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• Understanding and Design of Ventilation Systems and Their Optimization for Large Opening Underground Mines
  2/28/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract with Penn State University to investigate the understanding and design of ventilation systems and their optimization for large-opening underground mines.
• Maintenance Free Filters for Continuous Miner Scrubber Systems
  1/30/2020 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract with the University of KEntucky to develop maintenance-free continuous miner scrubber systems.
• Noise Reduction of Continuous Miner Scrubber Fan System
  2/1/2018 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to reduce the noise generated by the scrubber fan system present on continuous mining machines.
• Development of a Method for the Remote Characterization of Underground Mine Ventilation Control by Multiple Tracer Gases
  7/18/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract to develop a method to remotely characterize underground mine ventilation control by multiple tracer gases.
• Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling for Underground Mines
  7/18/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract to expand on previous and existing work with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling using the FLUENT code to develop a modeling and predictive tool for mine ventilation.
• Utilization of Booster Fans in Underground Coal Mines
  4/29/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract to research using booster fans in deep coal mines in the western U.S., where coal seams can have over 3,000 ft of overburden causing ventilation and ground control problems.
• Safety Aspects of Mine Ventilation Through Technical Development and Training
  4/29/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract to investigate safety aspects of mine ventilation through technical development and training.
• Numerical Modeling of Gas Emissions and Cave Ventilation in Block Caving Mines
  11/5/2014 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract focused on developing practical mine ventilation engineering tools for safe and effective massive underground mining operations.
• Safety, Health, and Ventilation Cost Benefit Optimization with Simulation and Control
  8/4/2014 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract to improve ventilation tasks in deep and hot underground mines to decrease injury risks; improve working conditions; meet occupational, environmental, and health standards; and reduce costs to stay competitive.
• Ventilation of Deep Open Pit Mines with Special Reference to Air Inversion in Arctic or Subarctic Regions
  7/17/2014 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract to evaluate and enhance the atmospheric health and safety conditions in open pit mines, with special reference to air inversion in arctic or subarctic regions.