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Orlando Chapter June 2009 Meeting
(02 June 2009)
About the Presentation: In the world there are many areas of tension in the political, social, economic, religious, and commercial spheres, just to name a few, that seem to have no resolution. Most of the problem stems from the differences of personal experience, from competing goals, from differences of depth of understanding of relevant areas, as well as from the influence of personal egos. In the development of systems, as complexity of systems increase, things are not much different. When system complexity is great enough, it is difficult for any one person to understand all of the areas well enough to know that that there is no impact at the system level from a decision made at the detail level. Many assumptions are made about the level of work done at the component levels. Sometimes there are differences of interpretation of specifications (often to the advantage of one party or another). Many times the specification is incomplete because the system designer does not know everything he or she might need to know to correctly develop the specification. And many times, holes exist because an issue was not investigated thoroughly enough due to budget and time constraints. The question arises, how does anyone understand a complex system well enough to minimize the consequence of risk? Modeling, analysis, prototyping, exhaustive testing at each level of integration, etc., are the typical tools necessary to minimize the risk. But when individuals bring their different perspectives together and assumptions are made about how things fit together, holes result and problems can be hidden, sometimes having serious costs when later discovered. If a system gets to the level of complexity of the economy, the environment, or even world religious views, how does one determine the best course of action to minimize the risk of consequence? This presentation will discuss a methodology for understanding a system at any level of complexity, even when many details are missing. About the Speaker: Mr. Tucker graduated from MIT in 1985 with a degree in physics and continued graduate studies there related to lasers and systems while working at Sanders in Nashua, NH. While at Sanders he was a key contributor to the early research and development of laser based infrared countermeasures and was involved with the very first successful jamming by an airborne laser based system of a live fire heat seeking missile at White Sands Missile Range. In 1996 he left the defense industry and snowy New Hampshire to work for ADE Optical Systems in Charlotte, NC as the project and optical engineer developing laser scanning and detection technology for 300mm wafer inspection systems. A year later he started his own company to develop 3-D image capture and printing systems. In 2003, the down economy caused him to go back into the defense industry and he worked for DRS in Melbourne, FL as the project engineer for the transition to production of the Arrowhead thermal imagers for the Apache helicopter. In 2005 he took a position at Northrop Grumman Laser Systems where he has served as a project engineer and as a lead systems engineer on a number of targeting and laser projects. . Note: Note that it's the 3rd Thursday of the month. Also note that the location is the new SAIC building right next door to the existing SAIC building. Hope to see you there. Orlando Chapter May 2009 Meeting
(28 April 2009)
About the Presentation: Run-Time polymorphism has been used in the software community for 20 years to satisfy dynamic reconfiguration, plug-n-fight, extendibility, and system redundancy requirements. RTP is also used to construct software Systems of Systems. Systems engineers are now having the same requirements applied to the system architecture. This presentation will explain this technology and show how it can be applied to system architecture. About the Speaker: Jeff Bryson has his masters in Computer Science from FIT and has working in the commercial and defense software industry for over 25 years and has worked for Sprint Telecom, NASA, Perot Systems and has been a Computer Science Instructor at DeVry University. Mr. Bryson is a staff software engineer at Lockheed Martin Simulation, Training & Support in Orlando FL. He is a IBM certified SOA associate and has presented at INCOSE and OMG conferences. Note: Note that it's the 3rd Thursday of the month. Also note that the location is the new SAIC building right next door to the existing SAIC building. Hope to see you there. Orlando Chapter April 2009 Meeting
(14 April 2009)
About the Presentation: Overview of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and Systems Engineering Applications, Challenges which consists of Analytic Boundaries, Operations, Training, Safety Record and other Socio-Technical issues. Covering some of Ethical issues. The challenges of Supporting UA Systems. Discussing the Impact of loadwork and Situation Awareness. This includes system requirements, integration and system acceptance. About the Speaker: Jerry Gordon is a lead Systems engineer with the Orlando office of the AAI Corporation, a division of Textron Systems. His current project is the development of a training simulation for the RQ-7 Shadow Unmanned Aircraft System. He has worked on several UAS programs with a concentration in human systems integration (HSI). He graduated from the US Naval Academy with a degree in Marine Engineering and served as a nuclear qualified naval engineer for eight years. He has over ten years of experience in the private sector developing simulations and C4I systems for a number of DoD programs. He is currently pursuing a Masters in Human Factors and Systems from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. Note: Note that it's the 4th Thursday of the month. Also note that the location is the new SAIC building right next door to the existing SAIC building. Hope to see you there. Human Systems Integration (HSI) in the DoD System Acquisition Process
Full Day Seminar: Friday, April 17, 2009, 8:30am - 5:00pm at General Dynamics C4 in the Research Park Tutorial Description - Human Systems Integration (HSI) Human Systems Integration (HSI) in the DoD System Acquisition Process Within the DoD acquisition process - the days of building a "neat widget" without the participation of its intended user are, hopefully, behind us. Increasingly a system's successful operation depends upon its interaction with, and the performance of, its users or operators. This dependency upon the integration of humans (e.g. operators or users) and systems to operate effectively establishes a need for engineers to deal with it rigorously. Across DoD acquisition programs there is an increased emphasis to ensuring that the "human" is fully and continuously considered early and throughout the development process. Including the user feedback in the design is imperative, but when and how you integrate this feedback, and what impact on the design this user feedback will ultimately have is the challenge. Human Systems Integration (HSI): Per MIL-HDBK-46855A, HSI is a comprehensive management and technical strategy to ensure that human performance, the burden design imposes on manpower, personnel, and training (MPT), and safety and health aspects are considered throughout system design /development. HSI assists with the total system approach by focusing attention on the human part of the total system equation and by ensuring that human-related considerations are integrated into the system acquisition process. DoD Regulation 5000.2-R mandates a strong HSI strategy early in the acquisition process. The composition of a DoD HSI program may encompass as many as nine technical domains, depending on the specific acquisition program and the sponsoring service. The HSI domains may include the following elements or constituencies: human factors engineering, manpower, personnel, training, safety, health hazards or occupational health, human survivability, habitability, and environmental safety. The objective of any HSI program is to integrate and facilitate the acquisition program's trade-offs among the different HSI domains. The trade-offs may be primarily driven by the program's engineering scope/complexity, overall goals, schedule, and, of course, available funding. This workshop examines the use of engineering methods for early phases of the acquisition, such as concept definition, for systems that require significant human-systems integration for successful operations. The use of modeling languages, such as SysML, to provide the engineer with a means to quantitatively examine different allocations of functionality between humans, hardware or software is examined. Additionally new validation strategies, which are required because the response of individual humans will be different for the same set of circumstances, are introduced. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION CLICK HERE FOR HSI Presentation CLICK HERE FOR HSI ROI Presentation The International Council on Systems Engineering Spring 09 Conference
April 02 - 04, 2009 Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center (VMASC), Suffolk, VA
Please see the attached Agenda and Event Descriptions. You may now register or obtain the latest information at www.incose-spring09.org http://www.incose-spring09.org The conference theme for the INCOSE Spring 09 Conference is Systems Engineering -Affordable Success. It focuses on the means and tools to lead and create processes or organizations that develop affordable systems. It is known that systems complexity has dramatically increased over the last several decades. It is therefore even more important to develop leaders and processes to more cost effectively track development costs, calculate complexity, and leverage known solution and techniques. Sponsors are still being accepted. If you have any questions, please contact Conference Chair Karl C. Geist at kgeist@md.metrocast.net or 301-475-5646. CLICK HERE FOR AGENDA INFORMATION CLICK HERE FOR EVENTS INFORMATION CLICK HERE FOR TUTORIAL INFORMATION CLICK HERE FOR HOTEL INFORMATION Orlando Chapter March 2009 Meeting
(04 March 2009)
About the Presentation: Overview of Burnham Institute for Medical Research is dedicated to revealing the fundamental causes of disease and devising the innovative therapies of tomorrow. Burnham is a not-for-profit, bi-coastal institute with operations in California and Florida . Burnham ranks among the top four institutions nationally for NIH grant funding and among the top 25 organizations worldwide for its research impact. Burnham is establishing a world-class research center dedicated to the study of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular complications. Why this focus? The obesity epidemic is driving an alarming increase in the incidence of diabetes, which has more than doubled in the last 15 years. Heart disease is the leading cause of death of diabetics About the Co Presentation: Rick intends to share his own observations about the general absence of systems engineering thinking and methods in the healthcare information technology arena, and the ways in which his INCOSE membership has helped him cope with, and adapt to, the levels of informality he finds at his various healthcare clients. He'll discuss his data warehouse development projects at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, and for Defense Health Services Systems (DHSS) in Washington, DC. Both environments would benefit from an increased level of systems engineering rigor, presenting a possible opportunity for additional INCOSE outreach into the healthcare IT industry. Rick will describe how his membership in INCOSE enabled him to make a smooth transition from the private Mount Sinai setting to the defense-oriented DHSS, where the terminology of systems engineering is paramount but the presence of actual systems thinking is only slightly more formal than in the private sector. About the Speaker: Cyril Doucet as the manager responsible for overseeing the stand-up of the new Burnham facility in Lake Nona, Orlando area. His experience includes the application of Medical Research and Management throughout the system life cycle from conceptual design research, through development and full medical center. About the Co Speaker: Rick is an IT quality consultant with 30 years of experience specializing in data warehousing and the application of quality principles to information systems. He holds a Ph.D. in Management from Walden University, and is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt. He is a member of the Enterprise Information Systems Steering Committee of the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), and is also active in the American Society for Quality, where he holds a certification as a Software Quality Engineer (CSQE). Note: Note that it's the 3rd Thursday of the month. Also note that the location is the new SAIC building right next door to the existing SAIC building. Hope to see you there. JACMET (Joint Alliance of Companies Managing Education for Technology) Engineering Symposiums
Systems Engineering symposium sponsored by JACMET in Arizona. April 23rd 2009. LINK Orlando Chapter February 2009 Meeting
(21 December 2008)
About the Presentation: While patterns are all around us in the natural world, as engineers, we do not have a formal approach to patterns in systems engineering. This presentation will provide a research based approach to identifying and applying patterns in systems engineering. About the Speaker: Robert Cloutier is a Research Associate Professor in the School of Systems and Enterprises at Stevens Institute of Technology. He has over 20 years experience in systems engineering & architecting, software engineering, and project management in both commercial and defense industries. His interests include systems engineering patterns, systems architecting, MBSE, SysML, and architecture management. Rob belongs to the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), IEEE and ACM. He received his Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology, an M.B.A. from Eastern University, and a B.S. from the United States Naval Academy. Note: Note that it's the 3rd Thursday of the month. Also note that the location is the new SAIC building right next door to the existing SAIC building. Hope to see you there. OMG Systems Modeling Language (OMG SysML (TM))
Full Day Seminar: Friday, January 16, 2009, 8:30am - 5:00pm at SAIC in the Research Park Tutorial Description - Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) The OMG Systems Modeling Language (OMG SysML(TM)) is a general-purpose graphical modeling language for specifying, analyzing, designing, and verifying complex systems that may include hardware, software, information, personnel, procedures, and facilities. In particular, it provides graphical representations with a semantic foundation for modeling system requirements, behavior, structure, and parametric equations that can integrate with a broad range of engineering analysis. SysML represents a subset of UML 2.0 with extensions needed to satisfy the requirements of the UML(TM) for Systems Engineering RFP. This tutorial provides an introduction to how SysML can address the needs of the systems engineer. It includes background and motivation, an overview of the SysML diagram types and language concepts, and selected sample problems to demonstrate how the language can be used as part of a typical SE process. Additional information including this tutorial, vendor information, and papers, can be found on the OMG SysML website at http://www.omgsysml.org/. Training materials include the presenters' book, A Practical Guide to SysML published Fall 2008. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION Orlando Chapter January 2009 Meeting
(21 December 2008)
About the Presentation: Overview of OMG Systems Modeling Language (OMG SysML(TM)) general-purpose graphical modeling language for specifying, analyzing, designing, and verifying complex systems includes graphical representations with a semantic foundation for modeling system requirements, behavior, structure, and parametric equations that can integrate with a broad range of engineering analysis and book signing. About the Speaker: Sanford Friedenthal is a Principal Systems Engineer at Lockheed Martin and currently leads an effort to enable model based systems development (MBSD) across the corporation. His experience includes the application of systems engineering throughout the system life cycle from conceptual design, through development and production on a broad range of systems in aerospace and defense. He has been a systems engineering department manager, and a lead developer of advanced systems engineering processes and methods including the Lockheed Martin Integrated Enterprise Process and the Object-Oriented Systems Engineering Method (OOSEM). Mr. Friedenthal was a leader of the Industry Standards effort through the Object Management Group (OMG) and INCOSE to develop the Systems Modeling Language (OMG SysML (tm)) that was adopted by the OMG in 2006. Sanford is co-author of the recently published book titled "A Practical Guide to SysML". Note: Note that it's the 3rd Thursday of the month. Also note that the location is the new SAIC building right next door to the existing SAIC building. Hope to see you there. 2007 Headlines 2006 Headlines 2005 Headlines 2004 Headlines |
July 2009
Welcome
INCOSE Orlando is a local chapter of INCOSE International.
It is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing a
forum for professionals practicing the art and science of
Systems Engineering in the Greater Orlando Area.
Joining INCOSE Orlando
We're always looking for new members to participate in
our chapter activities.
If you're interested in joining INCOSE, use the
Membership
Application Information located on the national INCOSE web
site. When asked to specify a Local Chapter, please consider
accepting our invitation to designate INCOSE Orlando as your home chapter.
INCOSE Orlando Listserver
INCOSE International provides an email listserver for our chapter.
If you'd like to keep up with chapter activities via email, please contact our
Communications Committee.
Provide your name, employer contact info (i.e., work address and phone number),
and email address, and we will add you to our list and stay in touch!
INCOSE Is Here For You
If you have ideas and suggestions for helping the chapter serve the interests
of local System Engineers, please pass them on to a member of the
current Board of Directors.
Better yet, volunteer your time and services and get actively involved
in helping the chapter flourish.
INCOSE in Central Florida
There are two additional INCOSE chapters located in Central Florida;
Tampa and Space Coast. Check their web sites for more information.
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