Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board at the scene of a recent airline crash. (Photo courtesy of NTSBgov on Flickr.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Nancy Leveson
Dr. John P. Thomas
MIT Course Number
16.63J / ESD.03J
As Taught In
Fall 2012
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This class introduces the concepts of system safety and how to analyze and design safer systems. Topics include the causes of accidents in general, and recent major accidents in particular; hazard analysis, safety-driven design techniques; design of human-automation interaction; integrating safety into the system engineering process; and managing and operating safety-critical systems.