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

 

 

2022 INCOSE New England 4th Annual Fall Workshop (Virtual)

INCOSE New England chapter will be hosting their 4th annual fall workshop on October 28-29, 2022

Date: 28-29 October2022
Time: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Location: Virtual
Click here to download INCOSE NE 2022 Fall Workshop Call for Submissions



The INCOSE New England Chapter will be hosting its fourth annual Fall workshop on October 28th and 29th, 2022.  The workshop is conducted as a two-day virtual event.  The workshop is aimed at creating a forum for the systems engineering community to network, share ideas, and learn about recent innovations, trends, experiences, and issues in all aspects of systems engineering from world-class thought leaders in the field.

This year’s workshop will be themed around two tracks – Organizational Transformation and Digital Engineering.  INCOSE New England is seeking presentations, workshops and student posters that explore the implementation and application of Digital Engineering as an evolutionary step in Organizational Transformation.  Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

Digital Engineering:

  • Digital Twins
  • Digital Data Threads
  • Authoritative Single Source of Truth
  • Product Lifecycle Management
  • Model Integration Strategies

Organizational Transformation:

  • Cultural & Workforce Adoption
  • Digital Standards
  • Digital Environments
  • Digital Work Products
  • Vendor Showcases/Training
  • Systems Engineering Career 
  • Intellectual Property Issues for Cross-Organizational Collaboration

Submission Instructions:

  1. Authors will need to submit an abstract only for review and acceptance
  2. Submissions will be made on: https://www.neincose.org/2022-incose-ne-fall-workshop

Key Dates:
Presentation, workshop and poster abstract submission closes - 08/31/2022
Author Acceptance Notification (all formats) - 09/07/2022
Final Presentation/Student posters due to KMD - 10/07/2022
Note: Workshop/tutorial providers will coordinate materials directly with NEFWS staff

Questions: INCOSENewEngland@gmail.com

More information: https://www.neincose.org/2022-incose-ne-fall-workshop

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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