2008Chapter Meetings and Events
Since 1997, INCOSE Heartland Chapter has been providing
industry, academia, and government System Engineers the opportunity to
strengthen their Systems Engineering skills by engaging both local and
nationally known, professional speakers who speak on Systems Engineering related
topics at dinner events throughout the year.
The dinner events provide a relaxed
social environment for networking with other industry, academia, and
government System Engineers and exchanging viewpoints. Additionally, throughout
the year, the Heartland chapter provides professional workshop opportunities for
developing leadership, project management, and engineering skills.
2008 Chapter Meetings
Location:
Cedar Rapids KIRKWOOD TRAINING CENTER (KTOS
Directions)
Date:
3rd Thursday of Month, 4th Thursday if Holiday
Agenda:
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
5:30-6:00 Social Gathering
6:00-6:15 Welcome (President)
6:15-7:30 Guest Speaker
7:30 Q&A/Closure
Technical presentations and proceedings are published
only when expressly provided by speaker.
Month
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2008 Presentation Description
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Right Brain/Left Brain - Whose Brain is it Anyway?
Thursday, January 31, 2008, 5:30-8:00
PM
Kirkwood Training Center
(KTOS),
3375 Armar Dr, Marion IA.
by Ms. Laurie B Johnson
Innovations Communication Consulting, LLC
An exciting
exploration of the creativity of the mind and how to engage you
'Creative Holistic Brain'. Cost:
Member:
Free
Non-Member: $5.00 for food
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February
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INCOSE
and IEEE Society for Technical Communication (STC)
Thursday, February 21, 2008,
5:30-8:00 PM
Metro Grill Buffet, 2745
Blairs Ferry Rd NE in Cedar Rapids Feb. 21 at 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM
by Mark Isham a professor of
English at the University of Iowa and Scott Coffel
the director of the Hanson Center for Technical
Communication at the University of Iowa.
Overview
Engineers-in-training must learn to inform and persuade with the same
commitment to excellence they devote to the acquisition of technical
knowledge. With that need in mind, the University of Iowa’s College of
Engineering opened its Center for Technical Communication (CTC) in the fall
of 2001. In the fall of 2003, CTC received a major gift from Tom and Nancy
Hanson; to honor their generosity and commitment to the College, CTC has
been renamed the Hanson Center for Technical Communication.
The evening will begin with
coffee/cocktails/conversation at 5:30 p.m., with dinner at 6 p.m. and a
program at 7 p.m.
Price Breakdown:
No charge
for the presentation only.
With Meals:
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IEEE /
STC members and guests: $15.00
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INCOSE
members: Free
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Students: $10
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Non-members: $19.00.
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National
Engineers Week
February 17
- 23, 2008
During
National Engineers Week,
the Heartland Chapter recognizes the new generation of engineers who making
a difference by turning ideas into reality.
We will be hosting our hands-on Magnetic Levitation
vehicle activity center. Kids come to the center, build a Magnetic
Levitation Vehicle, and race their floating cars on our MagLev track. It's
lots of fun!
INCOSE Heartland Chapter Magnetic Levitation (MAGLEV)
Vehicles activity table for kids will be held
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March |
Joint Tactical Radio System(
JTRS )
Thursday,
March 13, 2008, 5:30-8:00 PM
Metro Grill Buffet, 2745
Blairs Ferry Rd NE in Cedar Rapids
Speaker: Paul Wagner
Paul K. Wagner was born in Lansing,
Michigan. He received the BSEE degree with honors in electrical engineering and
systems science from Michigan State University, East Lansing MI. He has also taken
graduate study at Florida Institute of Technology, Pennsylvania State University and
Iowa State University.
JTRS is planned as the
next-generation voice-and-data radio for use by the
U.S. military in field operations after 2010.
It is a software-defined radio that will work with
many existing military and civilian radios. It
includes integrated encryption and wideband
networking capability to create mobile ad hoc
networks. This presentation will discuss the
e-battlespace, legacy radio capabilities and
inadequacies, military transformational
communications activities, the benefits and
programs of JTRS,
tactical radio networking, system and hardware and
software architecture, spectrum utilization and a
program outlook.
No charge for the presentation only
INCOSE members: Paid by INCOSE
IEEE members: $15.00
IEEE student members: $10
Guests of members: $15.00
Non-members: $19.00
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No April meeting.
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May |
Rock Island Arsenal Tour
Thursday, May 15, 2008, 7:00 - 9:00
PM
The May meeting of the Heartland Chapter of the
International Council on System Engineering (INCOSE)
will be a unique meeting. This month we will have
the rare opportunity to tour the Rock Island Arsenal
in the Quad Cities. INCOSE will tour the Virtual
Reality Engineering Center 5 sided CAVE and
demonstrate its uses in support of Systems
Engineering efforts. Three dimensional products
will be presented and how these images are used to
resolve vague or poorly targeted customer
requirements and to support production by rapid
resolution of conflicting concepts held by
manufacturing engineers and design engineers.
RSVP Required due to security constraints.
Please RSVP by Monday May 12th to:
Steve Morford at
stephen.morford@us.army.mil.
Badge Request - You will not be admitted to the
Rock Island Arsenal without a badge. No
exceptions! The badge request must be
completed and returned with your RSVP no later than
May 12th.
Carpool from Cedar Rapids:
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Carpooling is encouraged! Cedar Rapids
Members leave @ 5:00 from the
Rockwell Collins parking lot north of the baseball diamonds/
west of Bldg 112.
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Meet
at the TGI Fridays in Moline at 6:30.
1425 River Dr
Moline, IL 61265
309-764-6400
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TBD
Thursday, June 19, 2008, 5:30-7:30
PM
Kirkwood Training Center
(KTOS),
3375 Armar Dr, Marion IA.
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TBD
Thursday, July 17, 2008, 5:30-7:30
PM
Kirkwood Training Center
(KTOS),
3375 Armar Dr, Marion IA.
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TBD
Thursday, August 21, 2008, 5:30-7:30
PM
Kirkwood Training Center
(KTOS),
3375 Armar Dr, Marion IA.
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TBD
Thursday, September 18, 2008, 5:30-7:30
PM
Kirkwood Training Center
(KTOS),
3375 Armar Dr, Marion IA.
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