Volume 25 Issue 03 | March 2019
Next Dinner Meeting: Wednesday, 20 March 2019
Methodology Tailoring for Development Time Optimization
Speaker: Anthony Millán 

The DARPA Adaptive Vehicle Make program proposed the META design flow – a method that integrates architecture development, detailed design, and performance analysis efforts using Model-Based Systems Engineering and a component model database – as a means to achieve a 5X reduction in complex system development time. This research tailored the ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 technical processes to incorporate the META design flow and extend it into an end-to-end Systems Engineering methodology. 

Networking and Dinner at 6pm and FREE Lecture at 7pm
(Earn 1 PDU)
Location : Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd Laurel MD 20723 (Main Entrance – Lobby 1)

Meal : Corned Beef and Cabbage, Parsley potatoes, Green beans, served with garden salad, dressing, rolls and butter, dessert

Every month at our dinner meeting we have a drawing for the latest in Systems Engineering literature. So come on out for a chance to win. This month’s door prize is :  Effective Model-Based Systems Engineering     by John M. Borky, Thomas H. Bradley  
President's POV
INCOSE - Chesapeake Chapter Modeling Complex Systems
Mr. Taras Alexander Mykytyn
The INCOSE Systems Engineering Vision - 2025 paper sets the foundation for rest of the year for the monthly President’s Point of View (POV) articles. February’s POV article covered the topic of Fostering Mentorship for STEM Students . This is extremely important in enhancing the education of the future systems engineering profession and enticing students to become more comfortable and active in STEM-related education and activities.
In This Issue
  • This Month's Dinner Meeting
  • President's POV
  • STEM &INCOSE Chesapeake
  • Upcoming Events and training course
  • Did You Miss Last Month
  • More SE Events to Consider
  • Membership Arena
This is the monthly newsletter for INCOSE Chesapeake, a local chapter of INCOSE International. We are a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing a forum for professionals practicing the art and science of Systems Engineering in the Northern & Central Maryland & Southern Pennsylvania area
The Chesapeake Chapter is always looking for volunteers to speak at our upcoming meetings! Please contact our Programs Director if you would like the opportunity to speak or can recommend someone.
The Chesapeake Chapter of INCOSE is proud to recognize the following organizations for sponsoring our endeavors to expanding the understanding and appreciation of Systems Engineering in the local area:
This month’s article will focus on Modeling Complex System s, and why the SE and STEM community needs to step up their skills and expertise in understanding the driving requirements for complex systems, system and subsystem inter-dependencies, system-of-systems complexity, and future challenges for all industries. As the expansion of products and services go beyond local and country boundaries, to a more global solution space, SEs and STEM professionals need to think on a more broad and global scale to address these challenges. 
Student STEM initiative at INCOSE Chesapeake Chapter
The chapter is seeking volunteers to participate at Maryland's two premier regional science fair events. We are looking to put together a couple of independent judging teams to determine and deliver monetary awards to Division I level participants at the Baltimore and Anne Arundel County regional science fairs on behalf of the INCOSE Chesapeake Chapter.

We’ll be sending out follow-ups and reminder information in early March timeframe to volunteers who respond. Please consider volunteering for one day or multiple. Send your contact info to  stem@incose-cc.org
Volunteers from the 2018 Science Fairs.
Two Upcoming Scheduled STEM Outreach Events
Saturday March 9th from 12am - 4pm
Anne Arundel County Regional Science and Engineering Expo
North County High School in Glenn Burnie
Saturday March 23rd from 9am - 4pm
Baltimore Science Fair
At Towson University's West Village Commons facility
Awards Sunday March 24th at 4pm. 
More STEM Outreach Events to consider
Thursday April 25th from 6-8 PM.
Bryant Woods Elementary School
Science Invention Fair
5450 Blue Heron Ln, Columbia, MD 21044
More info at   the BWES Science Fair Website .
March 16 & 17, 2019
FIRST Chesapeake District Owings Mills MD Event
McDonogh School, 8600 McDonogh Rd, Owings Mills, MD 21117
INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional (SEP) Certification training course.
Back by Popular Demand
Date: May 6-10, 2019 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
The 5-day course will be held at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, in Laurel, Maryland

We are pleased to announced Certification Training International (CTI) will be offering an INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional (SEP) Certification training course.
Applying UPDM 2 with MagicDraw
Two 5-day classes to choose from
Dates:   April 08 – 12, 2019 
Will be held at  JHU/APL in Laurel, Maryland
Date:   April 22 – 26, 2019 
Will be held at  The Aerospace Corporation, in Chantilly, VA
No Magic will be teaching these courses which focuses on the implementation of UPDM 2 using core MagicDraw functionality and the MagicDraw UPDM 2 plug-in.
Did you miss last month?
So did we! A major snow storm blanketed the area causing local government and schools to shut down for the day. We’ve rescheduled our planned Speaker - Caitlin Kenney, P.E. and her talk on “Earned Value Management for Agile” – for our July 17, 2019 Dinner Meeting. Be sure to mark your calendars. 
More Systems Engineering Events to Consider

  • March 18, 2019: SYSML® – Current State and Future Directions. Location: Hyatt Regency Reston Town Center, Reston, VA (more info)

  • April 3-4, 2019: 17th Annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER). Location: National Press Club in Washington, DC. (More info)

  • May 1-2, 2019: 5th annual Systems Engineering in Healthcare Conference. Location: Crowne Plaza AiRE Hotel, Bloomington, Minnesota (More info)

  • July 20 to 25, 2019: 29th Annual INCOSE International Symposium. Location: Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, Orlando, FL (More info)
Membership Arena
Mark Kaczmarek, ASEP, Membership Director
INCOSE membership is over 17,000 world-wide. Over 100 corporate members, 70+ Global chapters in over 35 countries. The Chesapeake Chapter of INCOSE serves the systems engineering community in Baltimore and its surrounding areas. Our Chapter is very active and prides itself in the many endeavors it has undertaken. An organization such as ours relies on the willingness of its membership to put as much effort into it as they receive in return.

Chesapeake Chapter’s membership Includes:
  • Current membership = 319
Learn more about the benefits of joining INCOSE and consider being part of this thriving organization and fill out an INCOSE Membership Application today!

The Chesapeake Chapter proudly welcomes our new members:
February 2019
  • Rodriguez, Noel, Newport News Shipbuilding
  • Sating, Joseph
  • Simons, Mark, Vitech

January 2019
  • Collins, Michael, Johns Hopkins University
  • Lucas, John, WR Systems
  • Mineart, Avin, Leidos
  • Walker, Zachary, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command
December 2018
  • Adair, Chad, University of Maryland
  • Bush, James, STScl
  • Jaya Prakash, Prateek, ASEP, University of Maryland
  • Kulkami, Pranav, ASEP, University of Maryland
  • Lilly, Gwen, US DoD
  • Naphade, Swapneel, ASEP, University of Maryland
Upcoming Events: Mark your Calendars
Date: 17-Apr-19
Presentation:  Cloud-Based Telemetry Processing
Speaker:  Chandru Mirchandani
Date: 15-May-19
Presentation:  Systems Engineering Problem-Solving
Speaker:  Prof. Howard Eisner
Date: 17-July-19
Presentation:  Earned Value Management for Agile
Speaker:  Caitlin Kenney, P.E. 
Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!
Mark Kaczmarek, ASEP, Membership Director

There are current openings being advertised on the web site here . Take a look and pass along to colleagues that are interested. Consider advertising your openings by being part of an email campaign as well as a web site announcement. We have over 1200 contacts on our mailing list. Contact me at membership@incose-cc.org

Plus, there is and upcoming job fair that the chapter will have a booth at near Baltimore with reStart on March 25, 2019. Please consider staffing the booth as well – you’ll be able to earn some Professional Development Units (PDUs) towards your CSEP or ASEP renewal.
Keep up with the latest news and events. Find out about our new Board of Directors. Explore our extensive library of previous lectures from our Monthly Dinner Meetings. Learn of the Benefits of Joining INCOSE. Check out Systems Engineering education in the local area. All this and more awaits you at our INCOSE Chesapeake Chapter Website.

For any comments or suggestions about this newsletter please e-mail our Communications Officer. We value your feedback.