Tom Barczak – Page 2 – Alpha Foundation

AFC719-49_ARMA Paper

By Tom BarczakJune 28, 2021Ground Control, Health and Safety Interventions, Other Publications

Support Design Using the Ground Reaction Curve and Support Reaction Curves at Underground Limestone Mines American Rock Mechanics Association. Castillo J., Cardenas Triana, C. and Agioutantis, Z

AFC316FO-74_VirgTech_FinalRpt.pdf

By Tom BarczakApril 21, 2021Dust and Toxic Substance Control, Final Reports, Health and Safety Interventions

Proof-Of-Concept Work to Demonstrate Optical Microscopy with Image Analysis as A Tool for Semi-Continuous Coal Mine Dust Monitoring Follow up Research to 3rd Solicitation for Research Grants (AFC316FO) Virginia Tech (Grant AFC316FO-74)

AFC719-31_MS&T_FinalRpt.pdf

By Tom BarczakFebruary 11, 2021Final Reports, Fire and Explosion Prevention, Health and Safety Interventions

Analysis of Coal Mine Seal Integrity from Explosively Driven Projectiles Solicitation and Call for Proposals (AFC719) Missouri University of Science and Technology (Grant AFC719-31)

AFC719-29_VirgTech_FinalRpt

By Tom BarczakJanuary 26, 2021Final Reports, Health and Safety Interventions, Monitoring Systems

PoroSense: An Intrinsically Safe, Distributed Fiber-optic Gas Sensing Platform for Underground Mines Solicitation and Call for Proposals (AFC719) Virginia Tech (Grant number AFC719-29)

2021 Alpha Foundation Annual Report

By Tom BarczakJanuary 17, 2021General News

The 2021 Alpha Foundation Annual Report

AFC316-61_Oregeon_Synopsis

By Tom BarczakDecember 24, 2020Grants, Health and Safety Interventions, Machine Design

Systematic Evaluation of Multi-axial Suspension to Reduce Whole Body Vibration Exposures in Heavy Equipment Mining Vehicle Operators Oregon State University (Grant AFC316-61)

AFC719-68_WVU_Synopsis

By Tom BarczakDecember 23, 2020Fire and Explosion Prevention, Grants, Health and Safety Interventions

Methane Watchdog Network – A Cost Effective Approach to Longwall Methane Monitoring and Control West Virginia University (Grant AFC719-68)

AFC518SP-94_Arizona_Synopsis

By Tom BarczakDecember 23, 2020Grants, Ground Control, Health and Safety Interventions

Prototype Development of a Hybrid Geopolymer-Biopolymer Cementitious Material For Pumpable Roof Support University of Arizona (Grant AFC518SP-94)

AFC618-63_Berkeley_Synopsis

By Tom BarczakDecember 23, 2020Grants, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Surveillance and Epidemiology Methods

Explore the Integration of Distributed Lag Models for Diesel Exhaust with Methods to Control Healthy Worker Survivor Bias to Assess Benefits of Exposure Interventions in Non-metal Miners University of California, Berkeley (Grant Number AFC618-63)

AFC618-53_NorthCarolina_Synopsis

By Tom BarczakDecember 22, 2020Grants, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Surveillance and Epidemiology Methods

Innovations in Applied Decision Theory for Mine Surveillance and Health And Safety Efforts University of North Carolina (Grant AFC618-53)

AFC114-03_Nevada_Synopsis

By Tom BarczakDecember 20, 2020Grants, Health and Safety Interventions, Monitoring Systems

Early-Warning Safety Hazard Predictor for Preventive Ventilation Management University of Nevada Reno (Grant AFC114-03)

AFC215-01_PSU_Synopsis

By Tom BarczakDecember 20, 2020Grants, Health and Safety Interventions, Monitoring Systems

Development of Guidance for the Selection and Use of Atmospheric Monitoring Systems to Improve Decision-Making During Routine and Post-Accident Operations Penn State University (Grant AFC215-01)

Solicitation AFCRFP21

By Tom BarczakNovember 24, 2020General News

The Alpha Foundation announces a solicitation (AFCRFP21) for requesting proposals on two specific topics: 1) Assessing Mining Industry Readiness for Exoskeletons and 2) Health and Safety Management Predictive Data Analytics Study. This is a follow up effort to the previous AFCRFP20 solicitation in which proposals that were submitted in this area failed to meet the Foundation expectations. The

AFCRFP20-131_Kentucky_Synopsis

By Tom BarczakOctober 19, 2020Fire and Explosion Prevention, Grants, Health and Safety Interventions

Study of the Impact of Macro-Seal Fractures on Seal Integrity University of Kentucky (Grant number AFCRFP20-131)

AFCRFP20-130_NewMexicoTech_Synopsis

By Tom BarczakOctober 19, 2020Grants, Mine Escape, Rescue and Training, Rescue Strategies and Techniques

Demonstration of An Intrinsically Safe Drone Propulsion System for Underground Coal Mining Applications New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (Grant number AFCRFP20-130)

AFCRFP20-123_Arizona_Synopsis

By Tom BarczakOctober 19, 2020Grants, Ground Control, Health and Safety Interventions

Time Dependent Pumpable Roof Support Assessment University of Arizona (Grant number AFCRFP20-123)

AFCRFP20-112_MST_Synopsis

By Tom BarczakOctober 19, 2020Grants, Ground Control, Health and Safety Interventions

Towards Reducing Rib Hazards in Underground Coal Mines by Improvement of the Coal Pillar Rib Rating (CPRR) System Missouri University of Science & Technology (Grant number AFCRFP20-112)

AFCRFP20-111_CSM_Synopsis

By Tom BarczakOctober 19, 2020Grants, Ground Control, Health and Safety Interventions

Minimizing Rib Failure Hazard: Mapping Tool and Demonstration for Low Cost, High Resolution Rib Monitoring Colorado School of Mines (Grant number AFCRFP20-111)

AFCTG20-104_VirginiaTech_Synopsis

By Tom BarczakJuly 21, 2020Grants, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Respiratory Disease

Exploration of Temporal Changes in Respirable Coal Mine Dust Characteristics Virginia Tech (Grant Number AFCTG104)

AFCTG20-103_Kentucky_Synopsis

By Tom BarczakJuly 21, 2020Grants, Health and Safety Interventions, Monitoring Systems

Comprehensive Atmospheric Monitoring in Underground Coal Mines: Long Term Critical Trend Analysis and Tablet-Based Communication University of Kentucky (Grant Number AFCTG20-103)

AFCTG20-102_Illinois_Synopsis

By Tom BarczakJuly 21, 2020Grants, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Surveillance and Epidemiology Methods

Continued Epidemiologic Analyses of Large Data Sets of Health Data on US Coal Miners University of Illinois, Chicago (Grant Number AFCTG20-102)

AFCTG20-98_UCSF_Synopsis

By Tom BarczakJuly 21, 2020Grants, Injury and Disease Exposure and Risk Factors, Musculoskeletal Disorders

Rheumatoid Arthritis in Hard Rock Underground Miners University of California, San Francisco (Grant Number AFCTG20-98)

AFC719FO-101_WVU_Synopsis

By Tom BarczakJuly 21, 2020Grants, Ground Control, Health and Safety Interventions

Mine-Specific, Geology-Dependent Pillar and Standing-Support Design Tools West Virginia University (Grant Number AFC719FO-101)

AFC719FO-100_WVU_Synopsis

By Tom BarczakJuly 21, 2020Fire and Explosion Prevention, Grants, Health and Safety Interventions

Research and Refinement of a Methane Watchdog System to Improve Longwall Mine Safety West Virginia University (Grant Number AFC719FO-100)

AFC215-30_Utah_FinalRpt

By Tom BarczakJune 21, 2020Final Reports, Safety and Health Management, Safety and Health Management and Training

Characterization and Effectiveness of Safety and Health Management Systems in the U.S. Mining Industry 2nd Solicitation for Single Investigator Research Grants University of Utah (Grant AFC215-30)

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