FH-Prof. Dr. Hans Tschürtz, MSc MSc
Former employee
A safety competence centre that acts as a knowledge hub for industry is to be established at FH Campus Wien. This Safety Competence Centre Vienna (SCCV) will provide innovative, effective and efficient solutions at the process level. This will make an important contribution to reducing accidents in connection with technical systems. The competence centre focuses on system safety. This means that neither people nor the environment are harmed during the operation of technical systems. The focus here is on systematic, preventative methodology in the identification of hazards and the limitation of risks. An integrative safety process (ISaPro®) supports the systematic approach to the development of safe systems. The requirements of applicable safety standards (e.g. IEC 61508, ISO 26262) are taken into account.
Duration: 1 May 2009 to 30 April 2014
During its five-year term, the "Safety Competence Centre Vienna - SCCV" project aimed to further develop and disseminate system safety. The aim of system safety is the safe functioning of a system in its environment. The risk of hazards must be minimised preventively so that no people, other living beings or the environment are harmed and no material damage is caused. The spectrum of technical systems ranges from equipment in heavy industry, complex aircraft or medical devices to everyday devices such as cars or mobile phones.
The overarching project goal was to establish a knowledge hub on the topic of functional safety and system safety in order to increase the competitiveness of Austrian companies and the attractiveness of the country as a business location.
The annual "Safety Day" and the quarterly "Safety Lounges", which were initiated by the SCCV project, make a lasting contribution to raising awareness of VISSE and FH Campus Wien as a centre of expertise for system safety.
Key research results from the SCCV project are the ISaPro® process concept and the ISaPro® shell model, an analysis method based on ISaPro®.
ISaPro® is currently the only process concept that offers the possibility of mapping cross-disciplinary topics - such as project management, engineering and safety as well as quality and configuration management - together in an innovative model. This systematises and synchronises the project organisation's approach to safety projects and creates a holistic overview of the project. In this way, problematic interfaces are identified and appropriate countermeasures are taken.
The ISaPro® shell model was developed to better understand technical systems in their system environment. This was also in response to the industry's demand for scientifically sound, but also quickly applicable and effective methods. The ISaPro® shell model is used to systematically identify all contextual elements and properties that can affect a system to be developed. With the help of this methodology, the functional and non-functional requirements of the system can be identified almost completely. In addition, the application of the ISaPro® shell model also makes it possible to recognise exogenous hazards at an early stage.
A significant step towards linking the R&D results from the project with teaching at FH Campus Wien has already been taken. A separate Master's programme in Safety and Systems Engineering has been developed in cooperation with the TÜV Austria Academy. In this way, completely new job profiles such as Safety Engineer, Safety Specialist or Safety Manager have been created at academic level.
Former employee