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Chrysanthe Demetry

Associate Professor

Office: Boynton Hall, 109
Phone: +1-508-831-5195
Fax: +1-508-831-5178
cdemetry@wpi.edu

Related Information

• Personal Homepage

Educational Background

• B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1988
• Ph.D., MIT, 1993
  

Research & Teaching Interests

Educational research; Outcomes of international experiences for engineering students; Materials science pedagogy; Grain boundaries and interfaces in materials; Ceramics processing; Abrasive materials; Segregation in granular mixtures.

IQP Advising Interests

Water quality; Environmental issues related to mountains; Issues related to breast cancer; Assessments of college life, including WPI; Introducing new teaching materials; Assessing educational experience; Gender studies in education.

Recent Publications

• Chrysanthe Demetry, Suzanne T. Gurland, and Nicholas Kildahl, "Building Bridges to Material Properties in General Chemistry Laboratories: A Model for Integration across Disciplines," submitted to Journal of Engineering Education (February 2002).

• A.C. Heinricher, J. Goulet, J. E. Miller, C. Demetry, S.W. Pierson, S. Gurland, V. Crawford, P. Quinn, M. J. Pinnet, "Building Interdisciplinary Bridges between Undergraduate Courses," Journal for the Art of Teaching, Vol. IX, No. 1 (Spring 2002) 56-72.

• Chrysanthe Demetry, Denise W. Nicoletti, Kimberlee Mix, Kerri O'Connor, and Andrea Martin, "'Who Dunnit?': Learning Chemistry and Critical Thinking Through Hands-On Forensic Science," Forensic Science Column (L.H. Berka, Editor), NEACT Journal, Vol. 20, No. 2, 19-25, Winter - Spring, 2002.

• A.H. Hoffman, H.K. Ault, C. Demetry, and D.W. Nicoletti, "Teaching Disability Awareness and Universal Design to Middle School Students," pp. 10-12 in Proceedings of the Designing for the 21st Century Conference, June 15-17, 2000.

• C.T. Williams, C. Demetry, and R. Li, "Structure and Strength of Interfaces in Titanium-Coated Diamond-Glass Composites," pp. 697-704 in Ceramic Science and Engineering Proceedings, Vol. 21, No. 3, 24th Annual Conference on Composites, Advanced Ceramics, Materials and Structures: A (Eds. T. Jessen, E. Ustundag), American Ceramic Society (2000).

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Honors & Awards

• 1988-1991: Office of Naval Research Graduate Fellow
• 1990: John Wulff Award for Excellence in Teaching, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 1992: Materials Research Society Graduate Student Award for outstanding performance in the conduct of research
• 1995: National Science Foundation CAREER Award
• 1995: Apprentice Faculty Grant Award for outstanding commitment to a career in engineering education, American Society for Engineering Education, Educational Research and Methods Division
• 1995-2001: Norton Professorship, WPI
• 1996: Who's Who of American Women
• 1996: Who's Who in Science and Engineering
• 1997: Project Kaleidoscope Faculty for the 21st Century
• 1997: ASEE New England Section Teacher of the Year
• 2000: ASM Bradley Stoughton Award for Young Teachers. "For exceptional pedagogy as applied to materials education and the ability to motivate students and generate interest in materials science."
• 2002: Morgan Distinguished Advisor of the Year, Mechanical Engineering Department, WPI
• 2002: WPI Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching

Professional Societies/Memberships

• Member: American Ceramic Society
• Materials Research Society
• TMS (Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society)
• American Society for Metals (ASM)
• American Society for Engineering Education
• Sigma Xi (Scientific Research Honor Society)
• Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society)
• Pi Tau Sigma (Mechanical Engineering Honor Society)