Junior Academy of Science State &  Regional Competition Winners 2022

Students from around the state participated in the New Mexico Junior Academy of Science Paper Competition during March and April of 2022. Students from 6 NM regions qualified to participate in the state competition held at New Mexico Tech on April 2, 2022.

Senior Division State Competition Winners

First Place, $400 Award: Daniel Kim & Andres Iturregui
Exhibit Number NMSEF-ENG  PH-046
Title: Developing a Control Algorithm and Simulation for Thrust Vector Controlled Rockets

Second Place, $300 Award: Aditya Kousil
Exhibit Number NMSEF-BMH SBE 113
Title: CIRCA-CircularRNA for Cancer Active Immunotherapy: A machine learning model to predict liver cancer and top genes for cancer vaccine

Third Place, $200 Award: William Burris
Exhibit Number  NMSEF-BMH  SBE 013
Title: Optimizing Methods for Analysis of Novel Corona-Virus SARS-CoV-2 Receptor ACE2 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms

Honorable Mention: Chloe Rychener
Exhibit Number NMSEF-BIOC HEM 026
Title: What’s Lurking in Your Mask?

Junior Division State Competition Winners

First Place, $400 Award: Tate Plohr
Exhibit Number   NMSEF-JR-P H-053
Title: Relationship Between Boiling Temperature of Water and Altitude: Also Can I Guess How Salty Ocean Water Is?

Second Place, $300 Award: Anna Simakov and Liv Niklasson
Exhibit Number NMSEF-JR-Bl OBMHS-044
Title: Abundance of Bacteria Contaminating Daily Lives

Third Place, $200 Award: Ahana K. Koushik
Exhibit Number NMSEF-JR-E V-083
Title: Microplastics and BPA

New Mexico Regional Competition Winners

San Juan Region, Gail Silva, Regional Director

Junior Division
1st Place: Odin McMinn, Hermosa Middle School, Farmington
2nd Place: June Loukinas, Tibbetts Middle School, Farmington

Senior Division
1st Place: Kinvel Binas, San Juan College High School, Farmington
2nd Place: William Burris, San Juan College High School, Farmington
3rd Place: Tamarron Austin, Navajo Prep. High School, Farmington

Northeast Region, Maureen Romine, Regional Director

Junior Division
1st Place: Anna Simakov & Liv Niklasson, Los Alamos Middle School, Los Alamos
2nd Place: Gavin Bent, Los Alamos Middle School, Los Alamos
3rd Place: Tate Plohr, Los Alamos Middle School, Los Alamos

Senior Division
1st Place: Daniel Kim & Andres Iturregui, Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos
2nd Place: Kelly McTeigue, Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos
3rd Place: Michael Bane, Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos

Central Region, Malva Knoll, Regional Director

Junior Division
1st Place: Ahana Koushik, Albuquerque Institute for Mathematics & Science (AIMS)

Senior Division
1st Place: Aditya Kiran Koushik,  La Cueva High School, Albuquerque