Wang, Y., de Blois, S. and Oldknow, K. (2024) Incentivized decarbonization through safer and more efficient heavy haul operations. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit. 2024;238(3):300-309. doi:10.1177/09544097231169420

Bernal, E., Spiryagin, M., Oldknow, K., Wu, Q., Rahaman, M., Camacho, D., Bosomworth, C., Ahmad, S., Cole, C., and McSweeney, T. (January 2024) Hand operated tribometer versus twin disc dry friction characteristics measurements, Wear (2024), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2024.205267.

Stock, R., Oldknow, K. and Magel, E. (2024) Addressing perceptions regarding the influence of relative hardness on wheel/rail performance, Wear 538–539 (February 2024): 205225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2023.205225.

Spiryagin, M., Bernal, E., Oldknow, K., Persson, I., Rahaman, M.L., Ahmad, S., Wu, Q., Cole, C. and Mcsweeney, T. (2023) Implementation of Roughness and Elastic-Plastic Behavior in a Wheel-Rail Contact Modeling for Locomotive Traction Studies, Wear, 532–533 (November 2023): 205115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2023.205115.

Wang, Y., Oldknow, K., Wang, G. and Mulligan, K (2023) Identification of Opportunities for Enhanced Train Marshalling and the Potential Use of Optimization, Proceedings of the 12th International Heavy Haul Conference (IHHA 2023), Rio de Janeiro, 7pp

Silva, G., Oldknow, K., Regehr, S. and Handal, T. (2023) Establishing correlations between rail profile quality indices and simulated contact conditions, Proceedings of the 12th International Heavy Haul Conference (IHHA 2023), Rio de Janeiro, 8pp

Wang, Y., Crosbee, D., Rothwell, E. and Oldknow, K. (2023) Comparison of vehicle dynamics simulation results using laser and contact-based profilometer measurements as inputs, Proceedings of the 28th IAVSD Symposium on Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks (IAVSD 2023), 14pp

Handal, T., Regehr, S., Magel, E., Oldknow, K. and Silva, G. (2023) The Role of Profile Quality Indices in Rail Profile Optimization, Proceedings of the 28th IAVSD Symposium on Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks (IAVSD 2023), August 2023, 9pp

Wang, Y., de Blois S. and Oldknow K. (2023) Incentivized decarbonization through safer and more efficient heavy haul operations. Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit. 2023;0(0). doi:10.1177/09544097231169420

Oldknow, K. (2022) A Brief History of Friction Management, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems (CM2022), Melbourne, Australia, 4-7 September 2022, 10pp

Oldknow, K., Stock, R. and Vollebregt, E. (2022) Effects of rail hardness on profile evolution and computed contact conditions in a full-scale wheel-rail test rig evaluation, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems (CM2022), Melbourne, Australia, 4-7 September 2022, 11pp.

Wang, Y., Oldknow, K. and Wang, G. (2022) Estimating derailment risk using parametric wheel-rail profile characterisation, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems (CM2022), Melbourne, Australia, 4-7 September 2022, 9pp

Stock, R., Oldknow, K. and Magel, E. (2022) Addressing Perceptions Regarding the Influence of Relative Hardness on Wheel/Rail Performance, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems (CM2022), Melbourne, Australia, 4-7 September 2022, 9pp.

Magel, E., Oldknow, K. and Stock, R. (2022) The impact of relative wheel-rail hardness on RCF, plastic flow, and rail grinding, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems (CM2022), Melbourne, Australia, 4-7 September 2022, 8pp.

Welsby, D., Oldknow, K. and Ravitharan, R. (2022) The critical importance of vehicle-track interaction assessment in system design and whole life operating performance, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems (CM2022), Melbourne, Australia, 4-7 September 2022, 7pp.

Bernal, E, Spiryagin, M., Oldknow, K., Wu, Q., Bosomworth, C., Ahmad, S., Cole, C. and McSweeney, T. (2022) Hand Operated Tribometer versus Twin Disc Dry Friction Characteristics Measurements, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems (CM2022), Melbourne, Australia, 4-7 September 2022, 6pp.

Spiryagin, M., Bernal, E., Oldknow, K., Persson, I., Ahmad, S., Wu, Q., Cole, C. and McSweeney, T. (2022) Consideration of roughness and elastic-plastic behavior in wheel-rail contact modeling for locomotive traction studies, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems (CM2022), Melbourne, Australia, 4-7 September 2022, 6pp

Vollebregt, E., Darbani, A., Ashtekar, A. and Oldknow, K. (2022) Smoothing procedures for detailed wheel/rail geometry processing, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems (CM2022), Melbourne, Australia, 4-7 September 2022, 7pp.

Spiryagin, M., Szanto, F., Oldknow, K., Wolfs, P., Spiryagin, V., Ahmad, S., Wu, Q., Bernal, E., Cole, C. and McSweeney, T. (2022) , Advanced Modelling and Performance Evaluation of Hydrogen-Powered Heavy Haul Locomotive, Proceedings of the ASME 2022 Joint Rail Conference (JRC2022), April 18-19, 2022, Virtual, Online, 8pp.

Spiryagin, M., Ahmad, S., Bernal, E., Oldknow, K., Persson, I., Wu, Q., Colin, C. and McSweeney, T. (2022) Implementation of the contact roughness at the wheel-rail contact model for locomotive traction studies, Proceedings of the ASME 2022 Joint Rail Conference (JRC2022), April 18-19, 2022, Virtual, Online, 6pp.

Bernal, E., Spiryagin, M., Vollebregt, E., Oldknow, K., Stichel, S., Shrestha, S., Ahmad, S., Wu, Q. and Cole, C. (2022) Prediction of rail surface damage in locomotive traction operations using laboratory-field measured and calibrated data, Engineering Failure Analysis, 135, 14pp, doi: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2022.106165

Wang, Y., Mulligan, K., Oldknow, K. and Wang, G. (2021) Effects of Seasonal Track Geometry Changes on Vehicle-Track Interaction and Potential Implications for Train Marshalling, Proceedings of the Canadian & Cold Regions Rail Research Conference, November 9-10, 2021, Virtual, Online, 8pp

Spiryagin, M., Dixon, R., Oldknow, K. and Cole, C. (2021) Preface to special issue on hybrid and hydrogen technologies for railway operations, Journal of Railway Engineering Science, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40534-021-00254-x

Oldknow, K., Mulligan, K. and McTaggart-Cowan, G. (2021) The trajectory of hybrid and hydrogen technologies in North American heavy haul operations, Journal of Railway Engineering Science, 15pp, doi: 10.1007/s40534-021-00242-1.

Firmani, F. and Oldknow, K. (2021) Modelling and simulation of sustainable systems: an engineering design course project. Proceedings of the 2021 Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA-ACEG21) Conference, Virtual, Online, 8pp.

Wang, Y., Nich, S., Mulligan, K., Oldknow, K. and Wang, G. (2021) Multiscale simulation-based mixed train derailment analysis: a case study. Proceedings of the 2021 ASME Joint Rail Conference (JRC2021), April 20-21, Virtual, Online, 9pp.

Oldknow, K., Verkerk, K., McKenna, S., Woodhall, M. and Abasi, D. (2020) “Chapter Seven: Case Study by Simon Fraser University.” In Holistic/Broad-Based Admissions: Predicting the Likelihood for Student Success. AACRAO Publications

Malekian, A., Salari, S., Tam, M., Oldknow, K., Djilali, N. and Bahrami, M. (2019) Compressive behaviour of thin catalyst layers. Part I - Experimental study. International Journal of Hydrogen, Volume 44, Issue 33, 11pp

Magel, E. and Oldknow, K. (2018) Quality Indices for Managing Rail Through Grinding, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems (CM2018), Delft, The Netherlands, September 24-27, 10pp

Neal, V., Oldknow, K., Edgar, J., Bajic, I., Trautman, M. and Moallem, M. (2018) A New Program in Sustainable Energy Engineering - Balancing subject matter with transformative pedagogies to produce Global Citizens, Proceedings of the 9th Conference on Engineering Education for Sustainable Development, June 3-6, 2018, Glassboro, New Jersey, 8pp

Stock, R., Elvidge, D,. Oldknow, K. and Eadie, D.T. (2017) Wheel and rail life extension with on-board TOR friction control, Proceedings of the International Heavy Haul Association 2017 Conference, Cape Town, 8pp.

Ronasi, H., Oldknow, K., Vander Marel, J., Cotter, J. and Eadie, D. (2016) Traction-creepage curve identification at the wheel/rail interface: A fast experimental approach, Wear, 6pp

Oldknow, K. and Lubik, S. (2016) Technology Entrepreneurship @ SFU: Experiential, Interdisciplinary Learning through an Immersive Two-Year Program, Proceedings of the 2016 Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA16) Conference, Halifax, 6pp

Elvidge, D., Stock, R., Hardwick, C. and Oldknow, K. (2016) The Effect of Freight Train Mounted TOR-FM on Wheel Life and Defects, Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy 5-8 April 2016, 17pp

Oldknow, K., Cotter, J., Eadie, D., Elvidge, D., Kennedy, W., Weitzel, L., Nedunoori, S., Peters, J., Replogle, J., Ronasi, H. and Stevens, R. (2015) Inertial Tractive Effort as an Explanatory Variable in the Analysis of Locomotive Fuel Savings, Proceedings of the International Heavy Haul Association Conference (IHHA 2015), Perth, Australia, June 21-24, 2015

Ronasi, H., Oldknow, K. and VanderMarel, J. (2015) Traction coefficient and energy dissipation at wheel/rail interface: a fast experimental approach, Proceedings of the 10th Contact Mechanics Conference (CM2015), Colorado Springs, USA, August 30 - September 3, 2015

Stock, R., Eadie, D. and Oldknow, K. (2015) Lateral forces as indicator for an efficient friction management implementation, Proceedings of the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association (AREMA), Minneapolis, USA, October 4-7, 2015

Stock, R. and Oldknow, K. (2015) Top of rail friction control for heavy haul: status and opportunities, Proceedings of the AusRail Plus 2015 Conference, Melbourne, Australia, November 24-26, 2015

VanderMarel, J. Eadie, D.T., Oldknow, K. and Iwnicki, S. (2014) A Predictive Model of Energy Savings from Top of Rail Friction Control, Wear, vol. 314, no. 1–2, pp. 155–161

Oldknow, K. and Lu, X. (2014) Management of Wheel/Rail Interface, China Railways, 2014(6), 102-105 (in Chinese)

Cotter, J., Eadie, D., VanderMarel, J., Oldknow, K. and Iwnicki, S. (2013) Locomotive fuel savings with Top of Rail friction control: Connecting theory and field results, Proceedings of the 10th International Heavy Haul Association Conference, New Delhi, India, 8pp

Mitchell, D.L., Cotter, J., Eadie, D.T., Oldknow, K.D., Myranov, M. and Appleby, G. (2013) Next Generation Remote Performance Monitoring Technology and Optimization of Maintenance Resources for Heavy Haul Applications, Proceedings of the 10th International Heavy Haul Association Conference, New Delhi, India

Eadie, D., Oldknow, K. and Lu, X. (2013) Top-of-Rail Friction Management Technology for Corrugation and Noise Control at Urban Transit Systems, China Railways, 2013 (Special Issue), 41-44 (in Chinese)

Oldknow, K., Eadie, D. and Stock, R. (2013) The influence of precipitation and friction control agents on forces at the wheel / rail interface in heavy haul, Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit 227,1, 8pp

Eadie, D., Lu, X., Santoro, M., and Oldknow, K. (2013) Wayside Gauge Face Lubrication: How Much Do We Really Understand? Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit 227, 3, 8pp

Eadie, D., Lu, X., Makowsky, T. and Oldknow, K. (2013) Friction Management on a Chinese Heavy Haul Coal Line, Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit 227, 6, 8pp

Oldknow, K. and Lu, X. (2012) Friction Control at Wheel/Rail Interface for Rail Life Extension, Railway Technical Innovation, 2012(5), 78-80 (in Chinese)

VanderMarel, J., Iwnicki, S., Klauser, P., Oldknow, K., Eadie, D. and Kennedy, W. (2011) Energy Savings from Top of Rail Friction Control on Heavy Haul Freight Operations, Proceedings of the 22nd International Symposium on Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks, Manchester Metropolitan University

Stock, R., Eadie, D. and Oldknow, K. (2011) Rail Grade Selection and Friction Management - a Combined Approach for Optimizing the Rail Wheel Contact, Proceedings of 21st Century Rail, November 1-3, 2011, National Railway Museum, York

Vuong, T. T., Meehan, P. A., Eadie, D. T., Oldknow, K., Elvidge, D., Bellette, P. A., Daniel, W. J. (2011) Investigation of a transitional wear model for wear and wear-type rail corrugation prediction, Wear , vol. 271, no. 1, pp. 287-298, 2011

Oldknow, K. and Eadie, D. (2010) Top of Rail Friction Control as a Means to Mitigate Damaging Lateral Loads due to Overbalanced Operation of Heavy Axle Load Freight Traffic in Shared High Speed Rail Corridors, Proceedings of the 2010 Joint Rail Conference JRC2010-36010, April 27-29, 2010, Urbana, Illinois, USA, 9pp.

Eadie, D., Oldknow, K., Hui, R., Klauser, P. and Dick, M. (2010) Effective Friction Control for Optimization of High Speed Rail Operations, Proceedings of the 2010 Joint Rail Conference JRC2010-36010, April 27-29, 2010, Urbana, Illinois, USA, 10pp

Roney, M., Bell, S., Paradise, S., Oldknow, K. and Igwemezie, J. (2010) Implementation of distributed power and friction control to minimize the stress state and maximize velocity in Canadian Pacific’s heavy haul / heavy grade train operations, Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit September 1, 2010 vol. 224 no. 5 465-471

Stock, R., Eadie, D.T., Elvidge, D. and Oldknow, K. (2009) Influencing rolling contact fatigue through top of rail friction modifier application– a full scale wheel-rail test rig study, 8th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems (CM2009), Firenze, Italy, September 15-18, 2009, 10pp.

Roney, M., Eadie, D., Oldknow, K., Sroba, P., Caldwell, R. and Santoro, M. (2009) Total Friction Management on Canadian Pacific, Proceedings of the IHHA Conference, Shanghai, China, June 2009, 10pp. 2009

Eadie, D., Elvidge, D., Oldknow, K., Stock, R., Pointner, P., Kalousek, J. and Klauser, P. (2008) The Effects of Top of Rail Friction Modifier on Wear and Rolling Contact Fatigue: Full Scale Rail Wheel Test Rig Evaluation, Analysis and Modelling, Wear 265, pp. 1222-1230

Eadie, D., Santoro, M., Oldknow, K. and Oka, Y. (2008) Field Studies of the Effect of Friction Modifiers on Short Pitch Corrugation Generation, Wear 265, pp. 1212-1221

Cotter, J., Eadie, D., Elvidge, D., Oldknow, K., Henry, S., Plourde, M. and Mckenzie, R. (2007) Incorporation of Remote Monitoring Technology on a Train Mounted Top of Rail Friction Control Dispensing System, Proceedings of the 9th International Heavy Haul Association (IHHA) Conference, Kiruna, Sweden, 9pp.

Makowsky, T., Eadie, D., Oldknow, K., Clark, D., Chapman, T., Unbehaun, J. and Gearhart, M. (2006) Union Pacific Railroad Wayside Top of Rail Friction Control: Lateral Force and Rail Wear Reductions in an Extreme Heavy Haul Operating Environment, Proceedings of the AREMA 2006 Annual Conference, Louisville, Kentucky, 15pp.

Eadie, D., Oldknow, K., Maglalang, L., Makowsky, T., Reiff, R., Sroba, P. and Powell, W. (2006) Implementation of Wayside Top of Rail Friction Control on North American Heavy Haul Freight Railways, Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Railway Research (WCRR2006), Montreal, Quebec, 10pp.

Oldknow, K., Reiff, R., Vidler, B. and Elvidge, D. (2006) Verifying Top of Rail Friction Control through Dynamic Rail Deflection Monitoring, Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Railway Research (WCRR2006), Montreal, Quebec, 11pp.

Sroba, P., Oldknow, K., Dashko, R. and Roney, M. (2005) Canadian Pacific Railway 100% Effective Friction Management Strategy, Proceedings of the IHHA Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 2005, 9pp. 2005

Oldknow, K. and Yellowley, I. (2004) FPGA based servo control and three-dimensional dynamic interpolation, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 10, 1, 98-110

Ardekani, R., Oldknow, K. and Yellowley, I. (2004) The Design of an Embedded Framework for Programmable Automation Systems, Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association, 7pp

Oldknow, K. and Yellowley, I. (2003) Implementation and validation of 3-dimensional dynamic interpolation using an FPGA based controller, International Journal of Machine tools and Manufacture, 43, 937-945

Oldknow, K. and Yellowley, I. (2002) Three-dimensional dynamic interpolation using state line based control architectures, International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 42, 1627-1641

Ambra, C., Oldknow, K., Migliorini, G. and Yellowley, I. (2002) The design of a high performance modular CNC system architecture, Proceeings of the 17th IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control (ISIC’02), Vancouver, BC

Oldknow, K. and Yellowley, I. (2001) The design, implementation and validation of a system for the dynamic reconfiguration of open architecture machine tool controls, International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 41, 795-808

Oldknow, K. and Yellowley, I. (2000) The future of open architecture control in the machine tool sector, Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on manufacturing with Applications (ISOMA), World Automation Congress 2000, Maui, Hawaii

Yellowley, I., Oldknow, K. and Ardekani, R. (1999) A critical evaluation of open architecture CNC design methodology, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 3832: Sensors and Controls for Intelligent Machining and Manufacturing Mechatronics, Boston, Mass

Oldknow, K. and Yellowley, I. (1999) Interpolation schemes and control architectures for machine tools, ITS Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Engineering Design and Automation, Vancouver, BC.