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Categories
The following categories & links are in no particular order of importance.
- International System Safety Conferences (ISSC)
- Presentations at Tennessee Valley Chapter Meetings
- DOD Resources
- Air Force Organizations & Resources
- Army Organizations & Resources
- Navy Organizations & Resources
- Federal Aviation Administration Resources
- Other Aviation Organizations & Resources
- United Kingdom Ministry of Defense Resources
- Software System Safety
- Summing Risk
- Source-Mechanism-Outcome (SMO)
- Other Resources
- Organizations Related to System Safety
- Companies & Organizations with Members in the ISSS Tennessee Valley Chapter
International System Safety Conferences (ISSC)
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Presentations at Tennessee Valley Chapter Meetings (reverse chronologicial order)
- May 16, 2022; Software Safety - What is it?; Michael Grant, Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation.; Slides
- January 22, 2020; Deos Real-Time Operating System for Mission/Safety-Critical Software Systems; Theresa Rickman & Gary Gilliland, DDC-I Inc.; Slides
- October 23, 2019; Model-Based Functional Safety for Complex Software intensive Systems; Barry Hendrix, A-P-T Research, Inc; Slides
- January 16, 2019; System Safety and Quality Assurance: Important Partners in Program Success; John Livingston; Slides
- September 11, 2018; Addressing Uniqueness and Unison of Reliability and Safety for Better Integration; Fayssal M. Safie, PhD, , A-P-T Research, Inc; Slides
- April 18, 2018; Safety in Search and Rescue; Melissa Waters, Huntsville Search Dog Unit; Slides
- November 15, 2017; NASA Modeling and Simulation - Verification, Validation & Accreditation; Kelly Barber, Dynamic Concepts Inc.; Slides
- July 19, 2017; Risk Management for Safety Engineering; Tom Pfitzer and Tom DeLong, A-P-T Research, Inc.; Slides
- June 21, 2017; Safety in Building and Racing Greenpower Cars; Drew Sparks, Greenpower Lead Teacher, Huntsville City Schools; Slides
- October 19, 2016; Challenges of Applying Conventional Software System Safety to Agile Software Development Programs; Melissa Emery, A-P-T Research; Dave West, Science Applications International Corporation; Slides; Paper
- September 21, 2016; The Business Case for Using a Numbered Logarithmic Risk Severity Scale; Don Swallom, US Army Aviation and Missile Command; Slides; Paper
- July 20, 2016; Introduction to the RSESC Complex Systems Integration Lab; David Arterburn, Director, Rotorcraft Systems Engineering and Simulation Center (RSESC), University of Alabama Huntsville (UAH); Slides
- May 18, 2016; Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) Familiarization (Aug 16, 2018 update); Charles Fulks, Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation; Slides
- April 20, 2016; Universal Risk Scales; Tom Pfitzer, Founder and President, A-P-T Research; Slides
- March 16, 2016; F-35 Aircraft Software System Safety; Josh McNeil and LaToya Eggleston, US Army AMRDEC Software Engineering Directorate (SED); Slides
- October 21, 2015; Model-based System Safety Overview; Barry Hendrix, A-P-T Research; Slides
- July 15, 2015; How Do You Do Safety for Mil-Vilian Rotorcraft?; Steve Hosner, A-P-T Research, Inc.; Slides
- June 24, 2015; Nine Ideas for Our Discipline; Tom Pfitzer, Founder and President, A-P-T Research; Slides
- March 18, 2015; System Safety Using Ten Hundred Words; Don Swallom, AMCOM Safety Office; Slides; Paper
- November 19, 2014; Safety Case Approach and Other Pressing Issues, The ; Dave West, SAIC; Slides
- October 22, 2014; Safety Assessment Report Workshop; Chris Trumble, AMCOM Safety Office; Slides; Template; Audit Tool;
- July 23, 2014; System and Software Safety Challenges for Widespread Acceptance of Driverless Vehicles; Greg Turgeon, GT Software Services; Paper
- February 19, 2014; Safety: Areas of concern (More things to think about?); David Schultz, QinetiQ North America; Slides
- December 11, 2013; Safety is not an Option - Sikorsky's Aviation Safety Equipment List (ASEL) Process; Clifford Parizo and Brandon Daugherty, Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation; Slides
- October 23, 2013; Safety Risk Estimation for Software; Josh McNeil, U.S. Army, and Melissa Emery, A-P-T Research; Slides; Paper
- September 1, 2013; What would Pascal think of the Practice of System Safety?; Tom Pfitzer, Founder and President, A-P-T Research; Slides; Paper
- July 15, 2013; Will the Real System Safety Solution Please Stand Up; Barry Hendrix, A-P-T Research; Slides
- May 15, 2013; Understanding and Applying Total System Risk Summing (As Outlined in the Risk Summing Guidebook) (Link to paper); Bill Edmonds, Pat Clemens, Tom Pfitzer, Bob Baker, Melissa Emery; Slides; Paper
- March 20, 2013; Selling Safety; Steve Hosner and David Schultz, QinetiQ North America; Slides
- February 20, 2013; Software System Safety, Software Criticality, and Software Hazard Control Categories for Information Systems; Mike Pessoney, A-P-T Research; Slides; Paper
- January 16, 2013; Relevancy of Technical Societies; Roger Eidsaune, Vice President, Huntsville Association of Technical Societies (HATS); Slides
- November 14, 2012; Help Wanted: Military Rotorcraft System Safety Engineering Academic Program Designers!; Steve Hosner, A-P-T Research, Inc.; Slides
- October 17, 2012; Aviation Safety Management System (SMS) and Its Relevance to System Safety Engineering, The ; Chris Trumble, AMCOM Safety Office; Slides; Paper
- January 18, 2012; Use (and Misuse) of System Safety Terms; Don Swallom, AMCOM Safety Office; Slides
- July 20, 2011; Mathematical Techniques to Improve the Utility of a Hazard Risk Matrix; Don Swallom, AMCOM Safety Office; Slides; Paper; 2024 Tutorial
DOD Organizations & Resources
- MIL-STD-882E System Safety (text in pdf)
- Unmanned Systems Safety Guide for DOD Acquisition, 27 June 2007 (text in pdf) Additional Source
- A Critique of the “Unmanned Systems Safety Guide for DoD Acquisition” (text in pdf)
Air Force Organizations & Resources
- AFI 91-202, The US Air Force Mishap Prevention Program (Chapter 11 deals with System Safety)
- Air Force Safety Center
- Air Force System Safety Handbook
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Army Organizations & Resources
- AR 385-10, The Army Safety Program (Chapter 9 on page 57 addresses system safety management)
- DA PAM 385-16, System Safety Management Guide
- U.S. Army AMCOM Safety & Maintenance Messages (Requires AKO or CAC login)
- U.S. Army Public Health Center
- U.S. Army Combat Readiness Center (Safety Center)
- U.S. Army Human Systems Integration (HSI)
Navy Organizations & Resources
- Naval Safety Center
- Navy-Marine Corps Laser Safety Web Site
- Naval Ordnance Safety & Security Activity (NOSSA)
- OPNAV Instruction 5100.24B - Navy System Safety Program Policy
- NSWC Dahlgren - The Leading Edge - Systems Safety
Federal Aviation Administration Resources
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA Acquisition System Toolset
- FAA Fire Safety Branch
- FAA Human Factors Research and Engineering Division
- FAA Human Factors Awareness Web Course
- FAA Regulations & Policies
- FAA Order 8040.4A Safety Risk Management Policy
- FAA System Safety Handbook
- Safety Risk Management Guidance for System Acquisitions
- FAA Lessons Learned From Transport Airplane Accidents
- Recommended Practices for Human Space Flight Occupant Safety
Other Aviation Organizations & Resources
- Transport Canada Safety Promotion
- AirSafe.com - Airline Safety and Security Information
- Flight Safety Information Newsletter
- Flight Safety Foundation
- Aviation Safety Network
- GAO Report - System Safety Approach Needs Further Integration into FAA's Oversight of Airlines
- Aviation Medicine Advisory Service (AMAS)
United Kingdom Ministry of Defense Resources
Software System Safety
- High Impact Services (Sean Beatty)
- IEEE Computer Society
- Joint Software Systems Safety Engineering Handbook
- Joint Software Systems Safety Implementation Guide
- White Paper - Guidance to Perform Functional Hazard Analysis for Weapon Systems with Artificial Intelligence Capabilities
- White Paper - Guidance to Perform Modes, States and Transitions Hazard Analysis
- White Paper - Preferred Level of Rigor Activities Table for Weapon Systems with Supervised Machine Learning Capabilities
- NASA Software Safety Guidebook
Summing Risk
- Risk Summing Guidebook - Understanding and Implementing Risk Summing as a Practical Element of Risk Managment
- Understanding and Applying Total System Risk Summing (As Outlined in the Risk Summing Guidebook)
Source-Mechanism-Outcome (SMO)
- 2006 International System Safety Conference Paper
- 2007 Journal of System Safety Article
- Slide Presentation
Other Resources
- Protecting Your Identity While You Shop
- Asbestos.com (Mesothelioma Center)
- ASSE “Professional Safety” Magazine
- Building Process Safety Culture: Tools to Enhance Process Safety Performance
- Dr. Nancy Leveson's Home Page at MIT (most recent papers & other pubs)
- fault-tree.net (Free, accurate fault tree analysis information compiled by TVC member Allen Long)
- Fault Tree Analysis Programs
- Hazards, Risk & Incoherence - Peter B. Ladkin
- Huntsville Association of Technical Societies (HATS)
- Industrial Safety & Hygiene News
- MIL-STD-1629A, Procedures for Performing a Failure Mode, Effects & Criticality Analysis
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - SEMATECH Engineering Statistics Handbook
- NIOSH Pub 96-37768, System Safety and Risk Management, Pat Clemens & Rod Simmons
- OSHA Technical Links to Safety & Health Topics
- SAE Standards
- Science & Risk - How Safe is Safe Enough
- System Engineering Toolbox for Design-Oriented Engineers
- "System Safety Engineering" Website
- System Safety Scrapbook - Order A-P-T Research September 2004 paperback edition.
- System Safety Scrapbook - August 2002 On-line edition
- University of Washington System Safety Courses
- Aircraft System Safety Engineering by Duane Kritzinger
- The System Safety Skeptic by Terry Hardy
- Risk Logic (Clif Ericson's Web site)
Organizations Related to System Safety
- Safety and Reliability Society
- Leonardo da Vinci Laboratory for Complexity and Systems Thinking
- American Board of Industrial Hygiene
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers - Center for Chemical Process Safety
- American Society for Testing & Materials (ASTM)
- American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)
- Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI)
- Board of Certified Safety Professionals
- TechAmerica G-48 System Safety Committee
- Human Factors & Ergonomics Society
- IEEE's Product Safety Engineering Society
- Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center (Texas A&M)
- National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Environmental Safety and Occupational Health (ESOH) Committee
- National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
- Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
- Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
- Society of Reliability Engineers
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
Companies & Organizations with Members in the Tennessee Valley Chapter
- A-P-T Research, Inc.
- Auburn University
- Bastion Technologies
- Boeing Defense, Space and Security
- Chugach Management Services
- FedEx Express
- GT Software Services
- Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control
- Lurwig and Associates, Inc.
- Missile Defense Agency
- NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
- nLogic
- Northrop Grumman
- Quantitech, Inc.
- Raytheon Missile Systems
- Safety Analytical Technologies
- Safety Engineering Services, Inc.
- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
- Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
- System Safety Engineering, LLC (256-655-6323)
- U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command (AMCOM) Safety Office
- U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Research, Development & Engineering Center (AMRDEC)
- U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) Safety Office
- U.S. Army Program Executive Office (PEO) Aviation
- University of Alabama
- University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB)
- Whitacre & Associates