Overview
Background
Maureen Hassall is Professor and Director of the Sustainable Minerals Institute's Industrial Safety and Health Centre at the University of Queensland. Her expertises crosses the fields of industrial risk management, safety engineering and human factors. Maureen works collaboratively with industry professionals to develop better human-centred risk management and safety engineering approaches that improve companies’ operational performance and competitiveness. Maureen also develops and delivers process safety, systems safety engineering, risk management and human factors training, education and expert advice to students and to industry. Her industry-focused research is motivated by 18 years of industry experience working in a number of different countries and in a variety of roles including specialist engineering, line management, organisational change and business performance improvement roles.
Availability
- Professor Maureen Hassall is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
- Bachelor of Science, University of Southern Queensland
- Masters (Coursework) of Business Administration, University of Phoenix
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Risk management
Creating whole-of-systems risk management approaches to deliver sustainable operational excellence. Exploring Industry 4.0 advancements to help humans identify, and address the range of contemporary and emerging risks that can impact the operational competitiveness of an organisation. Developing evidence-based data analytics and leading indicators to produce and communicate intelligent insights that facilitate proactive and effective management and governance of critical operational risks.
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Safety Engineering
Developing and testing innovations in socio-technical systems-based approaches that integrate inherently safe design, risk controls, high reliability and operational resilience philosophies to improve the safety, integrity, reliability,and overall performance of industrial systems.
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Human factors
Developing and applying innovative, impactful and user-centred approaches that improve the design of work systems to better support industry practitioners decision making processes so they more effectively and successfully manage high hazard and safety critical systems.
Works
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2014
Journal Article
The development and testing of SAfER: a resilience-based human factors method
Hassall, Maureen E., Sanderson, Penelope P. and Cameron, Ian T. (2014). The development and testing of SAfER: a resilience-based human factors method. Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making, 8 (2), 162-186. doi: 10.1177/1555343414527287
2014
Conference Publication
Industry perspectives on organisational resilience
Hassall, Maureen E., Sanderson, Penelope M. and Cameron, Ian T. (2014). Industry perspectives on organisational resilience. RISK 2014 Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 28-30 May 2014. Barton, ACT, Australia: Engineers Australia.
2014
Journal Article
A formative approach to the strategies analysis phase of cognitive work analysis
Hassall, Maureen E. and Sanderson, Penelope M. (2014). A formative approach to the strategies analysis phase of cognitive work analysis. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, 15 (3), 215-261. doi: 10.1080/1463922X.2012.725781
2013
Other Outputs
Methods and tools to help process operators identify and manage hazardous situations.
Hassall, Maureen (2013). Methods and tools to help process operators identify and manage hazardous situations.. PhD Thesis, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland.
2013
Conference Publication
An organizational resilience-based human factors safety method: the development and testing of SAfER
Hassall, Maureen E., Sanderson, Penelope M and Cameron, Ian T. (2013). An organizational resilience-based human factors safety method: the development and testing of SAfER. HFES 2013: 57th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, San Diego, CA, U.S.A., 30 September-4 October 2013. Thousand Oaks, CA, United States: Sage Publications. doi: 10.1177/1541931213571376
2013
Conference Publication
An integrated approach to technical and human factors in risk management of ship-to-shore fuel transfers
Worden, Justin, Khanna, Natasha, Campbell, Jamie, Hassall, Maureen E., Sanderson, Penelope M. and Cameron, Ian T. (2013). An integrated approach to technical and human factors in risk management of ship-to-shore fuel transfers. Chemeca 2013: Australasian Conference on Chemical Engineering, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 29 September-2 October 2013. Hawthorn, VIC, Australia: Institution of Engineers, Australia.
2012
Conference Publication
Building resilience in process operations
Hassall, Maureen E., Cameron, Ian T., Sanderson, Penelope M. and Nemeth, Erzsebet (2012). Building resilience in process operations. Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference (CHEMECA 2012), Wellington, New Zealand, 23- 26 September 2012. Barton, ACT, Australia: Engineers Australia.
2011
Conference Publication
Human factors hazard identification: Industrial testing of the HumHID technique and tool
Hassall, M. E., Sanderson, P. M., Cross, N., James, K. and Cameron, I. T. (2011). Human factors hazard identification: Industrial testing of the HumHID technique and tool. 55th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Las Vegas, NV, United States, 19-23 September 2011. Thousand Oaks, CA, United States: Sage Publications. doi: 10.1177/1071181311551428
2010
Conference Publication
An integrated functional systems approach to improving diagnosis in complex process systems
Cameron, Ian, Nemeth, Erzsebet, Seligmann, Benjamin, Hassall, Maureen, Sanderson, Penny, Hangos, K. M., Hockings, K. and O'Brien, C. (2010). An integrated functional systems approach to improving diagnosis in complex process systems. 40th Annual Australasian Chemical and Process Engineering Conference, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 26–29 September 2010.
2010
Conference Publication
Using cognitive work analysis techniques to identify human factor hazards
Hassall, M. E., Sanderson, P. M. and Cameron, I. T. (2010). Using cognitive work analysis techniques to identify human factor hazards. 54th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A., 27 September-1 October 2010. Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. doi: 10.1518/107118110X12829369201034
Funding
Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Safety leadership and its impact on serious injuries and fatalities
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Danellie Lynas, Professor David Cliff
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Doctor Philosophy
Interactions and impacts of humans and automation in complex mining systems
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Robin Burgess-Limerick, Dr Danellie Lynas
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Doctor Philosophy
Improving contractor risk management
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jill Harris
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Doctor Philosophy
Grounding a contemporary and emerging Safety movement and viewpoint with Science: A study into Human and Organisational Performance (HOP) in Australian Mining.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Robin Burgess-Limerick
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Doctor Philosophy
Managing Major Disruptive Risks in the Water Sector
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Paul Lant
Completed supervision
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Abnormal Situation Management - Modelling and Analysis of the Alarm
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Robin Burgess-Limerick
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Human factors for Energy Management
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Paul Lant
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Knowledge use in safety-critical decision making
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Paul Lant
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
The use of dynamic simulation to improve process safety
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Ian Cameron
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Development of a control focused incident investigation process to reduce workplace injuries
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Robin Burgess-Limerick
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Technical considerations for the application of deep learning methods for multimodal emotion recognition
Associate Advisor
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Improving organisational learning from incidents through effective incident investigations: A study of the Ghanaian mining industry
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor David Cliff
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Integration of Health and Safety Risk Management into the Implementation of Gold Processing Technology in Artisanal and Small Scale Mining (ASM) Communities in the Philippines
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor David Cliff
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Integrated Project Risk Management for Residential Recycled Water Schemes
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Steven Kenway, Honorary Professor Zhiguo Yuan
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Delivering Superior Megaproject Performance Outcomes Through Timely Intervention in the Civil Engineering Curriculum
Associate Advisor
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