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 *