Space Settlement Design Contest 2003 Results

Statistics

This year we received 89 submissions from 307 students and 24 teachers. Entries came from Austria, India, Japan, Romania and 11 states: California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin

Winners

Grand Prize

The grand prize went to two students from Iasi, Romania for their submission Teba 1 , Horia Mihail Teodorescu and Lucian Gabriel Bahrin are middle school students of teacher Prof. Horia Nicolai Teodorescu.
Congratulations to these young students for an outstanding research project.

Note: for the rest of the prizes there were individual, team (consisting of 2-6 students) and large group (from 7-18 students) and Classroom awards for two groups: 6-9^th grade and 10-12^th grade. Team names are listed by submission.

First Prize

Scott Fleischer, Bellmore, New York. 6-9 Individual
Indian Space Dream, Mylapore, Tamil Nadu, India. 10-12 Individual
The Earth Federation, Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto, California. 6-9 Team
Asgard, Fremont, California. 10-12 Team
Argon One, Collierville Middle School, Collierville, Tennessee. 6-9 Large Group
Cool, Cortland Jr. High School, Cortland, New York. 6-9 Classroom
D. Diaz, Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Tampa, Florida. Artistic Merit

Second Prize

Solar Energy for C2050, Anguel Alexiev, Los Angeles, California. 6-9 Individual
Structural Design, Felix Ferdinand Mikl, Vienna Int. School, Vienna, Austria 10-12 Individual
Space Settlement Turquoise, Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto, California. 6-9 Team
AndromedA, Seminole High School, Sanford, Florida. 10-12 Team
Espacio Ciudad, Woodrow Wilson Jr. High School, Tampa, Florida. 6-9 Large Group
Spice, Cortland Jr. High School, Cortland, New York. 6-9 Classroom
K. Garcia, Woodrow Wilson Jr. High School, Tampa, Florida. Artistic Merit.

Third Prize

Scion City, Ellison Olipane, Kadena Middle School, Okinawa, Japan. 6-9 Individual (tie)
Star, Malavika Vijay, West Springfield High School, Springfield, Virginia. 6-9 Individual (tie)
Triton Corporation, Ralston Middle School, Belmont, California. 6-9 Team (tie)
3-Designers, Ralston Middle School, Belmont, California. 6-9 Team (tie)
BGS, Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Tampa, Florida. 6-9 Team (tie)
Got Rice, Saint Thomas Aquinas H.S., Dover, New Hampshire. 10-12 Team (tie)
Echo, Freedom High School, Oakley, California 10-12 Team (tie)
Project Eden, Design and Technology Academy, San Antonio, Texas. 6-9 Large Group
T. Collore, Woodrow Wilson Jr. High School, Tampa, Florida. Artistic Merit. (tie)
Z. Ghee, Woodrow Wilson Jr. High School, Tampa, Florida. Artistic Merit. (tie)

Honorable Mention:

YMF13, Ralston Middle School, Belmont, California 6-9 Individual
Allen's Space Colony Los Alamos Middle School, Los Alamos, New Mexico. 6-9 Individual
Odysseus, Los Alamos Middle School, Los Alamos, New Mexico. 6-9 Team
Ethra, Jefferson Middle School, Madison, Wisconsin. 6-9 Team
Alone, Ralston Middle School, Belmont, California 6-9 Team
Gremlins, Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 6-9 Team
ISS Night Owl, Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto, California. 6-9 Team
OETC, Design and Technology Academy, San Antonio, Texas. 6-9 Large Group
Juno Space Settlement, Freedom High School, Oakley, California. 10-12 Team
A. Roy, Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Tampa Florida. 6-9 Artistic Merit

Teachers

These teachers involved their classes in the contest:

Ms. Afonso, John F. Kennedy School, Bellmore, New York
Jan Baldridge, Heights Middle School, Farmington, New Mexico
Suzanne Blau, Ellicott Middle School, Ellicott, Colorado
Mike Baldwin, Thomas Keys and Pete Daunais, Collierville Middle School, Collierville, Tennessee
Maggie Elestwani, Jefferson Middle School, Madison, Wisconsin
Levente Felvinczi, Vienna International School, Vienna, Austria
Barbara Anne Fisher and Jennifer Lancaster, Woodrow Wilson Junior High School, Tampa, Florida
Susan Graham, Saint Thomas Aquinas High School, Dover, New Hampshire
Heather Heacock, Los Alamos Middle School, Los Alamos, New Mexico
Beth Jewell, West Springfield High School, Springfield, Virginia,
Stephanie Passeri, Cortland Jr., Sr. High School, Cortland, NY.
Jeff Rigg, Coeur d'Alene Charter School, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Ms. Scott, Design and Technology Academy, San Antonio, Texas
Tug Sezen, Freedom High School, Oakley, California
Rosemary Shaw, Seminole High School, Sanford, Florida
Prof. Horia Teodorescu, Prof. Adam Korilloff and Prof. Margareta Constantinescu
Allan Varni, Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto, California.
Jim Weaver, Kadena Middle School, Okinawa, Japan
Bryan Yager, Ralston Middle School, Belmont, California.

Judges

Al Globus, contractor, NASA Ames Research Center
David Kao NASA Ames Research Center
Larry Kellogg, NASA Ames Research Center
B. J. Navarro, NASA Ames Research Center
Chris Roden, NASA Ames Research Center
Wenonah Vercoutere, NASA Ames Research Center

Special thanks to Dr. Charlie Wade and Ruth Globus at NASA Ames Research Center for supporting this educational activity.

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