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• Analytical Enhancement of Rapid Quartz Analysis
  4/25/2023 - Research projects
  A project to improve both the analytical accuracy and the usability of Rapid Quartz Analysis to increase adoption and implementation in the mining industry.
• Respirable Coal Mine Dust: Mineral Content Sources, Monitoring and Control, and Building Capacity to Protect Miner Health
  2/28/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract with Virginia Tech University to better understand, control, and monitor mineral content in respirable coal mine dust.
• Respirable Coal Mine Dust (RCMD) Research: Characterization, Deposition, Monitoring, and Mitigation of RCMD and Capacity Building for Mine Health and Safety
  2/28/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract with the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology to perform respirable coal mine dust research, including characterization, deposition, monitoring, and mitigation of respirable coal mine dust.
• Reduction or Elimination of Coal Mining Related Respirable Dust Toxicity by Selection and Proper Application of Dust Control Additives
  2/28/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract with Penn State University to review and study various chemical dust control additives that have been proposed in the literature for reduction or elimination of dust toxicity.
• Next Generation Continuous Personal Dust Monitor (CPDM)
  2/28/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract with Thermo Fisher Scientific to develop a prototype of a next-generation continuous personal dust monitor (CPDM).
• Improved Longwall Automation by Utilizing Sensors to Detect the Rock Coal Interface
  2/23/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract with Komatsu's Joy Global Underground Mining to investigate a technology or combination of technologies that will improve the ability to understand the location of the rock-coal interface on a longwall face.
• Development of a Personal Real-Time Respirable Coal Dust and Respirable Silica Dust Monitoring Instrument Based on Photoacoustic Spectroscopy
  2/17/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract with the University of Nevada, Reno, to develop a personal real-time respirable coal dust and respirable silica dust monitoring instrument based on photoacoustic spectroscopy.
• Characterization of Submicron-/Nano-scale Coal Dusts and Their Effects on Miners' Pneumoconiosis and Lung Cancer for Underground Coal Mines
  2/17/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract with Pennsylvania State University to investigate the characterization of submicron-/nano-scale coal dusts and their effects on miners’ pneumoconiosis and lung cancer for underground coal mines.
• Adaptation of Wearable Respirable Dust Monitor Prototypes for use in Underground Coal Mines
  2/14/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract with the University of Illinois to research wearable respirable dust monitor prototypes.
• Advancing Exposure Monitoring for Airborne Particulates in Mining
  1/18/2023 - Research projects
  A project to design, validate, and promote the use of advancements in monitoring the exposure of miners to respirable dust, respirable crystalline silica, and diesel particulate matter.