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• Emergency Seismic Communication System for the Mining Industry
  7/19/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to explore a new communication technology that re-uses undersea modem technology and concepts for seismic communication within the mining industry.
• Development of a Uniform Methodology for Evaluating Coal Mine Tracking Systems
  7/18/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to develop and demonstrate a methodology for the uniform evaluation of tracking technologies in underground coal mines.
• Development of a Seismic System for Locating Trapped Miners
  7/18/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to evaluate SureWave Technology's seismic system for locating trapped miners by conducting tests at depths of 2,000 ft or more and under various challenging but common conditions.
• Develop a Means to Model Network Performance Using Network Simulation Tools
  7/18/2016 - Interagency agreements
  An interagency agreement to develop modeling and simulation tools to evaluate the performance of underground mine wireless communications networks.
• Design and Demonstration of a Location Tracking System for Underground Coal Mines (Award 2)
  7/18/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to design and demonstrate a location tracking system for underground coal mines using ultra-wideband (UWB) radio technology.
• Design and Demonstration of a Location Tracking System for Underground Coal Mines (Award 1)
  7/18/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to develop a miner tracking system based on inertial navigation technology.
• Design and Construction Considerations for a Protected Compressed Air Line to a Refuge Alternative
  7/18/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to explore the need for ensuring compressed air line integrity in a practical way through laboratory tests and design and construction considerations for compressed air lines to a refuge alternative.
• Exploring Virtual Mental Practice in Maintenance Task Training
  7/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article contributing to the general understanding of mental practice by investigating the utility of and participant reaction to a virtual reality maintenance training among underground coal mine first responders.
• Evaluating the Use of Stretchers in Two Mobile Refuge Alternatives
  7/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This article by NIOSH discusses a study that evaluated the time required to move three types of stretchers into two commercially available refuge alternatives.
• NIOSH Refuge Alternative Webinar
  6/16/2016 - Calls for participation
  Reserve a spot now to attend a webinar on refuge alternatives June 23.