Rate My Professor Andrea Arce-Trigatti

Dr. Andrea Arce-Trigatti is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Tennessee Technological University, where she works with the online Higher Education Ph.D. program. She holds a Ph.D. in Education with a concentration in Learning Environments and Educational Studies from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Prior to joining Tennessee Tech, she served as Director of Assessment and Accreditation in the Office of Institutional Effectiveness at Tallahassee Community College.

Her academic interests center on cultural studies in education, issues in multicultural education, and collaborative learning strategies. As a founding member of the Renaissance Foundry Research Group, Dr. Arce-Trigatti has contributed to the development and investigation of pedagogical techniques that promote critical and creative thinking at interdisciplinary interfaces, particularly within engineering education contexts. She collaborates with faculty including Pedro E. Arce from Chemical Engineering and J. Robby Sanders on applications of the Renaissance Foundry Model to areas such as hydrodynamics, sustainability, and innovation-driven learning. Dr. Arce-Trigatti advises graduate students on community-engaged projects, including research on heavy metals in Tennessee greens and designs for park renovations in Monterey. She also directs the STEM Foundry Heritage Fellows Program at the Millard Oakley STEM Center, mentoring students in STEM outreach, professional development, and the creation of multicultural events using Foundry training.

Dr. Arce-Trigatti's contributions to engineering education research have earned her the Thomas C. Evans Award three times from the American Society for Engineering Education Southeast Section, all related to the Renaissance Foundry Model. Most recently, she and Pedro E. Arce were selected to deliver the Thomas C. Evans Award lecture at the ASEE-SE annual meeting for their award-winning paper co-authored with graduate students Hoda Ross and Priyanka Mahajan on the development of fluid velocity profiles in pipes, ducts, and capillaries to enhance student learning through student-instructor partnerships.