The primary objective of the OSHE program is to train individuals who already possess general undergraduate engineering background, leading to the degrees of M.S. and/or Ph.D. in Engineering with the specialty of occupational safety applications and research.  The training will emphasize the following two envisioned future tracks of the students.

(1)  Safety engineering specialists: Expected careers of the students are safety engineers and consultants for industry. Training will be mainly through occupational safety and health courses and interdisciplinary courses.

(2) Safety engineering researchers: Expected careers of the students are occupational safety researchers in federal/private institutions and faculty in academic institutions. Training will be mainly through the thesis or dissertation research related to occupational safety that has fundamental nature.

A secondary objective is to provide selected engineering and occupational safety training to a wide range of graduate students or professionals in fields such as environmental health, nursing, industrial hygiene, occupational medicine, health physics, and business administration through safety engineering courses Especially through various interdisciplinary courses and activities with other programs in the ERC, synergetic enhancement of the overall ERC program is pursued.

Links: Department of Mechanical Engineering: http://www.min.uc.edu/MINE
College of Engineering: http://www.eng.uc.edu/