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.

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2025 Board of Directors

President: Mike McCarthy, Paragon Technology Group
President-Elect (Vice President): George Sconyers III, Boeing
Secretary (2025/2026): Emily Orwaru, Deloitte Consulting LLP
Treasurer (2024/2025): Lou Pape
Director (2024/2025): Dr. Mary Malast, Leonardo DRS
Director (2024/2025): Chris Smith, Boeing
Director (2025/2026): John Thompson
Director (2025/2026): Geo Sconyers
Past President: Mike Franco

Contact the MGC Board of Directors at [email protected].


Upcoming Chapter Events

Speaker Event

When:  Thursday, Mar 13, 2025

Where:  Sports Cafe, 3579 Pennridge Dr, Bridgeton, MO, 63044

Who:  TBD

TUTORIAL: William D. Miller - Verification and Validation of Complex Systems: A Holistic, Model-Based Approach

Ann Hodges
505-951-7067
[email protected]

Abstract: 
V&V is inherently integral to risk and opportunity management, and therefore key to the technical systems engineering process areas identified in ISO 15288 (e.g., requirements engineering, architecture, implementation, integration). This tutorial presents an overview of V&V, its history, goals, and challenges. V&V of models will also be presented. Evaluation of V&V adequacy and effectiveness will be covered. Case studies, example models, and exercises illuminate the tutorial material.

Attendees Will Learn:
• Essential V&V concepts, terminology, attributes and history
• V&V challenges/pain points
• Factors to consider for V&V planning
• Evaluating V&V adequacy and effectiveness
• V&V and relationship with other systems engineering processes
• V&V and model-based systems engineering (MBSE), balancing upfront modeling and “back-end” V&V
• Leveraging activities from MBSE
• New mold for V&V

Participants will receive: Copy of all presentation material; all course exercises and solutions; and document of course completion.

Course Objectives:
• Provide an understanding of V&V
• Provide an understanding of the relationship of V&V and other technical systems engineering processes
• Provide an understanding of factors to consider in V&V planning
• Provide an understanding of V&V of MBSE, leveraging activities
• Future of V&V
Pre-requisites:
• Experience of systems engineering
• An awareness of V&V is useful, but not essential
• Provide an understanding of V&V
• Provide an understanding of the relationship of V&V and other technical systems engineering processes
• Provide an understanding of factors to consider in V&V planning
• Provide an understanding of V&V of MBSE, leveraging activities
• Future of V&V
Pre-requisites:
• Experience of systems engineering
• An awareness of V&V is useful, but not essential

Bio:

William Miller is the Executive Principal Analyst of Innovative Decisions, an Adjunct Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology, Editor-in-Chief of INCOSE Insight Systems Engineering Practitioners Magazine, Future of Systems Engineering (FuSE) lead, and past INCOSE Technical Director (2013-2014). Mr. Miller has more than forty years of experience in the conceptualization and engineering application of communications and information technologies, products and services. This experience has addressed both commercial and government sectors. These applications have fallen in the areas of resource allocation, R&D priorities, strategic planning, requirements definition, system modeling, system design, system acquisition, system development, system integration and system test. Mr. Miller has managed projects including positions as chief systems engineer and program manager funded by Bell Laboratories, AT&T, Army and Navy development commands, and elements of the Intelligence Community. Mr. Miller is an adjunct professor in the School of Systems and Enterprises, Stevens Institute of Technology, where he teaches graduate courses in systems engineering fundamentals, system architecture and design, and systems integration. He has also served as a senior researcher for the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) focused on mission engineering. He is a Life member of the IEEE and a 28-year member of INCOSE where he currently serves as the editor-in-chief of INSIGHT practitioners’ magazine and lead of the Future of Systems Engineering systems community initiative. He received the INCOSE Founders Award in 2017. He previously served as INCOSE Technical Director (2013-2014) and Deputy Technical Director (2011-2013), responsible for shepherding over 40 working groups and major initiatives in systems engineering standards, model-based systems engineering, the systems engineering body of knowledge, and the systems engineering handbook based on ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 Life Cycle Systems. He previously served as Assistant Director – (Systems Engineering) Knowledge Enabler. He was elected secretary of INCOSE for three terms (1996-1997, 2003-2004 and 2005-2006). He has also served as secretary and president of the INCOSE Liberty Chapter. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering – both from Pennsylvania State University.

Click here for a more detailed bio and abstract, including a list of publications.

Click here to download a printable flyer for the event. 

The event will take place online; link and other details will be sent to registrants. The tutorial cost includes soft-copy downloadable tutorial notes.

Register via EventBrite: link here. INCOSE members: $0; non-members or Corporate Advisory Board associate members: $25; students: $0. You will receive an email receipt from EventBrite, which will act as your confirmation. If you do not receive a confirmation, have trouble registering or paying, or to register and pay by check, contact Mary Compton at [email protected].

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Matthew Trainor, Leonardo DRS, Jan 9
Bradley Jones, Jan 11
Ethan Bandick, Leonardo DRS, Feb 27
Alexander Hawkes, Mar 21
Aditya Akundi, UWM, May 3
Madelynn Frappier, Leonardo DRS, May 21
Hector Castelblanco, May 29
Kaylee Catlett, Jun 2
William Conrady, Boeing, Jun 2
Prithbey Dey, Jun 3
Ezechiel Ouedraogo, Jun 17
Braxton Schmedeke, Jun 19
Haley Spillars, Jun 19
George Sconyers, Boeing, Jul 3
Serge Krawczyk, Boeing, Jul 11
Seth Copeland, V2X, Jul 17
Thomas Vanhooser, Jul 24
Wade Wilson, Boeing, Jul 29
Tyson Prosser, Boeing, Aug 9
Amanda Baker, Cummins, Aug 13
Jared Blatsioris, Purdue University, Aug 20
Tracey Feldhake, Sep 4
Xorge Hernandez, Sep 5
Miguel Delgado, Peraton, Sep 9
Michael Malast, Boeing, Sep 10
Kyle Edwards, UL, Sep 12
Andrea Foutch, Sep 13
Reginald Robinson, Boeing, Oct 4
Wesley Freeman, Leidos, Oct 24
Geo Sconyers, Nov 7
Matthew Hollander, DRS Land Systems, Dec 5
Paul Mizwicki, Aclara, Dec 5
Jacob Kramer, Leonard DRS, Dec 11
Daniel Chikwendu, Wichita State University, Dec 21

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.

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