Multidisciplinary
safety in the energy transition
RECENT
ACTIVITIES
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We are currently recruiting a PhD candidate for the project
"Liquid hydrogen fuelling process simulation – paving the way for digital
twinning hydrogen safety" (project
description), fully funded by BP and DNV, which will start on 1st August
2024. Don't hesitate to get in touch with Dr Henry Tan (h.tan@abdn.ac.uk) if you are interested.
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H. Tan, Symposium Organizer.
"Wei Yang honorary symposium on multiscale mechanics modeling of
materials" at the 11th International Conference on Multiscale Materials
Modeling (MMM-11), Prague, Czech Republic, 22-27
September 2024.
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H. Tan. Presentation.
“Digital twin technology for safety-critical systems in energy
transition”. IUTAM
Symposium on Frontiers of Solid Mechanics for Energy Transition, University
of Aberdeen, 1-5 July 2024.
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H. Tan, Invited Talk.
“Digital twinning technology for the management of offshore safety."
Global Asset Integrity
Management Summit. Düsseldorf, Germany, 23-24 May 2024.
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Dr
Fuzzy Bitar FREng was invited to deliver a talk, “Tackling
methane: a big lever for a huge challenge,” at Tsinghua University, Beijing
on 18 March 2024.
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H. Tan, Invited Talk.
"AI Integration in cross-scale simulations". School of Power and
Mechanical Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, 12 January 2024.
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H. Tan, Invited Talk.
"Multidisciplinary digital twin technology for safety-critical systems in
the energy transition". Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, 9 January
2024.
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H. Tan, Invited Talk.
"Multidisciplinary digital twin technology for safety-critical systems in
the energy transition". Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China, 3
January 2024.
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N. Hamzah. (2023) “Safety and Risk
Assessment of Offshore Wind Turbines: The Human Factor Perspective,” In
Proceedings of the 33rd European Safety and Reliability Conference
(ESREL 2023).
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N. Hamzah, M. Grant,
M. Jennings, and H. Tan (2023) “Digital Twin
Technology for Risk Management of the Safety-Critical Systems in the Energy
Transition,” In Proceedings of the 33rd European Safety and
Reliability Conference (ESREL 2023).
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H. Tan, Invited Talk.
"Multidisciplinary digital twin technology for safety-critical systems in
the energy transition". Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, 29 December 2023.
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H. Tan, Invited Talk.
"Multidisciplinary digital twin technology for safety-critical systems in
the energy transition". Applied Mechanics Laboratory, Tsinghua University,
Beijing, China, 23 December 2023.
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H. Tan, Invited
Seminar. "Digital twinning technology for the management of offshore
safety". China University of Petroleum, 26 October 2023, Qingdao, China.
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H. Tan, Invited Talk.
"Digital twinning for safety-critical industries aiming at zero
fatalities". OPEX Energy Summit 2023, 27-29 September 2023, London, UK.
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H. Tan, Invited Talk.
"Data-driven multidisciplinary safety aiming at zero fatalities in
safety-critical industries". 14th annual CRA Risk and Safety Forum, 20-21
Sept. 2023, Birmingham, UK.
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H. Tan. Presentation,
"Applying digital twin technology to enhance the safety of wind and
hydrogen energy systems", Third International Conference on Computational
Science and AI in Industry (CSAI 2023). 28-30 August 2023, Trondheim, Norway.
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NurHasnita Hamzah
joined us in June 2022. Her study is supported by MARA Scholarship for PhD
Study, Malaysia. Research direction: Safety and risk assessment in the emerging
UK sustainable energy sector.
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PhD project
available, “Safety
and risk assessment in the emerging UK sustainable energy sector”.
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Zhang, R., Meng, H.,
Ge, J., Tan, H (2022) A method for identifying the key performance shaping
factors to prevent human errors during oil tanker offloading work. Journal of Marine Science and
Engineering 10, 688.
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F.K. Bitar, D.
Chadwick-Jones, R.J. de Boer, M. Nazaruk, M. Lawrie, (2022) Rewarding safety
performance: Improving safety or maintaining beliefs? Safety Science 154, 105824.
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Miranda
Jones, Vice President of Health, Safety, Environment and Carbon of BP
delivered a guest lecture on Safety Leadership and Building Culture to the MSc course
EG55P9/Q5 Human Factors Engineering on 28 April 2022.
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Sulaiman, N.S., Tan,
H., Zardasti, L., Md Noor, N. (2022) Integration of Bayesian network with fuzzy
analytical hierarchy process for determining the pipeline conditions. Process
Safety Progress 41(S1), p.S187-S196.
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Dr Fuzzy Bitar FREng
delivered a Guest Lecture on safety leadership to the MSc course EG50S2/S3
Safety and Risk Management and MSc course EG50P6 Engineering Risk &
Reliability Analysis on 17 November 2021.
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R. Aulia, H. Tan, S. Sriramula
(2021) Dynamic reliability model for subsea pipeline risk assessment due to
third-party interference. Journal
of Pipeline Science and Engineering, 1, 277-289.
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Dr Fuzzy Bitar FREng
took the appointment as the Honorary Professorship of Practice of the
University of Aberdeen in October 2021.
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Renyou Zhang, Henry
Tan, Waheed Afzal (2021) A modified human reliability analysis method for the
estimation of human error probability in the offloading operations at oil
terminals. Process
Safety Progress 40, 84-92.
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We won the Royal
Academy Visiting Professor Award 2021 (1/09/21 →
31/08/24), with Dr Maureen Jennings as the Visiting Professor and Dr Henry Tan
the Academic Champion. The project title is “The effective application of
psychology in practical engineering problem solving”.
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Dr
Fuzzy Bitar FREng gave a lecture, "The application of risk management
in a high hazard industry," to the MSc course EG5558/1E Applied Risk
Analysis and Management on 1 April 2021.
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Dr Maureen Jennings
was appointed as Senior Lecturer, University of Aberdeen (Contract 25/1/21 to
31/7/21).
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R. Aulia, H. Tan and
S. Sriramula, 2021. Dynamic reliability analysis for residual life assessment
of corroded subsea pipelines. Ships
and Offshore Structures 16, 410-422, DOI:
10.1080/17445302.2020.1735834.
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Dr Renyou Zhang joined
the Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology and won a research
project from the Beijing Association for Science and Technology
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Dr Maureen Jennings
was appointed as Honorary Research Fellow, School of Engineering, University of
Aberdeen, since 2020.
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Dr Maureen Jennings
became a member of the Step
Change in Safety Competence Core and Development Work Groups.
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On 9th January 2020,
Reza Aulia successfully defended his PhD thesis “Dynamic Reliability
Analysis for Pipeline Performance Prediction” subject to minor
corrections. The external examiner is Prof Zaili Yang, Department of Maritime
and Mechanical Engineering, Liverpool John Moores University, and the internal
examiner is Dr Peter Dunning. The Supervisors are Dr Henry Tan and Dr Srinivas
Sriramula. Reza is expecting a job interview in his home country Indonesia
soon. Congratulations Reza, and Good Luck!
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Invited seminar, Dr
Henry Tan, “Challenges in the estimation of the longevity of offshore
structures”. China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, China.
3rd January 2020.
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Invited seminar, Dr
Henry Tan, “Sudden Interface Debonding and Coalescing in Energetic
Materials”. Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China. 28th December
2019.
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Invited seminar, Dr
Henry Tan, “Challenges in the estimation of the longevity of offshore
structures”. Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China. 27th December
2019.
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Invited seminar, Dr
Henry Tan, “Geometrical and Computational Studies for the Prevention of
Biofilm Formation and Bacterial Infections”. Southern University of
Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China, 20th December 2019.
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Invited seminar, Dr
Henry Tan, “Geometrical and Computational Studies for the Prevention of
Biofilm Formation and Bacterial Infections”. Harbin Institute of
Technology, Shenzhen, China. 19th December 2019.
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R. Aulia, H. Tan and
S. Sriramula, 2019. Prediction of corroded pipeline performance based on
dynamic reliability models. Procedia
CIRP, 80, 518-523.
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Speech by Fuzzy
Bitar, Chair of the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP)
and head of BP upstream executive office, at IOGP's EGM in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. November 2019. The title of the speech is “Climate
change, my daughter and me”.
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M. Jennings, 2019. The
oil and gas industry, the Offshore Installation Manager (OIM) and the
management of emergencies - Changes necessary to achieve effective competence
assessment of OIMs in controlling emergencies. Journal of Loss Prevention
in the Process Industries, 59, 1-13.
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On 27th
March 2019, Pedro Perez successfully defended his EngD thesis “Accident
Precursor Probabilistic Method (APPM) for Modeling and Assessing Risk of
Offshore Drilling Blowouts” subject to minor corrections. The external
examiner is Prof. Athanasios Kolios of Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean
and Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde. The internal examiner is Dr
Srinivas Sriramula. The Academic Supervisor is Dr Henry Tan and the Industrial
Supervisor is Mr Adriano Ranieri, CEO of Witt O’Brien’s Brasil.
Pedro is a Brazilian engineer with an MSc degree in Safety and Reliability
Engineering from the University of Aberdeen. Currently, Pedro holds the
Technical Directory of Witt O'Brien's Brasil - a multinational consultancy firm
specialised in environmental protection, risk, emergency and crisis management.
Congratulations!
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R. Zhang and H. Tan,
2019. Decision-supporting models for human-reliability based safety promotion
in offshore liquid natural gas terminal. Safety and Reliability,
DOI: 10.1080/09617353.2019.1569419
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M. Jennings, 2019. The
oil and gas industry, the Offshore Installation Manager (OIM) and the
management of emergencies - changes
necessary to achieve effective competence assessment of OIMs in controlling
emergencies. Journal
of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 59, 1-13.
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P. Perez, G. Dalu, N.
Gomez and H. Tan, 2019. Offshore drilling blowout risk model – an
integration of basic causes, safety barriers, risk influencing factors and
operational performance indicators. Safety and Reliability,
DOI: 10.1080/09617353.2018.1530901
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Dr Henry Tan, Invited
Speaker, “Energy Challenges and Solutions – a Global
Perspective.” School of Electrical Engineering, Nantong
University, China, 8th January 2019.
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Dr Henry Tan is
honoured as the Guest Professor of the Institute of Technological Sciences,
Wuhan University, China, January 2019.
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Dr Henry Tan, Invited
Speaker, “Energy Challenges and Mechanics – a Global
Perspective.” the Institute of Technological Sciences, Wuhan University,
China, 3rd January 2019.
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N.S. Sulaiman and H.
Tan, 2018. “Dynamic reliability analysis of corroded pipeline using
Bayesian network,” International
Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7, 210-215.
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Congratulations to
former PhD student, Dr Shengke Zhi, who was elected as a Fellow
of the Institute of engineering and Technology (December 2018).
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Dr Henry Tan, Invited
Speaker, “Energy Challenges and Solutions – a Global
Perspective.” China Nuclear Power Engineering Co., Ltd, Beijing, China,
26th Dec 2018.
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Dr Henry Tan, Invited
Speaker, “A Global Perspective on Energy Challenges and Mechanics.”
College of Engineering, Peking University, China, 25th Dec 2018.
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Dr Henry Tan, Invited
Speaker, “Energy Challenges and Mechanics – a Global
Perspective.” School of Aerospace, Tsinghua University, China, 21st
Dec 2018.
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Dr Henry Tan, Invited
Speaker, “Energy Challenges and Solutions – a Global
Perspective.” School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Zhejiang
University, China, 17th Dec 2018.
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Congratulations to
current PhD candidate, Mr Fawaz Bitar, who was elected as a Fellow
of the Royal Academy of Engineering (2018).
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Congratulations to
former PhD student, Dr Shengke Zhi, who was elected as a Fellow
of the Nuclear Institute (2018).
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Dr Henry Tan,
Chairman, 8th International
Symposium on Energy, Aberdeen, Scotland, 2018.
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F.K. Bitar, D.
Chadwick-Jones, M. Nazaruk, C. Boodhai, 2018. From individual behaviour to
system weaknesses: the re-design of the Just Culture process in an
international energy company. A case study. Journal
of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries 55, 267-282.
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P. Perez and H. Tan,
2018. Accident Precursor Probabilistic Method (APPM) for modeling and assessing
risk of offshore drilling blowouts – A theoretical micro-scale
application. Safety
Science, 105, 238–254.
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F.K. Bitar, D.
Chadwick-Jones, M. Lawrie, M. Nazaruk, C. Boodhai, 2018. Empirical validation
of operating discipline as a leading indicator of safety outputs and plant
performance. Safety
Science, 104, 144-156.
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On 13th
March 2018, Renyou Zhang successfully defended his PhD thesis subject only to
minor corrections. The title of Renyou's thesis is “Integrated
reliability and optimization analysis combining both Human and facility
factors.” This project was
supervised by Dr Henry Tan. Dr Waheed Afzal was the internal examiner, and the
external examiner was Zaili Yang, Professor of Maritime Transport at the
Liverpool John Moores University. After this, Renyou will join the Centre for
Human Factors in Complex Systems at the Tsinghua University as a Postdoctoral
Research Associate. Many congratulations to Dr Renyou!
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On 1st
March 2018, Maureen Jennings successfully defended her PhD thesis subject only
to minor corrections.
Maureen’s thesis title was “An investigation of the current
competence assessment of Offshore Installation Managers: the lost components of
knowledge and understanding.”
Her work was inter-disciplinary as between Engineering and Law. She was co-supervised by Dr Henry Tan
(School of Engineering) and Dr Greg W. Gordon (School of Law). Prof John Paterson was the internal
examiner and the external examiner was Professor Genserik Reniers of the Safety
and Security Science Group, Delft University. Many congratulations to Maureen!
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Dr Henry Tan, Invited
Seminar, Safety management system integrating technical and human factors with
legislation, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing,
China, 22 December 2017.
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Dr Henry Tan, Invited
Speaker and Chairman, “Safety management system integrating legislation,
technical and human factors”. Global Forum on Total Maintenance &
Operational Excellence, 26th - 27th October 2017,
Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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M. Jennings, 2017.
The oil and gas industry, the Offshore Installation Manager (OIM), and the
management of emergencies - Who is accountable for OIM competence? Journal
of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 50, 131-141.
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PhD Research
Seminars:
·
22 Sep 2017,
11:00-12:00, Pedro Perez, An Accident Precursor Bayesian Network Method for
Modeling the Risk of Deep Drilling Blowouts
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20 Oct 2017,
11:00-12:00, Reza Aulia, Dynamic Reliability Analysis for Pipeline Performance
Prediction
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24 Nov 2017,
11:00-12:00, Maureen Jennings, An investigation of the current competence
assessment of Offshore Installation Managers: the lost components of
underpinning knowledge and understanding
·
29 Nov 2017,
17:00-18:00, Renyou Zhang, LRF seminar, Integrated Reliability and Optimization
Analysis Combining Both Human and Facility Factors
·
8 Dec 2017,
11:00-12:00, Natalia Gomez Lopez, Risk modelling for offshore drilling
operations. A dynamic Bayesian network approach
·
15 Dec 2017,
11:00-12:00, Ammar Allaw, Structural Reliability Assessment for Life Extension
of Un-inspectable Ageing Subsea Assets.
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Dr Henry Tan, Invited
Speaker and Chairman, “Comprehensive safety management system integrating
legislation, technical and human factors”. Reliability Excellence Summit:
Maximizing the Capability and Capacity of your Assets, 12th -13th October,
2017, Amsterdam Netherlands
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Dr Henry Tan,
Chairman, 7th International
Symposium on Energy, Manchester, England, 2017.
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R. Zhang and H. Tan,
2018. An integrated human reliability based decision pool generating and
decision making method for power supply system in LNG terminal. Safety
Science, 101, 86–97.
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Nurul Sulaiman
defended her PhD thesis “Comprehensive Pipeline Integrity Management
System (CPIMS) using Bayesian Network” on 29 March 2017, and passed with
minor corrections. The external and internal examiners are Dr. Athanasios
Kolios of the Cranfield University and Dr. Srinivas Sriramula, respectively.
The external examiner is impressed by some new ideas in her research.
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PhD Research
Seminars:
·
10 Feb 2017, Reza
Shahrivar. Risk-Based Inspection and Life
Extension System.
·
17 Feb 2017, Renyou
Zhang. An Integrated Method to Transfer
Human Reliability Analysis from Probability Prediction to Decision Making
Model.
·
24 Feb 2017, Reza
Aulia. Developing a risk-based decision
strategy for subsea pipeline life extension.
·
3 Mar 2017, Fawaz
Bitar. Behavioural Considerations in the
Effective Implementation of Safety Management Systems.
·
10 Mar 2017, Natalia
Gomez Lopez. Risk modelling for offshore
drilling operations: a Dynamic Bayesian network approach.
·
31 Mar 2017, Innocent
Friday Uwuijaren. Use of FRACAS for
collecting & analysing subsea equipment's reliability data.
·
7 Apr 2017, Ammar
Allaw. SRA for Life Extension of
Un-inspectable Subsea Ageing Assets.
·
5 May 2017, Maureen
Jennings. An investigation of the current competence assessment of Offshore
Installation Managers: the lost components of underpinning knowledge and
understanding.”
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Dr Henry Tan, Invited
Keynote Speaker, “Making the best use of available pipeline data for
integrity management”. 4th
Pipeline Maintenance and Integrity Management for Oil & Gas Industry,
12th – 14th October 2016, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Dr Henry Tan,
Chairman, 6th
International Symposium on Energy Challenges and Mechanics – towards a
big picture, August 2016, Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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M. Jennings, 2016.
Potential barriers to the competence assessment of Offshore Installation
Managers: a hermeneutic perspective. Journal
of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 44, 132–142 .
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Dr Henry Tan,
Chairman, 5th
International Symposium on Energy Challenges and Mechanics – working on
small scales, July 2016, Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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R. Zhang and H. Tan,
2016. Multi-objective optimization of power supply system for shipping LNG
off-loading process based on switching Markov chain and genetic algorithm. Chemical Engineering
Transactions, 48, 697-702.
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Dr Henry Tan, Invited
Plenary Speaker, “On surface roughness evolution and corrosion
maintenance” CSTI 2015
— Corrosion and surface treatment in industry 2015. 30 Sep 2015 - 02
Oct 2015, Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia.
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Azhar Aziz, seminar
presentation, 25 September 2015, FN185, Fraser Noble Building.
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Pedro Perez, seminar
presentation, “A Micro Scale Model for Bayesian Based Risk Assessment for
Deep Blowout”, 14 September 2015, FN185, Fraser Noble Building.
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Dr. Henry Tan is invited to join the DNV GL’s Offshore Europe
Reception and Dinner, 8 September 2015.
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Natalia Gomez Lopez,
seminar presentation, “Offshore drilling operational reliability, a
dynamic Bayesian network framework”, 4 September 2015, FN185, Fraser
Noble Building.
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Maureen Jennings,
seminar presentation, “An investigation of the current competence
assessment of Offshore Installation Managers: the lost components of
underpinning knowledge and understanding”, 28 August 2015, FN185, Fraser
Noble Building.
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Nurul Sulaiman,
seminar presentation, “Reliability analysis of subsea pipeline using
Dynamic Bayesian Network”, 21 August 2015, FN185, Fraser Noble Building.
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Renyou Zhang, seminar
presentation, “Multi-objective Optimization of Power Supply System for
Shipping LNG Off-loading Process Based on Switching Markov Chain and Genetic
Algorithm”, 14 August 2015, FN185, Fraser Noble Building.
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Robert Sheppard, Chief Technical
Advisor, Energo; Gerhard Ersdal, Principal Engineer
Structural Integrity, Coordinator R&D, Petroleum Safety Authority Norway; Dr. Henry Tan; Ken Bruce, Senior Vice
President, Global Asset Integrity Services, Lloyd’s Register Energy comment on
asset integrity in InnovOil, 26 May 2015.
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Dr. Henry Tan, lecturing the course “Fundamental Safety
Engineering and Risk Management Concepts” for Master of Science students
in programmes of Renewable
Energy, Oil
& Gas Engineering, and Safety
& Reliability Engineering in academic year 2015/2016 and 2016/2017.
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Dr Henry Tan, Invited
Speaker. “Safety management with limited data available”. 9th Annual Offshore Safety Summit.
30 March - 01 April 2015, Aberdeen, United Kingdom.
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Dr Henry Tan, Invited
Speaker. “Performance of Materials in Challenging and Harsh Environments,
including Monitoring and Managing Continuous Material Service Life”. Asset Integrity Management Stavanger.
10th-12th February 2015, Stavanger, Norway.
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Dr Henry Tan, Invited
Speaker. “Pipeline life extension: maintenance under limited data
available”. 8th Annual
Pipeline Integrity Management Forum. 4th-5th February
2015, London, United Kingdom.
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Dr Henry Tan, Invited
Speaker. “Pipeline life extension: maintenance under limited data
available”. Subsea Integrity
Management Summit, North Sea. 2nd-3rd December 2014,
Aberdeen Scotland, United Kingdom.
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Dr Henry Tan,
Chairman, 4th
International Symposium on Energy Challenges and Mechanics – working on
small scales, 11-13 August 2015, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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Dr Henry Tan,
Chairman, 3rd
International Symposium on Energy Challenges and Mechanics – towards a
big picture, 7-9 July 2015, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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Dr Henry Tan,
Founding Editor, opening access Journal
of Energy Challenges and Mechanics.
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Dr Henry Tan,
Chairman, the 2nd
International Symposium on Energy Challenges and Mechanics, 19-21 August
2014, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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Dr Henry Tan,
Chairman, the 1st
International Symposium on Energy Challenges and Mechanics, 8-10 July 2014,
Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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Dr. Henry Tan is
invited for a speech on the 7th Annual Pipeline
Integrity Management Forum, 5th - 6th February 2014, Berlin, Germany. The
title of his presentation is “Life extension: maintenance of North Sea
ageing pipelines”.
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Robbie Williamson,
the Engineering Doctorate candidate in our group, is chairing the Offshore Panel of the 57th
Pipeline Industries Guild Dinner.
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Ibrahim Fahmy, the
PhD candidate in our group, is
the invited Chairperson for Risk Management Session of the 7th IPTC ‘’International
Petroleum Technology Conference’’. The conference is sponsored by
Qatar Petroleum and Exxon Mobil to be held in Doha 20-22 January, 2014.
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Ibrahim Fahmy, the
PhD candidate in our group, is
the invited Speaker for ADIPEC 2013 Conference ‘’The Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition
and Conference’’. The conference will be the largest gas and
oil event for the Middle East to be held in Abu Dhabi, UAE between 10 - 13
November 2013,
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Subsea Integrity 2013 Workshop,
School of Engineering, University of Aberdeen. Date: 26 August 2013. Venue:
TAYLOR C11.
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Ibrahim Fahmy, the
PhD candidate in our group,
chaired the Day Two session of the conference Offshore Support
Vessel Technology, 09 - 12 June, 2013 - Le Royal Méridien, Abu
Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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The book “Corrosion
and Materials in the Oil and Gas Industries”, edited by Reza
Javaherdashti, Chikezie Nwaoha and Henry Tan, has been published by CRC Press/Taylor and Francis LLC, USA.
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Ibrahim Fahmy, the
PhD candidate of the Subsea Integrity group, is an invited member for the 7th
IPTC ‘’International Petroleum Technology Conference’’ technical
programme selection committee meeting held in Doha on 29th-30th May 2013.
The conference is sponsored by Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil.
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Ibrahim Fahmy, the PhD candidate in our group,
attended the SPE Applied Technology Workshop on Management of QHSE Risks in Brownfield
Projects and Operations, 8-9 April 2013, Abu Dhabi, UAE, as a
Discussion Leader.
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Ibrahim Fahmy, the PhD candidate in our group,
attended the IMCA conference on
Major Incident Prevention in Marine Operations (seminar programme, BYM Marine & Maritime
News) 19-20 February, 2013, Dubai,
UAE. Ibrahim gave a presentation “Injury and fatality prevention during
lifeboat drills and maintenance”.
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Robbie Williamson,
the Engineering Doctorate candidate in our group, chaired the Offshore Panel at the National Annual General Meeting 2012 of the Pipeline Industry Guild.
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Welcome to join the Safety Engineering and Risk Management
Debate 2012.
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Mohamed Elyas, a secondary school pupil of the Robert Gordon’s College, undertakes
as a part of the work in our group on “Risk and safety implications of
corrosion effects on subsea pipelines”. Mohamed achieved straight Band
1As in his 5 subjects in Chemistry, English, Mathematics, Physics and
Technological Studies, as reported in his school website.
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Dr. Henry Tan, lecturing the course “Fundamental Safety
Engineering and Risk Management Concepts” for Master of Science students
in programmes of Subsea
Engineering, Renewable
Energy, Oil
& Gas Engineering, and Safety
& Reliability Engineering in academic years 2012/2013, 2013/2014,
2014/2015.
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Dr. Henry Tan. Invited lecture: Safety and reliability engineering in subsea oil and
gas industry, Institute
of Applied Mechanics, Zhejiang
University, Hangzhou, China. 18 July 2012.
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Dr. Henry Tan. Invited lecture: Safety and reliability engineering in subsea oil and
gas industry. Department of Naval Architecture and
Ocean Engineering, Seoul National
University, Seoul,
South Korea. 16 July
2012.
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Dr. Henry Tan. Invited lecture: Safety and reliability engineering in the oil and
gas industry. Institute of Solid Mechanics, Department of Engineering
Mechanics, Tsinghua
University, Beijing, China. 12 July 2012.
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Dr. Henry Tan. Invited lecture: Safety and reliability engineering in the oil and
gas industry. School of Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. 2 July 2012.
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Dr. Henry Tan. Invited lecture: Safety assessment and maintenance decision making in
the oil and gas industry: the Bayesian network modelling that combines industry
experiences with inspection data. 2012 Shengli Oil Field Forum, SINOPEC, Dongying,
Shandong, China. 26 June 2012.
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Prof. Youngsoon Yang
of the Department of
Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering, Seoul National University,
Seoul, Korea, visits the Subsea Integrity Research Group on 15th
June 2012.
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Dr. Henry Tan
attended the Safety
& Reliability Engineering evening event at the University of Aberdeen
on 23 May 2012. The School of Engineering has recently established The LRET Centre for Safety and
Reliability Engineering. Dr.
Henry Tan is on the Advisory Board of the centre.
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Dr. Henry Tan is
invited to visit SINOPEC and
China University of Petroleum, in the
summer of 2012, for collaborative researches.
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Sameer Ashok Chapgaon, an MSc candidate in
Subsea Engineering, won the E.ON
Ruhrgas Student Travel Award. The award will sponsor him to attend the MCE
Deepwater Development Conference in Paris in the month of March, 2012.
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The contract with CRC
Press/Taylor and Francis LLC, USA, for the book “Corrosion
and Materials in the Oil and Gas Industries” (ISBN 13:
978-1-4665-5624-9) edited by Reza Javaherdashti, Chikezie Nwaoha and Henry Tan
was signed in January 2012. Contributions
from the members of our group:
·
Robbie
Williamson, Reza
Javaherdashti and Henry Tan, Chapter 1: Introduction
·
Reza Shahrivar,
Chapter 18: Aging and life extension of pressure systems
·
Mark U. Ideozu,
chapter 17: Safety and risk implications of corrosion of oil and gas facilities
·
Sameer Ashok
Chapgaon, Chapter 12: Material selection in oil and gas environments
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Dr. Henry Tan, invited speaker:
Dealing with uncertainties and limited data in pipeline maintenance. Oil
& Gas Pipelines Conference 2011: bridging the gap
between commercial, strategic and technical knowledge. 29th – 30th
November 2011, London.
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Poster for the Engineering Open
Day, University of Aberdeen. Designed by Fiddo Fiddoson with contributions from
group members. 23 November 2011.
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Robbie Williamson, Principal Integrity Engineer of the Wood Group Integrity Management, UK. A lecture to MSc Subsea Engineering students. 16
November 2011, KCF8, Kings College.
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Dr. Henry Tan, invited speaker:
Decision
making in maintenance: Effectively managing and overcoming uncertainties caused
by a lack of available data. Presentation at the Oil & gas Pipeline
Integrity Management Summit, 3rd and 4th October 2011, Aberdeen, UK.
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Dr. Henry Tan, opening address: Structural integrity management:
adopting the right risk-based mitigation strategy. 5th Annual Pipeline Integrity
Management & Maintenance Forum, 23rd- 25th March 2011, London. Forum programme.
(127)
Dr. Henry Tan, roundtable discussion leader: Re-assessing ageing
pipeline infrastructure to ensure safety, integrity and reliability. Oil &
Gas Pipeline Integrity Management Summit, Aberdeen, UK, 7 - 8 October 2010. Conference program.
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Dr. Henry Tan, lecturing
Subsea Integrity at the University of Aberdeen (2009/2010, 2010/2011,
2011/2012, 2012/2013, 2013/2014, 2014/2015).
DOCTORATE THESES SUPERVISED
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Dr Fuzzy Bitar.
Thesis (EngD) title: Human
Performance in the Effective Implementation of Safety Management Systems. School of Engineering, University of Aberdeen, June
2020.
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Dr Reza Aulia. Thesis (PhD) title: Dynamic
reliability analysis for pipeline performance prediction. School
Engineering, University of Aberdeen, January 2020.
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Dr. Pedro Perez. Thesis (EngD) title: Accident
Precursor Probabilistic Method (APPM) for modeling and assessing risk of
offshore drilling blowouts. School Engineering, University of Aberdeen,
March 2019. Currently, Pedro is the Technical Director at Witt O'Brien's
Brasil.
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Dr. Maureen Jennings. Thesis (PhD) title: An
investigation of the current competence assessment of Offshore Installation
Managers: the lost components of knowledge and understanding. School
Engineering, University of Aberdeen, March 2018.
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Dr. Renyou Zhang. Thesis (PhD) title: Integrated
reliability and optimization analysis combining both Human and facility factors.
School Engineering, University of Aberdeen, March 2018. Currently Renyou is a
pectoral research associate at the Centre for Human Factors in Complex Systems,
Tsinghua University, China.
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Dr. Nurul Sulaiman. Thesis (PhD) title: Pipeline Integrity Management System
(PIMS) Using Bayesian Networks for Lifetime Extension. School Engineering,
University of Aberdeen, March 2017. Currently Nurul is a Lecturer at the
Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia.
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Dr. Shengke Zhi. Thesis (PhD) title: Developing an optical method to measure the
instantaneous angular speed of machinery in condition monitoring. Schools
of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, The University of Manchester,
August 2008. Shengke is currently a Business Development Manager of the New
Nuclear & Generation Services, Clean Energy at the Amec Foster Wheeler,
United Kingdom.