| MEDIA CONTACT: Andrew
LaPlant
561-297-3022, alaplant@fau.edu FAU
Offers Homeland Safety and Security Course
BOCA RATON, FL (March 16, 2004) - Florida Atlantic
University is charting new territory this spring, offering a course called Design
for Homeland Safety and Security. The three-credit
course is being taught by Dr. Isaac Elishakoff and will give students a background
in many areas relating to the engineering aspect of constructing buildings. Some
of the many topics covered in the course’s syllabus are risk analysis, cost-benefit
analysis, statistical value of life, acceptable probability of failure, impact
theories and thermal buckling. Dr. Elishakoff
has lectured worldwide, including North and South America, Europe, the Middle
East and the Far East. He is the author or co-author of seven books, including
Probabilistic Methods in the Theory of Structures and Safety Factors and Reliability:
Friends or Foes? “Students should be
on the cutting edge of what is happening,” said Elishakoff. “We want
to respond to the needs of the nation.”
For more information on the course, call 561-297-2729.
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