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• Improving Health and Safety of Mining Operations Through Development of the Smart Bit Concept for Automation of Mechanical Rock Excavation Units and Dust Mitigation
  2/24/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract with the Colorado School of Mines to improve the health and safety of mining operations through development of the Smart Bit Concept for automation of mechanical rock excavation units and dust mitigation.
• Ground Control Research for Improving Safety Performance in Underground Stone and Other Large Opening Mines: Design, Monitoring and Risk Management
  2/23/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract with Virginia Tech University on ground control research to improve safety performance in underground stone and other large-opening mines.
• Digital Technologies Improve Mine Safety and Health
  2/17/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract with the Colorado School of Mines to research digital technologies to improve mine safety and health.
• Building Capacity and Improving Mine Safety Through Experimental Rock Mechanics
  2/4/2022 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract with West Virginia University to build capacity and improve mine safety through experimental rock mechanics.
• Building Capacity and Enhancing Long-Term Coal mine Weak Roof Stability through Characterization and Modeling of Time-Dependent and Moisture-Sensitive Failure in Shale
  9/18/2020 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity building contract with Penn Sate University.
• MIS Analysis and DINSAR Measurements – Tools for Improving Mine Ground Control Safety
  9/18/2020 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract with the University of Utah to improve seismic coverage, instrument a yield pillar, develop an extended numerical model, and evaluate statistical methods.
• Mitigation of Groundfall Hazards Through Integration of Novel Field and Numerical Techniques
  9/18/2020 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract with the Colorado School of Mines to develope improvements in ground characterization, monitoring, analysis, and design approaches.
• Calibrating the LaModel Program for Deep Cover Pillar Retreat Coal Mining
  9/18/2020 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  West Virginia University will calibrate the LaModel Program to aid in projecting success and accuracy of design methodologies for safe retreat mining.
• Development of a Low Cost LIDAR Ground Control Hazard Detecting Network
  4/8/2019 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to develop an inexpensive LIDAR scanner to detect minute roof and rib changes that could serve as an early warning system for mines.
• Real-Time Hazard Recognition Using Video Gauge
  2/1/2018 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to adapt and use existing pattern-detection technology to identify minute changes in the mine environment.