IBM Master the Mainframe Contest

The IBM Academic Initiative System z and the IBM Master the Mainframe Contest Team would like to give special recognition to the students who distinguished themselves through their accomplishments in Part 2 and Part 3 of the contest.

Part 3 honorable mention

The following students performed extraordinarily well in Part 3 of the 2007 IBM Master the Mainframe Contest, earning spots in the top twenty out of 1,750 registered contestants:

Sam Bader, Ravenscroft School
Elijah Buck, Grinnell College
Charles Cahill, Marist College
John Dowd, Northeastern University
Joseph Grafsgaard, North Carolina State University
Luke Guan, Stony Brook University
Jinhu Huang, Seneca College
Mike Koehler, University of Illinois at Springfield
Budhi Martaputra, Ryerson University
Hector Martin, Florida Institute of Technology
Clayton Melanson, Houston Community College
Mike Neilsen, University of Minnesota Duluth
Kevin Tharp, Sonoma State University
Scott Vetter, Marist University
George F. Wang, UCLA

Congratulations to all of these students on their impressive performances in a very tough Part 3! They have proven their exceptional mainframe skills and their ability to solve a wide variety of difficult technical problems.

Part 2 honorable mention

We'd be remiss in not congratulating the following 142 students who also successfully completed Part 2, a very impressive accomplishment requiring many hours of work and a solid foundational knowledge of many facets of the mainframe:

• Brian Acton, Columbus State University
• Elton Aguiar, Seneca@York College
• Josh Aldershof, Northern Illinois University
• Nathan Andrews, University of Phoenix - Detroit Campus
• Andrey Anisimov, Georgian College
• Hugo Arenas, Houston Community College
• Monica Ausderau, Georgian College
• Rohit Babbar, Syracuse University
• Craig Baker, Clemson University
• Sandra Batres, Houston Community College, Town and Country
• Hector Becerra Esquivel, Tecnologico de Monterrey
• Joseph Bedell, Marist College
• Elizabeth Bell, Georgian College
• Justin Bennett, Clarkson University
• Archana Bhattaram, University of Arkansas
• Jordan Black, East Tennessee State University
• Aaron Blum, Stevens Institute of Technology
• Mike Boht, Georgian College
• Carlos Enrique Bravo Gonzalez, Tecnologico de Monterrey
• Larenzo Bredeck, Western Illinois University
• Michael Burr, University of South Carolina
• John Campbell, Malone College
• Kelly Carothers, Appalachian State University
• Sreepriya Chalakudy Ganapathy, University of Arkansas
• Uriel Checa, Tecnologico de Monterrey
• Beiheng Chen, University of Missouri - St. Louis
• Bijumon Chettiparamb, Union Christian College
• Michael Cifelli, SUNY Potsdam
• Michael Curry, Southern Polytechnic State University
• Amar Dave, Faileigh Dickinson University
• John Davis, North Carolina State University
• Trevor Davis, Mohawk College
• Jennifer DeLoach, West Virginia University of Parkersburg
• Scott Densten, Pace University
• Ian De Silva, Michigan State University
• Rafal Dobosz, Georgian Collage
• Amanpreet Duggal, Marist College
• Anatoly Efremov, Ryerson University
• Thomas English, Neumont University
• Peter Eppestine, University of Missouri - Rolla
• Javier Estrada Benavides, Tecnologico de Monterrey
• Rob Fama, Marist College
• Aaron Fan, Ocoee High School
• Robert Frost, Texas State University
• Matthew Gall, Cicero - North Syracuse
• Patrick Glatt, Georgian College
• Alexandria Glover, Columbus State University
• Bhalchandra Gondhalekar, Illinois State University
• David Grant, Georgian College- Barrie Campus
• Adam Gross, Malone College
• Luke Guan, Stony Brook University
• Sameer Gupta, Stevens Institute of Technology
• Andrew Helbers, East Stroudburg High School South
• Andrew Herman, Michigan State University
• John Hite, Stevens Institute of Technology
• Trung Ho, Columbia University
• Patrick Howse, Georgian College
• Jinhu Huang, Seneca College
• Aaron Hubbart, Eastern Illinois University
• Anar Huseynov, West Texas A&M University
• Kyle Ingalsbe, Southern Polytechnic State University
• Betsy Jeffery, Marist College
• Joseph Jones, University of Missouri - St Louis
• Matthew Jones, University of Maryland University College
• Adrian Juarez, Tecnologico de Monterrey
• David Kobilnyk, Oral Roberts University
• Mike Koehler, University of Illinois at Springfield
• David Kolb, Columbus State University
• Justin Kong, Queen's University
• Justin Labreche, Georgian College
• Joshua Lambert, Nederland High School
• Roberto Lanzagorta, Tecnologico de Monterrey
• Kris Larson, University of Arizona
• Zhongling Li, Columbia University
• Mingming Li, University of Arkansas
• Christie Lo, University of Central Florida
• Kevin Looker, Georgian College
• Aranzazu Lopez, Tecnologico de Monterrey
• Lane Lucht, Rochester Institute of Technology
• Trevor Mack, Rochester Institute of Technology
• Djaun Maclin, Northern Illinois University
• Budhi Martaputra, Ryerson University
• Hector Martin, Florida Institute of Technology
• Aaron Matt, Stevens Institute of Technology
• Becky Medley, West Texas A&M University
• Clayton Melanson, Houston Community College
• Juan Salvador Montoya Cavero, Tecnologico de Monterrey
• Yacin Nadji, Illinois Institute of Technology
• Anson Nichols, Eastern Illinois University
• Fernando Nuflo, Ryerson University
• Alejandro Palacios,Tecnologico de Monterrey
• Aldo Paniagua, Tecnologico de Monterrey
• Sukhdeep Parmar, Georgian College
• Nichol Perry-Meeks, West Virginia University of Parkersburg
• David Pfeffer, Stevens Institute of Technology
• Javier Pindter Medina, Tecnologico de Monterrey
• Brandon Postal, Northern Illinois University
• Thamir Qadah, California State University - Fullerton
• Azzam Qazi, Stony Brook University
• Vijay Aravind Rajagopalan, University of Arkansas
• Aishwarya Rajamani, University of Arkansas
• Anice Rajan, Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning
• Justin Redmond, Georgian College
• James Register, West Virginia University of Parkersburg
• Davey Roberts, Ryerson
• Jose Rodriguez, Texas A&M University
• Mythreyee Sammeta, Northern Illinois University
• Jorge Sanchez, Tecnologico de Monterrey
• Zach Savishinsky, SUNY Binghamton
• Patrick Schisler, University of Missouri - St.Louis
• Nick Selvaggio, New York Institute of Technology
• Xinxin Sheng, North Carolina State University
• Amarjeet Singh, Georgian College
• Christopher Skowera, University of Missouri - St. Louis
• Milad Sleiman, Northern Illinois University
• Shannon Smith, Georgian College
• Fresa Solorio, West Texas A&M University
• George Soosai, Georgian College
• Colin Speake, Georgian College
• Christopher Stumph, Park University
• Mike Sulpy, Southern Polytechnic State University
• Sheela Surisetty, Clarkson University
• Jorge Tameron, University of Miami
• Ali Teflanab, Houston Community College
• Teethu Thomas, Symbiosis Institute of Distance Learning
• Ryan Thomas, Georgian College
• Christopher Thunes, Apex High School
• Brandon Todd, Southeast Community College
• Steven Valdez, John Jay High School
• Martin vanPutten, Georgian College
• Stephen Velluto, Mohawk College
• Jess Vriesema, Calvin College
• Yuan Wang, Ryerson University
• George F. Wang, UCLA
• Frank Wang, Seneca@York
• Beilan WANG, SUNY Binghamton
• Scott Wetter, Marist College
• Paul Winters, Rutgers University
• Michael Wisenbaker, University of Georgia
• Huang Xin, Tongji University
• Joshua Yates, Columbus State University
• Aaron Young, Arkansas School for Math & Science