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State Competition Winners

2023

Senior Division

1st place – Daniel Kim, Los Alamos High School, abstract
2nd place – Sebastian Stoker, Albuquerque Institute for Math and Science
3rd place – Marcus Nahalea, Navajo Preparatory, Farmington
4th place – Paul Melendres, Eldorado High School, Albuquerque

Junior Division

1st place – Andy Stoker, Albuquerque Institute for Math and Science
2nd place – Oliver Groves, Jefferson Middle School, Albuquerque
3rd place – Lucas Rychener, St. Teresa of Avilia Catholic School, Grants
4th place – David Brooke, Albuquerque Institute of Math and Science

2022

Senior Division

First Place: Daniel Kim & Andres Iturregui, Los Alamos HS, abstract
Second Place: Aditya Kousil, La Cueva HS
Third Place: McKenna Collins, San Juan College HS
Honorable Mention: Chloe Rychener, Grants HS

Junior Division

First Place: Tate Plohr, Los Alamos MS
Second Place: Anna Simakov & Liv Niklasson, Los Alamos MS
Third Place: Ahana K. Koushik, AIMS MS

2021

Senior division

First Place:  Aditiya Koushik, La Cueva High School (Albuquerque)
Second Place:  Karin Ebey, Los Alamos High School
Third Place:  McKenna Collins, AIMS High School (Albuquerque)
Fourth Place:  Gabriel Gurule, AIMS High School (Albuquerque)

For a complete list of State Competition NMJAS winners as well as AVS Science & Technology Society winners between 2003 and 2022 click here.

 

First Place Winners and their Abstracts

Student published papers

State competition winners are eligible to be published in the New Mexico Journal of Science of that year. The following winners have had their paper published.

Articles related to NMJAS

NMJAS 2023 winner – Daniel Kim

NMJAS 2023 winner - Daniel Kim
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NMJAS 2024 Regional Competition Information

NMJAS 2024 Regional Competition Information
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NMJAS 2023 Forms

NMJAS 2023 Forms
Manuscript and presentation judging forms. Link to online data entry …

NMJAS 2023 – manuscript submission

NMJAS 2023 - manuscript submission
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NMJAS 2023 Instructions for Judges

NMJAS 2023 Instructions for Judges
Procedures for judging the 2023 NM Junior Academy of Science competition …

NMJAS 2023 Notes for Judges

NMJAS 2023 Notes for Judges
NMJAS ‘s primary purpose is to educate and encourage students. This is not a PhD defense …

NMJAS 2023 Presentation Guidelines

NMJAS 2023 Presentation Guidelines
Information for students on the oral presentation component of the 2023 JMJAS competition …

Writing and formatting your manuscript

Writing and formatting your manuscript
Rules for writing and formatting a manuscript for the NMJAS 2023 Paper Competition …