The SoTeRiA Research Laboratory proudly congratulates Dr. John Beal on successfully completing his Ph.D. requirements in the Department of Nuclear, Plasma & Radiological Engineering (NPRE) at the Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign! Dr. Beal’s research focused on developing a temporal coupling framework that integrates maintenance human performance, physical degradation, and Digital Twin (DT) models for Probabilistic Risk Assessment […]
Professor Mohaghegh and the SoTeRiA Research Laboratory offer an advanced PRA course every spring semester for students from multiple departments with diverse backgrounds. This course encompasses the cutting-edge PRA methods developed through state-of-the-art research.
Congratulations to SoTeRiA graduate student Dr. Sari Alkhatib on successfully completing his Ph.D. requirements in the Department of Nuclear Plasma and Radiological Engineering (NPRE) at the Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)! Sari’s research has focused on advancing methodologies for screening analysis to enhance the strategic use of modeling and simulation […]
The Socio-Technical Risk Analysis (SoTeRiA) Laboratory is set to lead the upcoming International Association for Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (IAPSAM) topical conference titled “Artificial Intelligent (AI) & Risk Analysis for Probabilistic Safety/Security Assessment & Management.” This conference will be held virtually on October 23-25, 2023, and will bring together international AI and risk assessment […]
The SoTeRiA Laboratory, in collaboration with Constellation Energy, Idaho National Laboratory, Southern Company, Electric Power Research Institute, and X-Energy, has recently been awarded a $1,000,000 grant by the Department of Energy for the treatment of component dependencies in nuclear reactors. The project titled “Simulation-informed Dependency Treatment to Enhance Operational Flexibility, AvoidProduction Loss, and Maintain Safety […]
SoTeRiA Lab Director and NPRE Associate Professor Zahra Mohaghegh has been selected to serve as a member of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee on “Improving the Efficiency and Effectiveness of the Coast Guard Certificate of Compliance Examination Program for Gas Carriers.” The focus of this committee is to provide solutions […]
Congratulations to SoTeRiA graduate student, Dr. Wen-Chi Cheng, who recently passed his Ph.D. defense! He received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering, with a specialization in Risk and Reliability analysis. Wen-Chi’s research has focused on Finite Element Based Probabilistic Physics-of-Failure Analysis to Estimate Piping System Failure Rates for Risk Assessment […]
https://soteria.npre.illinois.edu/files/2022/07/PSAM_Tatsuyas-Fellowship.png This fellowship (https://www.iapsam.org/PSAM16/apostolakis.html) is intended to honor an individual with demonstrated potential to be one of tomorrow’s leaders in the advancement of Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA). The Apostolakis Fellowship honors Prof. George Apostolakis (on the right in the foreground in the above photo) for his contribution to the science of risk analysis as well […]
The authors of this paper are John Beal, Pegah Farshadmanesh, Tatsuya Sakurahara, Seyed Reihani, Ernie Kee, and Zahra Mohaghegh from the SoTeRiA Lab (https://soteria.npre.illinois.edu) SoTeRiA Lab will virtually present this paper, supported by the DOE Project (https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1817917), at the 16th Probabilistic Safety Assessment & Management (PSAM 16) conference (https://lnkd.in/gHfYZU4d), chaired by Curtis Smith. This will […]
In 2021, the National Academies appointed an ad-hoc committee of 12 members to undertake a study to evaluate FAA’s Transport Airplane Risk Assessment Methodology. This panel will discuss the report created by this committee. Moderator: George Ligler (Professor and Dean’s Excellence Chair, Multidisciplinary Engineering, Texas A& M University; member of the National Academy of Engineering) […]