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Alessandro Navarra Lafontaine

Académico

Universidad Católica del Norte

Antofagasta, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Expertise in operations research and industrial system dynamics, with particular applications to mining and extractive metallurgy. Other areas of interest include routing and location problems, job shop scheduling, and risk management.

Educación

  •  Industrial Engineering, École Polytechnique de Montréal. Canada, 2013
  •  Applied Mathematics, MCGILL UNIVERSITY. Chile, 2005
  •  Materials Engineering, MCGILL UNIVERSITY. Chile, 2005

Experiencia Académica

  •   Adjunct Professor Part Time

    MCGILL UNIVERSITY

    Engineering

    Montreal, Canada

    2017 - At present

  •   Académico Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL NORTE

    Ingeniería y Ciencias Geológicas

    Antofagasta, Chile

    2011 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Researcher (Numerical Differential Equations) Part Time

    National Research Council of Canada

    Boucherville, Canada

    2009 - 2010

  •   Mathematical Programmer Part Time

    Air Liquide

    Montreal, Canada

    2008 - 2009


 

Article (9)

Incorporation of geometallurgical modelling into long-term production planning

Navarra, Alessandro; Grammatikopoulos, Tassos; Waters, Kristian

Article ISI SCOPUS
MINERALS ENGINEERING  (2018)

Incorporation of matte-slag thermochemistry into sulphide smelter discrete event simulation

Navarra, Alessandro; Montiel, Luis; Dimitrakopoulos, Roussos

Article ISI SCOPUS
CANADIAN METALLURGICAL QUARTERLY  (2018)

A systems approach to mineral processing based on mathematical programming

Navarra A.; Rafiei A.A.; Waters K.

Article ISI SCOPUS
CANADIAN METALLURGICAL QUARTERLY  (2017)

Strategic evaluation of concentrator operational modes under geological uncertainty

Navarra A.; Menzies A.; Jordens A.; Waters K.

Article ISI SCOPUS
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MINERAL PROCESSING  (2017)

System dynamics and discrete event simulation of copper smelters

Navarra, A.; Marambio, H.; Oyarzun, F.; Parra, R.; Mucciardi, F.

Article ISI SCOPUS
MINERALS & METALLURGICAL PROCESSING  (2017)

Automated scheduling and scientific management of copper smelters

Navarra, A

Article WOS-ESCI SCOPUS
Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section C: Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy  (2016)

Concentrator utilisation under geological uncertainty

Navarra, A; Waters, K

Article ISI SCOPUS
CANADIAN METALLURGICAL QUARTERLY  (2016)

Mossbauer quantification of pyrrhotite in relation to self-heating

Finch, J. A.; Somot, S.; Navarra, A.; Ryan, D. H.; Graham, J. T.

Article ISI
MINERALS ENGINEERING  (2010)

Impact of frother on the terminal velocity of small bubbles

Navarra, A; Acuna, C; Finch, JA

Article ISI SCOPUS
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MINERAL PROCESSING  (2009)

ConferencePaper (3)

Discrete event simulation to quantify upgrades of peirce-smith converting aisles

Navarra, A; Mucciardi F.

ConferencePaper SCOPUS
Application of Computers and Operations Research in the Mineral Industry - Proceedings of the 37th International Symposium, APCOM 20  (2015)

Strategic planning of metallurgical extraction using variable neighbourhood descent and the network simplex method

Navarra, A

ConferencePaper SCOPUS
Application of Computers and Operations Research in the Mineral Industry - Proceedings of the 37th International Symposium, APCOM 20  (2015)

CONVEX PROJECTION TO ESTIMATE HEAT CONTENT OF COLD CHARGES IN PEIRCE-SMITH CONVERTING

Navarra, A; Melsio, AMP; Kapusta, JPT

ConferencePaper ISI
TMS 2012 141ST ANNUAL MEETING & EXHIBITION - SUPPLEMENTAL PROCEEDINGS, VOL 2: MATERIALS PROPERTIES, CHARACTERIZATION, AND MODELING  (2012)

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Alessandro Navarra

Académico

Ingeniería Industrial

Universidad Católica del Norte

Antofagasta, Chile

1
Roberto Parra

Full Professor

Metallurgical Engr.

University of Concepción

Concepción, Chile

1
Claudio Acuña

Profesor en Propiedad

Ingeniería Química y Ambiental

Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

Valparaíso, Chile