Space Colony Contest 1997 Results

Statistics

There were 89 entries by 208 students, and 12 schools participated. Entries came from Israel, Canada and the U.S. Once again space settlement powerhouse John Swett High School dominated the 6-9 grade prizes. This year they were joined by newcomer Richard Montgomery High School which did very well in the 10-12 grade category. Josh Looks, who has moved to Israel, and Northern Secondary School in Canada took first place in their categories for the second year in a row. The U.S. regained grand prize status from Argentina with an exceptional effort by Nyssa Stephanie Rene Woods. The judges were especially pleased that the contest received entries outside the sciences from the Alabama School of Fine Arts and others. Ralston Middle School had the best models, we wish there was some way to put them on the WWW. Many thanks for all the hard work and enthusiasm from a wonderful world wide group of students and educators.

Winners

Grand Prize

Note: for the rest of the prizes there were individual and team awards for two groups: 6-9th grade and 10-12th grade. Team members are listed in alphabetical order. There were a number of ties.

First Prizes

• Exploration Space Colony, Josh Looks, Jerusalem, Israel 6-9
• Space Colony Terra Nova: Beyond 2001, Katie Neish, McNicoll Park Junior Secondary School, Penticton, British Columbia, Canada 10-12
• Nacsent, A Space Settlement, Danielle Cheshareck, Nicole Gillard, Farm Saeteurn, Dana Williams and Yolanda Wong, John Swett High School, Crockett, CA 6-9
• Vaughn Gunkelman, Josh Hanson and Hans List, John Swett High School, Crockett, CA 6-9
• Cosmograd NXS-3XO-ROBB, Jeremy Burman, James Crawford, Justine Dembo, Margarita Marinova, Rachel Nordstrom and Silas Wang, Northern Secondary School, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 10-12

Second Prizes

• OC-1 GASPRA (Orbital Colony-1, nickname "The Wheel"), Devin Serpa, John Swett High School, Crockett, California 6-9
• Pegasus I: the First Space Settlement, Yevgeniya Nusinovich, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland 10-12
• Planet Soul -- Where Peace is a Virtue, Annalisa Garcia, Penny Guevarra, Seng Suon, and Kathleen We, John Swett High School, Crockett, California 6-9
• NASA Space Settlement Design, Erza Chen and Thomas Luu, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland 10-12
• Space Colony, David Marks and Rebecca Underhill, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland 10-12

Third Prizes

• Madeline Smith, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham, Alabama 6-9
• Alpha J.C., James Godwin, Oak Grove Academy, Bemidji, Minnesota 6-9
• The United Nations Universal Headquarters, Peter Poer, Akimel Middle School, Phoenix, Arizona 6-9
• The Recycling of Proteinacious Substances, Daniel Ginat, Bronx Science, New York, New York 10-12
• Nate Allard, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland 10-12
• Space Empire, Steve Brown, Caleb Hanscom, Robert Hawkins, Chris McGraw and John Orozco, Ralston Middle School, Belmont, California 6-9
• Deez Alpha, Robert Huang, Chris Johnson, Jared Kenny and Amareep Kullar, John Swett High School, Crockett, California 6-9
• Gravitational Implications of a Space Colony, Joan Gitnick and Funmi Obiri, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland 10-12
• NASA Double Paint Roller, Paul Duston-Munoz and Pat Rial, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland 10-12

Honorable mention for artistic merit:

• Nevine Younes, Taylor High School, Katy, Texas

Teachers

Several educators deserve special mention for their involvement:

• John Andersen, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland
• Dan Beaty, Jenks Public Schools, Jenks, Oklahoma
• Lori Gatlin, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham, Alabama
• Mary L. Godwin, Oak Grove Academy, Bemidji, Minnesota
• Jon Goetz, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland
• Tug Sezen, John Swett High School, Crockett, CA
• Barbara Shoemaker, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland
• Gladys W. Tynes, Taylor High School, Katy, Texas
• T. Wells, Northern Secondary School, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Paul Wilcox, Akimel Middle School, Phoenix, Arizona
• Karen S. Woods, Seton Home Study School, Jacksonville, Illinois
• Bryan Yager, Ralston Middle School, Belmont, CA 1994

Judges

• Al Globus
• Soheila Jahromi, Architect and project manager with DMJM, sjahromi@mail.arc.nasa.gov
• Sandy Johan
• Kevin McCabe

Special thanks to Gail Felchle for the design and production of the certificates. Thanks to Ruth Globus for designing the certificate logo.

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Author: Al Globus