2024 ORAL PRESENTATION WINNERS

1st Place - National JSHS Oral Presenter ($2,000 Scholarship)

Gene Huntley ~ V. Sue Cleveland High School (Rio Rancho, NM) "A Realtime Camera Fusion 3D Model with a Novel Feature-Matching and Star Identification-Based Calibration for Tracking Smoke Plumes"

2nd Place - National JSHS Oral Presenter ($1,500 Scholarship)

Aarush Tutiki ~ Albuquerque Academy (Albuquerque, NM) "A Two-Pronged Method for the Identification of Highly Biocompatible Nanomaterials"

3rd Place - National JSHS Poster Presenter ($1,000 Scholarship)

Jackson Heins ~ Harmony Science Academy (El Paso, TX) "Development of Propellers"

4th Place - National JSHS Poster Presenter

Maria Sears ~ Monte Vista High School (Monte Vista, CO) "Help! I Need Somebody: An Assistive Device That Notifies Emergency Services Once a Fall Has Been Detected"

5th Place - National JSHS Poster Presenter

Jordan Rockey ~ Monte Vista High School (Monte Vista, CO) "Effectiveness of Insect Management Practices on the Spread of Potato Virus Y"

2024 POSTER SESSION WINNERS

LIFE SCIENCES		PHYSICAL SCIENCES
1st Place ($250)	Haylei Redhouse, Navajo Preparatory School	1st Place ($250)	Joel Saltzman, Taos Academy
2nd Place ($150)	Marcus Nahalea, Navajo Preparatory School	2nd Place ($150)	Irina Gruzdeva, V. Sue Cleveland High School
3rd Place ($100)	Monet Nevarez Sanchez, Harmony Science Academy	3rd Place ($100)	Mario Vargas, Taos Academy
Honorable Mention($100)	Claire Seger, Monte Vista High School	Honorable Mention($100)	Nathan Moritz, Rio Rancho High School
Honorable Mention($100)	Sawyer Sides, Taos Academy	Honorable Mention($100)	Marisa Madrid Larranaga, Albuquerque High School

Past Winners

2023 Winners

First Place ~ Eliana Juarez
Second Place ~ Aditya Koushik
Third Place ~ Marissa Martinez
Fourth Place ~ Galilea Rodriguez
Fifth Place ~ NHenry Tischler

POSTER SESSION WINNERS ~ LIFE SCIENCES

1st Place ($250) ~ George Privett
2nd Place ($150) ~ Diego Porras
3rd Place ($100) ~ Cassie Sandoval

POSTER SESSION WINNERS ~ PHYSICAL SCIENCES

1st Place ($250) ~ Rodrigo Valdes
2nd Place ($150) ~ Daniel Kim
3rd Place ($100) ~ Augustus Miller

2022 Winners

2021 Winners

1st Place - Lillian Petersen
2nd Place - Paulina Naydenkov
3rd Place - AnaMaria Perez
4th Place - Milidu Jayaweera
5th Place - Gianna Nilvo

2020 Winners

First Place ~ Eliana Juarez
Second Place ~ Milidu Jayaweera
Third Place ~ Marissa Martinez
Fourth Place ~ Gabriel Gurule
Fifth Place ~ Aditya Koushik

2019 Winners

1st Place Rusty Ludwigsen
2nd Place Milidu Jayaweera
3rd Place Britney Hsu
4th Place Mustafa Muhyil
5th Place Charles Strauss

2019 Poster Session Winners

1st Place Camille Rawinski
2nd Place Robyn Evans
3rd Place Marley Ramon

2018 Winners

1st Place - Lillian Petersen (Los Alamos HS)
2nd Place - Rusty Ludwigsen (APS Early College Academy)
3rd Place - AnaMaria Perez (ABQ Academy)
4th Place - Lien Tang (Manzano HS)
5th Place - Jen Marie Pfifer (Los Lunas HS)

2017 Winners

1st Place - $2000 scholarship and all-expense paid trip to present at the National JSHS in San Diego, CA Lillian Petersen – Los Alamos High School
2nd Place - $1500 scholarship and all-expense paid trip to present at the National JSHS in San Diego, CA Akshay Jain – La Cueva High School
3rd Place - $1000 scholarship and all-expense paid trip to present at the National JSHS in San Diego, CA Ben Hammel – Albuquerque High School
4th Place - All-expense paid trip to present at the National JSHS in San Diego, CA Rusty Ludwigsen – Early College Academy
5th Place - All-expense paid trip to present at the National JSHS in San Diego, CA Lea Godret-Miertschin – Sandia High School

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