Selected lecture notes are available below.
| LEC # | TOPICS | LECTURE NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Traditional safety engineering techniques, discussion of responsibility assignment | ( PDF - 3.1MB) |
| 3 | Why we need something different, presentation of accident reports | (PDF) |
| 4 | Systems-theoretic accident modeling processes (STAMP) and accident analysis, presentation of more accident reports | (PDF) |
| 5 | Hindsight bias |
(PDF - 1.0MB) (Courtesy of Sidney Dekker. Used with permission.) |
| 6 | Causal analysis based on STAMP (CAST) accident presentations | |
| 7 | Systems-theoretic hazard analysis (STPA) | |
| 8 | Design for Safety, Level 1 presentations of Nancy's Shuttle | (PDF - 1.6MB) |
| 9 | Safety in social systems | |
| 10 | Safety during operations, occupational safety | (PDF) |
| 11 | Management and safety culture | |
| 12 | Regulation, how safe is safe enough? SUBSAFE | |
| 13 | Presentations of final class project |