Space Settlement Design Contest 2000 Results

Statistics

This year we received 151 submissions from 569 students and 31 teachers. Entries came from Austria, Canada, Ireland, Macedonia and the United States. Submissions came from 18 U.S. states: Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Massachussetts, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Washington and Wisconsin.

Note: Award winner tour scheduled for Monday June 19, 2000. Meet at Visitor Center at 9:00 am. See area maps for location and directions.

Winners

Grand Prize

The grand prize went to Mark Cummins, Lorraine Murphy, Stuart Redmond, Alison Squire and Cian Wilson for Daedalusal 4. These students are 12^th graders at Blackrock College, (a high school) and St. Joseph of Cluny School in Dublin, Ireland. Congratulations!

Note: for the rest of the prizes there were individual, team/small group (consisting of 2-6 students) and large group (from 7-35 students) awards for two groups: 6-9^th grade and 10-12^th grade. Team members are listed by submission. There were a number of ties. The quantity and quality of artwork submitted this year enabled us to offer a new division based on artistic merit.

Student Art Gallery

First Prize

TORUNIC, Atijesh Ghose,Vienna International School, Vienna , Austria, 6-9 (individual)
NEW LAND (Nova Zemja), Vladimir Simonovski, Home school , Skopje Macedonia 10-12 (individual)
Gamma 8, Eric Schickli, Alex Medearis, Sopo Lin and Nathan Hackman, Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto, CA. 6-9 (team) tie
New Eden, Timothy Hsiau, Shawn Davison and Andy Mackley, West Junior High School, Columbia, MO. 6-9 (team) tie
Acropolis, Elizabeth Tenney, Alex Kulenovic, Jin Ho Son and Maral Amini, Belmont High School, Belmont, MA. 10-12 (team)
Earth II, Cortland Jr. Sr. High School, Cortland, NY. 6-9 (large group) tie
Lunar Pueblo, Cortland Jr. Sr. High School, Cortland, NY. 6-9 (large group) tie
G.W.A.R., Norwin High School, North Huntingdon, PA. 10-12 (large group)
Richie Houdashelt and Joey Gilmore, Freedom High School, Oakley, CA. (artistic merit)

Second Prize

Zarahmela, Jonathan Olfert, Home school Alberta, Canada. 6-9 (individual) tie
Novus Terrarum, Cory Schillaci, Home school, Auburn WA. 6-9 (individual) tie
The Messenger, Amanda Durham, Kula, HI.10-12 (individual) tie
IMS Hepaestus, David Wong, Victor Miller, Joe Susco and Chris Phung, Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto, CA 6-9 (team) tie
AACH, Amanda Tawzer, Alice Chao, Chelsea Schmitt and Helen Lu, Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto, CA 6-9 (team) tie
TACA, Andrea Dalton, Teri Leavens, Catherine Erne and Abbie Taggart, Cedar Cliff High School, Camp Hill, PA. 10-12 (team)
Freedom Space Settlement, Charlie Walker Middle School, Odessa, FL. 6-9 (large group)
Our Space Settlement, Freedom High School, Oakley, CA. 10-12 (large group)
Cody Wallach and John Huffman, Freedom High School, Oakley, CA (artistic merit)

Third Prize

Mayflower 2, Michael Kovac, Winston Churchill High School, Potomac, MD. 6-9 (indiviual) tie
Space Settlement, Samuel Cooksey, Shadow Hills Intermediate School, Palmdale, CA. 6-9 (individual) tie
KVHM, Heather May, Freedom High School, Oakley, CA. 10-12 (individual) tie
New Hope, Daniel Crow, Home school, Boise, ID. 10-12 (individual) tie
Moon Rock 459, Ashton Gambucci, Allison Wucher and Marissa Passentino, Ralston Middle School, Belmont, CA. 6-9 (team) tie
Mayflower II, Drew Conner, Kevin Lynch, Jennifer Baldwin, Kelly Baldwin, Ashley Kucsmas and Jacob Davila, Collierville Middle School, Collierville, TN. 6-9 (team) tie
Project Prometheus, Robert Konowalow, Nick Slomka and Francis Nunziata, Advanced Technologies Academy, Las Vegas, NV. 10-12 (team)
Moon Sync, Cortland Jr. Sr. High School, Cortland, NY. 6-9 (large group)
Orbital Design, Freedom High School, Oakley, CA. 10-12 (large group)
Allie Furgeson, Rashelle Van Aken and Julie Dominquez, Freedom High School, Oakley, CA. (artistic merit)

Honorable Mention:

Space Settlement, Maritza Gonzalez, Erica Tate, Gianmarco Pastore, Jeno De Vera, Nick Smith, Stephanie Autry, Xiara Correa, Vanessa Acuna, Cory Mitschelen, Lisa Corsette and Meilani Abernathy, Shadow Hills Intermediate School Palmdale, CA. 6-9 (individual)
Destiny, David Foelber Winston Churchill High School Potomac, MD. 10-12 (individual)
The Shirts, Melissa Ruk, Chris Murphy, Nick Sanchez, Paul Barulich and Nick Mackovkin, Ralston Middle School, Belmont, CA. 6-9 (team)
Ares, Jenny Fribourgh, Kelly Hillbun, Jenna McCracken, Valerie Mouser, Erica Prado and Michelle Toy, Ralston Middle School, Belmont, CA. 6-9 (team)
Nautica, Robert Wisniewski, Dustin Cook, Jose Godinez and Bryan Williamson, Burnett Middle School, Seffner, FL. 6-9 (team)
JEEK, Ellen Swensen, Kala Hardy, Erin Kurtz and Justin Boyd, Waunakee Middle School, Waunakee, WI. 6-9 (team)
Layka Fire, Jocelyn Antonio, Jazmine Zollner, Kayla Motsenbocker and Michael Trojovsky, Romig Middle School Anchorage, AK. 6-9 (team)
Eurasion Persuasion, Arpit Patel, Jonathan Kopytko and Joseph Lamberti, Berlin Community School, Berlin, NJ. 6-9 (team)
Space Explorations, Ray Rudolph, Mark Olivo, Leighton Davis, Wesley Kramer and Simon Ochoa, Ralston Middle School, Belmont, CA. 6-9 (team)
V.A.L.L., Gus Lugo, Victoria Williams, Lisa Myers, John Prysner and Robert Taylor, Charlie Walker Middle School, Odessa, FL. 6-9 (team)
Fantasy VII, Erik Friedlander, Charles Vickery, Alex Simon and Aaron Sofaer, Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto, CA. 6-9 (team)
Space 2000, Jenny Byram, Stephani Silvers, Amy Shorette, Melissa Paddock, Scott Nielson and Andrew Walsh, Ellicott Elementary School, Calhan, CO. 6-9 (team)
Gemini, Marla Chikina, Curtis Chin, Alina Kabanova and Greg Robinson, Belmont High School, Belmont, MA. 10-12 (team)
DEUS, Jared Yuan-Vogel, Alice Rosenberg and Jerome Boutaud, Belmont High School, Belmont, MA 10-12 (team)
Nebula, Joe Weiss, Ed Gonzalez and Alexandra Fuentes, Freedom High School, Oakley, CA. 10-12 (team)
Utopia Planetia, Richard Garner, Tiffany Gregorich, Josh Krol, Tracy Perkins, Brad Pollock and Matt Rosalez, Freedom High School, Oakley, CA. 10-12 (team)
S.P.A.C.E., Charlie Walker Middle School, Odessa, FL. 6-9 (large group)
Cloud 9, Cortland Jr. Sr. High School, Cortland, NY. 6-9 (large group)
Ares United, Cortland Jr. Sr. High School, Cortland, NY. 6-9 (large group)

United States Space Colony,

Ray Rudolph, Ralston Middle School, Belmont, CA. (artistic merit)
Leslie Hartelt, Amanda Bambeidi and Jennie Anaya, Freedom High School, Oakley, CA. (artistic merit)
Chris Balaoing, Aramis Falorca, Kevin Smith, Josh Shields and Miles Williamson, Freedom High School, Oakley, CA. (artistic merit)
Tiffany Dominquez, Chris Morales, Ceamon Goss and Ricky Rodriquez, Freedom High School, Oakley, CA. (artistic merit)

Teachers

These teachers involved their classes in the contest:

Matthew B. Anticole and Douglas Knipple, Norwin High School, North Huntingdon PA.
Mike Baldwin, Collierville Middle School, Collierville, TN.
Mrs. Beam, Trickum Middle School, Liliburn, GA.
Suzanne Blau and Jacqueline Moore, Ellicott Elementary School, Calhan, CO.
Jon Christenson, Kula, HI.
John Daly and Joanna Dullaghan, Blackrock College and St. Joseph of Cluny, Dublin, Ireland
Levente Felvinczi, Vienna International School, Vienna, Austria
Barbara Anne Fisher and Mark Robinson, Charlie Walker Middle School, Odessa, FL.
Shannon Reinhold-Gee, Burnett Middle School, Seffner, FL.
Kerri Jackson, Romig Middle School, Anchorage, AK.
Fred Jacques, Berlin Community School, Berlin, NJ.
Huey Johnson, Advanced Technologies Academy, Las Vegas, NV.
Mary Kancewick, Chugiak, AK.
Linda Lorenz, West Jr. High School, Columbia, MO.
Kimberly Mayer, Belmont High School, Belmont, MA.
George Morse, Winston Churchill High School, Potomac, MD.
Stephanie Passeri, Cortland Jr., Sr. High School, Cortland, NY.
Carolyn Reese, Waunakee Middle School, Waunakee, WI.
Mary Anne Richards, Overland Trail Middle School, Brighton, CO.
Tug Sezen and Susan Warren Freedom High School, Oakley, CA.
Thomas Smetanick, Winston Churchill High School, Potomac, MD.
Allan Varni, Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto, CA.
Bryan Yager, Ralston Middle School, Belmont, CA.
Patrick Young, Cedar Cliff High School, Camp Hill, PA.
Claire Zielinski, Shadow Hills Intermediate School, Palmdale, CA.

Judges

Roger Arno, NASA Ames Research Center
Al Globus, MRJ Technology Solutions Inc., at NASA Ames Research Center
Ruth Globus, NASA Ames Research Center
David Kao, NASA Ames Research Center
Eric Langhirt, Advanced Management Technology, Inc.
Wenonah Vercoutere, University of California at Santa Cruz

Special thanks to Ken Souza at NASA Ames Research Center for supporting this educational activity. Thanks also to Alex Woo for contributing the teacher awards.

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Author: Bryan Yager

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