ENGR 531 - Engineering Risk Analysis

Prerequisite

ECE 303/STAT 303 (Introduction to Communications Principles); STAT 315 (Statistics for Engineers and Scientists); ENGR 501/ECE 501 ( (Foundations of Systems Engineering) or concurrent enrollment.).

Description

Successful engineering project management includes estimation and proactive risk identification and development of mitigation techniques. System uncertainty is reduced when project risks are identified, quantified, and mitigation strategies implemented.

Tools, techniques, and methodologies used by successful project managers will be examined.

Students can participate via live web conferencing or view the recorded session at their leisure. Web conferencing for this course is available on Mondays from 5:15 - 8:00 pm.

This course can be applied towards the:

• Systems Engineering (M.E.)
• Systems Engineering Certificate

Important Information

This class is available live via the Internet on Mondays from 5:15 - 8:00 p.m. Mountain Time. If you are registered in the online section, log into your RamCT account to access the course; direction will be posted. The on-campus section is being taught in AVB C 141.

Textbooks and Materials

Textbooks and materials can be purchased at the CSU Bookstore unless otherwise indicated.

Required

• Proactive Risk Management (2002)
  Preston G. Smith and Guy M. Merritt

Instructors

Edwin K P Chong
echong@engr.colostate.edu

Edwin K. P. Chong was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He received his B.E. from the University of Adelaide, South Australia, graduating top of his class in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering; and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Princeton University where he held an IBM Graduate Fellowship.

He is currently a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and in the Department of Mathematics at Colorado State University. Professor Chong's research interests are primarily in the areas of control, optimization, and modeling, with applications to computer/communication networks and wireless systems.