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• Virtual Reality to Train and Assess Emergency Responders
  10/22/2016 - Research projects
  A research project designed to determine optimal use of virtual reality (VR) technologies for training and assessing mine emergency responders.
• Investigation of Reduced Order Fire Modeling for Improved Safety and Response in Underground Coal Mines
  7/19/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract to advance the body of knowledge in mine fires through modeling and application to ensure improved controls.
• Development of a Method for the Remote Characterization of Underground Mine Ventilation Control by Multiple Tracer Gases
  7/18/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract to develop a method to remotely characterize underground mine ventilation control by multiple tracer gases.
• Combustion Modeling and Spontaneous Combustion Prevention in Longwall Gobs
  7/18/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract to examine the explosion and fire hazards in the gobs of underground longwall coal mines through physical and numerical modeling.
• Coal Mine Dust Mitigation Through Novel Scrubber Development and Numerical Modeling
  7/18/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract focused on coal dust mitigation utilizing a novel scrubber and numerical modeling.
• Building Capacity and Enhancing Ground Control Safety through Improvement and Extension of the LaModel Program
  7/16/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract to enhance ground control safety and produce qualified MS and PhD graduates with ground control expertise through improving and extending the LaModel program.
• Utilization of Booster Fans in Underground Coal Mines
  4/29/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract to research using booster fans in deep coal mines in the western U.S., where coal seams can have over 3,000 ft of overburden causing ventilation and ground control problems.
• Safety Aspects of Mine Ventilation Through Technical Development and Training
  4/29/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract to investigate safety aspects of mine ventilation through technical development and training.
• BG 4 Benching Training Software
  12/1/2015 - Non-peer reviewed journal articles
  This trade publication piece by NIOSH discusses the new BG 4 benching trainer software developed for mine rescue team members to practice assembly and testing of a Draeger BG 4 rescue breathing apparatus.
• Rescue Technologies and Training
  9/22/2015 - Research areas
  Rescue Technologies and Training Topic Page