UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
Spring 2005
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COURSE: |
ME 408, Safety Engineering Lecture: 2 hrs; Credit: 2
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INSTRUCTOR: |
Dr. V.R. Capece Crounse Hall, Room 207 Phone: (270) 534 – 3123 Fax: (270) 534-6292 Email: vcapece@engr.uky.edu
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OFFICE HOURS: |
TBA
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GOALS: |
Provide the student with the opportunity to develop a better understanding of safety in the engineering setting. This includes its importance to product and process design.
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PREREQUISITES: |
Engineering standing. Concurrently: ME 344.
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TEXTBOOK: |
An Instructional Aid for Occupational Safety and Health in Engineering Design, by ASME Safety Division, 1984. An Introduction to Relaibility and Maintainability Engineering, by Charles E. Ebeling, McGraw Hill, 1997.
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REFERENCE: |
Reliability and Risk Assessment, by Andrews and Moss, Longman Scientific, 1993.
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HOMEWORK: |
Homework will be collected at the beginning of the class period when due. Late assignments will be accepted only in exceptional cases. Please staple all homework problems together. All submitted assignments should be your own work.
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EXAMS/QUIZZES: |
Two exams and a comprehensive final exam will be given. Make-up exams will only be given for properly documented illness, emergency, or other reason. Quizzes will be given during the semester.
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GRADING: |
Homework and Projects 20% Quizzes 5% Exams 50% (25% each) Final 25%
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GRADING SCALE: |
A= 100 – 90, B = 89 – 80, C = 79 – 70, D = 69 – 60, E < 60 |
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UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
ME 408 SAFETY ENGINEERING – SPRING 2005
General hazards
Safety and health in design
Safety standards
Systems engineering in design
Failure mode and effects analysis
Reliability and quality methods
Fault tree analysis
Maintainability
Accident analysis
At the conclusion of this course the student should be able to:
1) Define, discuss, and apply all of the above concepts
2) Apply fault tree, and failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) to engineering problems
3) Demonstrate effective application of safety practices in the laboratory and in industry