Supercomputing students from all across Iowa took home awards at the 1999 Adventures in Supercomputing (AiS) Expo held on April 22 in the Scheman Building at Iowa State University. The First Place team from Level 2 and Level 3 represented Iowa and presented their projects at the National AiS Expo in Washington D.C. on June 27-29 at the Holiday Inn Capitol.

Middle School Division


First Place
"Checking out Leonardo da Vinci's Golden Proportions"
Jana Hosek, Waade Posusta, John James
North Tama Community

Algebra Division


First Place
"Cloning: A Sheep Named Dolly"
Marissa Sukut
North Polk High School

Algebra II/Geometry Division


First Place
"The Mathematics of Elections, Will Your Vote Count?"
Jessica Gunzburger
Gilbert Jr-SR High School

Advanced Mathematics Division


First Place
"Animal Habitat: Implementation of a genetic algorithm to simulate trait and population variances of an animat population"
Margo Gray, Adam Kurrth, Darian Willette, Austin Wells
Davenport Central High School


Over 78 students from eight Iowa middle and high schools participated in the 1999 Adventures in Supercomputing (AiS) Expo.


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