Systems Safety Engineering (ENGG7020)
Course level
Postgraduate Coursework
Faculty
Engineering, Architecture & Information Technology
School
Chemical Engineering School
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Class hours
1L2W
Incompatible
ENGG4020
Restricted
Course is restricted to: ME suite, EngSc suite, MCompSc suite. Students wanting external enrolment should contact the School for permission (studentenquiries@chemeng.uq.edu.au)
Assessment methods
Assignments; examination
Course enquiries
Associate Professor Maureen Hassall (m.hassall1@uq.edu.au)
Study Abroad
This course is pre-approved for Study Abroad and Exchange students.
This course is not currently offered, please contact the school.
Course description
Course covering inherently safer design, defence in depth, resilience engineering, human factors, incident investigation and safety management and governance. Techniques covered include: Hazard and Operability Studies (HAZOP), Functional Failure Analysis (FFA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Event Tree Analysis (ETA), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), Bowtie Analysis, LOPA, Accimap and Safer.