AMSE SERAD Meeting Minutes

American Society of Mechanical Engineers Safety Engineering and Risk Analysis Division

Executive Committee Meeting August 20, 2009

Executive Committee 2009 – 2010

Enrique A. Susemihl Chinh T. Bui Curtis Smith 2009-2010 Chair 1st Vice Chair 2nd Vice Chair Retired, FM Global Manager of Product Safety & Distinguished Staff Engineer 7025 Brassfield Drive Reliability Idaho National Laboratory Cumming, Georgia 30041 Hamilton Sundstrand Company Idaho Falls, ID 83415-3850 T: 770-696-4748 1 Hamilton Road T: 208-526-9804 C: 781-591-9233 Windsor Locks, CT 06082 F: 208-526-2930 E: [email protected] T: 860-654-3028 E: [email protected] [email protected] F: 860-660-3051 E: [email protected]

John W. Lyver, IV Jim Harris 3rd Vice Chair, Treasurer 4th Vice Chair, Secretary Manager, Nuclear Flight Safety Research Safety Engineer Assurance Division of Safety Research NASA Headquarters National Institute for 300 E Street, SW Occupational Safety and Washington, DC 20546-0001 Health (NIOSH) T: 202-358-1155 1095 Willowdale Rd. MS- F: 202-358-3104 G800 E: [email protected] Morgantown, WV 26505 T: 304-285-6120 F: 304-285-6047 E: [email protected]

1. Attendees:  Executive Committee: Enrique Susemihl, Curtis Smith, Jim Harris  Other: Tom Wendt (ASME – Wisconsin), Pete Prassinos (E&TM Chair), Vitali Volovoi (IMECE 2009 TPC)  Excused: Chinh Bui, John Lyver, John Etherton (Past SERAD Chair)

2. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 11:45am (EDST). Meeting was via conference call.

3. Welcome Jim Harris as 4th Vice Chair and Secretary.

4. Meeting Minutes: The meeting minutes from July 13, 2009 were approved as written with noted corrections.

of 3 Noted Corrections: (1) Fill in Jim Harris’ contact information.

5. Action Items Spreadsheet: [emailed to EC by E. Susemihl on 8/11/09]  Access to SERAD accounts to be granted to E. Susemihl and J. Lyver. T. Wendt was able to access account data but C. Smith had difficulty accessing. T. Wendt will follow-up with Enrique.  P. Prassinos will distribute a draft risk/safety white paper that was developed for possible inclusion as an article in the ASME magazine. EC will be asked to review and suggest uses of the paper.

6. Treasurer’s report:  T. Wendt was able to access account. EC believes there may be deficit in the student account.

7. IMECE 2009:  V. Volovoi stated that 27 papers have been accepted. A few more papers may be submitted but are out for revision. Approximate breakout for papers is: o Topic 1 - Safety engineering/Automotive – 3 sessions o Topic 2 – Risk – 2 sessions o Topic 3 – Reliability – 3 sessions o Topic 4 – Process safety – 1 session Need to make sure we have a spot for student paper. Final dates and slots for sessions will be set after papers are finalized. Sessions should take place on Wed. and Thurs. (Nov 18- 19).  Panel/tutorial: Potential legal concerns may prevent an automotive safety panel. EC agrees that a tutorial would be a good idea for the future. Too late to prepare a tutorial for IMECE 2009.  Student contest: Only 2 entries to date. E. Susemihl will follow-up with B. Brady.  Dinner, invitees, speaker: EC will continue tradition of inviting past chairs and spouses. E. Susemihl will provide C. Smith with previous invitation email. Dinner is confirmed for 7:30pm Wed., Nov. 18. Speaker will be Professor Bilal M. Ayyub, PhD, PE.  EC meeting: Confirmed for 5pm Wed., Nov. 18.

8. SERAD Annual Report:  This is typically prepared by March for next fiscal year (July-June).  E. Susemihl made several observations of trends that are not positive for SERAD: o Have lost ~10% of SERAD membership in recent years o Quality of paper submissions appears lower than in past Suggestions/brainstorming for ideas to reverse this trend over next 3-5 years: 1. Develop tutorials to be presented at the IMECE, probably starting in 2010. 2. Use blogs to encourage exchange of technical issues initially among members and later open to the general public. Page 2 of 3 3. Select the best paper of journal quality for potential publication in a well-recognized, international journal. (Some suggestions include: Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Journal of Safety Research, Safety Science, IEEE Transactions on Reliability) 4. Initiate a SERAD e-journal which could include, for example, publication of three issues per year (one each for reliability, risk analysis, and safety engineering), letters to the editor, etc.

9. Other Business:

 Approval of by-laws – P. Prassinos will continue to keep this issue before the Technologies and Communities Operating Board (TCOB). The Engineering and Technology Management Operating Board (ETMOB) will meet 8/28/09 at 2pm. P. Prassinos believes that the next highest level in the organization is authorized to approve by-laws.

10. Next EC Member: Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009 @ 11:45am to 1pm (EDST) via telecon

11. Meeting Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 12:45pm (EDST).