Reference number : GC-2017-Q2-00491, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Ikki, Salama (Lakehead University), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Ontario, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for Universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : The growth of mineral resources has become as an effective economic sector, which has led to a huge increase_x000D_
in mining activities in harsh environments. An underground mine is one example of such harsh environments_x000D_
that can be dangerous, unsafe, and has great risk of accidents that can damage wired/wireless communications_x000D_
infrastructure._x000D_
In the aftereffect of a hazardous accident, it is essential to keep communications open with trapped miners and_x000D_
rescuers, and to track their positions. A reliable knowledge of a mine's conditions through a wireless sensor_x000D_
network would assist the organizing, planning, and accomplishment of safety operations._x000D_
The employment of reliable wireless sensor networks (WSNs) offers a set of advantages including but not_x000D_
limited to providing a wireless capability of monitoring the state of the mine's conditions i.e._x000D_
checking/monitoring without having to expose a person's life to the possibly hazardous environment._x000D_
In this project, we propose to to design a mine safety system prototype using a reliable WSN with the_x000D_
objective of building a safety system to monitor the ambient characteristics of the mining environment of_x000D_
GoldCorp Inc. The proposed prototype allows for monitoring of multiple different zones inside the mine, the_x000D_
protection of mine workers from excessive noise levels and the storage of measurement data for purposes of_x000D_
reference. The design target of GoldCorp Inc is to address the problem of deploying a WSN with a specified_x000D_
minimum level of reliability at a minimum deployment cost., program purpose french : The growth of mineral resources has become as an effective economic sector, which has led to a huge increase_x000D_
in mining activities in harsh environments. An underground mine is one example of such harsh environments_x000D_
that can be dangerous, unsafe, and has great risk of accidents that can damage wired/wireless communications_x000D_
infrastructure._x000D_
In the aftereffect of a hazardous accident, it is essential to keep communications open with trapped miners and_x000D_
rescuers, and to track their positions. A reliable knowledge of a mine's conditions through a wireless sensor_x000D_
network would assist the organizing, planning, and accomplishment of safety operations._x000D_
The employment of reliable wireless sensor networks (WSNs) offers a set of advantages including but not_x000D_
limited to providing a wireless capability of monitoring the state of the mine's conditions i.e._x000D_
checking/monitoring without having to expose a person's life to the possibly hazardous environment._x000D_
In this project, we propose to to design a mine safety system prototype using a reliable WSN with the_x000D_
objective of building a safety system to monitor the ambient characteristics of the mining environment of_x000D_
GoldCorp Inc. The proposed prototype allows for monitoring of multiple different zones inside the mine, the_x000D_
protection of mine workers from excessive noise levels and the storage of measurement data for purposes of_x000D_
reference. The design target of GoldCorp Inc is to address the problem of deploying a WSN with a specified_x000D_
minimum level of reliability at a minimum deployment cost., agreement title english : Mine Safety System Using Wireless Sensor Networks, agreement title french : Mine Safety System Using Wireless Sensor Networks, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2017-08-23, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada