2009 State NMJAS Paper Competition Winners

Cash awards were provided by a grant from Sandia-Lockheed Martin.

Senior Division

First Place
Ryan Erickson
Shake, Rattle and Roll: A THree Axis Sensor Based on Diamagnetics
Los Alamos High School
Los Alamos, NM

Second Place
Adam Akkad
Display of Specific and Random Peptides on virus-like Particles of MS2 Bacteriophage for Material Science and Biomedical Applications
Albuquerque Academy
Albuquerque, NM

Third Place
James Clark
Utilizing Small Diameter Wells with Pump Technology
Mayfield High School
Los Cruces, NM

Junior Division

First Place
Holly Erickson
Case in Pointe
Los Alamos Middle School
Los Alamos, NM

Second Place
Christian Fitzgerald
Just Wing It
Fitzgerald Homeschool
Albuquerque, NM

Third Place
Taylor Roach
Multitasking Madness: The effect of multitasking on productivity and performance
Annunciation Middle School
Albuquerque, NM

Honorable Mention
Philip Lane
Weather or Not: Myth Busting
Koogler Middle School
Aztec, 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.

Senior Division

Junior Division