HP Names Winners of Create-a-Calculator Contest
Students, educators, and administrators in high schools and colleges win thousands of dollars in cash prizes and calculators.

HP and Scholastic Administr@tor recently named the winners of the 2005 Create-a-Calculator contest. Since 2003 the two companies have partnered together to encourage students to design original products that are both functional and visually appealing. This year, students in high school and college were eligible to enter. Members of the American Society of Engineering Education, employees of HP, and editors from Scholastic Administr@tor magazine and Scholastic’s teen magazine network judged the entries. Judges looked at creativity, technology, presentation, and feasibility to select three grand-prize winners and five runners-up in each category. At the high school level, one teacher and one school were recognized for the greatest number of entries.

For more details on the contest, visit www.hp.com/calculators.

2005 CREATE-A-CALCULATOR WINNERS:

High school winners

1st Prize Chris Camporeale
Grade 9, Canton High School
Canton, Connecticut
Product: HP X–1 Graphing Calculator
Prize: $3,000
Camporeale’s 17-page report detailed HP X–1’s main features: integrated wireless communications, Bluetooth, color touch screen, compact flash memory, C++ programming language, four-dimensional graphing, and emergency backup battery.

2nd Prize Ken Hu
Grade 12, Cerritos High School
Cerritos, California
Product: HP PC (Personal Calculator)
Prize: $2,000

3rd Prize Brian Gay
Grade 12, Junipero Serra High School
San Diego
Product: The Infiniti Plus Calculator: Derivative of Genius
Prize: $1,000

1st Runner-up* Pascale Ngo
Grade 12, Cerritos High School
Cerritos, California
Product: HP Hologram Portal

2nd Runner-up Christine Chung
Grade 12, Cerritos High School
Cerritos, California
Product: HP MC2006

3rd Runner-up Christina Cho
Grade 12, Cerritos High School
Cerritos, California
Product: HP Plethorator

4th Runner-up Judy P. Hines
Grade 12, Cerritos High School
Cerritos, California
Product: HP JH05

5th Runner-up Soo (Deborah) Kim Grade 12, Cerritos High School
Cerritos, California
Product: HP Multi-Functional Calculator
*All high school-level winners and runners-up will receive an HP 39g+ Graphing Calculator.

Most School Entries:
Cerritos High School
Cerritos, California
Prize: 50 HP 39g+ Graphing Calculators

Most Teacher Entries:
Cindy Ravalo
Cerritos High School
Cerritos, California
Prize: $750

College winners

1st Prize Tim Wessman
Junior, Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah
Product: HP 50G Calculator
Prize: $4,000
Wessman’s HP 50G is designed for rugged use in the field. His entry included detailed graphs and content on design, display, keyboard and interface, user programs, compatibility, communication, and test mode.

2nd Prize Nathan Clark
Fresno City College
Fresno, California
Product: HP 49C Graphing Calculator Accessory for Handheld Computers
Prize: $3,000

3rd Prize Bashar Al-Salim
Sophomore, University of
Nebraska–Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska
Product: HP 2010
Industrial Calculator
Prize: $2,000

1st Runner-up** Daniel P. Lupone
Freshman, SUNY Canton
Canton, New York
Product: HP CX1 Graphing Calculator

2nd Runner-up Darren Colby
Freshman, SUNY Canton
Canton, New York
Product: HP 49G+ Triple

3rd Runner-up Timothy Vollmer Freshman, SUNY Canton
Canton, New York
Product: HP Multi-Purpose
Graphing Calculator

4th Runner-up Jacob W. Gates
Freshman, SUNY Canton
Canton, New York
Product: HP 3000

5th Runner-up Brian Tulip and Andrew Conant
Freshmen, SUNY Canton
Canton, New York
Product: HP Calculator

**All college-level winners and runners-up will receive an HP 49g+ Graphing Calculator.