Environmental Risk Assessment

Catalog description

Risk assessment is an increasingly important set of tools used to inform environmental, engineering and public health regulatory decisions. Additionally, risk assessment can be used to navigate complex decisions and prioritize resource allocation when those resources are scarce. Framework for analyzing risks in engineering and environmental health applications including microbial, chemical and engineering failure risks. Probability and statistics concepts needed to complete a risk assessment including curve-fitting, Monte Carlo analysis, sensitivity analysis, and techniques for interpreting both sparse and large datasets. Additionally, summarizes the principles of toxicology and microbiology to inform case study projects. Explores risk perception, management and communication approaches for applications to multiple scenarios including water and wastewater treatment, indoor air quality and failure analysis.