Prof. Chrys Demetry was named Professor of the Year for Massachusetts by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

Chrys Demetry, associate professor of mechanical engineering  and director of WPI’s Morgan Teaching and Learning Center, has been named Professor of the Year for Massachusetts by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).

She was one of 300 professors nominated for the award program, which this year honors professors in 27 states along with four national professors of the year. This is the fifth award recognizing Demetry for her teaching skills. She will receive the honor on Nov. 17 during a luncheon at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.

“In her nearly two decades as a member of the WPI faculty, Chrys Demetry has made extraordinary contributions as an educator, student project advisor, educational innovator, and mentor,” said WPI Provost Eric W. Overström. “As an instructor, she has demonstrated a relentless drive to innovate and improve, which has been to the great benefit of her students and to engineering education. As an advisor of student projects in Australia, Namibia, and Thailand, she has helped students make the most of these real-world, problem-solving experiences. And as director of the Morgan Center, she has devoted herself to helping her colleagues at WPI seek excellence in their work as educators. She epitomizes what it means to be an outstanding professor, and I am delighted that she has received this well-deserved recognition.”

Read more about Demetry and her distinguished career here.