NMJAS – Archives
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
2023, Daniel Kim
2022, Daniel Kim & Andres Iturregui
2021, Aditiya Koushik
2020, Karin Ebey
2019, Rusty Ludwigsen
2018, Lillian Peterson
2017, Sanjiv Harikumar
2016, Rusty Ludwigsen
2015 Jovan Zhang
2014, Jeongmin Lee
2013, Amanda Mercer
2012, Nikita Bodganov
2011, Fiona McCrossin
2010, Laura B. Lane
2009, Ryan Erickson
2008, Megan Johnson
2007, Shandiin Copeland
2006, Anna Trugman
2005, Keely Goodgame
2004, Mahlet Woldemariam
2003, Nigel Reuel
2002 Naveen Sinha
2001, Tom Widland
2000, Naveen Sinha
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.
- 2020, Karin Ebey – Climate Change on Crocodilians: Modeling the Effects of Variations in Rainfall on Crocodilians and their Ecosystem
- 2018, Karin Ebey, AnaMaria Perez, and Ksenia Sevostianov – 2018 NM Journal of Science
- 2017, Lea Godret-Miertschin and Sanjib Harikumar – 2017 NM Journal of Science
- 2016, Rusty Ludwigsen, Lillian Petersen, and Alex Silverhart – 2016 NM Journal of Science
Articles related to NMJAS
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NMJAS 2024 Regional Competition Information
NMJAS 2023 Instructions for Judges
NMJAS 2023 Notes for Judges
NMJAS 2023 Presentation Guidelines
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