2008 State NMJAS Paper Competition Winners
Cash awards were provided by a grant from
Sandia-Lockheed Martin.
Senior Division
First Place
Megan D. Johnson
How We Think, Who We Are: How We Learn
Rio Rancho High School
Rio Rancho, NM
Second Place
Rebecca Alexander
The Journey to Identify Antibiotic Compounds in New Mexico Lichens
Grants High School
Grants, NM
Third Place
Terryl Bell
Sulfur Spring: An Analysis of Microbiol Life and the Effects of Water Chemistry and Microenvironment in a Karst Spring
Carlsbad High School
Carlsbad, NM
Senior Division Place Student School Sponsor First Megan Johnson Rob Leeney Second Rebecca Alexander Mary Savacheck Place Student School Sponsor First Gabriel Joachim Taylor Middle School Dr. Lorna Joachim Second Christian Fitzgerald Alisha Fitzgerald
Junior Division
First Place
Phillip Lane
Ants Harvest Crackers
Kroogler Middle School
Aztec, NM
Second Place
Christian Fitzgerald
Diamagnetism in Fruits
Fitzgerald Homeschool
Albuquerque, NM
Honorable Mention
Daniel Ahrens
Space Weathering to Blame for Earth Weathering
Aspen Elementary School
Los Alamos, NM
Honorable Mention
Fiona McCrossin
Reactions in Guinea Pigs Correlating to Sounds
Sierra Middle School
Las Cruces, NM
Rio Grande Chapter AVS Science & Technology Society
Winners
The AVS Science & Technology Society, formerly the New Mexico Chapter
of the American Vacuum Society, sends judges and selects its own winners in the
paper competition and awards prizes to these winners as well as to their
teachers/sponsors. The New Mexico Academy of Science is very grateful for their
support.
Junior Division