Distance Learning

The Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center has a history of outreach and an established record of safety education through its continuing education program. Because of the continually growing interest in safety education, courses are now being offered through Texas A&M University Distance Learning.

The courses are being hosted by the Petroleum Engineering Distance Learning Program and are available via distance learning.

Register for FAll 2008 - Check back for Fall 2008 courses to be offered
Previously offered courses from Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 include:

CHEN 455 - SENG 455 Chemical Process SafetyInstructor: MANNANDescription: Applications of engineering principles to process safety and hazards analysis, mitigation, and prevention, with special emphasis on the chemical process industries. This course covers source modeling for leakage rates, dispersion analysis, relief valve sizing, fire and explosion damage analysis, hazards identification, risk analysis, and accident investigations.	SENG 489/689 - PETE 689-5 Quantitative Risk AnalysisInstructor: FACULTYDescription: Following the growth in complexity of engineering systems, demands are increasing for health, safety, and environmental quality with more stringent requirements for reliability and increased engineering performance. This course presents the fundamentals of quantitative risk analysis for cost-effective engineering applications, risk criteria, and risk decisions.
Academic Credit and CEUs These distance learning courses are eligible for academic credit or Continuting Education Units (CEUs).

To receive academic credit for the courses, you must be a currently enrolled student at Texas A&M University. The courses also apply towards the Safety Engineering Certificate.To register for a course for Academic Credit, contact: Sarah Buckingham Texas A&M Petroleum Engineering 3116 TAMU - 407 Richardson Building College Station, TX 77843-3116 Phone: (979) 845-9385 E-mail: sarah.buckingham@pe.tamu.edu	CEUs will be issued through the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center upon successful completion of the course.To register for a course for Continuing Education Units (CEUs), contact: Mary Lu Epps Texas A&M Petroleum Engineering 3116 TAMU - 407 Richardson Building College Station, TX 77843-3116 Phone: (979) 458-4297 e-mail: marylu.epps@pe.tamu.edu