Dr. Patricia Caratozzolo has over 30 years of experience in engineering education leadership, administration, teaching, and research in engineering. Dr. Patricia Caratozzolo Martelliti is an Electronic Engineer from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina (UBA). She completed her doctoral studies at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in Spain, at the Institute of Industrial Robotics, with a Ph.D. thesis on electric generation systems for hybrid vehicles, in June 2003. She worked for several years at the National Center for Technological Research and Development (Cenidet) as a professor-researcher, where she directed six master’s theses in energy control in electric and hybrid vehicles.

Caratozzolo is an Assistant Professor at the School of Engineering and Sciences and a Full Researcher at the Institute for the Future of Education, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico. In the field of Sustainable Engineering, Caratozzolo works in technological innovation in the energy sector (Optimization, design, and efficiency in generation systems, transmission and distribution of electrical energy, management of reactive power, incorporation of renewable sources); competencies and technical skills in collaborative groups; development of Critical Thinking and Case Analysis. In the field of Educational Innovation, Caratozzolo currently leads research projects funded by several institutions: ERASMUS Capacity Building, NOVUS, and Challenge-Based Research Funding of the Tecnológico de Monterrey. Her projects are related to the design of didactic strategies to enhance the linguistic corpus of students, interdisciplinary laboratories for developing critical thinking, the use of Storytelling and Podcast for developing soft skills in engineering, and Natural Processing Language tools for assessing digital skills in Higher Education. In the last two years, he has published over 25 articles in conferences, journals, and book chapters related to educational innovation in engineering, developing skills for Industry 4.0, and strategies for increasing employability and establishing a lasting culture of lifelong learning in engineering.

Caratozzolo is a Senior Member of IEEE, a member of Women in Engineering (WIE), a Council Member of the Mexican Chapter of the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD), a member of the National System of Researchers (SNI) of the Mexican Council of Educational Research (CONACYT), and Vice President of the International Association of Continuing Engineering Education (IACEE). As the Vice President of IACEE for Member Engagement and Communication since 2022, Caratozzolo promotes global sustainability initiatives and strategic partnerships for continuing engineering education. Caratozzolo has been associated with IACEE since 2018 and became a Council member in 2021. At IACEE, she is currently the General Chair of the next IACEE 2024 World Conference held in Fundacion Comillas, Comillas, Spain, in June 2024.