Principles and Methods of Risk Analysis

Catalog Description

• Principles and methods for assessing and managing technological risks. Probabilistic safety assessment, environmental and public health risk assessment, risk-based decision making and risk-based regulation. Application to aerospace, chemical, energy, environmental, manufacturing and nuclear systems, with consideration of institutional issues. Offered odd-numbered years.

Course Prerequisites

• Consent of instructor
• Civil Engineering 193 and Industrial Engineering 166 recommended

Textbook(s) and/or other required material

• Course Reader

Class schedule

• Four hours of lecture per week