curriculum

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Applied Mathematics

Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, Canada

• Research Topic
  • Optimizing operations in open-pit mines using Constraint Programming (CP) for short-term planning
• Areas of Focus
  • Constraint Programming;
  • Data Science & Machine Learning;
  • Short-term Planning of Open-Pit Mines;
  • Optimization of Mining Projects;
  • Optimization of Drilling and Blasting Patterns.
• Activities and Seminars
  • GERAD Ph.D. student member;
  • CIRRELT doctoral student member;
  • CORS/JOPT 2023 - Montréal, QC.
• Scholarship
  • Ph.D. Scholarship for Automation and Optimization of Operations in Open-Pit Mines.

Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Mining Engineering

McGill University, Montréal, Canada

• Thesis
  • RISK ANALYSIS OF A LARGE COPPER MINING COMPLEX UNDER JOINT GEOLOGICAL AND EQUIPMENT UNCERTAINTY & APPLICATION OF SIMULTANEOUS STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATION WITH GEOLOGICAL AND EQUIPMENT UNCERTAINTY
• Areas of Focus
  • Mine Planning & Risk Analysis.
  • Stochastic Orebody Modelling.
  • Simultaneous Stochastic Optimization of Mining Complexes.
  • Data Science & Machine Learning.
• Activities and Seminars
  • COSMO, CIM & MES Seminars' Coordinator - Montréal, QC.
  • Whittle Consulting Integrated Strategic Planning Seminar 2018 - Toronto, ON.
  • CORS/JOPT 2019 - Montréal, QC.
• Scholarship
  • COSMO Stochastic Mine Planning Laboratory Scholarship for Master's in Engineering.

Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Mining and Mineral Engineering

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

• Undergraduate Thesis
  • STRATEGIC MINE PLANNING ALGORITHM ANALYSIS APPLIED TO SUBLEVEL STOPING
• Areas of Focus
  • Surface & Underground Mining.
  • Ore Processing techniques.
  • Mine Planning & Optimization.
  • Mine Design.
• Activities and Seminars
  • Teaching assistant;
  • Grêmio Mínero-Metalúrgico Louis Ensch.

International Exchange Program (B.A.Sc.E.P.), Mining and Mineral Engineering

University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

• Activities and Seminars
  • Sandwich Degree - Lassonde Institute of Mining.
• Areas of Focus
  • Environmental Impact & Risk Assessment.
  • Surface & Underground Mining.
  • Wastewater Management.
  • Rock Mechanics & Blasting Design.
• Scholarship
  • Science without Borders | CBIE.

Graduate Research Assistant

Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal/QC, Canada

• Research on Short-term Scheduling of Open-Pit Mines.

Graduate Research Assistant

McGill University, Montréal/QC, Canada

• Research on Stochastic Mine Planning and Optimization of Mining Complexes at McGill's COSMO Stochastic Mine Planning Laboratory.

Engineering Technical Advisor

Empresa de Assist. Téc. e Ext. Rural do Est. de Minas Gerais – EMATER-MG, Belo Horizonte/MG, Brazil

• Productive environmental zoning (ZAP) surveys and reports for the sustainable use of natural resources;
• Environmental, geological, and topographical characterization studies.
• Designed groundwater usage plans.

Engineering Intern

Fisher Engineering Ltd., Markham/ON, Canada

• Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) Phases I & II investigations and reporting.
• Drilling campaigns for sample acquisition and hydro-geological investigations.
• Soil and groundwater remediation procedures.

Student Intern

Laboratório de Pesquisa Mineral e Planejamento de Mina - LPM-EEUFMG, Belo Horizonte/MG, Brazil

• Surveying campaigns data analysis and database management.
• 3-D orebody modelling, reserve estimation and mine design.

Teaching Assistant

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte/MG, Brazil

• Acquisition and organization of samples.
• Teaching Assistant for undergraduate Flotation classes (laboratory sessions).
• Teaching Assistant for graduate Mineral Processing classes (laboratory sessions).

Integrating equipment production/capacity uncertainty to simultaneous stochastic optimization of mining complexes framework

• Associated with McGill University's COSMO Stochastic Mine Planning Laboratory.

Framework to integrate equipment production and capacities to risk analysis of mining complexes using equipment historical data

• Associated with McGill University's COSMO Stochastic Mine Planning Laboratory.

Direct block simulation of a gold deposit in a Mining Complex in South America

• Associated with McGill University's COSMO Stochastic Mine Planning Laboratory.

CREATE-NSERC Scholarship for Intelligent and Autonomous Mines (IAM)

• Issued by CREATE-NSERC.
  • Associated with the Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineering of Polytechnique Montréal.

Graduate Excellence Award

• Issued by McGill University.
  • Associated with McGill University's COSMO Stochastic Mine Planning Laboratory.

Scholarship

• Issued by Science Without Borders - CNPq.
  • Associated with University of Toronto and CBIE.