Academic Institutions and Research

Academic institutions and others doing research on landmines

Resources:

• A Mechanical Means of Land Mine Detection
  At the suggestion of The Defence Research Establishment Suffield (DRES), the 1996 senior design project in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alberta was to design an innovative mechanical method to detect non-metallic (i.e. plastic) land mines. This is the homepage of the project. ^pop
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  URL: http://www.mece.ualberta.ca/staff/fyfe/landmine.html

• ARIS
  ARIS Action for Research and Information Support in Civilian Demining is a European Network of Excellence which is intended to improve the effectiveness of R&D in demining technologies. It is a forum for information exchange between users, researchers, developers and producers of detection devices and systems. ^pop
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  URL: http://demining.jrc.it/aris/

• Assistance to Mine-Affected Communities (AMAC)
  The AMAC project undertakes studies of mine-affected communities, with the aim of further exploring the opportunities to build on local resources and local competence in Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA). AMAC works in close partnership with HMA practitioners – both in order to learn from existing experiences, and in order to engage in a dialogue that can have an immediate impact on field operations. ^pop
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  URL: http://www.prio.no/research/project.asp?ProsjektID=12

• Demine Web Site
  About International Technical Conferences on the Technologies of Demining, Mine Warfare, and UXO Site Remediation.
  Also on this website is the "Society for Counter-Ordnance Technology" ^pop
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  URL: http://www.demine.org/

• Demining Research at University of Western Australia ^pop
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  URL: http://www.mech.uwa.edu.au/jpt/demining/

• Demining Technology Centre (DeTeC)
  Icole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
  The project was actually terminated in 1997 but still has a lot of useful material, and some updates are still being made. Also contains an HUGE list of links related to mine action/demining. ^pop
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  URL: http://diwww.epfl.ch/lami/detec/

• EU - Humanitarian Security Unit - Demining Research
  Doing research on Infrared Landmine Detection, Metal Detectors, Ground Penetrating Radar, Quadrupole Resonance ^pop
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  URL: http://humanitarian-security.jrc.it/demining/demining.htm

• EUDEM
  The European Union in humanitarian DEMining. State-of-the-art on Humanitarian Demining Technologies, Products, Services and Practices in Europe. ^pop
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  URL: http://www.eudem.vub.ac.be/

• Incore: Conflict Data Service, Thematic Guide, :Landmines
  Incore Guide to Internet Resources on Landmines ^pop
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  URL: http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/themes/landmines.html

• International Relations and Security Network (ISN). ETH Zurich ^pop
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  URL: http://www.isn.ethz.ch/

• Landmine's Who's Who from Lawrence Livermore national Lab
  The following table lists organizations involved in solving the global landmine problem. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has compiled this list as an aid to persons seeking information on the landmine problem and its potential solutions. LLNL hopes that you will find this list useful, and asks your help in keeping it up-to-date. ^pop
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  URL: http://www.llnl.gov/landmine/landmine_whos_who.html

• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  University of California, Department of Energy - Landmine Bibliography ^pop
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  URL: http://www.llnl.gov/landmine/landmine_bibliography.html

• Mines Action Canada's Demining Technology Competition ^pop
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  URL: http://www.minesactioncanada.org/competition/

• Mineseeker Foundation
  The Mineseeker Foundation is dedicated to raising the profile of Mine Action and procuring funding for effective new technologies. ^pop
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  URL: http://www.mineseeker.org

• Nordic Demining Research Forum
  Nordic Demining Research Forum Aims at stimulating research and development activities to support improvement in demining efficiency and safety ^pop
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  URL: http://www.ndrf.dk/index_frame.htm

• Southwest Missouri State University Landmine Studies
  Landmine Studies in the Department of Political Science at Southwest Missouri State University (SMSU)provides comprehensive hands-on and academic training for students to become educated on the global landmine crisis, including demining and victim assistance. ^pop
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  URL: http://www.smsu.edu/polsci/landmines/

• University of Pittsburgh
  The Global Information Networks In Education (GINIE) project is a long-term, Internet- centered, humanitarian development program. Includes landmines awareness materials from 12 countries, an Emergency Response Network, stories, etc. ^pop
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  URL: http://ginie1.sched.pitt.edu/ginie-crises-links/lm/

• Verification Research,Training and Information Centre (VERTIC)
  Promote effective verification to enhance confidence in implementation of treaties. ^pop
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  URL: http://www.vertic.org

• Warwick University
  Humanitarian Demining Technology Development Programme ^pop
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  URL: http://www.eng.warwick.ac.uk/dtu/mines/

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