Mining Contract: Innovative Solutions for Heat Management in Hot Underground Mines: Ventilation Research and Capacity Building
Contract # | 200-2014-59953 |
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Start Date | 9/1/2014 |
End Date | 8/31/2019 |
Research Concept |
One of the most significant physical hazards presented by underground mining is heat stress. Research under this capacity-building contract aims to develop strategies and technologies related to management of heat stress issues encountered in hot underground mines. |
Topic Area |
Contract Status & Impact
This contract is complete. To receive a copy of the final report, send a request to mining@cdc.gov.
The purpose of capacity-building contracts is to help build the capacity of our nation’s workforce to address critical safety and health problems in U.S. mines by producing graduates with advanced degrees in mining and minerals engineering, and to help develop tenure-track faculty performing research in these areas. Applications for these competitive grants are announced as part of NIOSH OMSHR’s Broad Agency Announcements and are submitted by a Principal Investigator at a U.S. institution offering an ABET-accredited undergraduate degree in mining or minerals engineering.
For further information on capacity-building contracts, please submit a request to mining@cdc.gov.
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