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.
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)