More than 30 students competed in the Regional Science & Engineering Fair in Las Vegas, NM. Photo by Hubert van Hecke
JROMC News:
The J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee (JROMC) is pleased to announce its award winners for the Northeastern New Mexico Science & Engineering Fair:
Tate Plohr, “The Neutron Star Equation of State,” Los Alamos High School, First Place Physics & Astronomy and Best in Show Runner Up (senior division).
Alyssa Sun, “Know-it-all Networks and Pneumonia,” Los Alamos High School, First Place Robotics and Intelligent Machines and Best in Show Runner Up (senior division).
Helena Welch, “Analyzing Pre-Indo-European Etruscan Theory Using Topological Data Analysis,” Los Alamos Homeschool, First Place Mathematics (senior division).
Adrian Fuentes, Rylen Holterman, and Juan Maestas “Ember Emergency: Addressing Inequality in Wildfire Preparedness in Rio Arriba County,” Española High School, First Place Systems Software (senior division).
Camila Carreon, “Investigating Intersubjective Realities from a Novel NLP and Chaos Theory Approach” Santa Fe Prep, First Place Behavioral Science and Best in Show (senior division).
JROMC is pleased to announce that the following students won JROMC Awards at the National History Day contest in Albuquerque, New Mexico:
Alexis Baca (award for Excellence in Research) from Hope Christian School in Albuquerque for her individual performance, “La Monja Mala: How the Bad Behavior of Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz Sparked Global Change” and Chloe Lopez (award for Person/People in Science) from Alice King Community School in Albuquerque for her individual website, “Shadows of Suffering: Impact of Human Experiments in History.”
National History Day annually attracts more than half a million students in grades 6 through 12 at local, county, state and national levels. Working individually or in small teams, students study historical topics for several months before submitting their entries, which may include a documentary, exhibit, paper, performance, or website. In April, more than 200 middle and high school students from across New Mexico participated in the 2025 state contest in Albuquerque.
The J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee is a nonprofit organization that honors the legacy and spirit of the Scientific Director of the Manhattan Project by promoting the love of learning and the power of discovery in ways that have a positive impact on our world. With financial support from our community donors, the committee honors Oppenheimer’s legacy through thought-provoking public lectures by distinguished speakers, a scholarship program for high school students, and science-education outreach activities in Northern New Mexico.
The JROMC also sponsors the Oppenheimer Memorial Lecture. This year the free lecture will be “Jellyfish-Inspired Engineering” by Professor John Dabiri at 7 p.m., Monday, June 2, 2025 at the Duane Smith Auditorium in Los Alamos. For more information, go to JROMC.org.