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• Machine Learning Models that Blend Subjective and Objective Data to Improve Understanding and Management of Operator Fatigue
  9/18/2020 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract with the University of Utah to research machine learning models that blend subjective and objective data to improve understanding and management of operator fatigue.
• Developing a Virtual Reality Environment for Mining Research
  8/1/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This paper describes the features of VR Mine, a NIOSH-developed a virtual reality framework that allows the rapid generation of VR software applications for use in research.
• Effect of Discontinuity Dip Direction on Hard Rock Pillar Strength
  4/2/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A study on the effect of the discontinuity dip direction on square and rectangular hard rock pillars.
• Development of a Fault-Rupture Environment in 3D: A Numerical Tool for Examining the Mechanical Impact of a Fault on Underground Excavations
  2/1/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article assessing whether a numerical tool might be useful or practical in forecasting bump potential associated with a strike-slip fault for a typical structural geologic setting.
• 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.
• An FMM-FFT Accelerated SIE Simulator for Analyzing EM Wave Propagation in Mine Environments Loaded with Conductors
  5/1/2018 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article presenting an FMM-FFT-SIE full-wave simulator used to characterize EM wave propagation in electrically large and loaded mine environments.
• CFD Gas Distribution Analysis for Different Continuous-miner Scrubber Redirection Configurations
  2/1/2018 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A study in which a series of models using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) were used to examine gas distribution around a continuous miner with various fan-powered flooded bed scrubber discharge configurations in an exhaust curtain working face.
• Determining Underground Mining Work Postures Using Motion Capture and Digital Human Modeling
  12/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  In this article by NIOSH, researchers collected and analyzed motion capture data and calculated body joint angles in order to enhance intelligent proximity detection systems used with continuous mining machines.
• 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.
• 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.