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Health and safety

YOLO-based miner detection in low light underground mines

Over the years, injuries and fatalities from underground mine emergencies have been one of the snares associated with underground mining operations. Numerous studies have been conducted by institutions such as …

Health and safety

The Road to Robot-Assisted Miner-escape

The Mine Sustainability Modeling Research Group of the Department of Mining and Explosives Engineering at Missouri S&T, as part of the NIOSH project titled “Research, Technological Innovations and Human Factors …

Health and safety

Eliciting Inputs from Underground Coal Miners on Interventions to Facilitate Better Self Escape: Lessons for Training

On October 12th and 13th, 2022 Eugene Gyawu, a PhD student with the MINE SUSTAINABILITY MODELING RESEARCH GROUP, gave a presentation entitled “Eliciting Inputs from Underground Coal Miners on Interventions …

Health and safety

Working with partners to improve mine emergency response: Our recent visit to the MSHA Academy and Chembio

In June 2022, Eugene Gyawu, a PhD student in our group, and I visited the MSHA Academy and Chembio‘s facilities in Beckley, WV. As you may already know, as part …

Health and safety

Evaluating Ease of Traversing by an Agile Legged Robot in Underground Environment for Miner Self-Escape

This summer, as part of Missouri University of Science & Technology’s (S&T’s) Summer Engineering Research Academy, Ms. Demetrice Parks of Fort Valley State University joined our research group as an …

Health and safety

Miner-Centered Approach to Understanding Technology Needs for Self-Escape in Underground Coal Mine Emergencies

Self-escape in underground coal mine emergencies has received much attention in recent years following the Sago mine disaster in 2006 and the Upper Big Branch mine disaster in 2010. Stakeholders …

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