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• 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.
• Engineered Solutions - Dump Truck Vibrations and Impact on Operator Safety in High-Impact Shovel Loading Operations
  11/22/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to reduce or eliminate the impact of root mean square (RMS) accelerations due to vibrations on large dump truck operators during high-impact shovel loading operations.
• Underground Vehicle Guidance Technology Refinement
  11/22/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to aid miners who, during an emergency underground evacuation, have to travel through obscured visual conditions.
• Roof Resistivity Monitoring System (RRMS)
  11/22/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to explore how Roof Resistivity Monitoring can be used as both a real-time warning system as well as a means of locating problem areas to guide engineers to adjust their support methods.
• Passive Seismic Tomography for Monitoring Stress Redistribution at the Galena Mine
  11/21/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract on passive seismic tomography for monitoring stress redistribution at the Galena Mine.
• New Technologies for Identifying and Understanding Ground Stability Hazards
  11/16/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract to quantify the ground response in underground coal mines with different geologic settings and depths of cover.
• Mine Escape Vehicle Concept Investigation
  11/16/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to provide a design for a Mine Escape Vehicle to facilitate rapid escape of personnel from an underground mine in an emergency. The design for the vehicle will include components for vehicle platform, life support, navigation, and communication.
• Instrumentation of Roof Bolt Drill for Ground Characterization, Mapping, and Support Design
  11/15/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract to develop a roof bolt drill instrumented for ground characterization, mapping, and support design.
• Development and Demonstration of a Robotic Support Vehicle for Underground Mine Rescue Efforts
  9/20/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to design and develop a mine rescue support machine that will increase the ability of mine rescue teams to respond to catastrophic mine events.