Chrysanthe Demetry

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Education:

• 1993: Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering (Ceramics), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Thesis: Excess Thermodynamic Properties and Size-Dependent Segregation Phenomena in Ultrafine-grained Titanium Dioxide. Minor: Higher Education Administration (Harvard University, Graduate School of Education)
• 1988: B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. With high distinction.

Years of Service at WPI:

• 2006-present: Director, Morgan Teaching and Learning Center (previously the Center for Educational Development & Assessment)
• 2001-present: Associate Professor
• 1999-2001: Norton Associate Professor
• 1995-1999: Norton Assistant Professor
• 1993-95: Assistant Professor

Honors and Awards:

• 2008: Ichabod Washburn Young Alumni Award for Professional Achievement
• 2007: Best Paper, Women in Engineering Division, American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference; Best Paper, Professional Interest Council IV (in top 5 of all conference papers)
• 2007-2009: Nominee, U.S. Professors of the Year, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
• 2007: WPI Women of Strength Award
• 2002: WPI Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching
• 2002: Morgan Distinguished Advisor of the Year, Mechanical Engineering Department, WPI
• 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."
• 1997: Project Kaleidoscope Faculty for the 21st Century
• 1997: ASEE New England Section Teacher of the Year
• 1996: Who's Who of American Women
• 1996: Who's Who in Science and Engineering
• 1995-2001: Norton Professorship, WPI
• 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: National Science Foundation CAREER Award
• 1992: Materials Research Society Graduate Student Award for outstanding performance in the conduct of research
• 1990: John Wulff Award for Excellence in Teaching, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 1988-1991: Office of Naval Research Graduate Fellow

Scientific and Professional Society Memberships:

• American Society for Engineering Education
• International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (IS-SOTL)
• ASM International
• Sigma Xi (Scientific Research Honor Society)
• Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society)
• Pi Tau Sigma (Mechanical Engineering Honor Society)

Areas of Research Interest:

Pedagogical research and measurement of student learning outcomes; outcomes of international education; active and cooperative learning methods; materials science and engineering education; women in engineering and outcomes of K-12 outreach; synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline materials; grain boundaries and interfaces in materials; structure-property relationships in composite materials.

Publications:

C. Demetry, "Work in Progress - An Innovation Merging "Classroom Flip" and Team-Based Learning," Proceedings, Frontiers in Education Conference, October 2010.

C. Demetry and R. Vaz, "Evaluation of Intercultural Learning in an Education Abroad Program for STEM Undergraduates," Proceedings, American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exhibition, June 20-23, 2010.

C. Demetry, J. Hubelbank, S. Blaisdell, S. Sontgerath, M. E. Nicholson, E. Rosenthal, and P. Quinn, "Supporting Young Women to Enter Engineering: Long-Term Effects of a Middle School Engineering Outreach Program for Girls," Journal of Women & Minorities in Science and Engineering, 15[2], 119-142 (2009).

C. Demetry, "Work in Progress: Development of Intercultural Sensitivity from Study Abroad Programs," Proceedings, ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, October 10-13, 2007, Milwaukee, WI.

J. Hubelbank, C. Demetry, M.E. Nicholson, S. Blaisdell, P. Quinn, E. Rosenthal, and S. Sontgerath, "Long Term Effects of a Middle School Engineering Outreach Program for Girls: A Controlled Study," Proceedings, American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exhibition, Honolulu, HI, June 24-27, 2007. Winner, Best Paper Award, Women in Engineering Division; Best Paper Award, Professional Interest Council IV.

C. Demetry, "Use of Formative Assessment to Probe Student Conceptions of the Lever Rule," Proceedings, American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exhibition, Chicago, IL, June 18-21, 2006.

C. Demetry, "Technology-Assisted Formative Assessment in an Introductory Materials Course," in What Makes a Good Materials Engineer and How Best to Educate Them, Proceedings of the Materials Science & Technology 2005 Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, September 25-28, 2005 (CD-ROM).

C. Demetry, "Research on Use of Cambridge Engineering Selector (CES4) Software in an Introductory Materials Science Course," Proceedings, Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, Portland, OR, June 12-15, 2005.

C. Demetry, "Use of Educational Technology to Transform the 50-Minute Lecture: Is Student Response Dependent on Learning Style?" Proceedings, Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, Portland, OR, June 12-15, 2005.

C. Demetry, "Understanding Interactions between Instructional Design, Student Learning Styles, and Student Motivation and Achievement in an Introductory Materials Science Course," presented and in Proceedings, Frontiers in Education Conference, November 6-9, 2002, Boston, MA.

C. Demetry and R. Vaz, "International Project Experiences: Assessing Impact on Students' Educational and Personal Development," presented and in Proceedings, Frontiers in Education Conference, November 6-9, 2002, Boston, MA.

C. Demetry, S. Gurland, and N. Kildahl, "Building Bridges to Material Properties in General Chemistry Laboratories: A Model for Integration across Disciplines," Journal of Engineering Education 91 [4] 379-386 (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).

G.L. Kourtoukova, C. Demetry, S. Ramanath, R. Andrews, D.S. Jacobs, and R.R. Biederman, "Design and Tailoring of Ni-Sn-W Composites for Bonded Abrasive Applications," Materials Science and Engineering A 276[1-2], 58-69 (2000).

C. Demetry and X. Shi, "Grain Size-Dependent Electrical Properties of Rutile (TiO₂)," Solid State Ionics 118 [3-4] 271-79 (1999).

C. Demetry, F. S. Souto, B. C. Ryden, and J. M. Roy, "Tactile sensing of density uniformity in powder beds after die filling," Powder Technology 99[2] 119-124 (1998).

C. Demetry, "Outcomes Assessment of Educational Approaches: Examples for Materials Science Educators," Journal of Materials Education 20 [1-2] 1-8 (1998).

C. Demetry, "Alumni-Contributed Materials Selection Projects in an Introductory Materials Science Course," Journal of Materials Education 20 [1-2] 125-133 (1998).

C. Demetry, "The WPI-Norton Company Project Center: A University-Industry Partnership in Undergraduate Education," Industry and Higher Education (Invited Contribution), 11[4], 218-223 (1997).

C. Demetry and J.E. Groccia, "A Comparative Assessment of Students' Experiences in Two Instructional Formats of an Introductory Materials Science Course," Journal of Engineering Education 86[3], 203-210 (1997).

C.D. Terwilliger, "The WPI-Norton Company Project Center: A University-Industry Partnership in Undergraduate Education," pp. 88-92 in Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration, American Society for Engineering Education (1997).

C.D. Terwilliger and Y.-M. Chiang, "Measurements of Excess Enthalpy in Ultrafine-grained Titanium Dioxide," Journal of the American Ceramic Society 78[8], 2045-55 (1995).

C.D. Terwilliger and Y.-M. Chiang, "Size-Dependent Solute Segregation and Total Solubility in Ultrafine Polycrystals: Ca in TiO2," Acta Metallurgica et Materialia 43[1], 319-328 (1995).

C.D. Terwilliger and Y.-M. Chiang, "The Effect of Calcium Segregation on Grain Growth in Nanocrystalline TiO2," NanoStructured Materials 4[6], 651-661 (1994).

C.D. Terwilliger and Y.-M. Chiang, "Characterization of Chemically- and Physically-Derived Nanophase Titanium Dioxide," NanoStructured Materials 2, 37-45 (1993).

C.D. Terwilliger and Y.-M. Chiang, "Excess Thermodynamic Properties of Nanophase Titanium Dioxide Prepared by Chemical and Physical Methods," pp. 15-20 in Nanophase and Nanocomposite Materials, Eds. S. Komarneni, J.C. Parker, and G.J. Thomas (Mater ials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, vol. 286, Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, PA, 1993).

Y.-M. Chiang, I.P. Smyth, C.D. Terwilliger, W. Petuskey, and J.A. Eastman, "Measurement of Grain Boundary Properties in Nanocrystalline Ceramics," NanoStructured Materials 1, 235-240 (1992).

C.D. Terwilliger, Y.-M. Chiang, J.A. Eastman, and Y. Liao, "Determination of Thermodynamic and Kinetic Properties of Grain Boundaries Using High Temperature Calorimetry," pp. 325-332 in Point Defects and Related Properties of Ceramics, Eds. T.O. Mason and J.L. Routbort (Ceramic Transactions, vol. 24, American Ceramic Society, Columbus, OH, 1992).

Y.-M. Chiang, R.P. Messner, C.D. Terwilliger, and D.R. Behrendt, "Reaction-formed silicon carbide," Materials Science and Engineering A144, 63-74 (1991).

Y.-M. Chiang, J.S. Haggerty, R.P. Messner, and C. Demetry, "Reaction-Based Processing Methods for Ceramic Matrix Composites," American Ceramic Society Bulletin 68, 420-428 (1989).

C. Demetry, J.T. Beals, and F.R. Tuler, "High Temperature Deformation of Metal Matrix Composites," pp. 33-39 in Advanced Structural Materials, Ed. D.S. Wilkinson (Proceedings of the Metallurgical Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, vol.9, Pergamon Press, 1989).

F.R. Tuler, J.T. Beals, C. Demetry, D. Zhao, and D.J. Lloyd, "Deformation Mechanism Mapping of SiC/Al Metal Matrix Composite Materials," pp. 321-325 in Cast Reinforced Metal Composites, Eds. S.G. Fishman and A.K. Dhingra (Proceedings of the International Symposium on Advances in Cast Reinforced Metal Composites, ASM International, 1988).

WPI Committee and Administrative Assignments:

• 1994-97: Committee on Advising and Student Life (Chair, 1995-97)
• 1994-95: Steering Committee on the First Year Experience
• 1996-99: Ad-Hoc Committee on Academic Honesty
• 1997-99: Planning and Implementation Committee
• 1997-98: New Faculty Mentoring Program
• 1997-98: Co-Director, Camp Reach
• 1998-01: Committee on Governance (Chair and Faculty Representative to Board of Trustees, 1999-00)
• 2000-01: New Faculty Mentoring Program
• 2002-05: Committee on Governance (Secretary, 2002-03; Chair and Faculty Representative to Board of Trustees, 2003-04)
• 2003: Selection Committee for Teaching Assistant of the Year Award (Chair)
• 2003: Selection Committee for 2003 Nicoletti Trustees'Award for Service to Community
• 2003-04: Presidential Search Committee
• 2004-05: New Faculty Mentoring Program
• 2003-2010: Co-Director, Bangkok Project Center
• 2009-2012: Committee on Academic Policy (Chair, Fall Semester 2010)
• 2002-present: Co-Director, Camp Reach
• 2002-present: Co-Director, Professional Writing Program