| Students from North Alabama performed exceptionally well in the recent
statewide Computational Science EXPO held at UAH in Huntsville on May 4th.
Schools that participated included Bob Jones High School, Central School,
Hazel Green High School, Monrovia Middle School, Sparkman High School,
and Williams Technology Middle School. This year’s performance continues
the tradition of excellence in computational science that has been carried
on by the North Alabama area.
Students at Monrovia Middle School and Williams Technology Middle School won the highest number of awards in the middle school team awards. Monrovia Middle School had the highest average on the computational science written test and students from Monrovia Middle School received eight out of the top ten scores on the test. A team from Monrovia Middle School also won the middle school Alabama Supercomputer award, named for the Alabama Supercomputer Center and recognizing the team with the highest cumulative score on their project technical paper, project presentation, and their written test scores. Williams Technology Middle School was recognized for having the first place website. High school students also performed exceptionally well, receiving one first place, two second place, one fourth place, one fifth place, and two superior project awards. Bob Jones High School students almost swept the advanced division in high school projects. High school students also placed nine students in the top fifteen on the written test competition. Five Bob Jones High School students won scholarships to the University of Alabama in Huntsville, four for their first place computational science project, the other for the highest score of the computational science written test. A team from Bob Jones High School also won the high school Alabama Supercomputer award, named for the Alabama Supercomputer Center and recognizing the team with the highest cumulative score on their project technical paper, project presentation, and their written test scores. Sparkman High School was also recognized as having the first place website. The RCI. Ltd., Award was presented to the ASPIRE Regional Training Centers for their dedicated service to the ASPIRE program, their colleagues, and their community. Two ASPIRE Regional Training Centers are located in the Huntsville area – Monrovia Middle School, Gina Sullivan, Teacher; and Williams Technology Middle School, Jane Jones, Teacher. Teachers participating in the statewide EXPO:
SCHOOL WEBSITE AWARD First Place Award: Williams Technology Middle School, Jane Jones, Teacher HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION II PROJECTS Second Place Award: “Darkshyour: A Journey Through Text-Based Game Theory”, Matt Boardman, Stephen Shreeves, Alex Durie, and Patrick Merrick, Sparkman High School, Huntsville Superior Project Award: “Maze of the Monsters”, Kevin Myrick and James Stubblefield, Sparkman High School, Huntsville HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION III PROJECTS
Second Place Award: Sea Navigation Utilizing Linear Collision Detection and Recursive Course Modification”, Terry Meacham, Nick Bendler, Robert Martin, and Chad Anderson, Bob Jones High School, Madison Fourth Place Award: “F. A. T. Albert”, Rachel Achorn, Alex Martinello, Courtney Davis, and Jason Goldman, Bob Jones High School, Madison Fifth Place Award: “Fingerprint Identification Using the Fast Fourier Transform”, Juan Bedolla, Dominick Hambrick, and Brett Gunter, Sparkman High School, Huntsville Superior Project Awards:
HIGH SCHOOL WRITTEN TEST AWARDS
Top 15 Award:
BEST USE OF A SUPERCOMPUTER
ALABAMA SUPERCOMPUTER AWARD
MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION I AWARDS
Second Place Award: “Zap Your Stains!! Which is the Better Stain Remover?”, Robert Hedrick, Sunni Mullenix, Kenya Goggans, Brandon Wilson, Monrovia Middle School, Huntsville Third Place Award: “Sports Drinks vs. Water”, Taylor Vandiver, Christi Parrish, Megan Shirley, John Harbin, Monrovia Middle School, Huntsville Fourth Place Award: “How Far Can I Kick It?”, Bromley Trotman, Qwyalin Williams, Suchet Gundogollu, Justin Shirey, Williams Technology Middle School, Huntsville Fifth Place Award: “Burger for a Buck! (Or More)”, Christian Howell, Siobhan O’Reilly, Kelsey Ward, Williams Technology Middle School, Huntsville Superior Project Awards:
“Can You Buy a Winning Team?”, Stephon Jones, David McDonald, Eric McCrory, Jeremy Cunningham, Williams Technology Middle School, Huntsville MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION II AWARDS
Second Place Award: “Does School Start too Early Lauren Burns, Megan Quintana, Shane Russell, Richard Segraves, Monrovia Middle School, Huntsville Third Place Award: “Stuck in a Jam?”, Courtney Gibbs, Vickie Ivey, Kari Doubleday, Logan Whitt, Monrovia Middle School, Huntsville Fourth Place Award: “Not Just Another Dumb Blonde: Or Is She?”, Robby Geren, Emily Roberson, Aaron Smith, Monrovia Middle School, Huntsville Fifth Place Award: “Glucose-Insulin Feedback Mechanism”, Amanda Baldonado, Joey Noyes, Ramon Ortiz, Benjamin Brewer, Williams Technology Middle School, Huntsville Superior: “Modeling the Spread of Mononucleosis”, Aerial Doaty, Mindy Torongeau, Williams Technology Middle School, Huntsville ALABAMA SUPERCOMPUTER AWARD:
MIDDLE SCHOOL WRITTEN TEST AWARDS
School with the Highest Test Average: Monrovia Middle School, Huntsville Top 10 Awards
STUDENTS’ CHOICE AWARD:
TEACHERS’ CHOICE AWARD:
DELTACOM DIFFERENCE AWARD:
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