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

 

 

2022 Ground System Architectures Workshop

2022 Ground System Architectures Workshop (Virtual)
Registration is  now OPEN

The 26th annual Ground System Architectures Workshop (GSAW) provides a forum for the world’s space related ground system experts to collaborate with other ground system users, developers, and researchers through tutorials, presentations, working groups, panel discussions, and technical exhibits. GSAW will be completely online.  For full GSAW schedule, click here.

Registration closes 12:00 p.m. PT Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Register now at 2022 GSAW or find more information at GSAW

We are thrilled to announce the following speakers and panelists at this year’s 26th Annual Ground System Architectures Workshop (GSAW)

Keynote Speakers

Monday, February 28, 2022

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Mark Brady

Kathryn Lueders

Jeffrey Manber

Dr. Mark Brady
Chief Data Officer
United States Space Force
(bio)

Ms. Kathryn Lueders
Associate Administrator
Space Operations Mission Directorate
NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
(bio)

 

Mr. Jeffrey Manber
President, International and Space Stations
Voyager Space
(bio)

Lunchtime Speaker

Monday, February 28, 2022

Sirisha Bandla

Ms. Sirisha Bandla
Vice President of Government Affairs And Research Operations

Virgin Galactic
(bio)

 

Panel Discussion on “Driving Innovation for Enterprise Integration”

Panelists :

- Dr. Roberta Ewart, Chief Scientist, Space Systems Command, SSC

- Ms. Vanessa Griffin, Director, Office of Systems Architecture & Advanced Planning, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

- Dr. Abraham Leigh USSF Senior Technical Advisor, MITRE

- Mr. Adam Loverro, Principal Program Manager, Microsoft

- Mr. Mauro Pecchioli, Head of the Multi-Mission Infrastructure Programme, European Space Operations Centre, European Space Agency

- Dr. Neil Siegel, IBM Professor of Engineering Management and Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Computer Science Practice, University of Southern California

Tutorials

Wednesday Morning Tutorials February 23, 2022
7:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. (PT)
Tutorial A - Realizing Cloud-based Satellite Operations: Best Practices & Lessons Learned

Tutorial B - Enterprise Architecture Guide for the Unified Architecture Framework (UAF)

Tutorial C - Agile Acquisition: Differences, Similarities, and How to Implement

Tutorial D - Mission Ops and Ground Systems 101: Why and How Your Ground System is Driven by Your Space Mission

Wednesday Afternoon Tutorials February 23, 2022

11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. (PT)
Tutorial E - Cloud Native Architectures for GMSEC and EGS Microservices

Tutorial F - DevOps / DevSecOps

Tutorial G - Modern Data Engineering for a Data-Centric Ground Enterprise

Tutorial H - Introduction To Satellite Communications

Thursday Morning Tutorials February 24, 2022
7:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. (PT)

Tutorial I - Software Defined Networking Leveraging Cloud Processing for Ground Satellite Operations

Tutorial J - CCSDS Course – Review of the International Standards for Space Communications

Tutorial L - Demystifying Machine and Deep Learning

Thursday Afternoon Tutorials February 24, 2022
11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. (PT)
Tutorial M - A Machine Learning Solution for Satellite Health and Safety Monitoring

Tutorial N - Reducing the Software Risk in Space System Software

For additional details on tutorials please follow 2022 GSAW Tutorials!

Working Groups

Monday – February 28, 2022

9:00 AM-11:30 AM (PT)
Working Group A – Driving Innovation to Form An Enterprise

Working Group B – Integration and Test Approaches for Modern Ground Software Systems: What Works and What doesn’t at the Code, System, and System of System Levels

Working Group C – Intelligent Systems and Machine Learning for Space Ground Systems

Working Group D – Digital Standards Working Group

Tuesday – March 1, 2022 

9:00 AM-11:30 AM (PT)
Working Group E – Commercialization, Innovation, & Synergies: A Reimagined Approach to Communications and Navigation Enterprise Integration

Working Group F – Best Practices for Model Portfolio Management Workshop

Working Group G – Cloud Computing and Big Data Technologies for Ground Systems

Wednesday – March 2, 2022

11:00 AM-1:30 PM (PT)
Working Group H – Agile Innovation for Enterprise Integration

Working Group I – Leveraging New Space for Ground System Enterprise Evolution

Working Group J – Space Enterprise Integration to advance U.S. Leadership in Space: Strategic Framework and High-Profile Use Cases

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   

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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