Research

Current Research Areas

Wireless communications & smart mining

Automation, robotics & intelligent systems

Green energy & decarbonization

Climate change & energy transitions

Surface mining & formation excavation

Tailings engineering & management

Change management for mining 4.0

Critical minerals & supply chain

Immersive technologies & miner trainings

Mine safety, health & hazard engineering

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Research Publications

1. Antwi, E. A., Frimpong, S., Raza, M. A., & Madria, S. (2025). Stochastic Modeling of Electromagnetic Wave Propagation Through Extreme Dust Conditions in Underground Mines Using Vector Parabolic Approach. Information, 16(10), 891. https://doi.org/10.3390/info16100891
2. Anabi, H. K., Frimpong, S., & Madria, S. (2025). Energy-Harvesting Concurrent LoRa Mesh with Timing Offsets for Underground Mine Emergency Communications. Information, 16(11), 984. https://doi.org/10.3390/info16110984
3. Nonguin, P., Frimpong, S., & Madria, S. (2025). Predicting Miner Localization in Underground Mine Emergencies Using a Hybrid CNN-LSTM Model with Data from Delay-Tolerant Network Databases. Applied Sciences, 15(16), 9133. https://doi.org/10.3390/app15169133
4. Essien, E., & Frimpong, S. (2025). Enhancing Autonomous Truck Navigation in Underground Mines: A Review of 3D Object Detection Systems, Challenges, and Future Trends. Drones, 9(6), 433. https://doi.org/10.3390/drones9060433

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