Javier Vallejos, Ph.D.

Adjunct Assistant Professor

 

Adjunct Assistant ProfessorJavier Vallejos

25 Union Street, Room 354Kingston, ON K7L 3N6Canada
Email: Javier.Vallejos@mine.queensu.ca

 

Dr. Javier Vallejos graduated from the Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining, Queen’s University, where he completed his

Ph.D. studies on the topic of seismicity in mines. Most of these techniques have been published in the area of mining

rock mechanics. Dr. Vallejos has rock engineering experience from open pit and underground mines in Canada,

Mexico, Argentine, and Chile.  He is currently Assistant Professor at the Department of Mining Engineering at the

University of Chile, in Santiago, were he teaches the courses on Rock Mechanics, Numerical Modelling and

Geotechnical Mining. He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor of the Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining.

Research Interests

  • Underground and surface mining methods
  • Financial feasibility analysis