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Space Design Competition Archives

Below is a list of participants and winning entries for 2001-2007.

2007 "Mobile Mars Laboratory"
2006 "Lunar Resort"
2005 "Titan Traveler"
2004 "Orbital Shipyard One"
2003 "Asteroid Apocalypse"
2002 "Seeking Life on Mars"
2001 "Moonbase for the New Millenium"

2007
"Mars Mobile Laboratory "
February 12, 2007

(Clicking on each year's theme will take you to a .pdf file or page with the problem statement for that year.)

Division	School	Advisor	Team Members	Project Name
Div. I	Grades 9-12 or Previous Winners
1st	Albuquerque High Schoo Albuquerque, NM	Jimmy Phillips	Robert Malakhov	Ares Mobile Lab
2nd	Los Alamos Middle School Los Alamos, NM	Donna Grim	Erik Edelmann	SIMMPL
3rd	La Cueva High School Albuquerque, NM		Christine Kreitinger, Kimberly Kreitinger	El Barco de Frontera
Div. II	Grades 6-8
1st	Madison Middle School Albuquerque, NM	P.G. Pullano	Katie Smaith, Nichole Lashway	Space Age Home
2nd	Madison Middle School Albuquerque, NM	P.G. Pullano	Huan Nguyen, Ryan Buchanan	OMICRON
3rd	Eisenhower Middle School Albuquerque, NM	Valerie Duran	Brandon Archuleta, Marshall Broyles	Mars Mobile Laboratory
Div. III	Class Projects
1st	Madison Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Susan Ostlie	Period 1 & 2 Team B	The Beatle 2025
2nd	Madison Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Susan Ostlie	Period 3 & 4 Team B	Mesa
3rd	Madison Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Susan Ostlie	Period 3 & 4 Team A	Mars Red Devil

2006
"Lunar Resort"
February 13, 2006

(Clicking on each year's theme will take you to a .pdf file or page with the problem statement for that year.)

Division	School	Advisor	Team Members	Project Name
Div. I	Grades 9-12 or Previous Winners
1st	Hatch Valley, HS, Hatch, NM	Karen Kaufman	Preston Mitchell	Lunar One
2nd	Albuquerque High School, Albuquerque, NM	Michael Richie	Robert Malakhov	Lunarium
3rd	Albuquerque High School, Albuquerque, NM	Michael Richie	Sam Pedrotty	The Selene Project
Div. II	Grades 6-8
1st	Sierra Middle School, Las Cruces, NM	Ruben Nanez	Jarrod Tunnel, Markus Burkardt	Moon Resort
2nd	Los Alamos Middle School, Los Alamos, NM	Zeynap Unal	Erik Edelmann	"The Twilight Zone" Lunar Resort
3rd	Sierra Middle School, Las Cruces, NM	Ruben Nanez	Juliann Pacheco, Jennifer Lopez	The Shackleton Project
Div. III	Class Projects
1st	Madison Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Susan Ostlie	N/A	Dark Side Resort
2nd	Madison Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Lorraine Quinn	N/A	Lunar Land
2nd	Mountainair High School, Mountainair, NM	Cindy Hollenberg	N/A	Out of This World Lunar Resort

2005
"Titan Traveler"
February 14, 2005

Division	School	Advisor	Team Members	Project Name
Div. I	Grades 9-12 or Previous Winners
1st	Jefferson Middle School Albuquerque, NM	Steve Keastner	Robert Malakhov	Titan Traveler: Interplanetary Amphibia
2nd	Laguna-Acoma High School, New Laguna, NM	Joe Aragon	Brandon Herrera, Henry Vicente	Titan Exploration Rovers
3rd	Laguna-Acoma High School, New Laguna, NM	Joe Aragon	Maureen Juanico,, Otis Yawea	Nab-Ate
Div. II	Grades 6-8
1st	Jefferson Middle School Albuquerque, NM	Steve Keastner	Sam Pedrotty	The Espial
2nd	Madison Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Lorraine Quinn	Chelsea Erven Alexis Wilson	Mission Titan Robotics
3rd	Madison Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Susan Ostlie	Mark Rader Joel Dixon	Titan Rover II
Div. III	Class Projects
1st	Madison Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Susan Ostlie	N/A	Zeta 7 Rover
2nd	Madison Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Susan Ostlie	N/A	Spade - The Titan Rover
3rd	Madison Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Susan Ostlie	N/A	The Titan Tank
Additional Entries
Div. III	Class Projects
~	Hoover Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Dan Humphreys	NA	Operation GBCKM
~	Hoover Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Dan Humphreys	NA	Operation Hawks

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2004
"Orbital Shipyard One "
February 9, 2004

Division	School	Advisor	Team Members	Project Name
Div. I	Grades 9-12 or Previous Winners
1st	Ramah High School Ramah, NM	D.K. Booth	Kaelan Lambson	Orbital Shipyard One
1st	Jefferson Middle School Albuquerque, NM	Steve Keastner	Robert Malakhov	Multifunctional Expandable Spiral Dock
3rd	Laguna-Acoma High School, New Laguna, NM	Joe Aragon	Brandon Herrera, Henry Vicente	Celestial Body Shop
Div. II	Grades 6-8
1st	Heights Middle School Farmington, NM	Jan Baldridge	Kit Horn, Kyle Hunt, Kalyne Bassett	Space Obviation Station (S.O.S.)
2nd	Eisenhower Middle School Albuquerque, NM	Valerie Duran	Blake Ferguson	Orbital Shipyard One
3rd	Eisenhower Middle School Albuquerque, NM	Valerie Duran	David Smith	Orbital Shipyard One
Div. III	Class Projects
1st	Madison Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Susan Ostlie	N/A	Octoship
2nd	Madison Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Susan Ostlie	N/A	The Scorpion
3rd	Hoover Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Michelle Garay	N/A	USA R.A.M. Module
Additional Entries
Div. I	Grades 9-12 or Previous Winners
~	Heights Middle School Farmington, NM	Jan Baldridge	Chet Miller, Caleb Spare	Espace Aranha
~	Heights Middle School Farmington, NM	Jan Baldridge	Jared Funston, Ben Keeley	Project Nautilus
Div. II	Grades 6-8
~	Eisenhower Middle School Albuquerque, NM	Valerie Duran	Evan Arnet, Pearce Edwards	OSY-1
~	Eisenhower Middle School Albuquerque, NM	Valerie Duran	Kyle Koniho, Matt Thorson	Orbital Shipyard One
~	Madison Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Susan Ostlie	T.J. Klaus	Tool Time Module
Div. III	Class Projects
~	La Cueva High School, Albuquerque, NM	Flip Knutsen	N/A	The International Parking Garage
~	La Cueva High School, Albuquerque, NM	Flip Knutsen	N/A	International Space Module
~	Madison Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Susan Ostlie	N/A	Orbital Docking Ring
~	Madison Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Susan Ostlie	N/A	Delta Repair Center
~	Hoover Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Dan Humphreys	N/A	Operation: Shuttle Dock
~	Hoover Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Dan Humphreys	N/A	Space Pro
~	Hoover Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Dan Humphreys	N/A	Space Fixer
~	Hoover Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Dan Humphreys	N/A	Operation: Space-Lion

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2003
"Asteroid Apocalypse "
February 3, 2003

Division	School	Advisor	Team Members	Project Name
Div. I	Grades 9-12 or Previous Winners
1st	El Dorado High School, Albuquerque, NM	Ray Tokuda	Daniel Appel, Corey Vandergeest	Mission Matador
2nd	Cimarron High School, Cimarron, NM	Wendi Morton	Laura Williams	Acid Extraction: The Answer and Moore
3rd	Laguna-Acoma High School, New Laguna, NM	Joe Aragon	Frank Antonio, Mark Vallejos	Nemisis
Pathfinder	Heights Middle School, Farmington, NM	Jan Baldridge	Chet Miller, Bobby Hammond, Emily Hunter	A Vida
Div. II	Grades 6-8
1st	Public Academy for Performing Arts, Albuquerque, NM	Sherry Sivinski	Stephanie Scott	The S.S. Salvation
2nd	Eisenhower Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Valerie Duran	Zenon Stacy, John Kendrick	ADS: Asteroid Defence System
3rd	Wilson Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Joan Newsom	Robert Malakhov	Near Earth Object Deflection Mission
Pathfinder	Eisenhower Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Valerie Duran	Ross Haney, Casey Echternacht	Saving Planet Earth
Div. III	Class Projects
1st	Madison Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Susan Ostlie	N/A	Stop the Asteroid
1st	La Cueva High School, Albuquerque, NM	Flip Knutson	N/A	Operation Nemisis
2nd	La Cueva High School, Albuquerque, NM	Flip Knutson	N/A	Space Station Scheme
Pathfinder	Hoover Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Dan Humphreys	N/A	Asteroid Apocalypse
Additional Entries
Div. I	Grades 9-12 or Previous Winners
~	Sandia High School, Albuquerque, NM	George Shea	Tom Baldwin, Ian Goldstein	Damocles
~	Cimarron High School, Albuquerque, NM	Wendi Morton	Reyna Martinez, Jamie Gorish	The Propulsion Explosion
~	Cimarron High School, Albuquerque, NM	Wendi Morton	Teri Sanchez	Untitled
~	Cimarron High School, Albuquerque, NM	Wendi Morton	Jaclyn Varela, Robert Gonzales	Kinetic Energy Kookie Kutter
~	Cimarron High School, Albuquerque, NM	Wendi Morton	Krystal Deines, Shawn Ward	Badda Boom!
~	Cimarron High School, Albuquerque, NM	Wendi Morton	Marie Richards, Michael Gurule	Techno Throw
Div. II	Grades 6-8
~	Eisenhower Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Valerie Duran	Kimberly Craft, Leak Flake	Stopping the Asteroid
~	Eisenhower Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Valerie Duran	Diego Matek, Sam Barnhart	Crash Course Earth
~	Eisenhower Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Valerie Duran	Robert Nelson	L.A.D.S.S.
	Heights Middle School, Farmington, NM	Jan Baldridge	Benjamin Keeley, Jared Funston	Lamb
Div. III	Class Projects
~	La Cueva High School, Albuquerque, NM	Flip Knutson	N/A	Use of Centrifugal Force to Combat Destructive NEO
~	Madison Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Susan Ostlie	N/A	Asteroid Hypotheticos: How to Save the Earth
~	Madison Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Susan Ostlie	N/A	Hypotheticos Solution
~	Madison Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Susan Ostlie	N/A	Blackening Hypotheticos
~	Hoover Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Dan Humphreys	N/A	Corner Pocket
~	Hoover Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Dan Humphreys	N/A	Project DK CATSS
~	Hoover Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Dan Humphreys	N/A	Operation Triple-JDAV

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2002
"Seeking Life on Mars"
February 4, 2002

Division	School	Advisor	Team Members	Project Name
Div. I	Grades 9-12 or Previous Winners
1st	Wilson Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Joan Newsom	Brian McConnell	Searching for Life on the Red Planet
1st	La Cueva High School, Albuquerque, NM	Sandra Hobbs	Ian Goldstein, Tom Baldwin	The Columbus
2nd	La Cueva High School, Albuquerque, NM	Francis Gruette	Leslie Broyles, Jake Luster	Specialized Investigative Detection Rover (SPIDR)
3rd	El Dorado High School, Albuquerque, NM	James Veitch	Daniel Amrhein	Martian Extraterrestrial Surveyor
3rd	Laguna-Acoma High School, New Laguna, NM	Joe Aragon	Kyle Aragon, Nathaniel Creager	On Search of Life: Indian Style
Div. II	Grades 6-8
No Entries Recieved
Div. III	Class Projects
1st	Madison Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Susan Ostlie	N/A	International Mars Exploration
2nd	Public Academy for Performing Arts, Albuquerque, NM	Dan Humphreys	N/A	Katherine J. PAPA
3rd	Heights Middle School, Farmington, NM	Jan Baldridge	N/A	Putki Apina
Additional Entries
Div. I	Grades 9-12 or Previous Winners
~	Wilson Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Joan Newsom	Jonathan Williams, Kevin McConnell	The Dragonfly
~	Wilson Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Joan Newsom	Samuel Montoya	Life on Mars
Div. III	Class Projects
~	Public Academy for Performing Arts, Albuquerque, NM	Dan Humphreys	N/A	The Retina I
~	Public Academy for Performing Arts, Albuquerque, NM	Dan Humphreys	N/A	The Blimp
~	Public Academy for Performing Arts, Albuquerque, NM	Dan Humphreys	N/A	Project Gemini
~	Madison Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Susan Ostlie	N/A	Mars Exploration Project
~	Madison Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Susan Ostlie	N/A	The Mars Beetle
~	Eisenhower Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Valerie Duran	N/A	MRV-1

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2001
"Moonbase for the New Millenium"
February 12, 2001

Division	School	Advisor	Team Members	Project Name
Div. I	Grades 9-12 or Previous Winners
1st	Silver High School, Silver City, NM	Peggy Larisch	Ted Butler, Jimmy Stauder	Project C.B.I. 1
2nd	Hoover Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Dan Humphreys	Daniel Amrhein	Project Gamma
2nd	Sandia High School, Albuquerque, NM	Michelle Thompson-Loyd	Tom Baldwin, Ian Goldstein	The Multipurpose Lunar Outpost
Div. II	Grades 6-8
1st	Wilson Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Joan Newsom	Brian McConnell, Samuel Montoya	The Wonder
2nd	Hoover Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Dan Humphreys	Ella Dolan, Samantha Myers	Moonbase for the New Millenium
3rd	Wilson Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Joan Newsom	Joshua McComas, Kevin McConnell	Core of Discover II
Pathfinder	Eisenhower Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Valerie Duran	Jake Luster, Leslie Broyles	Moon Base Project
Pathfinder	Eisenhower Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Valerie Duran	Shanna Yodice, Jessica Smith	Moon Base Project
Pathfinder	WIlson Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Joan Newsom
Div. III	Class Projects
1st	Madison Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Susan Ostlie	N/A	Lunar Base 2001
2nd	Madison Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Susan Ostlie	N/A	Moon Base Exploration
3rd	Madison Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Susan Ostlie	N/A	Lunar Life
Additional Entries
Div. I	Grades 9-12 or Previous Winners
~	St. Pius High School, Albuquerque, NM	Jim Renshaw	Bernie Sanchez, Jr., Zach Moore	Moon Base Epyon
~	Eisenhower Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Valerie Duran	Daniel Appel	LC: PRO
~	St. Pius High School, Albuquerque, NM	Robert Lah	Carlo Tenorio, Steven Gilbert	Moon Base
~	St. Pius High School, Albuquerque, NM	Robert Lah	Joe T. Baca, Sara Pinch	MoonBase for the New Millenium
~	St. Pius High School, Albuquerque, NM	Robert Lah	Catherine Abeita, Debby Meadows	Moonbase Project
~	St. Pius High School, Albuquerque, NM	Robert Lah	Jennifer Sparks, Vanessa Montoya	Moon Base Project
~	St. Pius High School, Albuquerque, NM	Anne L. Hall	Amy Viglione	Moonbase
~	St. Pius High School, Albuquerque, NM	Cindy Redman	Robert Harrer, Michael Gomez, Jr.	Untitled
~	St. Pius High School, Albuquerque, NM	Cindy Redman	Elizabeth Olson, Elizabeth Hamley	Moon Base
Div. II	Grades 6-8
~	Hoover Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Dan Humphreys	Devon Brown	Moon Base for the New Millenium
~	Hoover Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Dan Humphreys	Steve Amrhein, Brendan O'Brien	Untitled
~	Hoover Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Dan Humphreys	Jean-Louise Zancanella, Amanda Sloan	Moon Project
~	Eisenhower Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Valerie Duran	William Laub	Moonbase for the New Millenium
~	Eisenhower Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Valerie Duran	Michael Siegrist, Jim Youngblood	Moon Bases for the Future
~	Eisenhower Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Charlie Dawson	John Farmer, Michael DiMonico	Lunar Space Station
~	Eisenhower Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Charlie Dawson	Adam Hendrickson, Sean Good	Untitled
~	Wilson Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Joan Newsom	Sarah Bellacicco, Giao Nguyen	Lunar Bas for the New Millenium
~	Wilson Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Joan Newsom	Collin Spears, William Burk Vidmar	Moonbase for the New Millenium
~	Wilson Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Joan Newsom	Ubaldo Lechuga, Stewart Burk Vidmar	Mission to the Moon
Div. III	Class Projects
~	Madison Middle School, Albuquerque, NM	Susan Ostlie	N/A	Apollo Base 2001

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