Midwest Gateway Chapter

Welcome to the Midwest Gateway Chapter

Welcome to the Midwest Gateway Chapter of INCOSE. We are based in the St Louis region, from Rolla to the Metro East. The Midwest Gateway Chapter of INCOSE was founded in St. Louis in 1992. Over the years we've hosted the INCOSE Symposium and the Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER), and been the home chapter of national and regional INCOSE leaders.

Bronze Chapter Award 2004
2004		Bronze Chapter Award 2004
2005		Bronze Chapter Award 2004
2020		Bronze Chapter Award 2004
2021		Bronze Chapter Award 2004
2022
Silver Chapter Award 2006
2006		Silver Chapter Award 2007
2007		Silver Chapter Award 2008
2008		Silver Chapter Award 2009
2009		Silver Chapter Award 2010
2010		Silver Chapter Award 2011
2011

2024 Board of Directors

President: Mike Franco, Boeing
President-Elect (Vice President): Mike McCarthy, Paragon Technology Group
Secretary (2023/2024): Kirk Kittell, Bayer
Treasurer (2024/2025): Lou Pape, Boeing
Director (2024/2025): Dr. Mary Malast, Leonardo DRS
Director (2024/2023): Caleb Klapp, Boeing
Director (2023/2024): Bob Scheurer, Boeing
Director (2023/2024): Dr. Cihan Dagli, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Past President: John Thompson, Boeing

Contact the MGC Board of Directors at midwest-gateway@incose.net.


Upcoming Chapter Events

Speaker Event

When:  Tuesday, Mar 19, 2024

Where:  Ferguson Brewing Company, 418 S. Florissant Rd, Ferguson, MO  63135

Who:  Rich Massey, Boeing Senior Technical Fellow - Biography

What:  The value of system security engineering (SSE) including emerging standardization as well as an introduction to the INCOSE SSE working group

RSVP:  Mike McCarthy - mike.franco@boeing.com

 

 

INCOSE-LA Chapter Speaker Meeting: Using Architecture and MBSE to Develop Validated Requirements

Register here! (Remote participation available. Contact info at this link)

Topic: Using Architecture and MBSE to Develop Validated Requirements

Abstract: Requirements incompleteness and ambiguity continue to plague many organizations. The introduction of MBSE provides an opportunity to relate the structure of the architecture model to the structure of requirements, and synchronize the data between them.

In this presentation we demonstrate how to use model-based systems engineering and the related architecture to develop and validate requirements of all types.

  • We first describe the structure of different types of requirements and map the requirements elements, e.g., function, to elements of the architecture in the
    MBSE model.
  • We show how these requirements elements map to specific data elements in a particular MBSE tool for all possible types of requirements.
  • Finally, we show how this method enables validation of the requirements from the architecture.

Participants will gain an understanding of how to integrate their organizational requirements development and MBSE architecture activities by mapping the data elements between them and integrating these into their MBSE tools.

Speaker: Dr. Ron Carson is an Adjunct Professor of Engineering at Seattle Pacific University, an Affiliate Assistant Professor in Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Washington, a Fellow of the International Council on Systems Engineering, and a certified Expert Systems Engineering Professional.

He retired in 2015 as a Technical Fellow in Systems Engineering after 27 years at The Boeing Company. He is the author of numerous articles regarding requirements analysis and systems engineering measurement. He has been issued six US patents in satellite communications, and two patents regarding “Structured Requirements Generation and Assessment”.

When:  Tuesday June 8, 2021 from 5:45 PM to 7:45 PM PST

Cost: Free

Venue: Virtual, register by clicking here: http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ehwuf6dmd39c8f24&llr=l4ihvgeab

Chapter News

New Chapter Members - 2023

Austin Renwick, The Boeing Company, Feb 27
Rachel Harlan, Student - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Mar 13
Caleb Klapp, Leonardo DRS, Apr 19
Kyle Thayer, The Boeing Company, Apr 19
Jessica Stevons, Medtronic, Apr 24|
Philip Hoff, United States Air Force, May 9
Peter Cichacz, Leonardo DRS, Jun 1
Deborah Keller, Nothrop Grumman Corporation, Jun 2
Sarah Ehlen, The Boeing Company, Jun 12
Brett Chase, Student - Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Jun 27
David Ware, Olin, Jun 27
Andrew Nixon, The Boeing Company, July 4
Thomas Fehr, Student, Aug 7
Kaleb Rockwell, Student - Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Aug 7
John Combs II, AWS, Aug 8
Matthew Freeman, Student - Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Aug 10
Thomas McKinney, Student, Aug 13
Maggie Hummel, Aug 21
Waylon Lindseth, John Deere, Sep 11
Ruchi Bhatia, Caterpillar, Inc., Sep 25
Aaron Kenkel, John Deere, Sep 25
Aaron Wasson, Charter Communications, Oct 12
Yvette Smith, The Boeing Company, Oct 17
Daniel Huck, SGRE, Oct 21
Aaron Simpson, Oct 31
Eleni Schock,Northrop Grumman, Nov 13   

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The Midwest Gateway Chapter of INCOSE was founded in St. Louis in 1992. Over the years we've hosted the INCOSE Symposium and the Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER), and been the home chapter of national and regional INCOSE leaders. Many of our members are engaged in defense, biotech, connected devices, and academia. Most members are located in St. Louis and the surrounding area (from Missouri S&T in Rolla to Scott Air Force Base in the Metro East), but all are welcome to affiliate with us.

For more information about joining INCOSE, please visit the incose.org website: Join INCOSE. If you're not sure about joining yet, come out and visit us at one of our events.

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