George E. Apostolakis

Professor Emeritus

Professional Focus: 

  • Fission
  • Nuclear Safety
  • Nuclear Security

DLC: 

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Education

Diploma, Electrical Engineering, National Technical University, Athens, Greece, 1969
M.S., Engineering Science, California Institute of Technology, 1970
Ph.D., Engineering Science and Applied Mathematics, California Institute of Technology, 1973

Honors and Awards
Mark Mills Award, American Nuclear Society, 1974.
Outstanding Service Award, Society for Risk Analysis, 1991.
Fellow, American Nuclear Society, 1992. Fellow, Society for Risk Analysis, 1992.
Tommy Thompson Award, Nuclear Installations Safety Division, American Nuclear Society, 1999.
The Ruth and Joel Spira Award for Distinguished Teaching, MIT School of Engineering, 2005.
Arthur Holly Compton Award in Education, American Nuclear Society, ("for developing innovative ways to educate students and professional engineers in the art and science of probabilistic risk assessment"), 2005.
Member, National Academy of Engineering, for "Innovations in the theory and practice of probabilistic risk assessment and risk management" (elected in 2007). 

Research
Methods for probabilistic risk assessment of complex technological systems; risk management involving several stakeholder groups; decision analysis, human reliability models; organizational factors and safety culture; software dependability; risk-informed, performance-based regulation; risk assessment and management of terrorist threats.