From: Crawford, Bruce
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 9:31 AM
To: INCOSE2006@comcast.net
Subject: March 13 2007, Monthly INCOSE SFBAC meeting at Santa Clara University
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Please Note that the location of the meeting has changed!
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Subject: INCOSE Meeting Tues >>>> March 13 <<<< International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
Tuesday Evening Monthly Program
5:30 PM Social Half-Hour and snack
6:00-7:00 Talk followed by questions.
Networking and sidebars to 8 PM.
Speaker:
Orin E. Marvel, PhD
Professor of Systems Engineering
Naval Post Graduate School
Monterey, CA
E-mail: opainc@nps.edu
Telephone: 831 656 3446
Topic: Foundations of Systems Engineering
Abstract:
All engineering disciplines have fundamental building blocks. Once these elements are defined and understood then real engineering, “analysis, design, and synthesis” can take place.
The fundamental goal of Systems Engineering is problem solving. The breadth of this definition comes from the problems that can vary from simple to impossible. The problem solving process may be broken into three steps with a variety of names. These three steps are: (1) Problem System, (2) Project System, and (3) Delivered System. The problem System encompasses the definition or requirements of the problem as an “Abstraction”, the project System defines the design, production, integration, and testing, while the delivered Systems defines the solution as provided to the customer.
This model is then used to evaluate candidate applications. As these applications pass through the model, the problems, constraints, and what might go wrong are recorded and practical definition of “Complexity” may be defined. Additionally, the successful activities that come from experience or common sense are recorded in order to define “Process”. In order to better understand complexity and process, we must take a practical example, “The Farmer Exercise”. We will participate in personal experiment using the farmer exercise. The analysis of the results of this exercise will help us cement the definition of process and problem solving.
Biography:
Dr. Orin Marvel is a systems engineering professor at the Naval Post Graduate School located in Monterey, CA. He received his masters degree in mathematics from the California Polytechnic University – Pomona, bachelors and masters in electrical engineering from Georgia Tech, and his doctorate degree in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois. Dr. Marvel has over twenty eight years of technical leadership on fifteen projects applying hardware, software, systems, and requirements to aerospace products. Prior to joining the Naval Academy faculty, Dr. Marvel was a US Army Captain at White Sands Missile Range, senior principal fellow at Honeywell, and Chief Scientist at Hughes Aircraft and the NATO SHAPE Technical Centre. Today, Dr. Marvel strives to help meet the challenges of the 21st. century through educating systems engineers to perform strategic planning, provide the fundamental theoretical basis for technology solutions, and become engineering leaders.
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Place: Santa Clara University, in Room 326 of the Bannan School of Engineering Building. Directions, including Transit information is at http://sfbac.banyantrees.org/directions-to-scu
From the main campus entrance on El Camino Real in Santa Clara, CA, stop at the visitor's entrance booth and ask for a "Visitor's" parking permit. Say you are here for a meeting and that you are an invited guest of the Dean of Engineering. Park in the parking garage in the visitor's parking spaces or in any other available "Visitor's" parking space.
Go to Engineering Room 326. Walk to the large three-story building that runs parallel to the parking structure. This is the Bannan School of Engineering Building. Room 326 is on the third floor on the Southwest side of the building. The Bannan Quad and front entrance is on the side facing West. If you have any questions, you may contact Campus Security at 408-554-4441.
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Donation: FREE for members; $4 for non-members
For more information, contact:
Carol Ann McDevitt, 408-525-4565, cmcdevit@cisco.com, or Dorothy McKinney, 408-742-8790, dorothy.mckinney@lmco.com, or Dana Anderson, 408-742-2286, dana.r.anderson@lmco.com
The mission of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), a non-profit professional society, is to "foster the definition, and practice of World Class Systems Engineering in industry, academia, and government."
The SF Bay Area Chapter presents thought-provoking monthly programs for its members and their guests. Learn about the INCOSE at www.incose.org.
Thank you,
Bruce Crawford
INCOSE SFBAC Secretary
INCOSE2006@comcast.net