Vicki Bier

Expert on risk analysis and decision analysis, as applied to nuclear power safety, homeland security and critical-infrastructure protection

Professor, industrial and systems engineering; director, Center for Human Performance and Risk Analysis College of Engineering Work: 608-262-2064 — Home and cell phones available upon request bier@engr.wisc.edu Home page

Topics

• Applications of game theory to homeland security
• Risk analysis of nuclear power plants
• Women in science and engineering

Achievements

• Vice president and president-elect, Decision Analysis Society, 2008-10
• Co-editor, "Game Theoretic Risk Analysis of Security Threats," 2009
• Distinguished Achievement Award, Society for Risk Analysis, 2007

Tags

• politics, government, public policy
• security, homeland
• SEJ
• energy, nuclear
• risk behavior/communication/management
• engineering, nuclear