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

AI Explorer: Trustworthiness in AI Systems

AI Explorer events feature two brief (TED-style) talks on key Artificial Intelligence topics and allow time for questions and discussion by all participants.

Introduction to Trustworthiness in Computing Systems:
Foundations for AI


Date
: 15 June 2022
Time: 10:30 am - :11:45 am EST
Registrationhttps://incose-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUldOuurjsvEtXiMsTUVHtjWOoca5yD2nkp
Speaker: Tom McDermott
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Abstract: General concepts of trust in AI and autonomous systems can be derived from engineering concepts of dependable and secure computing systems. In computing systems, trust is formally defined as the dependence of one system on another, and the acceptance that the other system is also dependable. [Avižienis, et al, 2004]. This dependence can be either human/machine or machine/machine. Resilience is related to trustworthiness as the ability of the system to withstand instability, unexpected conditions, and gracefully return to predictable, but possibly degraded, performance. This is a system-of-systems concern, and trust must be considered as both a characteristic of an individual system or subsystem and as relationships between the system and other systems including humans. In systems engineering, trust can be categorized into a set of dependability and security attributes: the ability of a system to avoid service failures and cover the interrelated foundational attributes of availability, reliability, safety, integrity, confidentiality, and maintainability. These attributes work together to ensure the system’s successful application, and demonstration of those attributes over time engenders trust. Thus, trust is a systems engineering concept. In this talk we will explore modeling trust as a set of system attributes. 


Presenter: 
Tom McDermott is the Deputy Director and Chief Technology Officer of the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ. With the SERC he develops new research strategies and is leading research on digital transformation, education, security, and artificial intelligence applications. Mr. McDermott also teaches system architecture concepts, systems thinking and decision making, and engineering leadership. He is a lecturer for Stevens as well as Georgia Tech and Agnes Scott College, both in Atlanta, GA. He provides executive level consulting as a futurist and organizational strategy expert, applying systems approaches to enterprise planning. He currently serves on the INCOSE Board of Directors as Director of Strategic Integration. 

See more details at: www.incose.org/ai

Chapter Newsletters


Chapter News

New Chapter Members - 2025

Irwandi Kardjana, Boeing, Jan 5
Robert Reinke, Intelligent Information Technologies, Jan 15

New Chapter Members - 2024

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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