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| Date | Topic | Notes | Reading |
| 9/3(W) | Syllabus & Operational Details Course Subject Overview Background Survey |
Lecture #1 | Johnson (PDF): Ch 1.1; Reliability Engineering (Link); |
| 9/8(M) | Faults, Errors, and Failures | Lecture #2 | Johnson (PDF): Ch 1.1; Research Paper (PDF); Review Questions |
| 9/10(W) 9/15(M) | Hardware Redundancy Techniques |
Lecture #3 | Johnson (PDF): Ch 1.2.1; Shooman: Ch 4; Fault detection methods (Link); Solution to problems on Slides 9, 13, 14; Review Question |
| 9/15(M) 9/22(M) | Information Redundancy Techniques (I) | Lecture#4 | Johnson (PDF): Ch 1.2.2; Shooman: Ch 2; Solution to problems on Slide 22, Slide 30, Slide 33 HW#1 assigned 9/15 |
| 9/22(M) 9/24(W) 9/29(M) | Information Redundancy Techniques (II) | Lecture#5 | HW#1 due; HW#2 assigned 9/22 Johnson (PDF): Ch 1.2.2; Shooman: Ch 2; Checksum Extra Notes; Tables Solution to problems on Slide 37, Slide 38, Slide 40, Slide41; ExtraQ |
| 9/29(M) 10/1(W) | Time & Software Redundancy Techniques | Lecture#6 | HW#2 due; HW#3 assigned 9/29 Johnson (PDF): Ch 1.2.3; An Example of Software Redundancy (PDF) |
| 10/1(W) 10/6(M) | Probability & Random Variable (Review) | Lecture#7 | Any probability textbook; Solution to problems on Slides 9&21, Slide12, Slide15, Slide19 |
| 10/6(M) 10/8(W) | Time-to-Failure Models and Distributions | Lecture#8 | Johnson (PDF): Ch 1.3.1; Hoyland: Ch 2; Proof of memoryless property (PDF) Solution to problems on Slides 23&24, Slide 25 , ExtraQ HW#3 due; HW#4 assigned 10/6 |
| 10/8(W) 10/22(W) | Fault Tree Analysis | Lecture#9 | Research Papers (PDF) (Section 1); Fault Tree Handbook (NUREG-0492) (PDF or Link);) Will continue after Midterm Exam |
| 10/13(M) | No Classes | No Lecture | Indigenous Peoples’ Day |
| 10/15(W) | Midterm Exam Review | Lecture#10 | Lecture#1-8; HW#1-4; Sample Questions and Solution |
| 10/20(M) | Midterm Exam | Exam | Good luck! |
| 10/22(W) 10/27(M) | Midterm Exam Solution Fault Tree Analysis (Cont’d) |
Lecture#9 | Midterm exam solution discussion and Survey Research Papers (PDF) (Section 1); Fault Tree Handbook (NUREG-0492) (PDF or Link); Solution to problems on Slides 13,26,32, 35, Slide 31, 34 , Slide 36 HW#5 assigned 10/27 |
| 10/29(W) | No Classes | No Lecture | Mental Health Day |
| 11/3(M) | Reliability Block Diagram (RBD) | Lecture#11 | Reference (Link) |