Safety Analysis:

Design and operation of a nuclear reactor. Safety aspects related to nuclear power plants. Safety systems and devices related to nuclear power plants. Licensing of nuclear power plants. Deterministic and probabilistic safety analysis. Design basis accidents in nuclear power plants.

Human Factors Engineering:

Introduction to Human Factors Engineering. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence focusing on Artificial Neural Networks, evolutionary computing, and swarm intelligence. Applications to problems in nuclear engineering.

References – Human Factors Engineering:
[1] Neural Networks and Learning Machines, Simon Haykin. Pearson, 3rd edition.
[2] Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig. Prentice Hall, 3rd edition.
[3] Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimization & Machine Learning, David E. Goldberg. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., 1989.
[4] Swarm Intelligence, James Kennedy and Russell C. Eberhart. Morgan Kaufmann, 2001.

Credits: 3.0 (three)