GCRI · Critical Infrastructure
STEM foundation of Critical Infrastructure
The science, technology, engineering and mathematics Critical Infrastructure rests on. Each method has a canonical page in the STEM Commons, hosted by the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI), and a page here on how it is applied in this field.
Twelve pages under STEM foundation of Critical Infrastructure.
- 01MethodResilience engineering for infrastructure
- 02MethodSystems engineering for infrastructure
- 03MethodNetwork science for infrastructure
- 04MethodSensing and IoT for infrastructure
- 05MethodCommunications for infrastructure
- 06MethodOptimisation for infrastructure
- 07MethodSpace systems for infrastructure
- 08MethodEnergy technology for infrastructure resilience
The methods behind the field.
- 01Reliability and resilience engineeringResilience metrics for lifelines · Reliability analysis of networks · Restoration planningSteward · Critical InfrastructureApplied here
- 02Systems engineeringResilience requirements · Interface mapping · Verification across the life cycleSteward · Systems Science and ModellingApplied here
- 03Network science and contagionCritical node and link analysis · Interdependent network models · Redundancy assessmentSteward · Systems Science and ModellingApplied here
- 04Sensors, IoT and observation networksStructural health monitoring · Leak and pressure monitoring · Grid sensingSteward · Critical InfrastructureApplied here
- 05Communications and network technologyMission-critical communications · Backhaul diversity · Communication dependencies of operatorsSteward · Critical InfrastructureApplied here
- 06Optimisation and operations researchResilience investment portfolios · Restoration scheduling · Network design under uncertaintySteward · Systems Science and ModellingApplied here
- 07Space systems and satellite servicesTiming dependency review · Satellite backup communications · Asset monitoring from spaceSteward · Space and Earth ObservationApplied here
- 08Energy generation, storage and grid technologyBackup power options · Microgrids for critical services · Fuel supply in emergenciesSteward · Energy NexusApplied here
- 09Power systems engineeringContingency analysis · Hardening distribution networks · Black-start and restoration plansSteward · Energy NexusApplied here
- 10Structural and earthquake engineeringFragility of infrastructure components · Retrofit of critical structures · Post-event inspectionSteward · Cities and Built EnvironmentApplied here
- 11Urban and transport engineeringNetwork criticality · Climate-resilient design · Disruption operationsSteward · Cities and Built EnvironmentApplied here
- 12Process and industrial safety engineeringNatech risk assessment · Layers of protection · Learning from incidentsSteward · Advanced Industry and RoboticsApplied here
Why infrastructure needs this combination of methods.
Infrastructure resilience draws on resilience, systems, power, structural, urban transport and process safety engineering, on network science and optimisation for cascades and restoration, and on sensing, communications, space systems and energy technology for the assets themselves.
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Pages in STEM foundation of Critical Infrastructure.
Resilience engineering for infrastructure
MethodSystems engineering for infrastructure
MethodNetwork science for infrastructure
MethodSensing and IoT for infrastructure
MethodCommunications for infrastructure
MethodOptimisation for infrastructure
MethodSpace systems for infrastructure
MethodEnergy technology for infrastructure resilience
MethodPower engineering for resilience
MethodStructural engineering for infrastructure
MethodTransport engineering for infrastructure
MethodProcess safety for infrastructure
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