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MS in Safety Engineering
Administered by the Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center. Applicants must apply to the Director of the Center. Admission is offered based on meeting admission requirements and the agreement of a faculty advisor. Faculty advisor can be from any engineering department. Degree plan is then approved in joint consultation between the faculty advisor and the Director of the Center.
Safety Engineering Certificate
The Safety Engineering Certificate requirements are achievable and relevant to all engineering disciplines. Undergraduate students in any engineering discipline can choose this option as part of their curriculum. Through this option, students are exposed to principles and case histories from a wide variety of engineering disciplines. The curriculum emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of safety, health, and environmental engineering. It also emphasizes the knowledge and skills most likely to be needed by any engineer, as well as those who specialize in safety engineering.
While this program is also administered by the Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, it seeks to serve all engineering disciplines equally well. The certificate requires 15 hours of coursework. These hours are applicable to the hours necessary for graduation, not an additional load. Six hours are dedicated to Basic Topics and required for everyone in the program. An additional six hours address more specific and advanced Topics. If the discipline has a specific course in safety (such as does Chemical Engineering), that course counts towards the hours for advanced topics. The advanced topics are cross-listed with numerous departments and developed in cooperation with various TEES research centers and TTI. Finally, a three-hour discipline-specific capstone course is required to complete the 15-hour Safety Certificate requirements.
The 6 hours of Basic Topics consist of two required courses that cover basic concepts and principles with case histories illustrating failures and successes in all types of systems, structures and products. These two courses cover hazard identification, reduction, mitigation and response. Specific topics might include:
The 6 hours of Advanced Topics consist of courses with more specific focus. Three hours should be a discipline specific course such as Chemical Process Safety. However, it could be two of any of the following:
Dr. M. Sam Mannan, PE, CSP
Professor and Director
Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas 77843-3122, USA
Phone: (979) 862-3985
Fax: (979) 458-1493
e-mail: mannan@tamu.edu
http://process-safety.tamu.edu
