NEW SPRING QUARTER COURSE
SPRING QUARTER COURSE 2009
The Role of Product Safety and Liability in Engineering Design
ME 498R/ME 599J, 3CR
T TH 1:30-2:50, MEB 245
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course will introduce the role of products liability in the design of engineering products. Because U.S. industry is often driven by fear of losing major products liability lawsuits, it is increasingly important for graduate engineers to have an understanding of products liability and how the interaction between engineering and legal systems affects the design process.
The course will consist of a mixture of regular lectures by the course instructors, guest lectures by industry and legal experts, and case studies illustrating failures of a wide range of products from all fields of engineering. It will involve the application of multiple disciplines to analysis of intriguing failures of actual products and systems, and consideration of the benefits and consequences of alternate designs.
COURSE TOPICS
Designing, testing, and manufacturing for safety
Products liability litigation and the law
Evaluation of product design
Failure analysis techniques
Design of warnings and instructions
Evaluation of defects
System safety engineering
Human factors engineering
Risk assessment
Warnings and instructions
Guarding
The product in the field
The role of the forensic engineer
Packaging
Forseeability
Defects
Regulatory and voluntary standards, the role of regulation
Liability prevention programs
Product liability insurance
Patents and intellectual property
Records retention policies
The course will be multidisciplinary in nature and therefore has no specific prerequisites other than senior/graduate standing (or permission from the instructor). Class activities will be project-oriented and relevant to current events.
Instructors: Prof. Robert Scheibe, GT Engineering, (425) 556-5555, scheibe@u.washington.edu , and Prof. Per Reinhall, MEB 307, 543-5628, reinhall@u.washington.edu
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