Time for October! — INCOSE Chesapeake Chapter

*Dr. David Flanigan, CSEP* *- Chapter President--2022*

October is an important month to the chapter, with lots to do for the membership. Everything good happens in groups of three, so here’s what’s happening in October:

Number 1: TopGolf Social!

On Sunday, October 16, we partner with the INCOSE Washington Metro Area chapter at TopGolf in Germantown, Maryland, this should be a fun time for all with food, gifts, and golf! Proceeds will go to the INCOSE Foundation to benefit scholarships for our aspiring systems engineers. Sign up at Eventbrite [Topgolf joint WMA-Chesapeake Chapters INCOSE outing at Germantown]

Number 2: SysML month part 1!

Three days later on October 19, we’ll kick off with two excellent speakers to talk about the state of the practice with the Systems Modeling Language (SysML). Mr. Sandy Friendenthal is an industry leader and will discuss “Moving Forward with SysML v2”, which will be held in a hybrid presentation both live at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) and online – check it out at Eventbrite [ Moving Forward with SysML v2 Moving Forward with SysML v2]. Networking starts at 6:00pm eastern, member meeting at 6:45pm, and lecture at 7:00pm.

Number 3: SysML month part 2!

Three days later on October 22, Dr. Howard Lykins will provide a one day tutorial “Introduction to Object-Oriented Systems Engineering Method (OOSEM) and the Systems Modeling Language (SysML)”, which will be also held in a hybrid fashion at UMBC and online. The event is scheduled for 9am-5pm eastern. Sign up at Eventbrite [ Introduction to Object-Oriented Systems Engineering Method (OOSEM) Introduction to Object-Oriented Systems Engineering Method (OOSEM)], with a discount for members.

During the month of October, we’ll plan to send out the ballots for the Board of Directors for next year, and intend to announce the new board members by the November membership meeting.

We’ll be closing out the INCOSE Chesapeake Chapter Academic Scholarship competition which ends October 15, check it out at /academic-scholarships.