Mis líneas de investigación se centran en comprender fenómenos de la mecánica de fluidos, los flujos granulares y los sistemas fractales

Supervision directa de tesis de pregrado en la Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso:

1. “Experimental study about the intruders’ penetration depth in gravitational impacts in bidisperse granular media”. Franco Aliaga Nuñez. School of Civil Engineering (to defeat in 2025)
2. “Experimental study about the pressure transmission at the bottom of a sandpile”. Juan Pablo Bolivar Moreno. School of Civil Engineering (to defeat in 2025)
3. “Experimental study of retention walls against bidisperse granular avalanbches in a variable roughness flume”. Matías Catalán Del Campo. School of Civil Engineering (to defeat in 2025)
4. “1D, 2D and 3D numerical simulation of steady subcritical flows in a macrorough bed”. Sebastian Hidalgo Torres and Ignacio Leiva Carrasco. School of Civil Engineering (to defeat in 2025)
5. "Experimental study of a 3D flow around a mounted cube". Javier Arce. School of Civil Engineering (to defeat in December 2024)
6. "Experimental study of the 2D free fall of a disk in a pseudoplastic fluid". Camilo Moris and Camila Marambio. School of Civil Engineering (to defeat in December 2024)
7. "Experimental study about the penetration resistance to intruders in wet granular media". Nicolás Diaz. School of Civil Engineering (to defeat in December 2024)
8. “Backwater profile measurement and flow resistance in macro-rough beds”. Javier Farias (October 2023)
9. “Experimental study of bidisperse granular avalanches generated by axisymmetric collapses over a horizontal plane”. Natalie Carpentier (May 2024)
10. “Tsunami waves induced by granular landslides on a fluid of variable depth”. L. Olavarria and F. Sobarzo. School of Civil Engineering (June 2024)
11. “Interaction forces between a retaining wall and dense, dry, polydisperse granular avalanches generated in an inclined flume”. Simón Guerra. School of Civil Engineering (May 2024)
12. “Gravitational impacts on sandy soils”. Rodrigo Aravena. School of Civil Engineering (April 2023)
13. “Retention walls against dense dry granular avalanches”. Maximiliano Peña and Gustavo Cárcamo. School of Civil Engineering (April 2023)
14. “Fractal properties of Chilean cities”. Bastián Sepúlveda. School of Civil Engineering (April 2023)
15. “Measurement of drag forces in sandy soils”. Jaime Rojas. School of Civil Engineering (March 2023)
16. “Numerical modeling of a river bifurcation in a bidisperse granular bed”. Osvaldo Toro and Gabriela Rojas. School of Civil Engineering (April 2022)
17. “Simulation of a 2D flow around a variable geometry obstacle in OPENFOAM”. Felipe Andrews. School of Civil Engineering (April 2022)
18. “Computer simulation of a river drainage network”. Nicolás de la Rosa. School of Civil Engineering (April 2022)
19. “Fractal properties of river drainage networks: a sub-basin analysis”. Gabriel Olea. School of Civil Engineering (December 2021)
20. “Numerical simulation of a flow over a cylinder train in a channel in ANSYS-FLUENT”. Gerardo Soto. School of Civil Engineering (December 2021).
21. “Granular impacts on bidisperse granular beds”. Juan P. Quintero. School of Civil Engineering (October 2020)
22. “Sinuosity and self-similarity patterns in Chilean rivers”. Hernán Madrid. School of Civil Engineering (August/2020)
23. “Morphometry and fractality analysis of small lakes in Chile by image processing”. Eduardo Leiva. School of Civil Engineering (August 2020)
24. “Morphometry and fractality of Chilean lacustrine systems”. Romina Mayorga. School of Civil Engineering (August 2020)
25. “Segregation effects on the collapse of granular columns”. Valentina Casis and Pablo Ferrer. School of Civil Engineering (June 2020)
26. “Dynamics of free-surface flows over rough and macro-rough beds”. Matías Medina and Dayanna Parra. School of Civil Engineering (April 2020)
27. “Measurement of supercritical flows around bridge piers using a ADV system”. Grace Valenzuela. School of Civil Engineering (May 2020)
28. “Fractal properties of drainage networks in Chile”. Alberto Ojeda. School of Civil Engineering (January/2020)

Co-supervision de tesis de pregrado en la Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso:

29. “Anthropic effects on the solids extraction in urban and natural areas, Region of Valparaíso”. B. Pérez. School of Civil Engineering (September 2020)
30. “Impact forces on retaining walls due to granular avalanches”. M. Dubo. School of Civil Engineering (May 2020)
31. “Dynamics of granular impacts”. Marcelo Figueroa and Sebastián Albani. School of Civil Engineering (April 2020)
32. “Bridge vulnerability in the Region of Valparaiso, Chile”. Juan Soto. School of Civil Engineering (March 2020)
33. “Evaluation of the mechanical response of a granular media under the impact of free-falling spheres”. María P. Urrea. School of Civil Engineering (September 2019)
34. “Evaluation of runout distance methods in tailings dam-breaks”. F. González. School of Civil Engineering (May 2019)

Co-supervisión de tesis de pregrado en otras instituciones:

35. "Comparison of FLO-2D and HEC-RAS models in alluvial events for a Chilean northern basin". Gabriela Pacheco. School of Civil Engineering, Universidad Nacional Andres Bello (2024)
36. “River bifurcations: a review of 1D models”. Joaquín Egaña. Department of Civil Engineering, Universidad Federico Santa María (June 2019)

* Participación como profesor invitado en las siguientes tesis de pregrado:

1. J. Rosas Cerón. "Projection of recharges of Ranco lake under two climate change scenarios ". Civil Engineering, Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello (April 2024)
2. C. Oyarzo Paniagua. "Climate change effect on the evolution of the Ranco lake water levels ". Civil Engineering, Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello (March 2023)
3. V. Vásquez. “Comparison of the USM synthetic unit hydrograph method with the Clark instantaneous unit hydrograph method, for the contributing basin to Chironta reservoir in Arica and Parinacota region”.
Civil Engineering, Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello (November 2022)
4. J. Carreño. “Proposal of a tool for estimating the flow’s exceeding probability produced during the March 24-26 storm in 2015 in the Salado River basin”. Civil Engineering, Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello (June 2022)
5. M. Castañeda. “Analysis of a distributed model of transformation rain-runoff in a basing of the central region of Chile”. Civil Engineering, Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello (March 2020)
6. L. Gaete. “Analysis about the influence of the snow line on the maximum flow rate per unit of area”. Civil Engineering, Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello (August 2019)
7. D. Contreras. “Simulation analysis about the operation of a dam during flooding using the volume evaluation method”. Civil Engineering, Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello (July 2018)

* Participación como profesor invitado en las siguientes tesis de posgrado:

1. Gerardo Ríos H. " Methodological proposal with a hydro-geomorphological approach for the evaluation of flood threats, as a tool for urban expansion. Case study at Puerto López Meta ".
MSc Thesis in Geography and Territorial Planning. Faculty of Architecture, Universidad Santo Tomás de Bucaramanga, Colombia (March 2024)
2. R. Zuñiga. “Phase transitions in vibrated granular media”. PhD Thesis in Physics. Department of Physics PUCV & Ecole Doctorale Sciences et Ingénierie - U. Cergy - Paris (April 2021)
3. P. Silva. “Development of a photo-microrheometer/spectrometer for the analysis of Newtonian fluids and blood”. MSc Thesis in Physics. Department of Physics, PUCV (April 2021)
4. E. Burbano. “Experimental characterization of mixed flow conditions in storm sewers due to events exceeding the design flow rate”. MSc Thesis in Engineering. Faculty of Engineering y Arquitectura
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Manizales (March 2021).
5. R. Zuñiga. “Dynamics of vibrated granular media”. PhD Thesis in Physics. Department of Physics, PUCV (December 2020).
6. C. Oliver. “Granular friction: measurement, control and weakening”. PhD Thesis in Physics. Department of Physics, PUCV (July 2019).
7. E. Rojas. “Dense granular media: stationary continuous modelling and approximation to the transitory rheology”. PhD Thesis in Physics. PhD Fluid-dynamics program, Department of Physics, Universidad de Chile (September 2015).
8. G. Montserrat. “Experimental study about the energy losses of laminar non-newtonian flows in pipes”. MSc Thesis in Engineering. Department of Civil Engineering, Universidad de Chile (January 2015).

* La difusión y transferencia la he realizado a través de la participación directa como co-investigador de los siguientes proyectos:

1. “Development of an efficient and autonomous vehicle for waste collection in public beaches”. Grant FONDEF ID23I10249, ANID Chile. PI: Germán Varas (Institute of Physics, PUCV) (from June 2022).
2. “Efficient collection and garbage cleaning in public beaches”. VincuLAB Program PUCV-USACH-UCN (https://www.usach.cl/tags/vinculab). PI: Germán Varas (Institute of Physics, PUCV). Funding US$2,700 (from August 2022).
3. “Efficient locomotion on soft surfaces: application to beach litter collection”. Grant Innovación Interdisciplinaria, Direction of Research PUCV. PI: Germán Varas (Institute of Physics, PUCV). Funding US$12,960 (from April 2022).
4. “Characterization of the aggregation dynamics and viscosity of blood in inflammatory diseases”. Grant Innovación Interdisciplinaria, Direction of Research PUCV, Code 039.425/2020. PI: Claudia Trejo (Institute of Physics, PUCV). Funding US$12,700 (2020).
5. “Déstabilisation de milieux granulaires”. Grant by Agence Nationale de Recherche, France. PI: Philippe Gondret, U. Paris-Sud. Role: PhD student, Laboratoire FAST, Orsay. Funding: EU$525,000 (2011-2013).
6. “Dynamics, internal structures and substrata incorporation in Andean debris avalanches: comparison between Central and Southern Andes case studies”. Grant Fondecyt Regular, Conicyt Chile Code: 1070162. PI: Jorge Clavero (SERNAGEOMIN, Chile). Role: Undergraduate student, Civil Engineering Dept, Universidad de Chile (2007-2010).

* También hago difusión de conocimientos a través de charlas y presentaciones a audiencias amplias y más especializadas:

1. "Granular landslides protection systems: observations from the laboratory". Seminar of Civil Engineering (online), Universidad Nacional Andres Bello (May 2024)
2. “The world of fractals: a new tool for the engineering and geography”. For undergraduate students of Geography, PUCV. Valparaíso, Chile (September 2023)
3. “Granular flows in Environment: mobility and control”. Seminar of the School of Mechanical Engineering, UTEM. Santiago, Chile (June 28th, 2023)
4. “Advances and perspectives in civil engineering projects”. Webinar (online) for the Master program in Civil Engineering. Valparaíso (June 2023)
5. “Granular avalanche mobility: lessons from the laboratory”. VI SEMIC Seminar of Civil Engineering. Hosted by the School of Civil Engineering PUCV. Valparaíso, Chile (October 2022)
6. “Mobility of granular avalanches: new insights from the laboratory”. Seminar Innovation in Civil Engineering (online). Hosted by the Faculty of Engineering, Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello, Chile (June 2022)
7. “Fluids at PUCV: a regional experience”. Seminar SI-FIN’22: 1st encounter of Associate Professors (online). Faculty of Engineering PUCV (online) (May 2022)
8. “Hydrometeorological events in Chile: problems and challenges for the new civil engineer”. Symposium of the Group of Research in Fundamental Sciences (online). Universidad Iberoamericana, Puebla, México (November 2021)
9. “Debris flows: phenomenology, impacts and challenges in Chile”. Colloquium of the Institute of Physics, PUCV (online) (September 2021)
10. “Landslides phenomena in Chile: a long-standing relationship”. Seminar of Innovation in Civil Engineering (online). Hosted by the Faculty of Engineering, Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello (June 2021)
11. "Granular media in civil engineering". Webinar Hosted by the School of Civil Engineering (online), PUCV (October 2020)
12. "Hydrodynamic erosion of bedrocks: a non-conventional engineering problem". Seminar of Innovation in Civil Engineering (online). Hosted by the Faculty of Engineering, Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello (July 2020)
13. "Hydrodynamic erosion of bedrocks: a non-conventional engineering problem". Seminar of Innovation in Civil Engineering (online). Hosted by the Faculty of Engineering, Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello (March 2020)
14. "Hydrodynamic erosion of bedrocks: a non-conventional engineering problem". Seminar of Innovation in Civil Engineering. Hosted by the Faculty of Engineering, Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello (March 2019)
15. "Debris flows: a latent risk". Hosted by the National Association of Students in Civil Engineering (ANEIC), Zona Costa. Universidad de Valparaíso (November 2018)
16. "Debris flows: a latent risk". IV SEMIC: Seminar of Civil Engineering. Hosted by the School of Civil Engineering PUCV (October 2018)
17. “Granular media: between fluid and solid”. Hosted by the National Association of Students in Civil Engineering (ANEIC), Zona Costa. Universidad de Valparaíso (May 2018)
18. “Friction on Granular Media: between fluid and solid”. Laboratory of Glaciology, Centro de Estudios Científicos del Sur. Valdivia, Chile (March 2018)
19. “Drag force in granular media”. Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Universidad de Chile. Seminar of the Water Resources Division, Santiago, Chile (2015)
20. “Subcritical flow over a train of obstacles in a horizontal channel ". XXIX Congreso Latinoamericano de Hidráulica (online). Acapulco, México (November 2021)
21. "Gravitational collapse of a polydisperse granular column”. XXIX Congreso Latinoamericano de Hidráulica (online). Acapulco, México (November 2021)
22. "Granular impacts: how far the Boussinesq model can go?". Conference Powders & Grains - 9th International Conference on Micromechanics on Granular Media (online). Buenos Aires, Argentina (August 2021)
23. "Surface deformation and friction properties of free surface flows over a train of cylindrical ribs". APS Meetings, Fluid Dynamics Division (online), EEUU (March 2021)
24. "Pressure response on granular impacts: to which to extent the Boussinesq model can go?". APS Meetings, Fluid Dynamics Division (online), EEUU (March 2021)
25. “Morphometry and fractality of Chilean drainage networks ". XXIV Congreso Chileno de Hidráulica (online). Santiago, Chile (November 2020)
26. “Size distribution of Chilean lakes ". XXIV Congreso Chileno de Hidráulica (online). Santiago, Chile (November 2020)
27. “Granular media in our environment: phenomenology, problems and current applications”. Seminar of the School of Civil Engineering & Bitumix - Eurovia Co. Valparaíso, Chile (October 2019)
28. “Stress response function in granular impacts”. Poster dissertation. F. Martinez, C. Gonzalez, M.P. Urrea and D. Yunge. Southern Workshop on Granular Materials, Puerto Varas, Chile (December 2018).
29. “Hydraulic modelling in civil engineering”. Program of Science Divulgation “1000 Científicos, 1000 Aulas”. Hosted by Explora Conicyt for high-school students, American Academy School. San Bernardo, Chile (October 2016).
30. “Hydraulic modelling in civil engineering”. Program of Science Divulgation “1000 Científicos, 1000 Aulas”. Hosted by Explora Conicyt for high-school students, Santiago Emprendedores School. San Bernardo, Chile (October 2016).
31. “Drag force in granular media”. XXVI Congreso Latinoamericano de Hidráulica. Santiago, Chile (August 2014)
32. “Experiments and modeling for velocity and force fields characterization around a moving intruder into dense granular matter”. A. Seguin, F. Martinez, Y. Bertho and P. Gondret. 2nd IMA Conference on Dense Granular Flows, U. of Cambridge. Cambridge, UK (July 2013)
33. “Force on an object moving in a dense granular medium”. Poster dissertation. PhD students day. Hosted by Ecole Doctorale Mipege, Université Paris-Sud. Orsay, France (March 2013)
34. “Drag force on an object moving into a granular medium”. Talk and poster dissertation. F. Martinez, A. Seguin, Y. Bertho and P. Gondret. Southern Workshop on Granular Materials. Puerto Varas, Chile (December 2012).
35. “Resistance force on an object into a granular medium”. Seminar “Dynamique des Fluides sur le Plateau”. Hosted by CNRS-LIMSI & Université Paris-Sud. Orsay, France (November 2012)
36. “Force over an object into a granular medium”. Meeting of the Agence Nationale de Recherche, Stabingram Project Destabilization of Granular Media. Rennes, France (November 2012)
37. “Displacement effect of an object in a granular medium”. PhD Student Day. Hosted by FAST Laboratory. Orsay, France (June 2012)
38. “Penetration dynamics in a dense granular medium”. Talk and poster. PhD Student Day. Hosted by Ecole Doctorale Mipege, Université Paris-Sud. Orsay, France (April 2012)
39. “Penetration Dynamics in a dense granular medium”. Poster dissertation. Colloquium Alain Bouyssy - Jeune Chercheurs en Physique. Hosted by Societé Francaise de Physique & Université Paris-Sud. Orsay, France (February 2012)
40. “Immersed granular materials and suspensions flow". Seminar GISEC33 Immersed granular materials and suspensions flow. Group Mephy. Bordeaux, France (November 2011)
41. “Penetration dynamics in a dense granular media”. PhD Student Day. Hosted by FAST Laboratory. Orsay, France (June 2011)
42. “Penetration of an object into a granular medium”. Seminar Complex Fluids and Plasticity of Amorphous Materials. Hosted by GDR Mephy & GDR Phenix groups. Paris, France (May 2011).
43. “Penetration dynamics in a granular medium: penetration versus withdrawal”. Meeting of Agence Nationale de Recherche, Stabingram Project Destabilization of Granular Media. Orsay, France (April 2011)
44. “Penetration dynamics in a dense granular medium”. PhD Student Day. Hosted by Ecole Doctorale Mipege, Université Paris-Sud. Orsay, France (March 2011)
45. “Immersed granular materials and suspensions flow”. Seminar GISEC06. Hosted by GDR Mephy. Nice, France (October 2010)

También he realizado difusión dando opiniones técnicas a través de medios de comunicación (diarios, revistas, radio, TV):

1. “Investigadores PUCV trabajan en solución para disminuir contaminación en playas chilenas”. Newspaper El Mercurio de Valparaíso (December 27th, 2021)
2. “Chile, a country of natural disasters”. Live interview at UCV-TV, program “Conecta Online” (August 28th, 2021)
3. “Au Chili” (about the Chilean education system). Note for Ponts Alumni Magazine. Paris, France (April 2021)
4. Technical opinion about the structural stability risks in houses of Valparaiso. Interview for BioBio Radio, Valparaíso (August 15th, 2019)
5. Technical opinion about a landslide in Valparaíso downtown. Newspaper Estrella de Valparaíso (August 15th, 2019)
6. Technical opinion about a landslide in Valparaíso downtown. Interview for TVN TV (August 14th, 2019)
7. Technical opinion about a landslide in Villa Hanga Roa, Valparaíso. Newspaper El Mercurio de Valparaíso (25/07/2019)
8. Technical opinion about a landslide in Villa Hanga Roa, Valparaíso. Interview for CHV TV (July 23rd, 2019)
9. Technical opinion about a landslide in Villa Hanga Roa, Valparaíso. Interview for T13 TV (July 23rd, 2019)
10. “Estrategia país: una mirada desde la ingenieria hidráulica”. Newspaper La Segunda (May 3rd, 2019)