Kevin Oldknow

Continuing Studies

Finance for Executives, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, 2012

MIT/Sloan Executive Certificate in Strategy and Innovation, MIT/Sloan School of Management, 2009 – 2010

IRI/Kellogg Shaping Innovation Leaders, Kellogg School of Management, 2008

Research interests

• Vehicle / Track System Modelling, Simulation, Instrumentation and Test Programs
• Wheel / Rail Interface Mechanics (including Contact Mechanics and Tribology)
• Railway System Performance and Energy Efficiency

Teaching interests

• Vehicle-Track and Wheel-Rail Interaction
• Dynamics
• Controls
• Manufacturing Systems
• Engineering Economics

Recently taught courses

• SEE 300 – The Business of Engineering (2021)
• SEE 241 – Engineering Measurement, Analysis and Forecasting (2019)
• MSE 102 - Applied Science, Technology and Society (2013-2016)
• MSE 300 - The Business of Engineering, I (2013-2017)
• MSE 352 - Digital Logic and Microcontrollers (2012)
• MSE 380 - Dynamic Systems Modelling and Simulation (2012-2014, 2016)
• MSE 403 - Technology Entrepreneurship I (2015, 2016)
• MSE 404 - Technology Entrepreneurship II (2015, 2016)
  
• MSE 480/780 - Manufacturing Systems (2013-2018)
• MSE 481 - Industrial Control Systems (2013, 2015-2016)
• MSE 884 - Advanced Dynamics (2013)
• MSE 900 - Engineering in the Canadian Context (2015)
  

Selected recent publications

• 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
• 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
• 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.
• 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.