The Center for Risk and Reliability (CRR):

The Center for Risk and Reliability (CRR) was created in May 2004 through the merger of the Center for Reliability Engineering (CRE) and Center for Technology Risk Studies (CTRS). CRE focused primarily on the research and development needs of the industry in product and process reliability. CTRS mainly addressed the research and development needs of the government agencies in risk analysis and risk-informed decision making. CRR mission is inclusive of the missions of the centers it replaces.

Address:
CRR Director Ali Mosleh
Center for Risk and Reliability
2100 Marie Mount Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-7531, USA

Faculty:
Associate Professor Joseph Bernstein
Professor Aris Christou (Joint with MSE)
Assistant Professor Michel Cukier
Professor of the Practice Jeong Kim
Professor Mohammad Modarres
Professor Ali Mosleh
Emeritus Professor Marvin Roush
Associate Professor Carol Smidts

Areas of Research:
Reliability engineering faculty is engaged in a wide range of research activities both in reliability and in risk analysis. The subjects of study include systems (from large and complex to nano-level), software, human, organizations, complex process, and natural environment. The behavior of these complex entities are studied (a) on the phenomenological level to understand fundamental causes of failures or accidents and corresponding preventive measures, and (b) from a predictive perspective to assess the levels of reliability, safety, or security. Therefore the topics cover experimental work on materials and structures of components and systems, development of computational models and simulation codes, functional and causal modeling of complex systems, and analytical and probabilistic models.

For more information about CRR, please contact Professor Ali Mosleh.