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CEE 6540: Engineering Risk Analysis (new course)

Level: Graduate
Class Size: 20

Course Objectives:

This course presents fundamental concepts of probability theory, risk analysis, and decision theory through their application to civil engineering systems. It introduces students to the many sources of uncertainty that influence engineering decisions, and provides tools and methods to model and analyze these uncertainties in the context of engineering risk assessment. Emphasis is placed on probabilistic modeling and topics covered include: random variables and functions of random variables, probability distributions for risk analysis in civil and environmental engineering problems, Bayesian methods, and risk-informed decision making.