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VANDERBILT
UNIVERSITY
Reliability
and Risk Engineering and Management Program
The
Multidisciplinary Reliability and Risk Engineering and Management doctoral
program is the first in the world to study and develop integrated
multidisciplinary computational and experimental approaches to assessing and
managing risk and reliability. The program's pioneering approach is unique, and
the techniques are broadly applicable across engineering and management
disciplines.
Why Study Reliability
and Risk Engineering and Management?
The demand for engineers
skilled in solving complex reliability and risk management problems is growing
exponentially.
Accurately assessing and
predicting performance, reliability, and risk is an important component of
engineering analysis, design and management. Risk and reliability assessment has
become increasingly challenging in all engineering fields. Traditional
reliability methods based solely on physical tests are often prohibitively
expensive and impractical as materials, equipment, system components and
large-scale structures have become more complex.
Today's engineers must
rely on modeling and simulation to predict the performance, reliability, and
risk of systems, ranging from large, complicated systems like the space shuttle,
to minute and intricate systems like microelectronics and nanoscale systems.
These techniques also are critically important in solving problems associated
with aging infrastructure and environmental systems.
Program Emphases and
Requirements
The doctoral program
provides rigorous and comprehensive education in uncertainty analysis, computer
modeling, and integration techniques to assess and manage the reliability and
risk for both large and small systems. Doctoral candidates master concepts and
techniques drawn from:
- Modeling and simulation methodology for reliability
and risk assessment
- Systematic integration of models and tools across
disciplines
- Inclusion of economic, legal, regulatory, and social
perspectives
The program includes
multidisciplinary coursework and research, laboratory rotations, industry and
government laboratory internships, seminars and workshops, case studies,
training in professional communication and ethics, and career development.
Participating
Departments and Programs
- Biomedical Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- Management of Technology
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Owen Graduate School of
Management
Industry and
Governmental Support
The program is supported
by prominent industry and government organizations, including:
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Industry
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Government
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- Bank
of America
- Boeing
- Brown
& Root
- FedEx
- Ferris,
Baker, Watts
- General
Electric
- General
Motors
- Haestad
Methods
- Pratt
and Whitney
- Southwest
Research Institute
- Union
Pacific
- Xerox
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- Federal
Highway Administration
- Idaho
National Labs (INEEL)
- NASA
- Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC)
- Oak
Ridge National Laboratory
- Sandia
National Laboratories
- Tennessee
Department of Transportation
- US.
Air Force
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Fellowship Support
- $30,000 stipend per year, plus full tuition and health
insurance
- Summer internships with top industry and government
organizations
- Support for travel to professional conferences
- Participation in Risk and Reliability workshops
Contact Information
For more information,
please contact:
Vanderbilt University
Professor Sankaran Mahadevan
VU Station B 351831
2301 Vanderbilt Place
Nashville, TN 35235-1831
Telephone: 615-322-3040, 615-322-6405
Fax: 615-322-5624
E-mail:
reliability@vanderbilt.edu
Visit our website at:
http://www.reliability-studies.vanderbilt.edu
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