Delaware Valley Chapter
Serving Systems Engineering professionals in the
Southeastern Pennsylvania, Northern Delaware, and Southern New Jersey areas

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Past Events

2004 ~ 2003 ~ 2002 ~ 2001 ~ 2000

2004 Programs                 Return to Top of Page

• Chapter Meeting November 18, 2004: Download Flyer of Chapter Meeting
  

Presenters: Dr. Alexander Magoun, Executive Director, David Sarnoff Library "Sixty Years of Innovation at the David Sarnoff Research Center"

Julie A. Longo, Media Consultant
 "Transitioning Systems Skills from the Military-Industrial to the Commercial World" 
Location: Penn Faculty Club 

• Chapter Meeting, June 15, 2004:  Download the Flyer including an Abstract of the presentation and Dr. Surber's biography.
• Presenters:
  • Dr. Dan Surber, Principal Systems Engineer,
    Avionics Systems & Safety Engineering, Raytheon Technical Services Co., LLC, Indianapolis, IN
     "10 Golden Questions for Concept Exploration and Development" (69 KB, PowerPoint).
  • Vicki Sholtes, PhD, Senior Manager - Systems Engineering, Boeing.
     Welcoming Remarks 
    
  • Mike Rolecki, CV-22 Program Manager, Boeing.
     Comments on the CV-22 and Systems Engineering 
    
  • A short film of the V-22 in action, "Flight of the Osprey"
    
• Location: Boeing, Philadelphia Site, Rotorcraft Division, Integrated Defense Systems (IDS)

• Chapter Meeting, April 13, 2004

• Presenters:
  • John Nallon, Director of Systems Engineering Services, Electronic Data Systems.
      INCOSE OUTREACH(1.08 MB, PDF).
    As a member of the INCOSE Corporate Advisory Board (CAB), John Nallon will review the top directives of the CAB for INCOSE, which include the INCOSE Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge, Technical Vision of Systems Engineering, and SE Certification.
    Mr. Nallon is the Director of Systems Engineering Services for the UGS PLM Solutions Business Unit at Electronic Data Systems (EDS) in Plano, Texas. John has been an INCOSE member since 1991, has served numerous officer positions in the North Texas Chapter, including most recently Director. He is a co-chairman of the INCOSE Tools Integration and Interoperability Working Group, part of the Modeling and Tools Technical Committee. John also represents EDS on the INCOSE Corporate Advisory Board.
    
  • Ken Kepchar, Chief System Engineer, FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center .
    Ken Kepchar, the Chief System Engineer of the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center is on the graybeard council for the INCOSE Handbook V3 as well as one of the leads of the Certification Advisory Council. In his role on the Certification Advisory Council, he recently presented the status of SE Certification project to the INCOSE Board of Directors as well as what is being proposed a criteria for certification.
• Location: University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, Philadelphia, PA
• Chapter Meeting, February 24, 2004
• Presenters:
  • Deborah Ayars, President, A-Tech Engineering, Vineland, NJ.
     "Rowan University's 'Girl Scout Technology Day' - Introducing Girls to Engineering" (57 KB, Word).
  • Bob Montgomery, Program Manager, Deepwater Development, L-3 Communications.
     "The Coast Guard’s Integrated Deepwater Program: A System of Systems" 
    Deepwater Web Site,
• Location: L-3 Communications, Camden, NJ
• Newsletter - January 2004

2003 Programs                 Return to Top of Page

• Joint Meeting with IEEE Philadelphia Section, November 18, 2003
   
• Presenters:
  • Clifton Baldwin, Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) William J. Hughes Technical Center.
     “Project Management and its Relation to Systems Engineering” (526 KB, PDF).
  • Dr. John Sudano, Lockheed Martin (Moorestown, NJ).
     "The Generalized Belief Fusion and Its Equivalence to the Naïve Bayesian Fusion." 
    Material presented is contained in three papers: "A Generalized Belief Fusion Algorithm" (426 KB, PDF), "Equivalence Between Belief Theories and Naïve Bayesian Fusion for Systems with Independent Evidential Data: Part I, The Theory" (209 KB, PDF), and ".......Part II, The Example" (442 KB, PDF).
• Location: Drexel University Faculty Club, Philadelphia, PA 
•  International Symposium Preview -- June 19, 2003
  Papers by local members to be presented at the 2003 INCOSE International Symposium in Washington, DC
• • Presenters: 
    • Dr. Dave Kaslow, Lockheed Martin. " Factors Contributing to Space Systems Failures and Successes". Download slides (127KB, PDF).
    • Jeff Shupp, Lockheed Martin. "The Mission Analysis Discipline: Bringing Focus to the Fuzziness about Attaining Good Architectures". Download slides (202KB, PDF).
    • Dr. John Zaleski, Siemens Medical Solutions. Introduction to panel session on "Systems Engineering & Hospitals of the Future: Challenging the Status Quo". Download slides (232KB, PDF).

• • Location:  Siemens Medical Solutions, Malvern, PA.

• The Systems Engineering of Transportation Systems and Infrastructure - Tour and Presentation -- April 9th, 2003
  • Presenter: Wes Burns, Systems Integration Manager, Bombardier Transportation. Download slides (2.3 MB, PDF).
  • Location: L-3 Communications, Camden, NJ

2002 Programs                    Return to Top of Page

• High-Definition Television (HDTV): A Systems Engineering Approach-- November 21st, 2002
  • Presenter: Larry Thorpe, Senior Vice President of Content Creation Systems, Broadcast and Production Division, Sony Electronics, Inc.
  • Location: L-3 Communications, Camden, NJ 
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• Joint Meeting with the IEEE Philadelphia Section -- September 17th, 2002
  • Presenters:
    • Garry Roedler, Lockheed Martin, "What is ISO/IEC 15288 and Why Should I Care?" (284KB, PDF)
    • Dr. John Sudano, Lockheed Martin, "Making Faster and Better Decisions in Systems with Belief Data". Material presented is contained in three papers: "Dynamic Real-Time Sensor Performance Evaluation" (118 KB, PDF), "The System Probability Information Content (PIC) Relationship to Contributing Components, Combining Independent Multi-Source Beliefs, Hybrid and Pedigree Pignistic Probabilities" (60 KB, PDF), and "Inverse Pignistic Probability Transforms" (88KB, PDF).
  • Location: Drexel University Faculty Club, Philadelphia, PA

• Las Vegas Preview -- July 11th, 2002
  • Paper to be presented at the 2002 International Symposium
    • Dr. Peter Hoffmann, I-Logix, "From Function-Driven Systems Engineering to Object Oriented (UML) Software Engineering". Download slides (473KB, PDF) and paper (239KB, PDF).
  • Location: L-3 Communications, Camden, NJ

• Sources of Systems Engineering Expertise -- April 17th, 2002 
  • Presenters: 
    • Dr. Dennis M. Buede, Stevens Institute of Technology: "Status (883KB, PDF) of the Guide to the SE Body of Knowledge (849 KB, PDF), and a Proposed Graduate SE Curriculum"
    • Dr. Cliff Whitcomb, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Region IV INCOSE Director: "Getting Education into the Workforce: Content and Status of an SE Certification Project"
  • Location: Lockheed Martin, King of Prussia, PA
     
• Systems Engineering and e-Commerce -- January 17, 2002
  • Presenters:
    • Bharat Shah, MASS, Inc. "Using a Systems Engineering Framework for Deploying e-Commerce Websites" (933KB, PPT)
    • Walt Sobkiw, L-3 Communications. "Lessons Learned from an e-Commerce Website" (360KB, PDF)
  • Location: L-3 Communications, Camden, NJ.

2001 Programs                        Return to Top of Page 

• Systems Thinking for Strategic Management: Change Implementation -- November 15, 2001
  • Presenter: Dr. John Ash, Centre for Strategic Management 
  • Location: Vertex Inc., Berwyn, PA

• Joint Meeting with the IEEE Philadelphia Section -- September 25, 2001
  • Presenters:
    • Jim Long, Vitech Corporation. "Systems Engineering Modeling: When Requirements Management is Necessary but not Sufficient" (829KB, PDF)
    • Dr. John Sudano, Lockheed Martin. "Making Critical Decisions Using Belief Function Theories" (53KB, PDF)
  • Location: University of Pennsylvania Faculty Club, Philadelphia, PA
     
• Melbourne Symposium Preview -- June 14, 2001
  • Presenters:
    • Tara Morgan and Rodger Frank, Lockheed Martin M&DS. "The Architecture View Set in Action" (327KB, PDF)
    • Dr. Colin Neill, Penn State Great Valley. "Formal Method Support for UML-Based Systems Design" (111KB, PDF)
  • Location: L-3 Communications, Camden, NJ. 

• Integrated Capability Maturity Models -- May 8, 2001
  • Presenters:
    • Ralph Cooper and Peter DeSilva, ACS Government Solutions Group, on the FAA's iCMM^®
    • Garry Roedler, Lockheed Martin M&DS, on the SEI's CMMI ^SM (642KB, PDF)
  • Location:    Lockheed Martin, King of Prussia, PA.
     
• SE-Lite: Basic Systems Tools   -- March 13, 2001  
  • Presenters: 
    • Jim Wagner, Telelogic
    • Bruce McLaughlin, Foresight Systems
  • Location: L-3 Communications, Camden, NJ.

• Systems Thinking Applied to Strategic Management  -- January 30, 2001 
  • Presenter:  Dr. John Ash, Centre for Strategic Management,
  • Location:    Lockheed Martin, King of Prussia, PA.

2000 Programs                    Return to Top of Page

• Frameworks for Architectural Description  --  November 14, 2000 
  • Presenters:
    • Rich Hilliard,  "An Overview of IEEE P1471, Recommended Practice for Architectural Description" (1766 KB, PDF)
    • Buck Nimz, " The C4ISR Architecture Framework and its Impact on the Systems Engineering Process" (412KB, PDF) 
  •  Location:  Lockheed Martin, Mt. Laurel, NJ. 

• What is Systems Engineering?  --  September 19, 2000 
  • Presenters: 
    • Dr. Iraj Zandi, University of Pennsylvania 
      • Related short talk (82KB, PDF) 
      • A paper "Science and Engineering in the Age of Systems" (165KB, PDF)
    • Mr. William Miller, Consultant (presentation 843KB, PDF) 
  • Location: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. 

• Minneapolis,  July 2000 International Symposium Preview -- July 11, 2000 
  • Presenters: 
    • Jeff Shupp, Lockheed Martin, "The Discovery Based Development Approach: A Necessary Process Aberration or A Better Way to Develop Complex Applications?" (42KB, PDF)
  • • Dr. Dave Kaslow, Lockheed Martin,
    • "Role of Design, Performance and Verification Activities in Development of Software Systems"  (33KB, PDF)
      "Architecture Based Design Applied to a Remote Sensing Satellite Planner" (74KB, PDF)
  • Location:  Lockheed Martin, King of Prussia, PA.

• One Day Introductory Tutorial  at Naval Air Systems Command, Lakehurst, NJ -- June 17, 2000 
  • The Application of Use Cases to Requirements Management (html) 
    • Instructors: Michael Jesse Chonoles, Janet Z. Conway, Lester L. Zern

• Systems Engineering in Video Production --  May 16, 2000 
  • Presenters:
    • Julie Longo, JLA Technical Video Productions, "The Video Production Process"  (14KB, PDF)
    • Jukka Hamalainen, Panasonic, "Our World of Choices: TV Standards"  (407KB, PDF)
    • Cody Claxton, Innovative Technologies, "The Design and Construction of Modern Digital TV Facilities" (1219KB, PDF)
  • Location: Panasonic AVC American Labs, Westampton, NJ.

•  Systems Engineering Requirements Management  --  March 14, 2000 
  • Presenters:
    • Bruce Evans, Lockheed Martin, "The Requirements Engineering Process for Custom and COTS-based Systems" (80KB, PDF) 
    • Janice Magill and Tim Tritsch, Naval Air Systems Team, "Requirements Management, the Elements of Change" (1256KB, PDF)
  • Location: L-3 Communications, Camden, NJ

• Managing Systems Engineering Tool Selection -- January 11, 2000 
  • Presenters:
    • Greg Niemann, Lockheed Martin  (56KB, PDF)
    • Joe Christiano and Robin Biscardi, Vanguard Group  (412KB, PDF)
  • Location: CoreTech Consulting, King of Prussia, PA

• Risk Management Panel, November 30, 1999, L-3 Communications, Camden, NJ

• Aspects of System Modeling, September 21, 1999, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

• Systems Engineering Metrics, July 6, 1999, L-3 Communications, Camden, NJ