Colorado Computational Science Fair winners by category

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Allison Long and Ben Tarr (left) tied with Abigail Wren and Eric LaBurda (right) for first place in the "Computational science--mathematics group projects" category.

Computational science:
Biology/physics group projects

• 1st: "Modeling Coral Reef Growth in 2D and 3D": Sandy Dornbush, Verawat Sawatdi, Lori Sims--George Washington High School, Denver (teacher, Ted Brucker)
• 2nd: "Object-Oriented Modeling of Plant Life": Randy Harrell, Christopher Smith--Woodland Park High School, Woodland Park (teacher, Bruce Marr)
• 3rd: "Cell-Growth Simulation": Daniel Cer, Andrew Maclennan--George Washington High School, Denver (teacher, Ted Brucker)

• 1st: "Doomsday Meteorite Simulation": Peter Rahm-Coffey--George Washington High School, Denver (teacher, Ted Brucker)
• 2nd: "Population:" Chris Morefield--Cheraw High School, Cheraw (teacher, Tom Hibbs)
• 3rd: "Large-Scale Applications of High Tc Superconductors": Brandon Church-- George Washington High School, Denver (teacher, Ted Brucker)

Computational science:
Mathematics group projects

• 1st (tie): "Graph Theory: Locations and the Global Positioning System": Ben Tarr, Allison Long--Gunnison High School (teacher, Kris Richards)
• 1st (tie): "Calculus in the Real World": Eric La Burda, Abigail Wren--Gunnison High School (teacher, Kris Richards)
• 2nd: "Baseball: Hitting at Coors Field": Antionette Abeyta, Clayton Bates, Mike Crisp, Jeramy Olmedo--Denver West High School, Edgewater (teacher, Rita Schnittgrund)
• Honorable mention: "Photovoltaic Applications with Evaporative Cooling": Ariel Gleason, Tom Schaffer, Peter Smaland--Jefferson High School, Edgewater (teacher, Stan Taylor)

Joel Mulhern receives a first-place award for his "Graph Theory" project from SCD's Ginger Caldwell.

Computational science:
Mathematics individual projects

• 1st: "Graph Theory": Joel Mulhern--George Washington High School, Denver (teacher, Ted Brucker)
• 2nd: "Stochastic parameters: A Study in Cellular Automata": Twila Paterson.--William J. Palmer High School, Colorado Springs (teacher, Rata Clarke)
• 3rd: "Mars Explorer": Robert Elsner--Platte Canyon High School, Bailey. (teacher, Marjorie Ader)
• 4th : "Ordered Chaos": Martin Chase--Clear Creek High School, Idaho Springs (teacher, Walter Weiss)
• Honorable mention: "Model-rocket Telemetry (Altitude Tracking)": Ben Hunt--Jefferson High School, Edgewater (teacher, Stan Taylor)

Information technology:
Group projects

• 1st: "GeorgeWeb--Overall Design and Management": Jason Ortega, Michael Schulman--George Washington High School, Denver (teacher, Ted Brucker)
• 2nd: "CyberGalaxy": Michael Milvich, Scott Sterling--Aspen High School, Aspen (teacher, Patty Goodson)
• 3rd: "Denver Public Schools Sports Page": James Cain, Lissa Thimmig--George Washington High School, Denver (teacher, Ted Brucker)
• Honorable mention: "RMHS Presents: Rocky Mountain High School": Zalem Beg, Allison Fink, Jerimiah Forsythe, Matthew Stein--Rocky Mountain High School, Fort Collins (teacher, Bill Kranz)

• 1st: "CGI and JAVA Programming for the Web": George Bartha--George Washington High School, Denver (teacher, Ted Brucker)
• 2nd: "A Virtual Tour of Bent's Old Fort Historic Site": Aaron Bay--Cheraw High School, Cheraw (teacher, Tom Hibbs) 3rd: "The American Verse NCAR Project": Rick Rapp--Horizon High School, Thornton (teacher, Ray Meester)

Visualization projects

• 1st: "GeorgeWeb Art Gallery": Kenne Belenky--George Washington High School, Denver (teacher, Ted Brucker)
• 2nd: "VRML: A Vision of Platte Canyon High School": Jesse Deitrich, Josh Hankins--Platte Canyon High School, Bailey (teacher, Marjorie Ader)
• 3rd: "Birth of a Star": Sean Lawrence--Clear Creek High School, Idaho Springs (teacher, Walter Weiss)