Dr Ghislain Bournival | UNSW Research

Keywords

Fields of Research (FoR)

Mineral processing/beneficiation

Biography

I have a background in metallurgy/materials engineering. I then completed a PhD in the school of Chemical Engineering at the University of Newcastle on the use of colloidal particles in froth flotation. I joined UNSW after the completion of my PhD, undertaking research in the field of mineral processing/extractive metallurgy.

My Qualifications

PhD Chemical Engineering, University of Newcastle, Australia
B.Eng. Materials...view more

My Qualifications

PhD Chemical Engineering, University of Newcastle, Australia
B.Eng. Materials Engineering, McGill, Canada
Associate Degree in Metallurgy (Metallurgical Processing), Cegep de Trois-Rivières, Canada
Associate Degree in Metallurgy (Quality Control), Cegep de Trois-Rivières, Canada

My Research Activities

My research is in the field of mineral processing. I look into the fundamentals of froth flotation including the evaluation of chemical reagents and particles on bubble surface properties and bubble interactions. More recently, I have been working on the effect of water quality on froth flotation.

My Teaching

MINE1010: Mineral Resources Engineering - Main instructor for an introductory course to the field of mining engineering. Students get to apply their knowledge by working on application exercises on various aspects of mining.

MINE2810 (MINE8820): Introduction to metallurgical Processing - Lab demonstrator

MINE8680: Geotechnical Data Collection and Analysis - Teach the statistic component of the course

Another interest of mine is the good use of statistics in engineering and research. I have developed an online fundamentals of statistics course for mining undergraduate students.

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