Engineering Risk Management

Thierry Meyer; Genserik Reniers

Published by De Gruyter 2022

Engineering Risk Management

Thierry Meyer and Genserik Reniers

In the series De Gruyter Textbook

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110665338

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About this book

This book is a valuable resource for achieving and promoting a culture of risk awareness and integrating risk management principles and practices into the educational environment.

This integration is essential to ensure that students have the knowledge and skills to identify hazards, and assess and control risks in different contexts through the development and implementation of a risk management curriculum. Besides theoretical considerations and learning to ask the right questions at all times for the sake of critical thinking, effective risk management education also involves the use of case studies, simulations and other experiential learning tools to help students understand and apply risk management concepts in real-life situations. This approach helps students develop a questioning attitude and problem-solving skills, which are essential for effective risk management.

Overall, the interface between risk management and education is essential to develop a generation of professionals who can effectively deal with risks in a variety of contexts. By integrating risk management principles and practices into the educational process, educational institutions can help ensure that their students are well prepared to meet the challenges of the modern world.

Explains managing risk from the perspective of industrial practice.

New in the third edition: in-depth discussion of dynamic risk assessment and practical tips on implementing lessons learned.

Author / Editor information

Prof. Dr. Thierry Meyer received a diploma degree (MSc) in chemical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) in 1986. He was awarded in 1989 a PhD at EPFL for his thesis on micromixing in highly viscous polymeric media. From 1989 until 1993, he worked in the Chemical Engineering Institute as senior scientist in the field of polymerization reactions. In 1994, he joined Ciba-Geigy SA in the pigment division as successively development chemist, head of development a.i. and finally production manager for high performance pigments. At the end of 1998, he returned to the Chemical Engineering Institute of the EPFL in Lausanne and was appointed "maître d'enseignement et de recherche" (MER) to lead a new research group in the field of polymers and supercritical fluids, and to teach in the fields of process development, introduction to chemical engineering, polymer and organic chemistry at bachelor and master levels to chemists, chemical engineers and material science students. In 2005, he took on the responsibility of the occupational health and safety service of the school of basic sciences on top of his research activities dealing with risk management and supercritical fluids. He is presently teaching introduction to chemical engineering at bachelor level, risk management at master level and specific courses on safety aspects in research activities. He is also active as adviser and expert in risk assessment and chemical engineering matters for the ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) of the World Business Organization, as well as for several assessment companies and for major and SME's chemical industries. Thierry Meyer is currently member of several international associations of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering and American Chemical Society. He was chairman of the European Working Party on Polymer Reaction Engineering from 2001 to 2006. He is member of several editorial boards: Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Macromolecular Reaction Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Technology.

Prof Dr. Genserik Reniers obtained a Master's degree in chemical engineering at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and received his PhD in Applied Economic Sciences from the University of Antwerp. He lectures amongst others in chemistry, organic chemistry, chemical process technology, and Technological Risk Management at TU Delft and the University of Antwerp. He is also visiting professor of Security Management at the Antwerp Management School, Risk Management at ITMMA, and Risk Analysis in a Postgraduate Disaster Management at VESTA. At the Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel in Brussels he lectures in prevention management, advanced occupational health and safety management and chemical processes/unit operations. His main research interests concern the collaboration surrounding safety and security topics and socio-economic optimization within the chemical industry. He coordinates the Antwerp Research Group on Safety and Security, unifying multi-disciplinary safety and security research at the University of Antwerp. He has extensive experience in leading research projects funded both by the Belgian government and the chemical industry.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
About the authors Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
1 Risk management is not only a matter of financial risk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Introduction to engineering and managing risks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
3 Risk management principles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
4 Risk diagnostic and analysis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
5 Risk treatment/reduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
6 Event analysis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
7 Major industrial accidents and learning from accidents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
8 Crisis management Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
9 Economic issues of safety Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
10 Risk governance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	327
11 Examples of practical implementation of risk management Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	351
12 Concluding remarks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	377
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	381

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Edition: 3rd, completely revised and extended Edition
Audience: Chemical (Process) Engineers, Chemists, Materials Scientists, Physicists; postgraduate students of these subjects.
Pages
- Front matter: 13
- Main content: 389
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 12
- Coloured Illustrations: 123
- Tables: 45
Keywords: Chemieingenieurwesen; Risikoanalyse; Risikobewertung

eBook

Published: April 4, 2022
ISBN: 9783110665338

Paperback

Published: April 18, 2022
ISBN: 9783110665314