Master the Mainframe Contest 2007

The IBM Academic Initiative System z and the IBM Master the Mainframe Contest Team would like to recognize all of the students who have distinguished themselves in the 2007 Master the Mainframe Contest.

With 1,750 students registering to compete from 325 schools across the U.S. and Canada, the turnout for this contest was unprecedented.

Part 3 winners

The competition in Part 3 this year was extremely tough, with many students turning in exceptional performances. Students deserve much credit for just attempting the difficult and time-consuming Part 3 challenges. After months of hard work put in by many contestants, we are pleased to announce this year's Part 3 winners:

• 1st place: Sushen Patel, Highland Park High School
• 2nd place: Anar Huseynov, West Texas A&M University
• 3rd place: Krzysztof Janiszewski, Edison College
• 4th place: Christian McArthur, Texas State University
• 5th place: Zach Savishinsky, SUNY Binghamton

We hope these students can tear themselves away from their 3270 emulators long enough to enjoy their new Nintendo Wii systems. These students have demonstrated exceptional intelligence, perseverance and, of course, exemplary mainframe skills. Congratulations on all of your remarkable efforts and achievements!

Part 2 winners

The first sixty students to blaze through the (also difficult) Part 2 challenges 100% correctly, winning $100 pre-paid debit cards for their impressive performances were:

• Reazuddin Ahmed, Seneca College
• Sam Bader, Ravenscroft School
• James Bailey, Northern Illinois University
• John Benes, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Anthony Bongiorno, Marist College
• Alexander Brokman, Iowa State University
• Mark Brown, Arkansas School for Math & Science
• Elijah Buck, Grinnell College
• Charles Cahill, Marist College
• Daniel Cavallaro, Bucknell University
• Thomas Chadwick, University of Saskatchewan
• Bryan Cool, University of Missouri - St. Louis
• Adam DeJardine, University of Arizona
• Feliciano Delgado, Northeastern Illinois University
• Austen Dicken, SUNY College at Brockport
• John Dowd, Northeastern University
• Aaron Epstein, Michael Krop Senior High
• Nick Glauber, Pima Community College
• Joseph Grafsgaard, North Carolina State University
• Joseph Greathouse, University of Michigan
• John Hahn, West Texas A&M University
• Dillon Harguess, West Texas A&M University
• Stephen Hodgson, Malone College
• Jacob Hurwitz, Montgomery Blair High School
• Bob Ingraham, Salt Lake Community College
• Krzysztof Janiszewski, Edison Colllege
• Nicholas Lipple, Allen High School
• Pierce Lopez, Carnegie Mellon University
• Karli Lopez, Michigan State University
• Kevin Lorenz, Purdue University
• Ashwin Mantri, Northern Illinois University
• Christian McArthur, Texas State University
• Chris Mintzias, El Camino Community College
• Linda Mooney, Marist College
• Arun Babu Nagarajan, North Carolina State University
• Mike Neilsen, University of Minnesota Duluth
• Son Nguyen, St. John's University
• Adam Norwood, University of Arkansas
• Adam Olson, University of Central Florida
• George Olszewski, Columbus East High School
• William Osborne, North Carolina State University
• Chris Pabian, Northern Illinois University
• Sushen Patel, Highland Park High School
• Daniel Perry, Southern Polytechnic State University
• Gene Peterson, University of Utah
• Tim Pinkawa, Northern Illinois University
• Ed Pluta, University of Nebraska at Omaha
• Victor Poriazov, St. John's University
• Ravi Ramaseshan, North Carolina State University
• Bradley Russell, Texas State University
• Otto Schnarr III, University of Missouri, Rolla
• Nathan Shevick, Columbus East High School
• Kevin Tharp, Sonoma State University
• Justin Tiedt, Kettering University
• Michael Tuell, West Virginia University of Parkersburg
• Dan Varga, Northern Illinois University
• Scott Vetter, Marist College
• Xiaoshuang Wang, SUNY Binghamton
• John Yednock, Northern Illinois University
• Yun-Gin Yu, Houston Community College

Congratulations to all of the Part 2 winners. We hope these students are putting their $100 gift cards towards the purchase of a new System z mainframe!

Part 1 winners

Over 800 students successfully completed the Part 1 challenges to win Master the Mainframe T-shirts. Congratulations to all of the Part 1 winners! We hope you are the envy of all of your friends.

Thanks to everyone who participated in this year's contest, and to the educators who encouraged their students to compete! We hope you all enjoyed the contest as much as we enjoyed hosting it.