2025 Northeastern New Mexico Regional Science and Engineering Fair Results

March 22, 2025

Highest Honors

(**Denotes Bid to International Competition; ISEF)

**Best in Show (Senior)

“Investigating inter-subjective Realities from a Novel NLP and Chaos Theory Approach”

Camila Carreon

 

**Best in Show (Senior)

“Shattering the Fog: Suicide Deterrence System Models for Elevated Structures”

Dillon Uphoff

 

Best in Show Runner Up (Senior)

*2025 Runners Up scored equally. In the event that an alternate is called for international, a further caucus will be held to determine who will receive the bid.

“The Neutron Star Equation of State”

Tate Plohr

 

 

Best in Show Runner Up (Senior)

*2025 Runners Up scored equally. In the event that an alternate is called for international, a further caucus will be held to determine who will receive the bid.

“Know-it-all Networks on Pneumonia”

Alyssa Sun

 

Best in Show (Junior)

“Innovating Stealth Through Optical Comparisons of Aircraft Design”

Alisha Wald

“Modeling Fast-Moving Objects as They Travel through Crowded Astronomical Neighborhoods”

Kalliope Welch

Awards by Category

(* Denotes a bid to the NM Science & Engineering Fair in Socorro, NM – All 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place projects advance to State)

 

Animal Science – JUNIOR

1st: Justin Lei & Al-Aziz N’daw *

2nd: Miranda Coffey *

3rd: Kamilla Varela *

 

 

Animal Science – SENIOR

1st: Eliana Sanchez *

 

Microbiology – JUNIOR

1st: Zachary White & Daniel Yampolsky *

 

Cellular & Molecular Biology – Junior

1st: Esperanza Herrera *

 

 

Cellular & Molecular Biology – Senior

1st: Kylee Mondragon *

 

Biochemistry – JUNIOR

1st: James Junghans *

2nd: Evie Odiamar *

 

Biochemistry – SENIOR

1st: Mario Moraga Flores *

 

Biomedical Sciences – JUNIOR

1st: Joshua Bala *

2nd: Javier Chacon & Brandon Keller *

3rd: Lariana Saiz *

HM: Alice Altschuler

 

Behavioral Science – JUNIOR

1st: Amelie Blaustein *

2nd: Rose Mares *

 

Behavioral Science – SENIOR

1st: Camila Carreon *

2nd: Valeria Lopez & Hector Perez *

 

Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics – JUNIOR

1st: Andrew Gilbertson *

2nd: Abeita Sanders & Jamie Reesa *

 

Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics – SENIOR

1st: Idania Gutierrez *

 

Environmental Engineering – JUNIOR

1st: Raizo Jafar *

2nd: Scarlett Smith *

3rd: Melanie Juarez Salgado *

 

Environmental Engineering – SENIOR

1st: Dillan Uphoff *

2nd: Lilia Viteva *

 

ENERGY: Sustainable Materials & Design – JUNIOR

1st: Tanis Bower *

2nd: Mason Garcia *

3rd: Rebecca Champenois *

 

ENERGY: Sustainable Materials & Design – SENIOR

1st: Cash Wodrich *

 

 

Chemistry – JUNIOR

1st: Samual Cawkwell *

2nd: Isabella Martinez *

3rd: Evelyn Forbes *

HM: Margarito Jaramillo

HM: Noah Wodrich

 

Chemistry – SENIOR

1st: Evan Pena *

 

 

Earth & Environmental Science – JUNIOR

1st: Evan DeHerrera*

2nd: Amorita Vigil *

3rd: Mia Mendoza *

 

Materials Science – JUNIOR

1st: Emma Lavadie *

2nd: Nina Gilroy *

3rd: Yamina Medina *

 

Materials Science – SENIOR

1st: John LeBlanc *

2nd: Jude Rosas *

 

Plant Science – JUNIOR

1st: Jayden Alvarez *

2nd: Catherine Polak *

3rd: Jerome Lucero *

Honorable Mention: Shayne Trujillo

 

Physics & Astronomy – JUNIOR

1st: Alisha Wald *

2nd: Kalliope Welch *

3rd: Jaxon Joye *

 

Physics & Astronomy – SENIOR

1st: Tate Plohr *

2nd: Joel Saltzman *

 

Robotics & Intelligent Machines – JUNIOR

1st: Tatiana Rascon *

 

Robotics and Intelligent Machines – SENIOR

1st: Alyssa Sun *

2nd: Aylen Hernandez *

 

Mathematics – JUNIOR

1st: Liam Colgan *

 

Mathematics – SENIOR

1st: Helena Welch *

 

Systems Software – JUNIOR

1st: Sequoya Ke *

 

Systems Software – SENIOR

1st: Adrian Fuentes, Rylen Holterman, & Juan Maestas *