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Rocío del Pilar Tíjaro Rojas

Country of origin: Colombia Currently in: Colombia, Santa Marta General field of specialization: Engineering sciences
Academic Background

Degrees

2015 Doctorate Engineering sciences
2002 Master Social and Economic Sciences
1998 Undergraduate Agricultural Sciences
Research and Profession

Current Research Activities

Engineering sciences

fishing and aquaculture in rural areas, food security, circular economy, engineering education, environmental management, breaking down plastics, engaging innovation, based on nature solutions (vertical wetlands for Wastewaster treatment)


Publications resulting from Research: 


• Vera-Puerto, I., Well, M., Olave, J., Tíjaro-Rojas, R., Gandhi, B., Arias, C.A. (2022). Treatment Wetlands in Atacama Desert, Chile: Experiences and lesson learnt from wastewater treatment and reuse. In: Stefanakis, A. (Eds) Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment in hot and arid climates. Wetlands: Ecology, Conservation and Management, Vol 7. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-03600-2_19 ISBN: 978-3-031-03600-2.
• Vera-Puerto, I., Escobar, J., Rebolledo, F., Valenzuela, V., Olave, J., Tíjaro-Rojas, R., ... & Arias, C. (2021). Performance comparison of vertical flow treatment wetlands planted with the ornamental plant zantedeschia aethiopica operated under arid and Mediterranean climate conditions. Water, 13(11), 1478.
• Lovera, J., Tíjaro-Rojas, R., Meruane, G., Hernández-Luis, F., & Galleguillos, H. R. (2019). Prediction of Solubilities in the System Li++ Na++ K++ Cl–+ H2O at 25° C and Industrial Process of Refining Muriate of Potash. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 64(5), 2027-2035.
• Lovera-Copa, J. A., Alavia, W., Tíjaro-Rojas, R., & Piceros, E. (2018). Prediction and correlation of the solubility of alkali chlorides in different solvent mixtures and temperatures. Fluid Phase Equilibria, 461, 28-38.
• Tíjaro-Rojas, R. (2017) Biodegradation of plastic bags: A technological alternative for preventing marine debris. Sixth International Marine Debris Conference - Conference Proceedings. http://internationalmarinedebrisconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/GIMDC2-plastic-biodegradation-rocio-tijaro.pdf
• Pascal, J., Tíjaro-Rojas, R., Oyanader, M. A., & Arce, P. E. (2017). The acquisition and transfer of knowledge of electrokinetic-hydrodynamics (EKHD) fundamentals: an introductory graduate-level course. European Journal of Engineering Education, 42(5), 493-512.
• Tíjaro-Rojas, R., Arce-Trigatti, A., Cupp, J., Pascal, J., & Arce, P. E. (2016). A Systematic and Integrative Sequence Approach (SISA) for mastery learning: Anchoring Bloom's Revised Taxonomy to student learning. Education for Chemical Engineers, 17, 31-43.
• Tíjaro-Rojas, R., Arce-Trigatti, A., Cupp, J., Pascal, J., & Arce, P. (2016). Enfoque Sistemático e Integral para Afianzar el Conocimiento y Desarrollar Innovación desde el Aula: Una Herramienta de los Recursos del Taller del Renacimiento. CIMTED, 2016. El Enfoque Basado en Competencias en América Latina “Competencias y Gestión de la Innovación Educativa”. CIMTED, Medellín, Colombia, 704-719.
• Tijaro-Rojas, R., Barraza, J.P,. Allred, A. N. Loftis, L., and Arce, P.E. (2017) A Bi-Dimensional Experimental Cell and Image Analysis: An Effective Device to Validate Model Predictions Applied to Electro-Transport of Heavy Metals. 2017. AIChE Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, MN.
• Allred, A. N. Loftis, L. Arce, P.E. and Tijaro-Rojas, R. (2016) Effect of Surface Reactions in the Electrokinetic-Based Cleaning of Contaminated Soils. AIChE Annual Meeting (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1097-7)
• Tijaro-Rojas, R. (2015). Role of micro and macro-heterogeneities in electro-kinetic soil cleaning: An area-averaging approach with dynamic simulations (Doctoral dissertation, Tennessee Technological University).
• Tijaro-Rojas, R., Way Liu, Y. and Arce, P.E. (2014) Micro and Macro-Heterogeneities Effects on Transport of Pollutants in Porous Media: Fundamental Modeling Aspects AIChE Annual Meeting (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1086-1)
• Shpik, K. Tijaro-Rojas, R. Stretz, H. and Arce, P.E. (2013) Electrokinetic Separation of Heavy Metals in Porous Media: An Experimental Approach. AIChE Annual Meeting.
• Tíjaro Rojas, R., & Salgado Cabrera, H. (2007). Long-term effects of regulatory fishing instruments: The Pacific Jack Mackarel case (Trachurus murphyi) in the central southern Chile. Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras-INVEMAR, 36(1), 49-6.
• Tíjaro, R., Rueda, M., & Santos-Martínez, A. (1998). Population dynamics of the Madamango sea catfish Cathorops spixii at the Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta and Pajarales coastal lagoons, Colombian Caribbean. Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras-INVEMAR, 27(1), 87-102.



Current profession

Current professional activities type: 
Research
Associate professor. Teaching and researching at the Departments of Science and Engineering at Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta Colombia. Research focused on: fishing and aquaculture in rural areas, food security, engineering education, circular economy, environmental management, breaking down plastics, engaging innovation, based on nature solutions (vertical wetlands for Wastewaster treatment)

Prizes, Grants and Awards

Other Awards

Nov 2004
GAVIOTA DORADA, UNIVERSIDAD DEL MAGDALENA, COLOMBIA
Outstanding alumni

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