Research and Publications

Mathey, M. (2022). Tests Aimed at Improving Conventional Salt Mining at Heilbronn. Glueckauf Mining Report, vol. 158, No. 5, pp. 427-436, ISSN 2195-6529

Mathey, M.  (2022). Optimisation of Salt Extraction at Heilbronn Mine by a Combination of Conventional and Cutting Mining Technology. Glueckauf Mining Report, vol. 158, No. 5, pp. 437-444, ISSN 2195-6529

Dhlamini N.C., Ho W.H., Naidoo R., & Mahboob, M. A. (2022). A Numerical Study of Smoke Bifurcation Flow in Large Tunnel Fires. In 2022 16th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics and Editorial Board of Applied Thermal Engineering (HEFAT – ATE) (pp. 68-73).

Ashraf, MA., Mahmood, A., Mahboob, M.A. (2022). Numerical Evaluation of Specific Absorption Rate in Human Head and Torso for Wearable Wireless Devices in Underground Mine Scenarios, Radiation Protection Dosimetry, (pp. 1-12), https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncac082.

Atif, I., Cawood, F. T., & Mahboob, M. A. (2021). Development of Interactive Dashboards and Intelligent Data Analytics for Visual Decision-Making in The Underground Mining Environment: The Sterkfontein Cave Case Study. In 2021 International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technologies (IBCAST) (pp. 383-388). IEEE.

Atif, I., Ashraf, H., Cawood, F. T., & Mahboob, M. A. (2021). A Conceptual Digital Framework for Near Real-Time Monitoring and Management of Mine Tailing Storage Facilities. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Innovations for Sustainable and Responsible Mining (pp. 498-530). Springer, Cham.

Ikeda, H., Kolade, O., Mahboob, M. A., Cawood, F. T., & Kawamura, Y. (2021). Communication of Sensor Data in Underground Mining Environments: An Evaluation of Wireless Signal Quality over Distance. Mining, 1(2), 211-223.

Ali, S., Cawood, F., Feroze, T., & Ashraf, H. (2021). Development of the Global 21 st Century Mining Technical Services Professional: The WMI-SAGE Collaborative Model. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Innovations for Sustainable and Responsible Mining (pp. 344-363). Springer, Cham.

Kolade, O., & Cheng, L. (2021). Markov Model Characterization of a Multicarrier Narrowband Powerline Channel With Memory in an Underground Mining Environment. IEEE Access, 9, 59085-59092.

Kolade, O., Shimaponda-Nawa, M., Versfeld, D. J., & Cheng, L. (2021). Optimization algorithms for improving the performance of permutation trellis codes. Physical Communication, 44, 101237.

Kolade, O., Familua, A. D., & Cheng, L. (2021). Channel models for an indoor power line communication system. IET-Commun. Technol. Netw. Smart Cities, 90, 67.

Cawood, F.T., Ali, S., Ashraf, H., & Feroze, T. (2020). Building International Capacity in Mining Engineering: The NUST-WITS Mining Educational Collaboration, In?ynieria Mineralna – Journal of the Polish Mineral Engineering Society, 2(46), 311–322.

Atif, I., Cawood, F. T., & Mahboob, M. A. (2020). Modelling and analysis of the Brumadinho tailings disaster using advanced geospatial analytics. Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 120(7), 405-414.

Atif, I., Cawood, F. T., & Mahboob, M. A. (2020). The Role of Digital Technologies that Could Be Applied for Prescreening in the Mining Industry During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Transactions of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, 1-12.

Kolapo, P., & Cawood, F. (2020). Factors to be considered in establishing a scanning laboratory for testing the accuracy of terrestrial laser scanning technologies. International Journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering, 11(3), 180-190.

Li, Z., Zhao, L., Qin, C., & Wang, Y. (2020). WiFi/PDR integrated navigation with robustly constrained Kalman filter. Measurement Science and Technology, 31(8), 084002.

Kolade, O., Familua, A.D and Cheng, L. (2020) “Indoor Amplify-and-Forward Powerline and Visible Light Communication Channel Model Based on Semi-Hidden Markov Models,” in 2020 AEU- International Journal of Electronics and Communications, v 124, pp. 153108 doi: 10.1016/j.aeue.2020.153108.

Kolade, O. and Cheng, L. (2019) “Permutation-Aided Space-Time Shift Keying for Indoor Visible Light Communication,” in 2019 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart Grids (SmartGridComm), pp. 1–6. doi: 10.1109/SmartGridComm.2019.8909722.

Kolade, O. and Cheng, L. (2019) “Impulse Noise Mitigation Using Subcarrier Coding of OFDM-MFSK Scheme in Powerline Channel,” in 2019 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart Grids (SmartGridComm), pp. 1–6. doi: 10.1109/SmartGridComm.2019.8909718.

Hussain, I., Cawood, F. T. and Ali, S. (2018) “Towards safer mining: scientific measurement approaches that could be applied for imaging and locating the buried container lamp-room at Lily mine,” Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 118(2), pp. 185–192. doi: 10.17159/2411-9717/2018/v118n2a12.

Cawood, F. T. (2018) “Policy elements for twenty-first century African mining,” Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management, 9(1), pp. 87–101. doi: 10.1108/JSTPM-06-2017-0028.

Mathey, M. (2018) “Modelling coal pillar stability from mine survey plans in a geographic information system,” Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 118(2), pp. 157–164. doi: 10.17159/2411-9717/2018/v118n2a9.

Guj, P., Bocoum, B., Cawood, F., Gosai, N., Guj, P., Huibregtse, S., Martin, S. and Maybee, B., (2017). Transfer Pricing In Mining With A Focus On Africa. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, p.303.

Tetteh, M. and Cawood, F. T. (2017) “Design considerations for critical coal measurement points: Towards accurate reconciliation for integrated mine planning,” Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 117(7), pp. 629–635. doi: 10.17159/2411-9717/2017/v117n7a4.

Ashraf, H. and Cawood, F. (2017) “Mineral development for growth: the case for a new mineral policy framework for Pakistan,” Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management, 8(3), pp. 246–274. doi: 10.1108/JSTPM-11-2016-0033.

Bondarenko, V. et al. (2017) “Technological safety of sustainable development of coal enterprises,” Mining of Mineral Deposits, 11(2), pp. 1–11. doi: 10.15407/mining11.02.001.

Feroze, T. and Genc, B. (2017) “A CFD model to evaluate variables of the line brattice ventilation system in an empty heading,” Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 117(2), pp. 97–108. doi: 10.17159/2411-9717/2017/v117n2a1.

Cawood, F. T. (2017) “Global opportunities for twenty-first century mining,” Bizcommunity (Energy and Mining) www.bizcommunity.com/BizTrends.

Feroze, T. and Genc, B (2017) “Analysis of the effect of ducted fan system variables on ventilation in an empty heading using CFD,” Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 117(2), pp. 157–167. doi: 10.17159/2411-9717/2017/v117n2a7.

Feroze, Tariq and Genc, B. (2017) “Evaluation of line brattice length in an empty heading to improve air flow rate at the face using CFD,” International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, 27(2), pp. 253–259. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmst.2017.01.012.

Hamid, A. and Cawood, F. (2017) “GIS-based monitoring system to enhance safety and stability.”

Hussain, I., Cawood, F. and van Olst, R. (2017) “Effect of tunnel geometry and antenna parameters on through-the-air communication systems in underground mines: Survey and open research areas,” Physical Communication, 23, pp. 84–94. doi: 10.1016/j.phycom.2017.03.002.

Feroze, T. and Genc, B. (2016a) “Estimating the effects of line brattice ventilation system variables in an empty heading in room and pillar mining using CFD,” Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 116(7), pp. 1143–1152. doi: 10.17159/2411-9717/2016/v116n12a8.

Feroze, T. and Genc, B. (2016b) “Ventilation of underground coal mines – A Computational Fluid Dynamics study,” The Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa Conference, pp. 89–95.

Maqelepo, A. and Zvarivadza, T. (2016) “Evaluation of Real-time Ground Behaviour Monitoring Above Mining Surfaces with a View to Enhance Safety and Stability. ,” Conference: 6th International Conference on Computer Applications in the Minerals Industries (CAMI2016).

Grobler, HCI (2016) “Azimuth determination by gyroscope, 50 years later, has anything changed?,” 16TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS FOR MINE SURVEYING.

Grobler, H (2016) “Does the underground sidewall station survey method meet MHSA standards?,” South African Journal of Geomatics, 5(2), p. 175. doi: 10.4314/sajg.v5i2.6.

Ashraf, H. and Cawood, F. (2015) “Geospatial subsidence hazard modelling at Sterkfontein Caves,” South African Journal of Geomatics, 4(3), p. 273. doi: 10.4314/sajg.v4i3.8.

Feroze, T. and Phillips, H. R. (2015) “An initial investigation of room and pillar ventilation using CFD to investigate the effects of last through road velocity.,” Proceedings of the 24th International Mining Congress of Turkey, IMCET 2015., pp. 970–977.