TBD

Authors

  • Charles Hoes Hoes Engineering

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56094/jss.v53i2.87

Keywords:

education, science fair, system safety, challenge task

Abstract

I am doing something a little different with this TBD. Instead of chatting about whatever happens to be on my mind when I sit down to write, I am instead providing an interesting proposal — developed by Lee Flint — on the possibility of the International System Safety Society (ISSC) (or better yet, a chapter) becoming involved in local science fairs. This idea sprang from some observations I made while assisting the Bay Area Chapter of the ISSS judge a science fair in San Jose, California. I was concerned that we judged the projects based on system safety criteria, without forewarning participants or giving them any materials that might assist them in including system safety considerations in these projects or presentations. We did our best to find projects that included something akin to system safety considerations, but there certainly didn’t seem to be any pre-planning on the part of participants.

Author Biography

Charles Hoes, Hoes Engineering

Charles “Charlie” Hoes began his consulting business in 1984, providing system safety engineering services to defense, aerospace, semiconductor and general industry. During that time he has become a P.E. in Safety in the State of California, a Certified Safety Profession (CSP) with a specialty System Safety Practices and earned a Master of Science degree in Safety from University of Southern California. In 1988 Charlie incorporated his business under the name of “Hoes Engineering, Inc.” He has many years of experience volunteering in support of the International System Safety Society, filling many positions including past President of the Sacramento Chapter, the Virtual Chapter, and the System Safety Society. He is a past technical editor of the System Society’s journal Hazard Prevention (re-named to be the Journal of System Safety), as well as authoring an ongoing feature article of the Journal of System Safety called “TBD” where he discusses current concerns with the system safety profession.

In his new role of being semi-retired, Charlie continues to actively work with the System Safety Society as well as participating in a few “for hire” and volunteer projects that are particularly interesting, or important, for a variety of reasons. He is enjoying the ability of being a bit more selective with regard to projects that he accepts.

TBD

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Published

2017-07-01

How to Cite

Hoes, C. (2017). TBD. Journal of System Safety, 53(2), 6–7. https://doi.org/10.56094/jss.v53i2.87

Issue

Vol. 53 No. 2 (2017): New Opportunities & Responsibilities for System Safety

Section

Columns and Perspectives
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