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Antonio Nieto (born September 1967) is an Earth Systems and Mining Engineer. He served as Vice President of Global Engineering & IT Education at Laureate International Universities. Dr. Nieto also served as faculty at Penn State teaching courses on earth systems, economics engineering, computing modeling, sampling methods, and geostatistcs. List of publications
Career
Nieto worked as an Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech and prior to his academic career he worked as a mining engineer in underground mining and surface mining.
Nieto holds a BS in mining engineering from Guanajuato School of Mines, a MS in geo-statistics from Ecole Des Mines de Paris (Paris Tech), and a MS and PhD in earth-systems engineering from Colorado School of Mines.
Nieto specializes in ore reserve estimation and mining methods at Penn State University. His research focuses on mining operations and information technology, specifically in the areas of ore spatial characterization and real-time sensing systems. Dr. Nieto holds a B.S. Mining degree from Guanajuato School of Mines, an M.S. in Mining Engineering from Colorado School of Mines, an M.S. in Geostatistics from Ecole Des Mines de Paris, and a Ph.D. in Earth Systems at the Colorado School of Mines.
He is often interviewed by news networks on mine safety and technology news.
Nieto has published more than 60 international technical papers. His publications include, a book chapter on "Underground Mine Design" (SME Mining Engineering Handbook 2011), "Supply and demand analysis of rare-earths", "Assessment tools, prevailing issues, and policy implications of sustainability in China mining-communities", "Comparison of typical regulatory mechanisms for improving global mine safety", "Key deposit indicators and key ore-extraction indicators in mineral extraction", "Risk assessment of safety violations for coal mines", "GPS and google-earth systems in surface mines", "Effects of legislation on mine safety technology and innovation in the USA" and more. The complete list of Dr. Nieto's publications is available