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Claudio L. Schneider

Education

1995
PhD Extractive Metallurgy
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Dissertation title: Measurement and Calculation of Liberation in Continuous Milling Circuits
1987
MSc Extractive Metallurgy
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Thesis Title: Characterization of Coal Dressing by Jigging in Brazil
1983
BSc Mining Engineering
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

Interests

    Mineral Processing, Coal, Particle Characterization, Comminution, Mineral Liberation, Image Analysis, Computer Simulation and Modeling.

Professional Experience

2002- Senior Technologist, CETEM-Center for Mineral technology
1998-2002 Research Assistant Professor, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
1995-1997 Principal Investigator
Characterization of Taconite Texture, National Steel Pellet Co., Minnesota
1995-1997 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

Principal Investigator
Comprehensive Investigation of the Liberation Characteristics of Pyrite and Other Mineral Matter from Coal. DOE Grant DE-FG22-95PC95220. See the first ever 3-phase liberation spectra

Principal Investigator
Characterization of the Freeport Mineral Processing Plant Treating Copper Ore. P.T. Freeport, Indonesia.

Webmaster, College of Mines, University of Utah http://www.mines.utah.edu

Anonymous FTP site administrator, College of Mines, University of Utah ftp://ftp.mines.utah.edu

Semester transition committee coordinator
1988-1995 Graduate Student, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

Comprehensive Characterization and Simulation of an Industrial Circuit Treating Taconite. Minnesota Power and Eveleth Mines, Duluth, Minnesota.

Computer Simulation and Modeling the Breakage Characteristics of Multiphase Particles. USBM, Grant Numbers G1125249, G1135249 and G1145249.

Application Design, Programming and Interfacing Development of the MMIA, Mineral and Metallurgical Image Analysis software system. This required application of modern high level computer graphics programming using Xlib and Xview in an UNIX environment. This software can process images, measure features in images and interface with a Scanning Electron Microscope. Development of numerous applications in C, including stereological correction procedures and optimization tools for mineral processing unit operations.
1986-1987 Auxiliary Instructor, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
1983-1984 Open Pit supervisor, Companhia Brasileira do Cobre, Caçapava do Sul, RS, Brazil

Professional Societies

  • Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, Inc. (SME)
  • International Comminution Research Association (ICRA)

claudio@mineraltech.com