Engineering a Safer World
This website contains a link to my new book "Engineering a Safer
World" plus some related papers
that might interest you.
This website is under construction and will grow, including br> the
addition of
more teaching materials for the book.
There will be a free WORKSHOP ON STAMP/STPA at
MIT on April 17-19. The first day will
be a tutorial on STPA.
Information about the workshop can be obtained by
clicking here.
Because the book has now been published, as agreed in my contract with the
publisher,
MIT Press, they are now controlling the distribution of the
book. There is still a free on-line version
(readable but not printable)
but it is located on the MIT Press website (look in the left column and
click on the link that says "Read the complete text of this book."
Click here to read or buy "Engineering a Safer World"
A copy can also be purchased at one of the on-line book sellers.
Related papers:
- Paper on the application of STAMP to the
analysis of the Comair 5191 Aircraft Accident by Paul Nelson
- Comparison of SOAM and STAMP for ATM
ncident investigation by Richard Arnold
- Modeling and Hazard Analysis Using
STPA
The application of STPA on the JAXA HTV (unmanned transfer vehicle to the ISS)
- A System-Theoretic Hazard Analysis Methodology
for a Non-advocate Safety Assessment of the Ballistic Missile Defense
System
A paper on the results of using STPA
- Accident Analysis and Hazard
Analysis for Human and Organizational Factors by Margaret Stringfellow
A recent Ph.D. dissertation from MIT (October 2010)
-
A Framework for Dynamic Safety and Risk
Management Modeling in Complex Systems by Nicolas Dulac
A Ph.D. dissertation from MIT (February 2007) that creates a methodology for dynamic analysis of complex
systems using the NASA Constellation Program as the example.
- This is an example of what I consider to be a good high-level
Operational Safety Policy .
A detailed
implementation, of course, is also needed. The company that produced this policy had previously experienced
several serious accidents. After that, they created this policy and a new focus on system integrity and safety
(from what had been primarily a focus on growth and expansion) and worked hard to change the corporate
culture and make Safety, System Integrity, and Operational Excellence as the key pillars of their success.
I was told that the three young ladies shown beside one of their pipeline markers attend a nearby school
and the picture is intended as ``a strong reminder of what we in operations are really protecting.''
- Safety Guided Spacecraft Design using
Model-Based Specifications. This paper was presented at
Conference of the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety, Versailles, France, October 2011.
- A paper on hazard analysis of multiple
controllers. This paper was presented at
Conference of the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety, Versailles, France, October 2011.
- Using STAMP in the early concept design phase of a
JAXA manned spacecraft . This paper was presented at
Conference of the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety, Versailles, France, October 2011.
- An example of using CAST to analyze
a real overflow accident at a petroleum refinery. The first part of
this report contains the same information as my new book, but you may find useful the CAST
accident analysis (starting on Page 18) and comparison with the actual analysis of the accident by the company.
- The Use of Safety Cases in Certification and Regulation
This is a paper that has been circulating in various places
(I wrote it originally for a NASA grant and then rewrote it for the use of the Presidential Oil Spill Commission
and a Dept. of Interior advisory committee. It will appear in the Nov/Dec 2011 edition of the Journal of System Safety.
-
The first year report on a NASA aviation safety grant demonstrating
the application of STPA on a NextGen component (ITP).
A comparison of the results of STPA with those of the official NextGen safety analysis is provided.
- Application of System Safety Framework in Hybrid
Socio-Technical Environment of Eurasia. .
A master's thesis thesis by Azamat Abdymomunov applying STAMP in the electricity sector using the
particular example of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Station accident. This thesis won
the "best master's thesis" award at MIT last year for the System Design and Management Program.