Dutchess County Regional Science Fair

64th Annual Dutchess County Regional Science Fair

A total of 110 students participated in the 64th Annual Dutchess County Regional Science Fair on March 25th. The event was held in person at Dutchess Community College. Nicoline Kiwiet coordinated the special judging for our Section. Special thanks to Lynn Robinson for helping Nicoline with the judging of the Chemistry projects. Three students were awarded a certificate and a $50.00 gift card.

Congratulations to the following ACS Mid-Hudson Outstanding Award Recipients:

Naflah Mohammed (John Jay High School); "Bio-Buffers"
Maxwell Fidler (Pawling Middle School); "Cool Cabbage Chemistry"
Madline Skerritt (St Martin de Porres); :Dyeing Fabrics"

The Dutchess County Regional Science Fair is one of the longest-running science fairs in the country and is the first regional science fair in New York State. It is associated with the Regeneron ISEF science fair.

For more information about these science fairs, visit www.dcsciencefair.org, and www.societyforscience.org

63rd Dutchess County Regional Science Fair
April 2, 2022

A total of 77 students participated in the 63rd Annual Dutchess County Regional Science Fair on April 2nd. The event was held in person at Dutchess Community College. Special thanks to Dr. Nicoline Kiwiet, who served as the Mid-Hudson Section's coordinator, and to Dr. Tony Mitchell and Dr. Ashu Sharma, who joined Nicoline in judging the chemistry-related projects. Three students were awarded with a certificate and $50 gift card.

Congratulations to the following ACS Mid-Hudson Outstanding Award Recipients:

Sandra Wilms, 5th Grade, Hagan Elementary School
Sara Thomas, 6th Grade, Brinckerhoff Elementary School
Magnolia Garbarino, Senior division, Pawling High School

2021 Dutchess County Regional Science Fair

The Mid-Hudson Section once again participated in the
Dutchess County Regional Science Fair.

Click Here to see details on the winners awarded by our section as well
as all the winners from this year's Fair.

60th Annual Dutchess County Science Fair

Special thanks to the following volunteers: Mateo Antonio Lopez, Rachel Bostick, Larissa Cohen, Grant Hall , Leon Juncaj, Sharifa Kelly, Nicoline Kiwiet, Anita Kusmierska-Gomez , Brianna Lemza, Lynn Maelia, Kenneth McDonald, Kathleen Murray, Chi Nguyen, Jordan Paupaw, Henry Rowson, Glenn Roy, Daniel Schelll, Constantine Stephens

Click here for Details about the Award Recipients

59th Annual Dutchess County Regional Science Fair
Report of Results from April 7, 2018

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58th Annual Dutchess County Regional Science Fair - Results
April, 2017

The Mid-Hudson section volunteer Judges reviewed very exciting exhibits this year interacting with many young inspiring future scientists at the science fair. A total of 223 exhibits were on display at the Dutchess County Regional Science Fair. Our team reviewed 47 chemistry exhibits, and 29 exhibits in other categories, totaling 76 exhibits. This represents a total of 32% exhibits reviewed out of 223 projects presented at the fair, which is an amazing accomplishment.

I would like to acknowledge our Special Judges who volunteered their time representing ACS Mid Hudson Section. Our volunteers performed a fantastic job representing our section as Special Judges at the 58th Dutchess County Regional Science Fair as follows:

Marianne Scheffler - Mid-Hudson Section Co-ordinator
Glenn Roy
Jason Wertz
Chi Nyugen
Chi-Lin O'Young
Cynthia Colon
Ellie Vasconez
Larissa Cohen
Nicoline Kiwiet
Elizabeth Harris
Kellan Harris – Future ACS Judge assisting his Mom
Congratulations to the following ACS Mid-Hudson Award Recipients: