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• Modeling Natural Gas Explosions for Coal Mine Safety
  7/19/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to simulate the development and evolution of natural gas (NG) explosions in mine tunnels.
• Mobile Adaptable RF/IT Infrastructure - Experimental (MATRIX)
  7/19/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to test the efficacy of deploying a vehicular satellite communication system, augmented with rapidly deployable mesh networking nodes and other emerging telecommunications technologies, during mine rescue and other emergency events.
• Mining and Industrial Safety Technology and Training Innovation
  7/19/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract in the form of a grant to investigate how modern technologies and educational approaches can improve mine safety.
• Mine Escape Vehicle Technology Retrofit Demonstration
  7/19/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to design the integration of appropriate Mine Escape Vehicle (MEV) technology into either an existing mantrip being refurbished or a new mantrip under construction.
• Mine Communications Engineering and Compatibility Guidelines
  7/19/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to ensure that the limited useful spectrum is used efficiently, health and safety hazards are not introduced, and new systems do not interfere with each other or with older systems already in place.
• Methods to De-Energize Batteries
  7/19/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to develop new technologies for emergency de-energizing of batteries, and to demonstrate prototype systems designed for application in a battery system currently employed in mining operations.
• Method for Improving Ventilation & Gas Monitoring with an Advanced Fiber Optic Based Mine-Wide Monitoring System
  7/19/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to create an advanced mine-wide distributed monitoring system utilizing a low power intrinsically safe fiber optic backbone for improving ventilation and gas and temperature monitoring in underground mines.
• Metering and Distribution Improvements to Increase the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Rock Dusters
  7/19/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to develop and implement a prototype rock duster that will use sensing technology to determine the amount of coal dust in the mine atmosphere and distribute an appropriate amount of rock dust to effectively inert the coal dust present.
• Medium Frequency Radio System Modifications for Refuge Chamber Situational Awareness
  7/19/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to modify medium frequency radio systems to improve refuge chamber situational awareness in an underground coal mine.
• Magneto-Inductive TTE Communications
  7/19/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to fabricate and test through-the-earth communication devices in an underground mine.