The Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center (MKOPSC) is the world’s foremost university-based process safety centre.

The Center serves industry, government, academia, and the public. It is a resource in education and research and provides service to all stakeholders. MKOPSC is guided by a steering committee of consortium member companies and a technical advisory committee of industry experts. Industry guidance ensures that Center activities are relevant to the actual practice of process safety.

Over the past 20 years, the body of work created by the Center has to led to the inarguable recognition as an unbiased science-based organization focused on creating dialogue and consensus on difficult scientific topics, amongst all stakeholders.

As a resource to stakeholders, the Center has authored hundreds of peer-reviewed journal publications, as well as symposium proceedings, white papers, and reports. A reference library is maintained for use by students and others consisting of 15,000 books, 15,000 articles, and various other resources. The Center also serves as a neutral forum for the discussion and dissemination of information regarding issues concerning process safety.