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Selling Yourself as A Systems Engineering Thought Leader
Oct
18
6:00 PM18:00

Selling Yourself as A Systems Engineering Thought Leader

Samantha Bernal, Honor Lind, and Anthony Abi Badra will discuss how to build yourself as a Thought Leade and subject matter expert in systems engineering.

This presentation is purely VIRTUAL/ONLINE. An online chat questions-and-answers session will also be available. Webcast Link will be sent to Registrants

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Discussion of Bert Gentry Lee's Systems Engineering on a Blank Slate
May
17
6:00 PM18:00

Discussion of Bert Gentry Lee's Systems Engineering on a Blank Slate

Usually - requirements are defined and then we do our magic of systems engineering. What happens if YOU have to start with a blank slate?

This presentation is purely VIRTUAL/ONLINE. An online chat questions-and-answers session will also be available. Webcast Link will be sent to Registrants

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Using Systems Engineering for a Vaccine Appointment and Delivery System
Apr
19
6:00 PM18:00

Using Systems Engineering for a Vaccine Appointment and Delivery System

Dr. Douglas Bodner & Stephen Sutton, ESEP, discuss a project that defines a system that permits any resident of a state (of the United States), no matter his/her place of residence or access to technology, to obtain a vaccine appointment for the initial vaccine dose, the second dose (if needed), and a booster dose and maintains the vaccine record for the resident.

We’re back to our Monthly Dinner | Networking Meeting

This presentation is HYBRID - both live in-person & online. In-Person Dinner & Networking Location: JHU/APL - Parsons Auditorium; 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723

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Engineering a Better Tomorrow: SE Vision 2035 and Beyond
Mar
15
6:00 PM18:00

Engineering a Better Tomorrow: SE Vision 2035 and Beyond

David Long, president of Blue Holon, Inc., sees how Systems Engineers must adapt and transform in an ever-shifting landscape. Drawing from Systems Engineering Vision 2035 and insights from around the world, he will discuss how systems engineering must evolve to engineer a better tomorrow.

This presentation is HYBRID - both live in-person & online. In-Person Location: JHU/APL - Parsons Auditorium; 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723

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What’s Hot in SE for 2023?
Jan
18
6:00 PM18:00

What’s Hot in SE for 2023?

Dr. Biemer is the 2023 President of the INCOSE Chesapeake Chapter and this talk will explore several “hot” topics in systems engineering as we enter 2023. Dr. Biemer will explore some challenges that exist within these domains and areas.

This presentation is purely VIRTUAL/ONLINE. An online chat questions-and-answers session will also be available. Webcast Link will be sent to Registrants

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Cloud-native Security and Policy: A Primer
Nov
16
6:00 PM18:00

Cloud-native Security and Policy: A Primer

  • JHU/APL - Parsons Auditorium (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Evan Kwisnek will present how we can meet the security engineering and policy governance challenges that cloud-native, hybrid, and edge deployments present while limiting complexity, speeding adoption among engineers, and providing our customers with secure, reliable, and performant systems.

This presentation is HYBRID - both live in-person & online. In-Person Location: JHU/APL - Parsons Auditorium; 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723

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Moving Forward with SysML v2
Oct
19
6:00 PM18:00

Moving Forward with SysML v2

Sanford Friedenthal, an industry leader and independent consultant in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), explains the motivation, approach, and capabilities of SysML v2, as the Submission Team progresses towards a final submission to this important update of this MBSE modeling language.

This presentation is purely VIRTUAL/ONLINE. An online chat questions-and-answers session will also be available. Webcast Link will be sent to Registrants

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Bridging the gap between the system and software architectures using ISE&PPOOA MBSE methodology
Sep
21
6:00 PM18:00

Bridging the gap between the system and software architectures using ISE&PPOOA MBSE methodology

  • JHU/APL - Parsons Auditorium (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Jose L. Fernandez will present an integrated systems and software engineering process named ISE&PPOOA (Integrated Systems Engineering and Pipelines of Processes in Object Oriented Architectures) where traditional functional based systems engineering is combined with MBSE using the functional paradigm to represent behavior..

This presentation is HYBRID - both live in-person & online. In-Person Location: JHU/APL - Parsons Auditorium; 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723

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Social Resilience in Complex Systems
Aug
17
6:00 PM18:00

Social Resilience in Complex Systems

Dr. Palmer will discuss what social resilience is and how it can be considered as part of systems engineering practice. Social resilience has a large theoretical foundation in the social sciences, and conceptually, has much to offer systems engineers as they evaluate system resilience.

This presentation is purely VIRTUAL/ONLINE. An online chat questions-and-answers session will also be available. Webcast Link will be sent to Registrants

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Building a Better Systems Engineering Post-Graduate Course
Jul
20
6:00 PM18:00

Building a Better Systems Engineering Post-Graduate Course

Dr Joseph E. Kasser explains how Creating outstanding systems engineers is a problem which cannot be remedied by traditional postgraduate and continuing education courses. After 20 years of research Dr. Kasser produced the EverCourse format, an innovative format that overcomes the deficiencies of the traditional postgraduate and continuing education courses including the flipped classroom and brings the experience element into the class.

This presentation is purely VIRTUAL/ONLINE. An online chat questions-and-answers session will also be available. Webcast Link will be sent to Registrants

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Critical Infrastructure Resilience Concepts, Frameworks, & Strategies
Jun
15
6:00 PM18:00

Critical Infrastructure Resilience Concepts, Frameworks, & Strategies

Dr. John E. Thomas, Scholar in Residence with University of Colorado, will introduce resilience engineering concepts and frameworks relevant to unanticipated social, ecological, and technological system disruptions or surprises, focusing on applications to critical infrastructures.

This presentation is purely VIRTUAL/ONLINE. An online chat questions-and-answers session will also be available. Webcast Link will be sent to Registrants

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Digital Engineering: An opportunity for acquisition agencies
May
18
6:00 PM18:00

Digital Engineering: An opportunity for acquisition agencies

Kevin Robinson, Chief Engineer, Shoal Group Australia will presents the case for acquisition agencies to both adopt and drive the application of Digital Engineering within their industry.

This presentation is purely VIRTUAL/ONLINE. An online chat questions-and-answers session will also be available. Webcast Link will be sent to Registrants

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Analytical Assessment Method to Directly Measure Impact and Resilience of Mission Assurance
Apr
20
6:00 PM18:00

Analytical Assessment Method to Directly Measure Impact and Resilience of Mission Assurance

Michael Darby, CSEP, of the Idaho National Laboratory will provide an overview of how the Mission Thread Analysis approach has been used to evaluate mission resilience. Show generalized results of additional threat-based scenarios and how the All-Hazard Analysis tool can be integrated with black out exercises to assess how and where alternatives, or courses of action, are needed to ultimately improve the overall mission resilience.

This presentation is purely VIRTUAL/ONLINE. An online chat questions-and-answers session will also be available. Webcast Link will be sent to Registrants

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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: A Systems Engineering Perspective
Mar
16
6:45 PM18:45

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: A Systems Engineering Perspective

Dr. Eisner will focus upon cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) as systems engineers are looking for cost-effective solutions; CEA is a proven method for choosing the best answer from a set of alternatives; a brief look at examples from the military as well as from everyday consumer decisions.

This presentation is purely VIRTUAL/ONLINE. An online chat questions-and-answers session will also be available. Webcast Link will be sent to Registrants

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A Design Thinking Roadmap for Process Improvement
Feb
16
6:00 PM18:00

A Design Thinking Roadmap for Process Improvement

Lymari Castro-Diaz will describe how design thinking is a powerful set of human-centered design techniques that systems engineers can combine with tools such as Lean Startup and Agile to quickly discover problems, and ideate solutions that are feasible, viable, desirable, and provide value to the organization. Her presentation will provide a design thinking roadmap for navigating the unknown, discovering the most pressing problems, and ideal solutions for process improvement, while creating a common vision for the organization.

This presentation is purely VIRTUAL/ONLINE. An online chat questions-and-answers session will also be available. Webcast Link will be sent to Registrants

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Systems Engineering  Challenges in the Near Future
Jan
19
6:00 PM18:00

Systems Engineering Challenges in the Near Future

Dr. David Flanigan, our incoming 2022 Chapter President, will discuss how over the last two years, the world has had to adapt to different work and life practices during the pandemic. As we continue to operate, a few perspectives are shared on systems engineering activities as we look at the coming year with an emphasis on the Chesapeake Chapter.

During the Chapter meeting, the 2022 Board of Directors for the INCOSE Chesapeake Chapter will be installed.

This presentation is purely VIRTUAL/ONLINE. An online chat questions-and-answers session will also be available. Webcast Link will be sent to Registrants

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Lessons Learned from the NSOSA Architecture Study
Nov
17
6:00 PM18:00

Lessons Learned from the NSOSA Architecture Study

Dr. Mark W. Maier, a Technical Fellow at The Aerospace Corporation, will discuss major lessons learned from conducting a large scale study of its next generation weather satellite constellation architecture. Among the topics discussed will be the selection and primacy of value models, the concept of architectures as classes of system alternative, and variance as a measure of significance.

This presentation is purely VIRTUAL/ONLINE. An online chat questions-and-answers session will also be available. Webcast Link will be sent to Registrants

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The Case for Control Systems Cybersecurity Capability
Oct
20
6:00 PM18:00

The Case for Control Systems Cybersecurity Capability

Aleksandra Scalco looks at the Colonial Pipeline ransomware example as a case study for cybersecurity controls' return on Investment (ROI) for critical infrastructure control systems. Ms. Scalco considers using a commercial approach to assigning a numerical value or cost to assets thus allowing for a cost-benefit analysis that may be a more precise and concise characterization of risk.

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The Invisible Matters: How Program Management and Systems Engineering Teamed to Build the World’s Largest IceCube
Sep
15
6:00 PM18:00

The Invisible Matters: How Program Management and Systems Engineering Teamed to Build the World’s Largest IceCube

Randall C. Iliff provides a true insider’s view of how the power of Program Management and Systems Engineering, working together in a process uniquely tailored for IceCube, the world’s largest and arguably most unusual telescope located in the South Pole. This is a rare opportunity to observe the logic, tailoring strategy, and artifacts from one of the most remarkable development programs ever to take place.

This presentation is purely VIRTUAL/ONLINE. An online chat questions-and-answers session will also be available. Webcast Link will be sent to Registrants

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Systems Engineers ... Where do we fit in an Agile Environment?
Aug
18
6:00 PM18:00

Systems Engineers ... Where do we fit in an Agile Environment?

Mr. Peter Luckey explains how Model Based System Engineering (MBSE), aligns with some of the DoD’s Digital Engineering Strategy objectives, and how it can effectively used in the ‘agile at scale’ frameworks that are becoming more common in our hardware-inclusive engineering environments.

This presentation is purely VIRTUAL/ONLINE. An online chat questions-and-answers session will also be available. Webcast Link will be sent to Registrants

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First Annual  Evening of Mini SE Talks
Jul
28
6:00 PM18:00

First Annual Evening of Mini SE Talks

We are holding an evening of "Mini-Talk" sessions - a series of 10 minute brief talks covering a variety of practical topics and ideas on Systems Engineering. Guaranteed to be a thought-provoking evening. Come and join the conversation. Please note the special date.

This presentation is purely VIRTUAL/ONLINE. An online chat questions-and-answers session will also be available. Webcast Link will be sent to Registrants

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System's Thinking as it applies to Systems Engineering
Jun
16
6:00 PM18:00

System's Thinking as it applies to Systems Engineering

Dr Joseph E. Kasser explains how when systems thinking is applied to systems engineering, the artificial complexity is stripped away, the myths are identified for what they are, and systems thinking is shown to be a powerful tool that is used by many outstanding systems engineers. This talk provides a perspective of systems engineering that you have probably never seen before and encourages you to think about systems engineering in new ways.

This presentation is purely VIRTUAL/ONLINE. An online chat questions-and-answers session will also be available. Webcast Link will be sent to Registrants

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There is No (Real) Systems Engineering Without Systems Thinking
May
19
6:00 PM18:00

There is No (Real) Systems Engineering Without Systems Thinking

Zane Scott, ASEP, VP for Professional Services at Vitech Corporation, will explore the first principles of the systems thinking leg of systems engineering and talk about the fundamental understanding of systems and how we think in a truly new way. We will consider how systems thinking is a real paradigm shift from the reductionist version of the scientific method that is the basis of much of our education. We will see how the application of this thinking leads us to realize the power of “real” systems engineering!

This presentation is purely VIRTUAL/ONLINE. An online chat questions-and-answers session will also be available. Webcast Link will be sent to Registrants

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Experiments in Leading through Influence
Apr
21
6:00 PM18:00

Experiments in Leading through Influence

Technical leadership is a skill defined in the INCOSE professional competencies. David Fadeley, ESEP, and Myra Parsons-Gross, ESEP, reflect on a shared learning journey about technical leadership from the perspective of a group of emerging technical leaders.

This presentation is purely VIRTUAL/ONLINE. An online chat questions-and-answers session will also be available. Webcast Link will be sent to Registrants

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Digital Engineering Implementation Progress
Mar
17
6:00 PM18:00

Digital Engineering Implementation Progress

Ms Zimmerman will discuss the DoD's Digital Engineering Strategy and its implementation as seen by the OUSD(R&E) to include its challenges and how this concept has added value.

This presentation is purely VIRTUAL/ONLINE. An online chat questions-and-answers session will also be available. Webcast Link will be sent to Registrants

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Interface Management – the Neglected Orphan of Systems Engineering
Feb
17
6:00 PM18:00

Interface Management – the Neglected Orphan of Systems Engineering

Interface management is perceived as a critical skill in the engineering of successful systems but finding useful material on the subject proves elusive. Mr. Davies explores some of the characteristics of the gap between what is documented and what is considered best practice.

This presentation is purely VIRTUAL/ONLINE. An online chat questions-and-answers session will also be available. Webcast Link will be sent to Registrants

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Systems Engineering: Fifty Years and Fifty Lessons Learned
Jan
20
6:45 PM18:45

Systems Engineering: Fifty Years and Fifty Lessons Learned

Dr. Eisner has spent a lifetime of practice in the field of systems engineering. This lecture will provide a "look back" over his 50-year career with his advice offered to the future generation of Systems Engineers.

This presentation is purely VIRTUAL/ONLINE. An online chat questions-and-answers session will also be available. Webcast Link will be sent to Registrants

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