Nicholas Massa

Nicholas Massa holds both BS and MS Degrees in Electrical Engineering from Western New England University and a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership/Adult Learning from the University of Connecticut. He is currently the chairman of the Optics and Photonics Department Springfield Technical Community College. He has been principal and co-principal investigator on over a dozen NSF grants. He has received numerous awards including the 2010 Maria Yzuel Educator Award from the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) and the 2021 OSA Esther Hoffman Beller Medal for outstanding contributions to education in optical science and engineering.