oceans of Energy, $15
•Alexandra Artrip and Brennan Artrip , Mix It Up: Turning A Blender Into A Hover Car, $16
•Matthew Bradley, Large Scale Air Hockey, $15
•Elisha Chavez, Desalinization of Ocean Water, $15
•AlexanderChiba , Wind Power, $15
•James Cole and Will Schlesinger, Harnessing the Sun's Energy: The Solar Furnace, $16
•Erica Coss and Dana Morgan, Patellar Trouble, $16
•Robert Demsey, Thermocouple Batteries, $15
•Sara Denogean, Wind Turbine Design Efficiency, $15
•Jillian Espinosa and Christine Lovato, Bridges of the Fittest, $15
•Kelsey Everett, High Speed Camera: Sound-Triggered, $15
•Renae Hickman, More Than Paper Airplanes: A Study of Winglet's Effect on Flight Phase 2, $15
•Ralph Hottou, River Control, $15
•Daniel Jaramillo, Cooking With Sunshine, $15
•Ryan Jones, PVC Freeze, $15
•William Kramer, Chainmaille Materials and Resistance, $15
•Alex Mayer, Solar Powered Airplane, $15
•Elliott Miller and Eric Munk, The Blimp Project, $16
•Nick Muller, Earth, Wind, and Fire: Clean Energy, $15
•M. Luisa Peyton, Tough Bridges, $15
•Stephanie Schneider, Building Green! An Investigation of Alternative Brick Composites, $15
•Robert Selph, Rocket Launching, $15
•Chance Steele, Solar Powered Energy, $15
•Marcus Trujillo, Building and Applying the Electric Motor, $15
•Natasha Trujillo, Optimizing Performance of a Solar Panel, $15
Environmental Science/Earth and Space
First place:
•Gayle Jones and Allison Majewski, Fields of Fuel, $100
•Dakota Ward, Water Quality of the Rio Grande From Local Industry, $100
Second place:
•Ford Carty and Vaughn Carty, Na Tolerance and Productivity of Lipid-Producing Diatoms - New Forms of Energy and Economics in the Neo-Permian Basin?, $80
•Kevin Wymer, The Effect of Agricultural and Urban Development on Coli form Density in the Rio Grande River, $80
Third place:
•Joseph Kolar, Reborn Papers - Which Is the Strongest?, $60
•Kari Potter, The Effect of Environmental Education on the Recycling Habits, $60
Fourth place:
•Michelle Felten, Wet or Dry?, $40
Fifth place:
•Sean Hayden, Energy Conservation, $20
•Patrick Leong, Oxygenated Fuels and Their Effect on Fuel Economy, $20
Honorable mention:
•Madeline Baltz, Measuring All Radon, $15
•Joshua Belovarski, Correlation or Coincidence Part 2, $15
•Jackie Byndas, Project R, $15
•Marlee Clifford, Tap Water vs. Bottled Water, $15
•Connor Gill, The Heat Is On, $15
•Sarah Hogland, The Effects of Altitude on Solar Distillation, $15
•Hellen Huynh, Radon Gas in Water, $15
•Monica Jones, Energy Sources and Their Costs, $15
•Amanda Kelly, Time to Compost, $15
•Darina Linnik, The Effect of Baby Oil, Olive Oil, and Air Freshener Oil on Different Types of Plastics, $15
•Rachel Lopez, Ghost Nets: Biodegradable or Not? Phase II, $15
•Tilly Ngo, Safe Water, $15
•Sarah Ortega, Fertilizer vs. Fertilizer, $15
•Jenna Padilla, Soild Moisture vs. Leaf Growth, $15
•Ashley Romero, Rain or Shine?, $15
•Jacob Santangelo, The Direct Effect of Light Pollution, $15
•Cassandra Shaffer, The Absorption of Liquid Pollutants in Different Types of Soil, $15
•Nicole Smith, Oil Spill Clean Up, $15
•Ryan Stuart, Taking the Solar System's Magnetic Pulse, $15
•John Valdez, CO2 Concentration Reduction: Employing Natural Absorbents - Phase II, $15
•August Vojdani, Does Soil Affect the pH of Water?, $15
•Emily Warzeniak, Gong Green: CO Emissions of Pellet Stoves vs. Natural Gas Heaters, $15
•Axel Zirn, Comparison of the Hydrophobic Character of Different Desert Soils in New Mexico, $15
Mathematics/Computer Science/Robotics
First place:
•Leslie Garza, You Have Some Phi on Your Face, $100
•Vincent Pasquale, Creating an Accurate Food Model and a Model of Global Warming, $100
Second place:
•Daniel Cordova, William Lewis, and Kenneth Lorando, Project Wolf Re-Introduction, $90
•Corey Miller and Shelby Steinberg, Effect of Airborne Disease on Humans, $80
Third place:
•Dorian Dixon and Michael Jacquez, Stuck in Traffic: an In-Depth Analysis of Rio Rancho Traffic Patterns, $60
•Alexandre Rogozine, Digital Files vs Digital Compression, $60
Fourth place:
•Kayla Engstrom, Perfection in Art, $40
•Brianna Ireland, Mandelbrot Brought Some New Formulas! A Variation in Fractal Formation, $40
Fifth place:
•Ian Burch and Byron Marohn, Optimization of Railgun Mechanics, $20
•Chris Walker, Sudoku Math, $20
Honorable mention:
•Donavan Armenta and Alex Ulmer, Ecosystem, $16
•Alex Baker, Modeling Propellers, $15
•Damen Bezek and Adaire Smith, Card Counting - Phase III, $16
•Sheri Cole and Katherine Gallegos, Food Chain, $16
•Britta Hurula, Music and Lyrics, $15
•Kevin Ryan, My Compression Algorithm Can Beat Your Compression Algorithm, $15
•David Sample, Who Is the True #1, $15
•Jaleesa Sargent, Hi-Lo, $15
Medicine & Health/Microbiology/Gerontology
First place:
•Andrew Abernathy, The Transfer of Antibiotic Resistance by Gene Mutations Between E. coli and M. luteus, $100
•Jordan Grainger, FIGHTING BAC!! Modulatory Effects of Over-the-Counter Medicines, Dietary Supplements, and Fruit Juices on the Sensitivity of Bacteria to Antibiotics, $100
Second place:
•Ioan Belovarski, Hospital Borne: A Study of Infectious Pathogens in Medical Facilities, $80
•Scott Divett, 10,000 Steps a Day Keeps the Diabetes Away, $80
Third place:
•Addie Himmelberger, Don't Touch That!, $60
•Kelsey Kasper, The Five Second Rule: Fact or Fake?, $60
Fourth place:
•Kenndra Gatzke, How Much Nitrate Are You Drinking?, $40
•Marisa Martinez and Megan McCravey, Autism's Effects of AYP Scores, $40
Fifth place:
•Haley Richey, Don't Get Caught "Germ" Handed, $20
Honorable mention:
•Malia Anderson, Energy Content of Packaged Foods, $15
•Josh Bencke, Can Food Train Your Heart Rate?, $15
•Ethan Biswell, Using UV Light to Alter the Effect That Agrobacterium tumefacien Has on Helianthus annuus, $15
•Meagan Borger, Comparing Calcareous Rocks to Tooth Decay, $15
•Rachel Buckman, Mozart Effect-ish, $15
•Lauren Cubbage, Homemade vs. Generic Antiseptics, $15
•Lauren Isaacs, Vegan Health Benefits, $15
•Madison Kass, Tar Filled Lungs and Happy Mind: Smoking…Nails for Your Coffin?, $15
•Leticia Leyva, Drink up the Acid and Break Down the Bones, $15
•Adrianna Livingston, Memorization and Air Temperature, $15
•Shannon McDermott, Eye Aerobics, $15
•Kyle Stephenson, Common Beverages, What Do They Do To Tissue, $15
•Meghan Valdez, Dire Dehydration: The Effects Different Beverages Have on Dehydration, $15
•Rebecca White, Pain in the Antacid, $15
Physics
First place:
•Rebekah Humpton, Rainbow Scratches: Multicolored Abrasion Holography, $100
•Kandis Wright, The Perfect Shot Game 2, $100
Second place:
•Jade-Rylie Parks, Train Magnet, $80
•Blake Swinart, The Effect Diameter Has on the Flow Rate of Water, $80
Third place:
•Kyle Johnson, A Trick of Light, $60
Fourth place:
•Erin Garcia, Volleyball - How Hard To Serve?, $40
Fifth place:
•Cody Byrne, Does the Type of Skateboard Bearings Affect How Much Speed You Can Get?, $20
•Jordan McCormick, Diaper Leak, $20
•Ingrid Ringler, Doing the Wave: Properties of Waves in Light, Sound, and Matter, $20
•Jacqueline Tapia, Filter Vs. Filter "The Rematch", $20
Honorable mention:
•Vanesa Adame and Jon Jeantette, Swimmers, Take Your Mark, $16
•Stephan Briores, A Stick to Shreds, $15
•Thomas Brooks, Trough Power, $15
•Ian Brown, Ice, A New Frontier, $15
•Alex Carpenter, Building a Simulation Nuclear Reactor, $15
•Natalie Casaus, What Homemade Heat-Pack Material Retains Heat the Longest After a Set Amount of Time?, $15
•Brandon Caudillo, The Effects of Heat and Humidity on Sound, $15
•Arnika Chidambaram, Enthalpy in an Engine, $15
•Morgan Ching, At Roofing's Best, $15
•Joslyn Cote, Airfoils and the Effects of Shape, Wind, Velocity, Weight, and Direction of Wind, $15
•Alyssa Cuccio, Physics of 360 Degree Turns, $15
•Geoffrey Errickson, Adobe vs Modern Buildings and Insulation: Heat Efficiency, $15
•Kelli Feeser, The Physics of Pole Vault, $15
•Lindsey Fria, Guitar Pickups and Radio Frequencies, $15
•Amanda Garcia, How Permanent Are Permanent Markers?, $15
•Sara Graff and Gavin Moku, Extreme Heat vs. Extreme Voltage, $16
•Kelsea Hawkins, Ready, Set Roll!, $15
•Jaquelyn Hernandez, Staying Fresh!, $15
•Christopher Hubbard, Painted Rollercoaster Turns and Lateral Forces, $15
•Zaniel Keller, Cars Coasting, $15
•Sarah Koch, PSI vs. Consistency, $15
•Michael Kopciuch, Spatter Analysis: Key to Identification, $15
•Reuben Krussick, Riding With Factors, $15
•Corey Landry and Chris Ortiz, Face Off - Compression, $16
•Tiana Lynch, Elasticity, $15
•Remington McDonald, Frisbees: Can They Go The Distance?, $15
•Emilio Montano, Tension vs. Torsion, $15
•Vanessa Putnam, Increasing Paintball Velocity, $15
•Konrad Romero, Wave Detector, $15
•Rachel Schlesinger, The Power of a Pendulum, $15
•Seth Silvani, Effects of Different Bullets on Ballistics Gel, $15
•Dalton Teasdale, Predicting the Size of Impact Craters, $15
•Keith Wilkins, Metal Alloy Subplate Shielding for Hybrid Vehicles, $15
•Brent Wyatt, The Power of Bows, $15
Special Award Winners
(Note: Financial awards for team projects are split among team members)
Tobacco Awareness: Promoting the health hazards of tobacco
1st Place: Madison Kass, Tar Filled Lungs and Happy Mind: Smoking…Nails for Your Coffin, $50
2nd Place: Clorissa McCrea, Nicotine in the Environment. $40
American Physiological Society Award: Best Physiology Project
Scott Divett, 10,000 Steps a Day Keeps the Diabetes Away,
Anatomy/Physiology Award: Project in Medicine
Ioan Belovarski, Hospital Borne: A Study of Infectious Pathogens in Medical Facilities, $25
AP-CSC: Computer Science project
Corey Miller and Shelby Steinberg, Effect of Airborne Disease on Humans, $100
Associated Students of RRHS: Leadership or Political Science
Amber Porter, Who's Got the Power: Political Election Analysis - Phase II, $50
Astronomical Society Award: Excellence in Astronomy
1st Place: Ryan Stuart, Taking the Solar System's Magnetic Pulse, $25
2nd Place: Joshua Belovarski, Correlation or Coincidence Part 2, $15
3rd Place: Jacob Santangelo, The Direct Effect of Light Pollution, $10
Athletics Award: Sports-related projects
Kelli Feeser, The Physics of Pole Vault, $25
Kandis Wright, The Perfect Shot Game 2, $25
B&E Academy Award: Business-related projects
Andrew Smith, Subliminal Advertising: Being "Programmed", $25
Cheryl Crofton, Too Many Choices…Are Consumers Influenced by Ads? Phase 4, $25
CSC-BPA: Business-related projects
Janay Myers and Nicole Narvaez, Which Insulation Retains Heat the Best?, $100
Cultural Research: Projects that explore community traditions scientifically
Amber Porter, Who's Got the Power: Political Election Analysis - Phase II, $50
Ioan Belovarski, Hospital Borne: A Study of Infectious Pathogens in Medical Facilities, $50
Custodian Award: Projects in Environmental Science, Chemistry, or Health
Mercedes Reuel, Waste Not, Want Not, $25
Kevin Wymer, The Effect of Agricultural and Urban Development on Coli form Density in the Rio Grande River, $25
E&D Academy Award: Projects in Engineering or Design,
1st Place: Hunter Loen, Sideways-looking Doppler Radar for Preventing Train/Vehicle Accidents, $100
2nd Place: John Moore, Sensing Touch, $75
3rd Place Lesleigh Vigil and Jessica Harmer, The Nose Knows, $50
4th Place Alexander Chiba, Wind Power, $25
Gail Oliver Award: Excellence in Communications
Megan Johnson, The "Best" Learning Style (Phase IV), $25, behavioral,
Helen Carr Award: Research in Humanities
Matthew Helmick, Handicapped Helper, $25
HS Principal's Award: Excellence by a 10th-12th grade
Ioan Belovarski, Hospital Borne: A Study of Infectious Pathogens in Medical Facilities, $25
Alexander Chiba, Wind Power, $25
Francesca Garcia, Odors in a Room: Applying Natural CNS Responses to Memory - Phase III, $25
Nicolette Quesada, Roll Up, Roll Up For Easy Access, $25
Hwang's Martial Arts: Excellence in Physical Science
Christopher Herrera, What Percent of Biodiesel Burns the Most Effectively, $25
Katie Liberatore Award: Continuation from last term that will continue next term in the biological sciences
Rachel Lopez, Ghost Nets: Biodegradable or Not? Phase II, $25
Leland Cramer Award: Most unique project that looks at ways to restore land or air to original state
John Valdez, CO2 Concentration Reduction: Employing Natural Absorbents - Phase II, $25
Amanda Kelly, Time to Compost, $25
Liberatore Family Award: Project in Medicine, Biology, Bichemistry, or Microbiology
Kristen Henriksen, The Effects of Phytoestrogens on the Neural Functions of Platyhelminthes, $25
Mercedes Reuel, Waste Not, Want Not, $25
Mary Ellen Weber Award: Excellence in Political Science or Green Technology
Jorel Johnson, Olympics and Economics, $25,
Cameron Gage, Parental Influences on Political Views of Children, 2$5
New Mexico Career Development Association: Promoting employability skills
Carl Svensson, The Effects of Secondary Education on Income in the USA, $25
Nurses Award: Projects in Medicine
Morgan Cook, McDonalds Food vs. Homemade Food: Which Is Healthier?, $25
Haley Richey, Don't Get Caught "Germ" Handed, $25
Porter Family Excellence in Teamwork: Excellence in teamwork (team projects)
James Cole and Will Schlesinger, Harnessing the Sun's Energy: The Solar Furnace, $26
Ricky J. White Award: A topic not commonly done by students
Marlena Allen, Can It Be Seen?, $25,
Ariel Blaney, Language Extinction, $25
Rotary Club of Rio Rancho: Community service and involvement
Candice McKenna and Shelby Murphy, Power-up, $50
Nicolette Quesada, Roll Up, Roll Up For Easy Access, $50
Sarah Liberatore Award: Projects in the performing/Visual Arts
Edwin Parker, Composers, Their Symphonies and Time, $25
SciMatics Academy Award: Projects integrating science and math
Kyle, Johnson, A Trick of Light, $25
Jonay Myers and Nicole Narvaez, Which Insulation Retains Heat the Best?, $26
Sports Medicine: Projects in sports medicine
Josh Bencke, Can Food Train Your Heart Rate?, $25
Meghan Valdez, Dire Dehydration: The Effects Different Beverages Have on Dehydration, $25
Sustainable Development: Projects that repair, improve, extend, or find alternate environmental resources
Emily Warzeniak, Going Green: CO Emissions of Pellet Stoves vs. Natural Gas Heaters, $50
Ford Carty and Vaughn Carty, Na Tolerance and Productivity of Lipid-Producing Diatoms - New Forms of Energy and Economics in the Neo-Permian Basin?, $50
Trementina Peak Ranch Award: Ranching-related projects
Lauren Huey, Cow Emissions, $30
Whole Food-Phytonutrients: Short- and long-term health benefits of whole foods
Brooke Williams, Milk Vs.Yogurt, $25
Outstanding Teacher: Outstanding support for involving students in research: $50 awards
Zenaida Ahumada
Cindy Ediger
Nikki Erdelyi
David Escalante
Melissa Hayes
Rob Keeney
Karen McPherson
Jennifer Miyashiro
Janet Penevolpe
Rochelle Quinones
Nadyne Shimada
Laura Vogel
Teresa Walker
