Risk Management in Engineering (49006)

Faculty of Engineering and IT
Risk Management in Engineering (49006)
Subject Coordinator and Instructor: Dr. Mohsen Naderpour
Assessment Task 3 – Risk Paper
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Specification:

Objective:

Assess, evaluate, prioritise, and treat risks in engineering projects and systems lifecycle

Topics:

Domino effects: Domino effects are referred to a chain of accidents in which a primary accident starting in a unit spreads to adjacent units, causing secondary accidents the total consequence of which could be much more severe than the primary event. Natechs: Natechs are referred to technological accidents such as release of hazardous materials, fires or explosions in industrial plants which are triggered by natural disasters like earthquakes, floods, and hurricanes. Compared to normal technological accidents, which are a matter of random failures or human error, natechs usually give rise to more catastrophic consequences since the likelihood of simultaneous damage to hazardous units and domino effects is much higher. Land use planning: Land use planning (LUP) as an effective and crucial safety measure has widely been employed by safety experts and decision makers to mitigate off-site risks posed by major accidents. Accordingly, the concept of LUP in industrial plants has traditionally been considered from two perspectives: (i) land developments around existing industrial plants considering potential off-site risks posed by major accidents and (ii) development of existing industrial plants considering nearby land developments and the level of additional off-site risks the land developments would be exposed to.

Faculty of Engineering and IT
Risk Management in Engineering (49006)
Subject Coordinator and Instructor: Dr. Mohsen Naderpour
Assessment Task 3 – Risk Paper
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Human error: Humans play an important role during the design, installation, production, and maintenance phases of a product or system. Human error may be defined as the failure to perform a specified task (or the performance of a forbidden action) that could lead to disruption of scheduled operations or result in damage to property and equipment. Security: This area involves estimating access and harm caused due to war, terrorism, riot, crime (vandalism, theft, etc.), and misappropriation of information (national security information, intellectual property, etc.). Environmental damages: This field involves estimating losses due to noise, contamination, and pollution in the ecosystem (water, land, air, and atmosphere) and in space (space debris).

Introduction:
To have a thorough understanding of what constitutes engineering risk management and how
theories, concepts, methods, etc. can be employed in industrial practice, this assignment provides the
opportunity for students to put their knowledge into practice by implementing the quantitative risk
assessment and risk-based decision making methods in a case study investigated in assessment 1. As it
is vital for students to be able to communicate and present their results in their disciplines, the IEEE
template which is used by many engineering journals and conferences is adopted for the sake of
presentation.
Instructions:
1. By now, you have selected your topic and case studies.
2. Research your topic by reading and analysing at least 10 recent journal papers.
3. Study Canvas Module 6 before starting to write your paper to learn the structure, components and
ingredients of a scientific paper.
4. Decide a good title for your paper considering your topic and case study. Title should accurately
reflect the paper main idea and its content.
5. Write a 200-words abstract including motivation for the study, objective(s), methods, and results
and interpretation.
6. Write a good introduction including contextualization, topic importance, case study introduction,
paper objective(s), problem-solving approach, and finally the paper structure.
7. Review the literature including problem background and related works, more recent references
would be better. The main keyword definitions should be presented here. You may have some subsections to organize this section very well.
8. Develop a research methodology to assess and reduce risks. You need to incorporate at least two
techniques in the research methodology from the literature. Do not limit yourselves to the subject
materials. The methodology should be logical and robust to support the discussion.
Faculty of Engineering and IT
Risk Management in Engineering (49006)
Subject Coordinator and Instructor: Dr. Mohsen Naderpour
Assessment Task 3 – Risk Paper
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9. Implement the research methodology in the case study step by step and present the results. Analyse
the results and highlight major findings. Tables and figures should be represented in high quality
with adequate explanation.
10. Discuss the results and do a sensitivity analysis to make sure the results are reliable. Propose some
risk reduction strategies and show unacceptable risks are managed. Limitations of the work must
be listed as well.
11. Write a conclusion of what have been done for what purpose, what are the findings, and propose
some future research directions.
12. All content must be written without grammatical errors in IEEE template (available on Canvas) and
must be fully referenced. Include references at the end of paper consistently aligned with IEEE
style.
13. Therefore, the paper follows below structure:
Title
Abstract
Introduction
Theoretical background (literature review)
Research methodology
Implementation and results (case study)
Discussion
Conclusion and future works
References
Marking Criteria

Section	Weight	Criteria	Score
Title	3	Declarative or descriptive title reflecting the main idea and the content	3
Abstract and keywords	5	Capture the essence of findings Three to five keywords	5
Introduction	10	Contextualization Importance/Relevance of the theme Research question(s) Research objective(s) Paper structure	10
Theoretical background	12	Review relevant literature	12
Research methodology	15	Appropriate combination of methods: At least two quantitative risk assessment techniques Or	15

Faculty of Engineering and IT
Risk Management in Engineering (49006)
Subject Coordinator and Instructor: Dr. Mohsen Naderpour
Assessment Task 3 – Risk Paper
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One quantitative risk assessment technique, one risk-based decision-making technique
Implementation and results	25	Enough case study description	5
Correct implementation of the research methodology	10
Original results analysis	10
Discussion	10	Sensitivity analysis, risk reduction strategies, work limitations	10
Conclusion and future works	5	Summarize the paper and suggest future research directions	5
References	5	Fully in-text referencing along with a list of 10+ relevant high-quality journal papers	5
Structure and presentation	10	Well-structured and well-presented without grammatical errors	5
Conform to the IEEE template and referencing style	5
Sum	100

Weighting Matrix (W)

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