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Enchantment Chapter regularly meets the 2nd Wednesday of every month.  Meetings are open and there is no charge unless specifically noted in the meeting announcement. See Calendar and Meeting Location for details.
Enchantment Chapter Board of Directors meets the last Wednesday of every month. Meetings are open but we recommend contacting a member of the BOD for current meeting information. (13 May 2008)

July Meeting  (1 July 2009)
The INCOSE Enchantment Chapter will hold its next meeting on July 8, 2009 at 4:45PM. Please join us for Woody Weed – “SE in Sandia's Pulsed Power Fusion Program (or SE for PhDs)”

ABSTRACT:  The pulsed power fusion program at Sandia is one of the major programs managed by the Pulsed Power Sciences Center. It is a big science, experimental physics research program that uses the Z Accelerator as its primary facility. Z is the world’s most powerful pulsed power accelerator, producing 150 TW in a 100ns pulse. Controlled nuclear fusion is one of the great challenges in science and technology. Its potential to cleanly power the planet has motivated the investment of tens of billions of dollars over the past four decades. Systems engineering clearly has applicability to the effective and efficient realization of hardware and instruments that make up a fusion system. Furthermore, SE principles should also improve/expedite innovation in a team science enterprise. Perhaps the best description of a systems engineer in a scientific environment is that of a process shepherd.

SPEAKER:  Woody is an engineer in Sandia’s Pulsed Power Sciences Center. He has been at Sandia since 1990 and previously worked at Lawrence Livermore, Spectra Physics Inc. and Coherent Radiation Inc. His technical background is in vacuum system engineering and thin film deposition. He started morphing into a project manager and systems engineer in 2003 and became a certified PMP earlier this year. He hopes to be a CSEP when he grows up.

Enchantment Chapter wins Gold Award for 2008  (12 May 2009)
Enchantment Chapter has been recognized for its accomplishments and achievements during 2007 at the Gold level. This award recognizes Enchantment chapter for significant progress in attaining goals and standards established by INCOSE.

Notes on Systems Engineering Certification(3 Jan 2007)
Information on INCOSE requirements for certification is presented at:  www.incose.org/educationcareers/certification/
A brief flier on the CSEP Program can be downloaded here:  CSM_INCOSE_Certification_Program01_06.rtf

July 20 to 23, 2009 -- INCOSE 2009, the 19th International Symposium (27 October 2008)
Hosted by Region VI of INCOSE (Australia, Beijing, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan)
Mark your calendars now for next years International Symposium, to be held in Singapore.

The theme of the symposium is East Meets West, The Human Dimension to Systems Engineering. Please see the IS09 web site for more information:  Symposium 2009 Web Site

Last Updated: 1 Jul 2009

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