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Wilson Alavia Medina
Wilson Alavia Medina
Wilson Alavia

Wilson Alavia Medina is a Chemical Engineer from the Technical University of Oruro. He has a Master in Engineering Sciences and a PhD in Mineral Process Engineering from the University of Antofagasta, and a Diploma in University Teaching from the University of Santiago de Chile. He has worked as an Assistant Professor at the University of Santiago de Chile and the Metropolitan Technological University and conducted research at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems in Germany. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the Universidad Alberto Hurtado and an Associate researcher at the Multidisciplinary Research Center Program in Telecommunications Technologies (CIMTT) of the Universidad de Santiago de Chile.

Wilson Alavia Medina es Ingeniero Químico de la Universidad Técnica de Oruro. Tiene una Maestría en Ciencias de la Ingeniería y un Doctorado en Ingeniería de Procesos Minerales de la Universidad de Antofagasta, y un Diplomado en Docencia Universitaria de la Universidad de Santiago de Chile. Ha trabajado como Profesor Asistente en la Universidad de Santiago de Chile y en la Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana y realizó investigaciones en el Instituto Max Planck de Dinámica de Sistemas Técnicos Complejos en Alemania. Actualmente es Profesor Asociado de la Facultad de Ingeniería e Investigador Asociado en el Programa Centro de Investigación Multidisciplinario en Tecnologías de Telecomunicaciones (CIMTT) de la Universidad de Santiago de Chile.

 

INVESTIGACIONES (líneas de investigación):

Research lines.

  • Sustainable development, the development of sustainable technologies and processes
  • Research and development of sustainable processes for:  the recovery of lithium compounds from brines (Direct Lithium Extraction DLE), metallic and non-metallic mining, and circular economy.
  • Digital transformation, data science, artificial intelligence, and its applications.
  • Secure communications.
  • Design of technologies for detection of pathogens and diseases.
  • Social and frugal innovation.
  • Renewable energy and energy storage.
  • Phase equilibrium and crystallization.
  • Multiphysics modeling, and process modeling and optimization.

 

Columnas de opinión/medios comunicacionales:

  • Columna de opinión “¿Es la Estrategia Nacional del Litio una oportunidad de desarrollo sostenible?”, diarioUchile, 28 April 2023.
  • Participación en “Comunidad Cobre 2023 - Capítulo 3: El camino de la desalinización”, 25 May 2023.
  • Participación en “Consejos para ahorrar agua (y dinero) en la casa”, La tercera, 29 August 2023.
  • Opinion Column “Is the National Lithium Strategy an opportunity for sustainable development?”, diarioUchile, 28 April 2023.
  • Participation in “Comunidad Cobre 2023 - Capítulo 3: El camino de la desalinización”, 25 May 2023.
  • Participation in “Consejos para ahorrar agua (y dinero) en la casa”, La tercera, 29 August 2023.

Investigación y publicaciones

Alavia W. and Graber T. “Effect of Sodium sulfate on the Crystal Growth rate of Boric Acid from aqueous solutions”, Proceedings 17th International Workshop on Industrial Crystallization – BIWIC 2010 (2010) 159-165. ISBN: 3869554282.
C. Guajardo-Penroz, I. Soto, E. San-Juan, P. Adasme, C. Azurdia-Meza and W. Alavia, "New High Dimming Range M-FSK Demodulation Strategy for VLC Systems" 2020 12th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), Porto, Portugal, 2020, pp. 1-6,
Carlos Fernández-Grandón, Ismael Soto, David Zabala-Blanco, Wilson Alavia, Verónica Garcia, "SVM and ANN classification using GLCM and HOG features for COVID-19 and Pneumonia detection from Chest X-rays" Third South American Colloquium on Visible Light Communications (SACVLC 2021), Toledo, Brazil, 2021, pp. 01-06,
Raul Zamorano-Illanes, Ismael Soto, Wilson Alavia, Verónica Garcia, Francisco Rau, Pablo Adasme "Remote Detection of COVID-19 Using 5G and AI" 2022 13th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP) 20-22 July 2022, Porto, Portugal, pp. 395-400,
Wilson Alavia, Jorge A. Lovera, Brenda A. Cortez, and Teófilo A. Graber, "Solubility, Density, Refractive Index, Viscosity and Electrical Conductivity of Boric Acid + Lithium Sulfate + Water System at 293.15, 298.15, 303.15, 308.15 and 313.15 K", J. Chem. Eng. Data. 2013, 58 (6), pp 1668–1674.
Wilson Alavia, Jorge A. Lovera, and Teófilo A. Graber, “Thermodynamic modelling of the solubility of boric acid in the systems boric acid + lithium sulfate + water, boric acid + sodium sulfate + water and boric acid +potassium sulfate + water at 293.15 K -313.15 K”, Fluid Phase Equilibria. 398 (2015) 63-71.
Mario Grágeda, Alonso González, Wilson Alavia, Svetlana Ushak, “Development and Optimization of a Modified Process for Producing the Battery Grade LiOH: Optimization of Energy and Water Consumption”, Energy. 89 (2015) 667-677.
Mario Grágeda, Mario Escudero, Wilson Alavia, Svetlana Ushak, Vasilis Fthenakis, “Review and Multi-criteria Assessment of Solar Energy Projects in Chile”, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews. 59: 583-596 · MAY 2016.
J.A. Lovera, W. Alavia, R. Tíjaro-Rojas, E. Piceros, “Prediction and Correlation of the Solubility of Alkali Chlorides in Different Solvent Mixtures and Temperatures”, Fluid Phase Equilibria. 461 (2018) 63-71.
Wilson Alavia, Jorge A. Lovera, Teófilo A. Graber, Daniela Azúa, Ismael Soto, “Modeling of the Density, Viscosity and Electrical Conductivity of Aqueous Solutions Saturated in Boric Acid in presence of Lithium Sulfate or Sodium Sulfate at 293.15 to 313.15 K”, Fluid Phase Equilibria. 532 (2021) 112864.