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NMNWSE  encourages women to enter into, and develop their careers in, science, engineering, and allied professions through annual technical symposia, outreach, and local chapter activities.

Call for Nominations for 2013 NMNWSE IMPACT! Award

2013 NMNWSE Annual Meeting - Registration Now Open

The Annual NMNWSE Meeting and Technical Symposium, held each fall, provides an opportunity to present technical papers in a supportive environment. It also provides professional development and networking opportunities.

BREAKING NEWS:   5/11/2013  
The Shaffer Hotel is under new management. Unfortunately all room reservations for AM 2013 were lost in the process. If you already made a room reservation at the Shaffer Hotel, you will need to make it again. Apologies for the inconvenience.

The 2013 NMNWSE Technical Symposium and Annual Meeting will be held 25-27 October 2013 at the Shaffer Hotel in Mountainair, New Mexico. Meeting details at   http://nmnwse.org/AM/2013/. Registration deadline: Oct 10, 2013 The 7th Annual NMNWSE IMPACT! Award will be presented at the Meeting. IMPACT! Award information and nomination forms at:   http://nmnwse.org/ImpactAward/. Nomination deadline: Nov 9, 2013 The 2014 NMNWSE Board will be also be elected at the Meeting.  Please contact the NMNWSE Board if you would be interested in helping with Board activities, or would like to nominate someone.  See also the Spring 2013 mini-newsletter featuring a Note from the 2013 NMNWSE President

2013 NMNWSE Award winners at NAISEF, NMSEF, and NMSCC

Congratulations to the NMNWSE Award winners at the 2013 National American Indian Science and Enginnering Fair and EXPO (NAISEF), held 21-23 March 2013 at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, NM:

• Sinihele Rhoades, grade 5, Engineering: Electrical and Mechanical, Automa-tada, an investigation into the workings of automaton toys, with a tie in to a native legend.
• Priscilla Martinez, grade 9, Animal Studies, Cota the Tumors, an investigation into whether a traditional herbal medicine had an impact on reducing tumors (it did).
• Kendra Pallin, grade 12, Microbiology, Contrary to the Textbook: Possible Sporulation and Indentification of Bog Mycobacteria Isolates from Pitcher Plants, an impressive in-depth study.

Each received $50, an award certificate, and a tote bag with Career Materials. The judges for NMNWSE were Laurie Marnell and Tinka Gammel.

Congratulations to the NMNWSE Award winners at the 2013 New Mexico Science and Engineering Fair, held 5-6 April 2013 at New Mexico Tech in Socorro, NM:

There were 10 awards for $50 plus a certificate and tote bag with goodies:

• Botany (Plant Sciences) - Andrea Chin-Lopez, Taos Middle School: Chokecherry & Cyanide
• Chemistry - Tharani Murali, Sierra Middle School: Environmentally Friendly Energy
• Earth & Planetary Sciences - Cecilia Pareja, Our Lady of Fatima: Greenhouse Gasses
• Energy & Transportation - Alicia Ulibarri, St. Charles Borromeo School: Efficient Home Insulation
• Engineering - Molly Klein, St. Thomas Aquinas School: When It Rain, It "Porous"
• Environmental Sciences - Ruby Selvage, Los Alamos Middle School: Gallium Reacts to the Fuel Crisis
• Mathematical Sciences - Sueda Cetinkaya, Albuquerque School of Excellence: Image Analysis of Skin Cancer Using Fractal Geometry
• Medicine & Health Sciences - Julia Johnson, Taos Middle School: The Sound of Music
• Microbiology - Priyanica Velappan, Los Alamos: Bacteria Vs. Spices
• Physics & Astronomy - Olivia Schmelzel, Roosevelt Middle School: Just Wheelin' Around

There were 5 honorable mention awards for a certificate and tote bag with goodies:

• Botany (Plant Sciences) - Madalena Roeber, Jefferson Middle School: Fungi as Fertilizer (Part II)
• Chemistry - Casey Tessier, Jefferson Middle School: Cheap Efficiency
• Engineering - Candace Johnston, Los Lunas Middle School: Which Gun Powder is Most Reliable?
• Environmental Sciences - Hailey Hines, Our Lady of the Assumption: Phase II Exposures from Granite: Radon
• Physics & Astronomy - Tessa Dallo, Albuquerque School of Excellence: Blinded By the Light

Due to the fact that we only had 5 judges this year, we limited our judging to the Juniors. Judges for the NMNWSE Awards were Claudia Barreto, Nanette Founds, Yolanda King, Laurie Marnell, and Diane Oyen.

Congratulations to the NMNWSE Award winners at the 2013 New Mexico Supercomputing Challenge (NMSCC), held 22-23 April 2013 at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, NM:

• Sara Hartse, Desert Academy, Member of Team 31 whose project was Comparison of Optimization Techniques for Road Networks
• Rachel Robey, Los Alamos High School, Member of Team 53 whose project was Lowrider to Flowrider, Vehicle Aerodynamics and Aeromodding

The NMSCC winners were recognized both for their contributions to their team projects as well as for furthering the goals of the Network as demonstrated by their mentoring of younger students in computer programming and modeling. Each received $50, an award certificate, and a tote bag with Career Materials. The judge for NMNWSE was Eleanor Walther.
 

NMNWSE Members Rebecca Galves and Irene Lee Receive YWCA Women on the Move Award

NMNWSE Board Member Yolanda King recognized for 30 yrs Civil Service, named to NM Women's Forum

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Spring 2013 NMNWSE Mini-Newsletter/Note From President   (380 KB pdf file)     October 2012 NMNWSE Newsletter   (450 KB pdf file)         Newsletter Archive.