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NPRE 461 - Probabilistic Risk Assessment

Last offered Fall 2023

Official Description

Multidisciplinary theories and techniques of risk, safety, and reliability of complex systems and state-of-the-art Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA), which provides input for risk-informed decision-making for design, operation, and regulatory oversight in diverse high-consequence industries such as nuclear power, aviation, space, chemical processes, oil and gas, and healthcare. Topics include: Systematic Risk Scenario Modeling, Consequence Analysis, Bayesian Updating, Bayesian Belief Network, Binary Decision Diagram, Uncertainty Propagation, Hardware Reliability, Human Error Modeling, Failure Causal Modeling, Maintenance and Repair Modeling, Risk Importance Ranking, and Data Analytics. PRA and Reliability Engineering software codes will be utilized for assignments. Course Information: 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: Junior, Senior or Graduate Standing in any Engineering Department.

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TitleSectionCRNTypeHoursTimesDaysLocationInstructor
Probabilistic Risk AssessmentONL75769ONL4 -    Zahra Mohaghegh
Probabilistic Risk AssessmentPR169626LEC31400 - 1520 T R  2200 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Zahra Mohaghegh
Probabilistic Risk AssessmentPR469627LEC41400 - 1520 T R  2200 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Zahra Mohaghegh