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• Identification of Potential Roof Problems Using LED Lighting & Numerical Modeling of Highwall Stability Using FLAC3D
  3/15/2017 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract to (1) develop light technology to identify roof problems and (2) use FLAC3D to model highwall stability and determine the effects of ground vibrations from blasting.
• Development of Strength Criteria for Coal and Nonsedimentary Rock Masses and Investigation of Underground and Open Pit Mine Stability of Such Rock Masses
  3/13/2017 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract to develop strength criteria for coal and non-sedimentary rock masses and to investigate the underground and open pit mine stability of these rock masses.
• Mining Contracts
  3/8/2017 - Catalogs and indexes, Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A listing of all the current and completed mining research contracts since 2005.
• Technology Upgrade of the Sarcos Snake Robot
  11/28/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to provide a technology upgrade to the Sarcos snake robot that was built to assist in mine emergencies.
• Reduction of Noise Exposure in Underground Mines by Improving Auxiliary Ventilation Technologies
  11/28/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to develop ventilation technologies to reduce noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) in the mining industry.
• Intrinsically Safe Low-Power Methane Wireless Sensors for Mapping of Methane Gas Clouds
  11/28/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to develop intrinsically safe, low-power-consumption methane sensors for mapping of methane gas clouds accumulated in underground coal mines.
• Wireless Sensor Network with Methane Gas Cloud Detector and Absolute Pressure Sensor
  11/28/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to (1) conduct absolute pressure measurement and recording in both non-permissable and permissable areas of a coal mine and (2) explore methane gas cloud detection, measurement, and visualization.
• Sensors for Automated Control of Coal Dust (SACCD)
  11/22/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to develop wireless sensor technology, using functional prototypes, that can continuously monitor the ratio of rock dust to coal dust throughout an underground coal mine.
• Integration of Sensing Technologies for Post-Event Monitoring of Hazardous Conditions in the Mining Environment
  11/22/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to provide detection of ambient conditions in lesser traversed, remote areas of a mine by way of a repeater system with sensing modules capable of linking into the existing, hardened communications and tracking system.
• Evaluating the Inherent Safety of Li-ion Batteries in Portable Electronics Used in Underground Mine Environments
  11/22/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to experimentally evaluate the inherent safety of Li-ion batteries used in portable electronic devices for underground mine applications.