Statistical Fundamentals for Management
-Probability theory, rules & notation, sequence trees, Bayes’ Theorem
-Single & multi-variate PDFs and CDFs
-Statistical model fitting, method of moments, least squares & maximum likelihood estimation (censored & uncensored)
-Monte Carlo & Quasi-Monte Carlo analysis
Systems Reliability Modelling
-Series, parallel, m-out-of-n systems, and balanced systems
-Reliability block diagram analysis
-Block diagram decomposition
-Active & inactive redundancy
-Determining component importance
-Fault tree analysis
-Competing risk models
-Load sharing systems
-Optimal maintenance scheduling
Management of Uncertainty, Risk & Security
-Business continuity planning
-Project risk modelling & management
-Supply chain uncertainty and management
-Task scheduling & resource planning
-Designing for reliability (inc. FMEA)
-Designing in the presence of uncertainty / robust design
-Robust regularisation, aggregation & randomised techniques for robust design
-Cyber security
-Intellectual property management & export control
-Concurrent & collaborative design processes
Engineering Ethics & Inclusivity
-Ethical practice including, accuracy & rigour, honesty & integrity, responsible leadership and respect for life, law and the public good
-Case studies in engineering ethics
-Diversity & inclusion
-Design for inclusivity
