Le Mastère Spécialisé Risk Engineering

Curriculum

Overview of generic aspects of risk management (250 contact hours).

Engineers who control hazards must have a global approach as issues combine numerous aspects.

This first part deals with the concept of risk, risk analysis (identification and estimation), treatment, communication and consultation as well as risk management systems. It includes models, techniques and tools used for any source of risk.

Domain-specific means to handle actual risks (170 contact hours).

Engineers must offer concrete and realistic solutions to reach objectives.

This second part deals with means (hazard identification, assessment techniques, controls and standards) that can be applied in specific domains:

  • process safety
  • toxicological risks for human health
  • environmental risks associated with toxic products
  • natural and technological risks for construction
  • dependability of computing systems
  • risks associated with electromagnetic radiation
  • safety of electrical systems

Although it involves various application domains, this second part does not require deep knowledge of each domain as an introduction to useful skills will be supplied.

A large part of the lectures will be provided by professionals. Case studies will be developed by students.

Course overview

Part A - Generic knowledge
  • Risk management  (4 ECTS):
          Notion of risk and importance of its control, objectives of the tasks of a risk Management process. Identification of the risks and their           origins. Evaluation of the risks. Treatment of the risks. Risk Management System
60h 
  • Risk Analysis (4 ECTS)                                                                                                                                 
    Goals of risk analysis. Inductive and deductive deterministic methods for analyzing risks. Probabilistic approaches for assessing risks. Uncertainty handling. Estimation of the severity of consequences.
60h
  • Legal and human factors in Risk Management (4 ECTS)                                                                   
    Laws and regulations; Human and organizational factors; Communication and consultation; Integrated approach
60h
  • Designing for Safety (4 ECTS)                                                                                                                    
    Introduction to hazards associated with the system life cycle. Intrinsic safety. Design conformance. Adaptation for using.
70h
Part B - Application fields

For each domain, lectures will follow the same structure: hazard identification; risk estimation; prevention and protection methods; standards.

Considered domains:
  • Toxic Risks on Human and Environment (4 ECTS)                                                                
    Chemical risk on environment. Chemical risks on humans. Risks associated with rays. Risks associated with biotechnologies.
50h
  • Structural and process safety (6 ECTS)                                                                                                    
    Structural safety: introduction to risks in structural engineering; Structural reliability methods; Decision-making in structural safety and maintenance; Structural and multidisciplinary optimization under uncertainty.
    Process safety: Identification of types of risk; Estimation of effects; Prevention and protection methods; Standards and regulation
60h
  • Nuclear safety (2 ECTS)         
20h
  • Risk for project (2 ECTS)  
20h
Part C - Professional skills
  • Professional development and skills / French language 
20h
  Industrial project  (15 ECTS)200h
  • Internship (30 ECTS)
6 mths