Some of our publications include our PotashWorks articles below:
“Leading at the forefront – Helping Clients achieve their ESG Goals” (2023)
“Leading at the forefront – An improved Reality through Modeling & Simulation” (2022)
“Leading at the forefront – Digital Transformation, Cyber Security, and Automation” (2021)
“Leading at the forefront – Making Potash Mining intelligent” (2020)
“Leading at the forefront – Composite Materials: Disruptors in the Potash Industry” (2019)
Further, a number of our employees are also Thought Leaders in their own areas of expertise.
Ritu Malhotra, Ph.D., P.Eng.
Ritu obtained her Doctorate of Electrical & Computer Engineering in 2010 from the University of Saskatchewan and produced several publications in her field.
Some of Ritu’s publications are listed below. A full list is available upon request.
“Management and Maintenance of Electrical Equipment in Industrial Facilities” (2019), IEEE Industrial & Commercial Power System Conference, May 2019.
“Management of Risk and Economics of LV Power System Protection for Industrial Facilities” (2015), IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications (Volume: 52, Issue: 2, March-April 2016)
“Design, Implementation and Testing of ANN Based Phase Comparators applied for Transmission Line Protection” (2010) – PhD Dissertation, University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
Reza Moazed, Ph.D., P.Eng., PMP
Reza obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan in 2010, where he specialized in structural analysis, fatigue and finite elements.
Reza has published several state of the art, design-oriented papers in the areas of industrial design, manufacturing, structures, vibrations, and stress analysis. He has presented and published his work in international journals and conference proceedings (ASME, IEEE, IMECE). His work on the fatigue and failure prediction of welded-offshore structures was presented and published in the transactions of the ASME: Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering.
Some of Reza’s publications are listed below. A full list is available upon request.
“Simplified Approach for Parameter Selection and Analysis of Carbon and Glass Fiber Reinforced Composite Beams”. Journal of Composite Science 2021, 5(8), 220. Moazed R, Khozeimeh M A, Fotouhi R,.
“Vibration Analysis of Large Silos: Modeling and Experiments”. Proceedings of the ASME 2017 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE 2017). November 3-9, 2017, Tampa, Florida, USA. Moazed R, Fotouhi R.
“Modeling the Stress/Stiffness Characteristics of a T-joint Connection of Hollow Square Tubes”. Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics (CANCAM). June 2-6, 2013, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Moazed R, Fotouhi R, Szyszkowski W.
“The Influence of Mechanical and Laser Cutting on the Fatigue Strengths of Square Hollow-Section Welded T-Joints”. Transactions of the ASME: Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (2012); 134(Aug), 031401.1-12. Moazed R, Fotouhi R.
“Out-of-plane behaviour and FE modeling of a T-joint connection of thin-walled square tubes”. Journal of Thin-Walled Structures (2012); 51(Feb): 87-98. Moazed R, Fotouhi R, Szyszkowski W.
“In-plane behaviour and FE Modeling of a T-Joint Connection of Thin-Walled Square Tubes”. Journal of Thin-Walled Structures (2009); 47(6):816-825. Moazed R, Fotouhi R, Szyszkowski W.
Stephen Marcia, MASc., P.Eng., PMP
Stephen obtained his Masters of Applied Science in Industrial Systems Engineering from the University of Regina in 2010.
In addition to the thesis he completed during his Masters program, Stephen also published the following conference paper:
“Liquid Distribution of MEA in Random and Structured Packing in a Square Column”, GHGT – 9 Conference Paper, Energy Procedia 1 (2009) 1155–1161.Stephen Marcia, David deMontigny, Paitoon Tontiwachwuthikula.
Geoff Baker, M.Sc., P.Eng., PMP, IntPE (Canada)
Geoff obtained his Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan in 2012. Since then, he has been awarded patents for three-phase power protection schemes and has executed many comprehensive electrical systems studies.
Geoff’s publications and patents are listed below:
“Neutral Grounding Resistor Monitor” (2017) – Patent Awarded US14386108, United States Patent and Trademark Office
“AC/DC Current Transformer (Software)” (2015) – Patent Awarded US9218905B2, United States Patent and Trademark Office
“AC/DC Current Transformer (Hardware)” (2014) – Patent Awarded US8847573B2, United States Patent and Trademark Office
“Arc Flash Detection Through Voltage/Current Signatures” (2012) – M.Sc. Thesis, University of Saskatchewan, Canada