Space Settlement Design Contest 2007 Results

Statistics

This year we received 109 submissions from 601 students sponsored by 33 teachers. Entries came from Canada, India, Iran, Romania, Slovenia, Uruguay, Venezuela, Turkey and 11 states: California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas and Utah.

Winners

Grand Prize

The Grand Prize winning submissions for 2007 are,

APIS from Constantza, Romania
EVA Project from Maldonado, Uruguay
PINTA from Istanbul, Turkey

The large group that submitted the EVA Project are students of Instructor Gaviraghi, Instructor Giminez and Instructor Ramos of the Liceo 4 de Maldonado School in Maldonado, Uruguay. [2-minute video interview in Spanish].
Pinta was created by the students of of Instructor Sefika Secilir of the Robert College School in Istanbul, Turkey.
Maga Cristinel of Ovidius High School in Constantza, Romania is the instructor of the students that submitted the project APIS.

Congratulations to all of this years participants for such outstanding research projects.

Note: for the rest of the prizes there were individual, team (consisting of 2-6 students) and large group awards for two groups: 6-9^th grade and 10-12^th grade. Team names are listed by submission.

Note: All awards will be sent out on 4/23/2007.

Student Art Gallery

First Prize

Odyssey, Ralston Middle School, Belmont, California. 6-9 Individual.
EM5SS 1, International Computer School, Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Individual.
BABEL, Apeejay School, Jalandahar, Punjab, India. 6-9 Team .
Adinfinitum, Colegiul National "Mircea cel Batran", Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team.
T.E.A.M, Cortland Jr. High School, Cortland , New Yorka. 6-9 Large Group (tie)
M.V.P., Cortland Jr. High School, Cortland, New York. 6-9 Large Group (tie)
P-3., Advanced Technologies Academy, Las Vegas, Nevada. 10-12 Large Group.
The Cradle Awakens., Garrett Kilbride , Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Artistic Merit
Tejaswin, Ryan International School, New Delhi, India. Literary Merit
ORION, Colegiul National "Mircea cel Batran", Constanta, Romania. Life Support.

Second Prize

ISS AIS , Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto, California.. 6-9 Individual.
Suekko, Richmond, Kentucky. 10-12 Individual.
ISS Leviathon, Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto, California. 6-9 Team. (tie)
G.E.C.O., Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto, California. 6-9 Team. (tie)
O.C.U.L.T., Colegiul National "Mircea cel Batran", Constanta, Romania. 10-12 Team.
Deregose Microcosm, Branson Junior High School, Branson, Missouri. 6-9 Large Group.
P-5, Advanced Technologies Academy, Las Vegas, Nevada. 10-12 Large Group. (tie)
P-7, Advanced Technology Academy, Las Vegas, Nevada. 10-12 Large Group. (tie)
Tejaswin, Ryan International School, New Delhi, India. Artistic Merit
Koinenda, Shelley Elementary School, American Fork, Utah. Literary Merit.
ELPIS, Colegiul National "Mircea cel Batran", Constanta, Romania. Life Support.

Third Prize

ShahRukh A, Vidyaranya High School, Andhra Pradesh, India.. 6-9 Individual.
Space Settlement, New Delhi, India. 10-12 Individual.
Sine Terminis, Northern Secondary School, Toronto, Canada. 6-9 Team.
Seamorgh, Tehran, Iran. 10-12 Team.
Space Station, Solski Center Ljubljana, Menges, Slovenia. Artistic Merit.
Rainbow, Bellaire High School, Houston, Texas. Life Support.

Honorable Mention:

The Alien Safari, Karnataka, India. 6-9 Individual.
The Angels, Los Robles Astronomy Club Maracaibo, Venezuela. 6-9 Team.
Omicron, Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto, California. 6-9 Team.
VILVO, Amritsa, Uttar Pradesh, India. 10-12 Team.
StarGate Mall, Ralston Middle School, Belmont, California. Artistic Merit.
Tornadoes, Terrace Community Middle School, Tampa, Florida. Artistic Merit.

Teachers

These teachers involved their classes in the contest:

Mrs. Radha Gopal Aggarwal Delhi, India
Ion Bararu, Colegiul National "Mircea cel Batran", Constanta, Romania.
Rocia Castillo, Terrace Middle School, Tampa, Florida.
B.K. Chandani, Chandani Coaching Center, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Maga Cristinel, Ovidius High School, Constantza, Romania.
Mrs. Elison, Miss Larson, Mrs. Gunderson and Mrs. Konold, Shelley Elementary School, American Fork, Utah.
Instructor Gaviraghi, Instructor Gimenez, and Instructor Ramos, Liceo 4 de Maldonado, Maldonado, Uruguay.
Stephanie Geyfman, Riverview, Florida.
Mitchell Johnson, Advanced Technologies Academy, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Kai Kuo, Bellaire High School, Houston, Texas.
Ginny Lennon, Branson Junior High School, Branson, Missouri.
Dr. Helen Loughner, Penn Trafford High School, Harrison City, Pennsylvania.
Eng. Patrick Morton, Miami, Florida.
Oprea Lucian, Colegiul National "Mircea cel Batran", Constanta, Romania.
Stephanie Passeri, Cortland Jr. and Sr. High School, Cortland, New York.
PDLN Srinivassa Rao, Sri Sarada Vidya Nilayam and Kranthi Nagar, Nakkavanipalem, P and T colony Post, Pradesh, India.
Emmanuel Ratnaraj, Apeejay School, Punjab, India.
Grant Roelf, Hyde Park Academy, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Dr. P. C. Rout, Rourkela, Orissa, India.
Sefika Secilir, Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey.
R. K. Singh, Uttar Pradesh, India.
V. Suresh, Town Higher Secondary School Tamil-Nadu, India.
Allan Varni, Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto, California.
Catherine Vreeland, Ringold High School, Ringold, Georgia.
Sadhana Walia, Ryan International School, New Delhi, India.
Tom Wells, Northern Secondary School, Canada.

Judges

Al Globus, San Jose State University Foundation at NASA Ames Research Center
David Kao, NASA Ames Research Center
John Stanley Karcz, NASA Ames Research Center
Gregory Larchev, University of California at Santa Cruz (UARC)
Chris Maese, NASA Ames Research Center
Hami Teal, NASA Ames Research Center
Wenonah Vercoutere, NASA Ames Research Center
S. Pete Worden, NASA Ames Center Director

Special thanks to Wenonah Vercoutere at NASA Ames Research Center for supporting this educational activity.

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