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Human Factors in Oil and Gas

Systemic risks can be avoided by integrating technical and non-technical aspects in offhore operations. We are thankful to NAS for funding this work.


Integrating Human Factors into Engineering Curriculum: Essential Training for Students
Recent events have triggered a growing awareness of the human contribution to catastrophic and process safety events. As other industries have proven, if the Oil and Gas industry can make a concerted effort to understand human factors and integrate these concepts into training and operations, significant value can be gained in terms of safety performance.

Virtual Simulation & Class Discussion
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Investigation of Human Factors in Past Inceidents through Projects
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Eye-tracking Analysis
Student participation in eye-tracking analysis gave them a better understanding of the well control incidents. In addition, the data collected is used for analysis of cognitive response of the participants
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Publications
Saeed Salehi, Raj Kiran, Jiwon Jeon, Ziho Kang, E.T. Cokely, V. Ybarra. (2018). Developing a cross-disciplinary, scenario-based training approach integrated with eye tracking data collection to enhance situational awareness in offshore oil and gas operations. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries. Vol 56(PP 78-94)
Kang, Z., Jeon, J., Salehi, S., Kiran, R., & Cokely, E. T. (2018). Situation awareness assessment using eye movements and verbal response scoring metrics. Paper presented at the IISE Annual Conference.

Kiran, R., Salehi, S., Jeon, J., & Kang, Z. (2018). Real-Time Eye-Tracking Suystem to Evaluate and Enhance Situation Awarnesss and Process Safety in Drilling Operations. Paper presented at the IADC/SPE, Fort Worth, TX.
Salehi, S., Kiran, R., Jeon, J., Kang, Z., Teodoriu, C., & Cokely, E. (2018). Enhancing Situation Awarness and Process Safety in Offshore Driling Operaions: Appications of Eye-Tracking system. Paper presented at the Offshore Technology Conference, Houston TX.

Salehi, S., Kang, Z., & Cokely, E. (2016). Virtual reality offshore operations training infrastructure: Enhancing expert containment, decision making, and risk communications. In (Vol. 383000). University of Oklahoma: The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, & Medicine.
Dadmohammadi, Y., Salehi, S., Kiran, R., Jeon, J., Kang, Z., Cokely, E. T., & Ybarra, V. (2017, October 9). Integrating Human Factors into Petroleum Engineering’s Curriculum: Essential Training for Students. Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi:10.2118/187241-MS