Coordination of the Safety and Mission Assurance (S&MA) Activities on the Crew Exploration Vehicle Program

Alejo Engineering Incorporated Engineering, 2007-08

Liaison(s): Todd Paulos ’90
Advisor(s): Patrick Little
Students(s): Peter Wang (S-TL), Diana Hawkins (F-TL), Ben Bergestedt (F), Andrew Sabater (F), Scott Smith (S), Tim Sweda (S)

On typical aerospace projects, there are many different S&MA analysis, such as hazard analyses, Failure Mode Effects and Critically Analysis (FMECA), and Probabilistic Risk Assessment documents (PRAs). There has always been a need to coordinate the analysis, ensure that failure modes in one analysis are considered in the others, and that the data values are consistent. This project developed a software tool that will help coordinate failure modes and data assessed in the PRA, the FMECA, and hazard analysis.