Dr Andrew John Rae

System Safety Engineering: Research, Teaching and Practice

Background

Andrew Rae (Drew) is a system safety engineer with experience as a consultant, Independent Safety Assessor and project safety engineer in a range of application domains.

He has worked closely with rail signalling and software-intensive development projects to earn regulatory approval, and has provided independent oversight of safety processes, safety documentation and safety design features on other rail projects. His safety engineering experience also covers aerospace, military and medical applications.

Drew is currently working as a Research and Teaching Fellow at the University of York. He teaches on a range of modules as part of the MSc Safety Critical Systems Engineering and MSc Gas Turbine Control programs.

He is Chair of the Masters Teaching Committee (Part time programs) MTC2 and module owner for Safety Management Systems and Through-Life Safety.

Drew's research interests focus on real-world application of safety principles, with particular respect to organisational decision making. He has a particular interest in research evaluation - how we know that system safety practices make a positive difference.