SCHOOL OF METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS SCIENCE
Pedro Luis
DEVASTO ANGARITA
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CONTACT
Information
delvasto@uis.edu.co
+57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 1007
GENERAL
Biography
In the field of Human Talent training, he has been director of 40+ undergraduate final projects, including theses and industrial internships at the end of the degree and two Master’s Thesis. Until February 2015, Dr. Pedro Delvasto served as an Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science of Universidad Simón Bolívar. Since March 2015, he joined as an Associate Professor, attached to the School of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science of Universidad Industrial de Santander, in Bucaramanga, Colombia. He is currently a tenured Professor and is part of the Research Group on Minerals, Biohydrometallurgy and Environment of the same University.
EDUCATION AND
Qualifications
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Doctor in Material Science and Technology
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2007
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Materials Engineer
Universidad Simón Bolívar, 1999
CONTACT
Information
delvasto@uis.edu.co
+57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 1007
AREAS OF
Expertise
- Materials Science
- Extractive Metallurgy
- Sustainable Processes
Industrial waste recycling - E-waste recycling
- Mining waste recycling
- Sustainable Mining
- Biotechnology
- Biohydrometallurgy
OFFICE
Hours
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Monday to Friday
7:00 a.m. – 12 m.
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
UIS Central Campus, Edificio Jorge Bautista Vesga, segundo piso, oficina 242
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Outstanding
Works
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Hydrometallurgical valorization of spent Ni-Cd batteries using organic acids as selective leaching agents
Article, Revista Científica Ingeniería y Desarrollo, 2023
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Production of a nickel-based catalyst for urea electrooxidation using spent batteries as raw material: Electrochemical synthesis and implications from a circular economy stand-point
Article, Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 2021
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On the Incorporation of Pristine and Pre-vitrified Alkaline Battery Waste into Non-structural Clay Bricks
Article, Waste and Biomass Valorization, 2021
AWARDS AND
Recognitions
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Best Teacher Plant. Faculty of Physicochemical Engineering.
Universidad Industrial de Santander. División de Talento Humano. 2022.
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Best Teacher Plant. Faculty of Physicochemical Engineering
Universidad Industrial de Santander. División De Talento Humano. 2021.