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| Personal Information | ||
| Name | Leva, M. Chiara | |
| Main Department | Psychology | |
| College Title | Research Fellow | |
| levac@tcd.ie | ||
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| Biography | |
| Maria Chiara Leva is a research assistant for the APRG (Aerospace Psychology Research Group) in Trinity College Dublin. She was awarded a PhD in Industrial Engineering at Politecnico di Milano. The main research area of her PhD regarded "Planning and management of human factors for transport systems safety". At the moment she is working on a EU funded project called Virthualis aimed at developing the possible use of Virtual reality within the process industry for Training and other Human Factors and Safety Management applications. Her previous experience started in the International Institute for Applied System Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg, Austria studying Human Error Analysis in Industrial Accidents and Safety Management Systems, in relation to the EU Seveso II directive. Subsequently she has been working in four projects involving Human Factors: i.e.IRIS for Westinghouse Electric where she is involved in the Human Reliability Analysis for the Probabilistic Risk Assessment at the design stage of a new Nuclear Power Plant; A European projects Safedor in the maritime Sector; in which she was involved in a Work Package with D’Appolonia Consultancy that aimed at providing a methodological approach for modelling the operator in predicting the probability of collision and grounding events. A further project named PROCOS, concerning the development of a cognitive simulator for assessing human reliability within the Probabilistic safety assessment for the commissioning Phase of an Ammonia Urate Plant. The project was developed in conjunction with the Human Factor Department in the EC Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy and Snamprogetti (a major Engineering and Contracting Company, ENI Group). The DRM Research Project in collaboration with Eurocontrol, Brussels, concerning the evaluation of a Dynamic Risk Model to be applied within the context of Human Reliability Analysis for Air Traffic Management. | |
| Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies |
| Details | Date From | Date To |
| Member of The Irish Ergonomics Society | 16/02/2008 | |
| Graduate Memeber of Institute of Occupational Ssafety and Health | 15/03/2007 |
| Languages |
| Language | Skill Reading | Skill Writing | Skill Speaking |
| English | Fluent | Fluent | Fluent |
| German | Basic | Basic | Basic |
| Italian | Fluent | Fluent | Fluent |
| Description of Research Interests |
| • Human Reliability Analysis • Accident investigations and Accident Databases • Safety management systems in the Process industry • Human factors auditing |
| Research Interests | |||
| Accident Databases | Accident Investigations | Human & Organisational Factors | Human Error |
| Human Reliability Analysis | Safety Management Systems |
| Publications |
| Peer Reviewed |
| Trucco P., Leva M.C, A Probabilistic Cognitive Simulator For HRA Studies (PROCOS) , Reliability Engineering and system Safety, 92, (8), 2007, p1117 - 1130 | |
| Leva M.C., De Ambroggi M., Grippa D, De Garis R., Trucco P., Straeter O. , Quantitative analysis of ATM safety issues by means of Dynamic Risk Modelling (DRM), Safety R&D Seminar, Barcellona, 25-27 October 2006, edited by Eurocontrol , 2006 | |
| Leva M.C. Hansen P.F. Sonne Ravn E., Lepsøe A, SAFEDOR: A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO MODEL THE ACTION OF AN OFFICER OF THE WATCH IN COLLISION SCENARIOS, Esrel 2006, Estoril Portugal, 18-22 September 2006, edited by Soares G., Zio E. , Taylor & Francis Group, 2006 | |
| Leva M.C., Raffetti A., Perassi A, MODELLING OF CAUSATION FACTORS FOR SHIP UNDER POWER AND MODEL OF THE OPERATOR, Human Factor Workshop, Genoa Italy, 6th of October 2005, edited by Cetena , 2005 | |
| Trucco P., Leva M.C., Corti G., Gallarati G. , Probabilistic Cognitive simulators and HRA studies, Chem. Eng. Transactions, CISAP 1 Italian Convention on Safety & Environment in Process Industry, Palermo, 28-30 november 2004, 5, 2004, pp139 - 145 | |
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