Risk Academy, a Nexortium programmeInfrastructure, Energy and IndustryDepartment of Industry and Supply Chains
Taught in the Nexus stream

Advanced industry, manufacturing and materials

Advanced industry, manufacturing and materials covers production systems, industrial process safety, industrial cyber resilience, advanced materials and the resilience of manufacturing to shocks in inputs, energy, labour and technology.

Advanced industry, manufacturing and materials, drawn as grid lifelines: 0 primary courses open, 1 in preparation, 1 approved for authoring and 3 also taught here, across 8 subtopics. Courses: RAN-314 L2 in preparation, RAN-370 L2 approved for authoring, RAF-115 L1 also taught here, RAF-116 L1 also taught here, RAT-219 L2 also taught here.
Advanced industry, manufacturing and materials at a glance. Drawn as grid lifelines.
  • Open, 0
  • In preparation, 1
  • Approved for authoring, 1
  • Also taught here, 3
  • Subtopics, 8
Course codes from the curriculum; study levels L1 to L4.
Advanced industry, manufacturing and materialsRegister
  1. Courses0 open, 1 in preparation
  2. LevelsL2 Intermediate
  3. LabsNetwork lab, Map lab

Risk Academy · Infrastructure, Energy and Industry

The discipline in brief.

This area covers production systems, industrial process safety, industrial cyber resilience, advanced materials and the resilience of manufacturing to shocks in inputs, energy, labour and technology. It is taught in the department of Industry and Supply Chains, Faculty of Infrastructure, Energy and Industry, through 1 course with it as primary discipline and 3 more that also teach it.

What the discipline covers.

8 subtopics, taught across its courses and labs.

  • Manufacturing operations risk
  • Operational technology security
  • Industrial process safety
  • Advanced materials and nanomaterials
  • Materials and components supply
  • Industrial energy and water
  • Human-machine work
  • Technology adoption

Not yet taught by a course: Advanced materials and nanomaterials risk.

What is changing now.

Recent developments in advanced industry, manufacturing and materials, each with its source; sources checked on 16 October 2026. Summaries are short readings of the source; follow the link for the full account.

The faculty hub.

News and research as they are published, per discipline, with the faculty's other tools.

The newest research, preprints, news and humanitarian reports for Advanced industry, manufacturing and materials, each with its source and date, load here. Open the research and news hub

Hazard families it covers.

From the Academy's risk taxonomy: the discipline's own entries and those of its primary courses, with how many courses teach each.

Hazard families

  1. Attacks on operational technology1 course
  2. Industrial and chemical accident1 course

1 in preparation.

No course with this primary discipline is open yet; these are planned, so you can prepare with the courses also taught here.

Courses with this primary discipline0 open, 1 in preparation

  1. RAN-314Manufacturing and Industrial RiskIn preparationNexus, L2 Intermediate, 10 hours (estimate)

Maps, GIS and the globe.

For Advanced industry, manufacturing and materials: the faculty's twin of Wellington on the planet map, the globe and in 3D. Pick a generator, switch layers, run the instruments; every layer prints its provider and date.

The map loads from this site as it nears the view (MapLibre 6.9.1, checked by hash).

Courses from other disciplines.

These courses count in their own primary discipline and also teach this one; they do not count towards its achievement as primary courses.

1 course approved for authoring.

Approved for authoringno enrolment and no achievement until authored and reviewed

  1. RAN-370Advanced Materials and Nanomaterials RiskApproved for authoringL2 Intermediate, about 6 hours (estimate)

Where the subject is worked on.

  • The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI)Advanced Industry and RoboticsCircular economy and pollution, Human machine work, Industrial automation, Industrial cyber resilience, Industrial energy and water, Industrial process safety, Industrial robotics, Materials and manufacturing, Technology adoption
  • Industry and robotics

Cited as places where the subject is practised; the institutions named are sources here, and Risk Academy hosts every course.

The two Foundry systems where it is practised.

  • Nexus FoundryLabs systemMaterials and process testingExperiments room
  • GRIx systemIndustrial dependencies in supply chainsCascades room

Nexus Foundry system pages describe what each system and its rooms are designed to do; they are not a service on offer, and studying here gives no access to them.

How the subject is practised in labs.

LabWhat you do in itCourses using it
Network labBuild dependency graphs, find critical nodes, trace cascades1
Map labRead hazard, exposure and boundaries on real maps1

How technology helps and what risk it brings.

AspectIn this area
Technology that helpsDigital twins, sensors and robotics for inspection.
Risk technology createsCascading cyber-physical failure and vendor lock-in.
  • RAT-263 Digital Twins for Risk: Design, Validation and Limits Approved for authoring
  • RAT-261 OT/ICS and Critical Infrastructure Cyber Resilience Approved for authoring
  • RAS-407 Critical Infrastructure Interdependency and Resilience Engineering In preparation

What you can earn here.

Terms used on this page.

Advanced industry, manufacturing and materials

Prepare with a related course.

Open courses in connected disciplines teach the methods this discipline will build on.

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