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• Underground Mine Evacuation Technologies (UMET) and Human Factors Research
  2/28/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract with the University of Missouri to advance knowledge and frontiers in mine emergency evacuations and provide the basis for technology interventions that ensure safe miner self-escape as envisaged by the 2006 MINER Act.
• Evaluation and Testing of Pressure Relief Valves (PRVs) for Refuge Alternatives Subjected to Explosive Forces
  12/17/2021 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to test and evaluate the survivability and reliability of pressure relief valves on refuge alternatives when subjected to explosive conditions.
• RA Heat Mitigation System Utilizing Advanced Liquid Air Technologies
  4/8/2019 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to develop a heat and humidity mitigation system for refuge alternatives.
• Development of Heat Mitigation Systems for Refuge Alternatives used in Underground Coal Mines
  2/1/2018 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to develop a heat mitigation system for refuge alternatives.
• 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.
• Gemini-Scout Mine Rescue Vehicle Update
  11/23/2016 - Interagency agreements
  This contract empowered Sandia Laboratories to update and improve three Gemini-Scout Mine Rescue vehicles for use in the field.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.