This paper addresses the idea and concept development of a program to challenge Science, Engineering, and Technology Students (SETS) to incorporate a system safety component into their science and engineering fair projects. This concept development initiative was undertaken by the Virtual Chapter of the International System Safety Society (ISSS) to address a lack of criteria or guidance to assist local ISSS Chapters in promoting and and/or judging science and engineering fair projects in terms of system safety. Expectations are that such a program would be sponsored by the ISSS and its member Chapters.?
The development of the project concept has taken the form of a "Guidance and Criteria Handbook". The handbook would provide fair organizers an "all inclusive" source for the essential information, guidance, criteria, and basic system safety teaching aids necessary to successfully incorporate system safety into student project competitions. Further, it would provide the ISSS and its member Chapters the essential guidance and criteria for assisting fair organizers, sponsoring awards, mentoring, and judging the system safety component of the student projects. It will be noted that the program is not intended as a project "safety" program – it is specifically intended as a "system safety engineering" exercise.?
Most importantly, incorporating system safety concepts and processes into SETS science and engineering fair projects will: introduce aspiring young engineers, scientist, and technologist to the system safety engineering discipline and profession; and, encourage participants to actually employ basic system safety methodologies and techniques in the concept and design phases of their projects.
This paper addresses the idea and concept development of a program to challenge Science, Engineering, and Technology Students (SETS) to incorporate a system safety component into their science and engineering fair projects. This concept development initiative was undertaken by the Virtual Chapter of the International System Safety Society (ISSS) to address a lack of criteria or guidance to assist local ISSS Chapters in promoting and and/or judging science and engineering fair projects in terms of system safety. Expectations are that such a program would be sponsored by the ISSS and its member Chapters.?
The development of the project concept has taken the form of a "Guidance and Criteria Handbook". The handbook would provide fair organizers an "all inclusive" source for the essential information, guidance, criteria, and basic system safety teaching aids necessary to successfully incorporate system safety into student project competitions. Further, it would provide the ISSS and its member Chapters the essential guidance and criteria for assisting fair organizers, sponsoring awards, mentoring, and judging the system safety component of the student projects. It will be noted that the program is not intended as a project "safety" program – it is specifically intended as a "system safety engineering" exercise.?
Most importantly, incorporating system safety concepts and processes into SETS science and engineering fair projects will: introduce aspiring ...
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