Systems Safety Engineering (ENGG4020)
Course level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Engineering, Architecture & Information Technology
School
Chemical Engineering School
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Class hours
2 Contact hours
Incompatible
ENGG7020
Restricted
Enrolment subject to permission from Head of School.
Assessment methods
Assignments; examination
Course enquiries
Professor Peter Lindsay (pal@itee.uq.edu.au)
This course is not currently offered, please contact the school.
Course description
Course covering hazard identification and risk analysis, safe system design, safety analysis techniques, safe software engineering, system hazard analysis, safety cases, and human factors. Techniques covered include: Hazard and Operability Studies (HAZOP) and Computer Hazard and Operability Studies (CHAZOP), Fault Tree analysis (FTA), Event Tree Analysis (ETA), and Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA).
