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• Autonomous Docking of Face Haulage Mining Machinery in GPS-Denied Environments
  8/24/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract with the University of Kentucky to examine the autonomous docking of face haulage machinery in GPS-denied environments.
• AutonoDES: A Discrete Event Simulation Platform for Safety Scrutiny of Autonomous Mining Systems
  6/13/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  This contract research develops a simulation software platform, AutonoDES, that can be used as a “what-if” scenario analysis tool for mixed-fleet (both human-operated and autonomous) mining operations.
• Remote Blast Hole Location Detection for Powder Loader Automation
  2/28/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract with J.H. Fletcher & Co. to explore the possibility of remote technology and automated blasting operations.
• NIOSH Jupiter II Wide Area Light
  5/9/2019 - Blueprints
  NIOSH developed the Jupiter II Wide Area Light to mount on mining machines or illuminate a working area.
• Improved NIOSH Collapsible Drill Steel Enclosure (CDSE) Prototype Helps Reduce Roof Bolting Drilling Noise
  11/15/2018 - Research areas
  Read about a NIOSH-developed noise control technology that reduces noise emissions when drilling holes during roof bolting.
• Dust Suppression Hopper Reduces Dust Liberation During Bulk Loading: Two Case Studies
  11/1/2018 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article describing two evaluations of the Dust Suppression Hopper (DSH) at industrial sand processing plants.
• Dust Control by Air-blocking Shelves and Dust Collector-to-Bailing Airflow Ratios for a Surface Mine Drill Shroud
  5/17/2018 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A study using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models to examine the effects of air-blocking shelves on airflows and respirable dust distribution associated with medium-sized surface blasthole drill shrouds as part of a dry dust collector system.
• Blast Damage Control to Reduce Injuries from Ground Falls in Underground Western U.S. Hard Rock Mines
  2/15/2018 - Research projects
  A project to make available blast damage models and an easy-to-use software tool for mining engineers to use in developing improved blast designs.
• Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of a Medium-sized Surface Mine Blasthole Drill Shroud
  11/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This article from NIOSH describes the methodology used to develop the computational fluid dynamics models, to calculate the model input and to validate the models based on the experimental data.
• Generation of Geomechanical and Time-dependent Properties of Coal and Coal Measure Rocks
  7/19/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract to understand the time-dependent behavior of some coal measure rocks under certain loading conditions, evaluate post-failure behavior, and acquire reliable site-specific input properties for numerical modeling.