Distance Learning

The Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center has a history of outreach and an established record of safety education through its continuing education program. Because of the continually growing interest in safety education, courses are now being offered through Texas A&M University Distance Learning.

The courses are being hosted by the Petroleum Engineering Distance Learning Program and are available via distance learning.

Register for Fall 2008

CHEN 455 - SENG 455: Chemical Process Safety
Instructor: Dr. Sam Mannan

Applications of engineering principles to process safety and hazards analysis, mitigation, and prevention, with special emphasis on the chemical process industries. This course covers source modeling for leakage rates, dispersion analysis, relief valve sizing, fire and explosion damage analysis, hazards identification, risk analysis, and accident investigations.

These distance learning courses are eligible for academic credit or Continuting Education Units (CEUs).

CHEN 430 - SENG 430: Risk Analysis Safety Engineering
Instructor: Dr. Bill Rogers

Concepts of risk and risk assessment, which uses all available information to provide a foundation for risk-informed and cost-effective engineering practices; examples and exercises are drawn from a variety of engineering areas.

These distance learning courses are eligible for academic credit or Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

Previously Offered Courses:

SENG 489/689 - PETE 689-5: Quantitative Risk Analysis
Instructor: Faculty

Following the growth in complexity of engineering systems, demands are increasing for health, safety, and environmental quality with more stringent requirements for reliability and increased engineering performance. This course presents the fundamentals of quantitative risk analysis for cost-effective engineering applications, risk criteria, and risk decisions.

These distance learning courses are eligible for academic credit or Continuting Education Units (CEUs).To receive academic credit for the courses, you must be a currently enrolled student at Texas A&M University. The courses also apply towards the Safety Engineering Certificate.

To register for a course, contact:

Mary Lu Epps
Texas A&M Petroleum Engineering
3116 TAMU - 407 Richardson Building
College Station, TX 77843-3116
Phone: (979) 458-4297
E-mail: marylu.epps@pe.tamu.edu

*CEUs will be issued through the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center upon successful completion of the course.