Space Settlement Design Contest 2001 Results

Statistics

This year we received 135 submissions from 581 students and 23 teachers. Entries came from Austria, Japan and the United States. Submissions came from 14 U.S. states: California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

Winners

Grand Prize

Judging for the grand prize ended in a tie. The grand prize went to Meg O. and Nikhil T. for their submission Avalon, Mankind's Next Utopia and to Azhar S. A. for The Centurion Space Settlement. Meg and Nikhil are 10th graders from Berlin, New Jersey and Azhar studies at the Vienna International School in Vienna, Austria. Congratulations to these outstanding students.

Note: for the rest of the prizes there were individual, team/small group (consisting of 2-6 students) and large group (from 7-35 students) awards for two groups: 6-9^th grade and 10-12^th grade. Team names are listed by submission.

First Prize

2001 Malthide, West Springfield High School, Springfield, Virginia. 6-9 Individual
Avalon, Watauga, Texas. 10-12 Individual
Cowboy Frontier, Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto, California. 6-9 Team (tie)
Star Talon, Ellicott Elementary School, Calhan. Colorado 6-9 Team (tie)
Genesis V, Winston Churchill High School, Potomac, Maryland. 10-12 Team (tie)
The Twin Heavens, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland. 10-12 Team (tie)
Europa II, Collierville Middle School, Collierville, Tennessee. 6-9 Large Group
Purple Dancing Sheep, Accelerated Learning Center, Marion, North Carolina. 10-12 Large Group
Journal of Destiny, West Springfield High School, Springfield, Virginia. Artistic Merit

Second Prize

Novus Vallum, West Springfield High School, Springfield Virginia. 6-9 Individual (tie)
L.O.T.U.S., West Springfield High School,Springfield, Virginia. 6-9 Individual (tie)
Gateway Station, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland. 10-12 Individual
L'Odesse, Berlin Community School, Berlin, New Jersey. 6-9 Team (tie)
TOUTATIS, West Junior High School, Columbia, Missouri. 6-9 Team (tie)
Endeavor, Belmont High School, Belmont Massachusetts. 10-12 Team
Nasapetomia, Ellicott Elementary School, Calhan, Colorado. 6-9 Large Group
Lone Rangers, Ralston Middle School, Belmont, California. Artistic Merit.

Third Prize

Solar Eclipse 1057, Ralston Middle School, Belmont, California. 6-9 Individual
Inzenieris, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland. 10-12 Individual
FUZZ 3.1, Berlin Community School, Berlin, New Jersey. 6-9 Team (tie)
Phoenix Space Settlement, Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto, California. 6-9 Team (tie)
I.S.S. Messiah, Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto, California. 6-9 Team (tie)
Space Station Project, Belmont High School, Belmont, Massachusetts. 10-12 Team (tie)
Federal Orbital Detention Center, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland. 10-12 Team (tie)
Marie's Shooting Star, Austin Road Middle School, Stockbridge, Georgia. 6-9 Large Group (tie)
Stellar 4, Cortland Jr., Sr. High School, Cortland, New York. 6-9 Large Group (tie)
Orbital Torus, Los Angeles, California. Artistic Merit

Honorable Mention:

Noah's Arc, West Springfield High School, Springfield, Virginia. 6-9 Individual
Voyager, Berlin Community School, Berlin New Jersey. 6-9 Individual
Beyond Earth, Berlin Community School, Berlin New Jersey. 6-9 Individual
Home Sweet Home, Kadena Middle School, Okinawa, Japan. 6-9 Individual
Team Gold, Ralston Middle School, Belmont, California. 6-9 Individual
Space Tube, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland. 10-12 Individual
The Aurora Space Settlement Project, Freedom High School, Oakley, California. 10-12 Individual (tie)
Realism and Imagination, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland. 10-12 Individual
Orbital One Duo, Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Tampa Florida. 6-9 Team
U.S. Space Force, Ralston Middle School, Belmont, California. 6-9 Team
JKL Suites, Ralston Middle School, Belmont, California. 6-9 Team
Super Ship Millennium, Kadena Middle School, Okinawa, Japan. 6-9 Team
Zoom, Ralston Middle School, Belmont California. Artistic Merit
Genisis, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland. 10-12 Team
ACIS, Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto, California. 6-9 Team
A.L.P.H.A., Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto, California. 6-9 Team
CINCO, Cortland Jr., Sr. High School, Cortland, New York. 6-9 Large Group
Lunar Eclipse, Cortland Jr., Sr. High School, Cortland, New York. 6-9 Large Group
Astrodome, Ellicott Elementary School, Calhan, Colorado. 6-9 Large Group
Outer World, Ellicott Elementary School, Calhan, Colorado. 6-9 Large Group
I.S.C. 2001, Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Tampa, Florida. 6-9 Large Group
Donkey VII, Belmont High School, Belmont, Massachusetts. 10-12 Team
Dimeukratzuc, Belmont High School, Belmont, Massachusetts. 10-12 Team
SS - 108, Branson Jr. High School, Branson, Missouri. 6-9 Large Group
Gaea, Advanced Technologies Academy, Las Vegas, Nevada. 10-12 Team

Teachers

These teachers involved their classes in the contest:

Tommie Anderson, Branson Middle School, Branson, Missouri
Mike Baldwin and Thomas Keys, Collierville Middle School, Collierville, Tennessee
Suzanne Blau, Ellicott Elementary School, Calhan, Colorado
Dawn Bramer, West Junior High School, Columbia, Missouri
Shari Chapman, Paul Kroeger and Lori Martioski, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland
Levente Felcinczi, Vienna International School, Vienna, Austria
Barbara Anne Fisher, Woodrow Wilson Junior High School, Tampa, Florida
Fred Jacques, Berlin Community School, Berlin New Jersey
Beth Jewell, West Springfield High School, Springfield, Virginia
Mitch Johnson, Advanced Technologies Academy, Las Vegas Nevada
Kim Mayer, Belmont High School, Belmont, Massachusetts
Stephanie Passeri, Cortland Jr., Sr. High School, Cortland, NY.
Melisa Quinlan, Accelerated Learning Center, Marion, North Carolina
Tug Sezen, Freedom High School, Oakley, California
Marie Shifflett, Austin Road Middle School, Stockbridge, Georgia
Thomas Smetanick and Mr. Murphy, Winston Churchill High School, Potomac, Maryland
Heather Stenovitch, Kadena Middle School, Okinawa, Japan
Bryan Yager, Ralston Middle School, Belmont, California.

Judges

Al Globus, MRJ Technology Solutions Inc., at NASA Ames Research Center
David Kao, NASA Ames Research Center
Larry Kellogg, NASA Ames Research Center
Eric Langhirt, Advanced Management Technology, Inc.
Sid Sun, NASA Ames Research Center
Wenonah Vercoutere, University of California at Santa Cruz

Special thanks to Ken Souza, Bonnie Dalton and Ruth Globus at NASA Ames Research Center for supporting this educational activity.

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