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• Characterization of a Mine Fire Using Atmospheric Monitoring System Sensor Data
  6/1/2017 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article describing a NIOSH experiment that showed that the heat release rate of a mine fire can be calculated with reasonable accuracy using atmospheric monitoring systems sensor data.
• Advanced Mining Seismicity Processing
  3/30/2017 - Research projects
  A project to explore and refine advanced event detection, location, and magnitude estimation methods that can be used to increase seismic catalog quality.
• Informational Preferences of Coal Miners: The What, When and Who
  1/1/2017 - Non-peer reviewed journal articles
  A trade publication piece by NIOSH on information and knowledge gathering in an era of new technologies. The survey discussed focuses on miners' perceptions of gas levels, airflow, dust levels, and the location of people and equipment.
• Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Applications in Underground Coal Mines
  12/17/2016 - Research projects
  A project to investigate the feasibility potential to develop and implement IIoT concepts into the mining industry.
• 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.
• Virtual Reality to Train and Assess Emergency Responders
  10/22/2016 - Research projects
  A research project designed to determine optimal use of virtual reality (VR) technologies for training and assessing mine emergency responders.
• Evaluation of LIDAR as a Novel Remote Dust Sensing Technology
  10/22/2016 - Research projects
  A project to evaluate the feasibility of using Light Detection And Ranging (LIDAR), a remote sensing technology based on laser reflection, as a dust monitoring tool in the mining industry.
• Engineering Design for Mine Fire Prevention and Atmospheric Monitoring Systems
  10/22/2016 - Research projects
  A project to develop engineering data to improve knowledge of mine fires and their interactions with mine ventilation networks; atmospheric monitoring systems; and fire, prevention, detection, and suppression systems.
• Continuous Monitoring of Airflow and Methane in Coal Mines
  10/22/2016 - Research projects
  A project to develop guidelines to assess ventilation effectiveness in underground coal mines using improved sampling protocols and defining optimal instrument locations for continuous-reading airflow and methane monitors.