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INCOSE WMA Newsletter Volume 2018, Issue 5 31 Dec 2018

President’s Message Greetings to you all. The year 2018 is finally over. As I reflect on the events and engagements the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Washington Metro Area (WMA) Chapter have had this year I am very proud of the successes we were able to get accomplish together. INCOSE WMA Board of Directors (BOD) started year 2018 with the goal to be more engaging with the members through interesting presentations at monthly meetings, valuable and applicable Systems Engineering knowledge sharing at tutorials sessions, increased collaboration with the local colleges and universities, as well as strong Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) support in the local community.

In addition to exceeding the goal we set out INCOSE WMA had an impressive presence at the INCOSE International Symposium (IS) 2018 that was held in Washington, DC this year. I cannot say thanks enough to all our hard-working volunteers and BOD members who made the year 2018 activities possible. Like every year, INCOSE WMA is having a BOD election in the month of December. INCOSE WMA has always been lucky with great Board of Directors that run the organization. And this tradition continues for which we need your support by electing outstanding BOD for 2019. The ballot is out, and you can vote throughout month of December. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DN2GZPC . The new BOD members will be inducted during January monthly meeting. Please look out for an invitation. Organization like INCOSE WMA survives through members participation and volunteering. We are always in the lookout for volunteers for our events such as monthly meetings and tutorials. As we plan for SEDC 2020, your support and help are even more critical. Please come join us and help us become a more eventful INCOSE chapter in the nation. INCOSE WMA BOD is here to serve our members hence, if you have any feedback and suggestions on how we can make the chapter better please don’t hesitate to write to us. With this, I want to wish you all safe and happy holidays. Our next monthly meeting is on January. We would love to see you all in person. Also, do visit our website at www.INCOSEWMA.ORG for updates.

Thank you! Subash Kafle, PhD, CSEP WMA President

The Official Newsletter of the Washington Metropolitan Area (WMA) Chapter of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)

INCOSE WMA Newsletter Volume 2018, Issue 5

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Chapter Meetings November Meeting

Security, Quality and Systems Engineering, William Scheible, MITRE Corporation

Bill’s presentation was engaging and clearly showcased his deep understanding of System Engineering. Fantastic job Bill!

William Scheible presents “Security, Quality and Systems Engineering” to the meeting attendees.


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October Tutorial SysML in Agile Environments, Maria Romero

The INCOSE WMA tutorial on held on Saturday, October 27th and presented by Maria Romero focused on using SysML in Magic Draw for use on agile projects. The tutorial was held at George Mason University and had a very good turnout of over 35 attendees.

Maria Romero presented on diagram taxonomy, structural elements and characteristics, and used diagrams developed in SysML to explain the properties types and parts, ports, personas, and modeling for an agile environment. The agile user story creation, product backlog, story points and definition of done were also discussed.

Attendees were engaged and desired to learn knowledge on the topic area for use on their own projects that were either getting started in model-based system engineering (MBSE) and combining with agile. Great job Maria!

Maria Romero presents her tutorial on “SysML in Agile Environments”


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INCOSE and Other Systems Engineering Events

INCOSE's International Workshop 2019 INCOSE's International Workshop is the event of the year for systems engineers to contribute to the state of the art. Unlike INCOSE's annual International Symposium and other conferences, there are no paper, panel or tutorial presentations. Instead, attendees spend 4 days working alongside fellow systems engineers who are there to make a difference. Systems Engineers at all levels and from all backgrounds are encouraged to engage in working sessions, and contribute their knowledge and experience to take the discipline forward.

IW2019 facilitates working meetings for groups engaged in INCOSE's major projects and in international standards development, workshops to explore the Systems Engineering challenges in new sectors, opportunities for chapter leaders to meet and share best practice, support sessions to help you get the most out of INCOSE's shared working environment and a broad range of other technical meetings. Planned sessions will be published on the website as these become available.

Register here: https://www.cvent.com/events/incose-international-workshop-2019/registration-3e67f7023a3f43d8baed34fcff9de6d0.aspx?fqp=true


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INCOSE Strategy Session – IW2019 As part of the IW2019, INCOSE will hold an all-day strategy Session on Friday 25 January 2019, focusing on five key areas listed below. These areas were selected to embrace our vision of “a better world through a systems approach”. As such, our focus will be to continue our efforts in positioning Systems Engineering (SE) for the future, to look into possible participation in striving to achieve a better world and to continue to increase our value proposition for our members. Together, as leaders of INCOSE, your support and input are invaluable to develop our plans. For further details of each Session contact the Session Leads.

1. Future of Systems Engineering (FuSE)

Session Leads: William Miller, [email protected] and Tom Shortell, [email protected]

Why this Session is important

The scale of complicated and complex systems & services continues to increase exponentially with intricate and often hidden interfaces & interrelationships, and operating in a dynamic and non-deterministic world. FuSE is a critical effort to position Systems Engineering and INCOSE to meet the future.

Background

This is a systems community initiative with a collaboration of more than ten societies and institutions. The initiative was started at the strategy session conducted in conjunction with the 2018 INCOSE International Workshop in Jacksonville, FL, USA. This session will continue to build on the work carried out to date.

Emerging technologies such as machine learning, autonomous physical systems, 3D printing, quantum and nano-technology, biomimicry, big data, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, to name a few, provide opportunities to enhance the practice of SE. Likewise, the growing expectations for SE solution to underpin more comprehensive solutions; higher order of intelligence and adaptability; increasing connectivity and interoperability; trust, safety and cybersecurity of the digital world; and increased inclusivity, will continue to be explored and addressed by the FuSE team.

2. Service Portfolio Business Model

Session Leads: Art Pyster, [email protected] and Don Gelosh, [email protected]


As a strategic focus, INCOSE wishes to develop a fuller and more coordinated effort to raise the number, type, and impact of its services offerings. This strategy session will inform that effort.

Background and Approach

INCOSE currently offers two types of technical services - events and professional certification. In 2019, we are going to add professional training as a third service.

The Board of Directors has just created a new position, Director for Technical Services, to be the overall INCOSE focal point for technical services and has appointed Don Gelosh in that role. This role is, in a sense, the services analogy of the Director for Technical Operations role guiding and overseeing INCOSE products. We need to develop a fuller picture of how we will grow and manage technical services to deliver high impact and value to our members, while generating net revenue to fund INCOSE activities.


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3. Grand Challenges – Get Involved

Session Leads: Kerry Lunney, [email protected], and Serge Landry, [email protected]


To truly embrace our vision “a better world through a systems approach”, what better area to get involved in than participating in the initiatives addressing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs address global challenges related to poverty, inequality, climate, environmental degradation, prosperity, and peace and justice. Each SDG interconnect with each other and have set targets to achieve by 2030. These are truly complex systems integration Grand Challenges of all scales. Not only will we be “looking after our world”, such participation will help extend INCOSE’s global reach, diversity and influence globally.

Background and Approach

Grand challenges “represent the greatest obstacles to attaining universal well-being” (Ref: Wikiversity). They are “ambitious but achievable goals that harness science, technology and innovation to solve important national or global problems, and that have the potential to capture the public’s imagination” (Ref: White House). The 17 identified SDGs and associated targets can be labelled as Grand Challenges and do not occur in isolation. They are complex systems problems that we can apply a systems approach, engaging with a variety of stakeholder groups with a similar purpose. It will be a collaborative, learning journey.

INCOSE has a role to play and it is our intent to participate with other stakeholders on one or two Grand Challenges at any one time, starting in the near future. We will focus our resources and skills joining a globally orientated coalition. This may be through an existing alliance(s) or generate a new alliance.

This session will build on previous related work the INCOSE Academic Council has undertaken. As part of the Future SE Research Directions, the Academic Council selected four Grand Challenges to investigate what was needed in these areas with respect to useful research to help. (This effort was highlighted in one of the Invited Panels for IS2018.) However, for our session, where Academia was looking at Grand Challenges from the viewpoint of contributing to research and learning, we will be focusing on active participation in addressing a Grand Challenge, identifying our future steps towards having an impact.


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4. Streamlined Events Model Session Leads: Tony Williams, [email protected] and Nicole Hutchison, [email protected]


Expanding the Events value stream by adding additional smaller events will provide great benefit to our members and our profession. Care must be taken to ensure these new activities are well targeted, well planned, and are synchronized with existing INCOSE related international and/or regional events. It is envisaged these streamlined events will be of 1 of 2 day durations, with minimal preparation time and effort to organise and a lower level of financial investment.

Background

The INCOSE International Workshop and the International Symposium are the INCOSE ‘flagship events’ and are primary focus of the INCOSE Events organization as well as the Events value stream. As part of the evolution of our Events value stream, we are looking at introducing and/or supporting different types of events. This could be:

• Smaller events like workshops, • Targeted “focus events” with narrow topics such as HSI, AI, block chain technology, etc, • Participating in another organization’s event, e.g. hosting a Systems Engineering track, • “Mixed Media” events using different communication and media modes, e.g. incorporate webinar with a

face-to-face event, conducted over 2 days in different locations with one site face-to-face and the other site remote connecting, etc.

At the same time, Chapters acting alone or in collaboration conduct conferences and workshops in different parts of the globe. Key to success of new streamlined INCOSE events will be synchronization to avoid conflict and enhance synergy. This also presents the opportunity for mixed sponsorship models – where a Chapter or Sector might lead an event on behalf of the global organization. Regardless of event type or sponsorship approach, candidate events must be conceived with the expectation that a profit will be made.


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5. Membership Engagement – Preparing for Implementation. Session Leads: Tina Srivastava, [email protected]; Don Boyer, [email protected]; and Kayla Marshall, [email protected]


Based on the analysis of INCOSE membership data over recent years, far too many new members do not renew after one or two years. Engagement is key to retention. We must engage all members, in particular new members from the day they join INCOSE. However, we need to expand involvement to include other parts of INCOSE. This session will broaden the scope for the membership engagement initiative and a strategy for the initiative moving forward.

Background

INCOSE is attracting new members on a steady and increasing rate. However, this is masked by the number of new members who fail to renew their membership. Hence our retention rate needs to improve.

Retention begins when a member joins INCOSE. Studies of other associations and technical organizations clearly show early engagement as key to retention. There are many ways in which a member can engage. This can be through social media interaction, participation in working groups and initiatives, invitation to events, to name a few. It is important to make every touch point more inviting and accessible. This will require every INCOSE entity that interacts with members to ensure their touch points are member focused, user friendly, and show clear benefits to members’ professional challenges and career.

The expected output from the strategy session is as follows: • Agreement of high priority touch points for new members, including at each touch point -

o Identification of the most important factors to engage a new member, o What data/information is needed to better understand how to engage;

• Specific actions, with focus on immediate/near term implementation, to improve the touch point and encourage further engagement;

• Identification of means to ensure implementation of initiatives and measure success, including identifying how to report and track lessons learned;

• Increased awareness of why and how all parts of INCOSE are critical to engagement; and • Engagement strategy moving forward with check and adjust timeframes.


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29th Annual INCOSE International Symposium

Mark your calendar! Join us for the 29th Annual INCOSE International Symposium, July

20-25th 2019!

• Engage with your colleagues from the Systems Engineering community • Learn about state-of-the-art methods and essential skills for Systems Engineers • Find out how people are making a difference with Systems Engineering

The theme for the INCOSE International Symposium 2019 is: System Applications for Global Challenges INCOSE appreciates all submissions on Systems Engineering, with particular emphasis on: Developing and Evolving Complex Sociotechnical Systems Key Dates

• Paper, Panel, Tutorial Submission - PAST • Notification of Acceptance - 15th February 2019 • Paperless Presentation Abstract Submission - 15th February 2019 • Paperless Presentation Acceptance -15th March 2019 • Final Paper, Panel, Tutorial Submission - 15th March 2019

Learn more about the event and submission guidelines


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Systems Engineering D.C. 2020

The Premier Systems Engineering Event

in the Mid-Atlantic Region INCOSE WMA is pleased to announce the Systems Engineering D.C. (SEDC,) the premier Systems Engineering event in the mid-Atlantic Region! This staple of INCOSE WMA supports several functions of the WMA Chapter.

• First and foremost, it provides a platform for our members to showcase systems engineering expertise to leading edge Engineering Firms, the Department of Defense (DoD,) and other Federal and Local Government Agencies.

• Secondly it promotes the purpose and charter of INCOSE, and lastly provides the WMA Chapter with a fund-raising opportunity.

The focus of SEDC 2020 are Local, State, and Federal Government Agencies and is a traditional two-day conference with speakers, presentations, vendors booths, sponsors and social events. WMA has also sponsored INCOSE SEP exams and other SE training events during this conference. The past several events have been held at the Marriott’s Westfield’s Convention Center but WMA will gladly accept any and all location suggestions!

This is a big undertaking for WMA and as such we are asking our membership to step up and volunteer! A planning committee will be formed in next few months and will need all the support and help our members can provide.

Volunteer to be a committee member by emailing [email protected].

The first meetings will start in December.

Start planning your SE presentations NOW!

Details and pics of past SEDCs can be found here: http://www.sedcconference.org/past-events/sedc-2014/

Looking forward to seeing you at SEDC 2020!

Please email any questions, thoughts or ides to [email protected]

Remember volunteering or presenting are a great way to earn those elusive INCOSE SEP

PDUs!


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Other Upcoming INCOSE/Systems Engineer Events

Working Group of the Month INCOSE Complex Systems Working Group

The purpose of the Complex Systems Working Group is to enhance the ability of the systems engineering community to deal with complexity. The Complex Systems Working Group works at the intersection of complex systems sciences and systems engineering, focusing on systems beyond those for which traditional systems engineering approaches and methods were developed.

The Complex Systems Working Group focuses on the challenges and opportunities presented by systems with large numbers of components, with even greater numbers of interactions distributed in scope across multiple scales and/or across large areas. Systems of interest are characterized by rich interdependence among diverse components, non-linearity, open systems boundaries, networks of causality and influence (vice linear causal chains), emergence, varied and changing system goals, self-organization, and multi-level adaptation. These traits limit the utility of traditional systems engineering paradigms, which are generally centralized, goal oriented, requirements driven, and reductionist in approach. These traits, however, are increasingly the norm and not the exception. The Complex Systems Working Group collaborates with the Systems Sciences Working Group to define the scientific basis of these characteristics.

Further, complexity is a characteristic of more than just a technical system being developed. The socio-technical ecosystem in which a system under development will be employed exhibits these attributes, as does the environment that gave rise to the challenge or opportunity to which the system was developed in response. Further, the design and development of technical systems is a complex endeavor itself. It is critical for systems engineers to understand the nature of the systems with which they are working, and of which they are a part, to be effective.

The goals of the Complex Systems Working Group are to communicate the complexity characteristics to systems engineering practitioners, provide knowledge and expertise on complex systems in support of other INCOSE working groups working in their systems engineering areas, facilitate the identification of tools and techniques to apply in the engineering of complex systems, and provide a map of the current, diverse literature on complex systems to those interested in gaining an understanding of complexity.

Complexity Primer Recognized as 2016 INCOSE Product of the Year The Complex Systems Working Group was recognized during the Opening Plenary of the 2017 International Workshop, receiving the award for the 2016 Product of the Year for A Complexity Primer for Systems Engineers. Congratulations to the group, and particular thanks to all those who contributed to its development and acceptance as an INCOSE product. The intent for the primer was for it to be a “living document”, with regular updates and supplemental materials that drill down into more detail on particular topics of interest to the SE community. You can download the Primer from the INCOSE Store.

If you would like to be part of or want to know more about the WG please visit https://www.incose.org/incose-member-resources/working-groups/analytic/complex-systems


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Other Upcoming Events Remember to visit the INCOSE website to check the events calendar periodically for updates on calls for papers, early-bird registrations, chapter meetings, and other news!

• 26-29 January 2019: INCOSE IW 2019 - Torrance, CA • 5-6 April 2019: Socorro Systems Summit - Socorro, New Mexico • 29 April-1 May 2019: Systems Engineering Test and Evaluation Conference (SETE19), Canberra,

Australia • 1-2 May 2019: 5th Annual Systems Engineering in Healthcare Conference, Minneapolis, MN • 8-10 May 2019: Nordic Systems Engineering Tour, Linköping, Copenhagen, and Hamburg • 20-25 Jul, 2019: INCOSE IS 2019 - Orlando FL USA - http://www.incose.org/symp2019 • 10-12 September 2019: INCOSE Human Systems Integration 2019 Conference - Biarritz, France • 25-29 Jan, 2020: INCOSE IW 2020- Torrance, CA USA - Coming soon! • 18-24 Jul, 2020: INCOSE IS 2020- Cape Town, South Africa - TBD

Sister Chapter Events

2019 May – Preparation for Systems Engineering Certification Exam by CTI We are pleased to announce Certification Training International (CTI) will be offering an INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional (SEP) Certification training course. The 5-day course will be held at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, in Laurel, Maryland.

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2019 Jan – Monthly Meeting and Lecture Series Please join us for our First 2019 Dinner Meeting. Information regarding the Lecture Series scheduled after this meeting will be posted soon. The Registration Cost is for dinner only. The Lecture is open to all at no cost and begins at 7 pm.

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Student Chapters Happenings at George Mason

2nd Annual Andrew Sage Memorial Capstone Design Competition

April 29, 2019 George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, U.S.A

The Systems Engineering Capstone Design Competition is a student-focused international forum for the design of complex systems. The competition is a leading showcase for undergraduate and graduate (Masters) design projects, such as those from capstone design courses or from baccalaureate, honors, or design-oriented graduate theses. Designs should demonstrate System Engineering skills and knowledge to perform all the activities associated with the “System Engineering – V." Designs should include analysis of Context, Stakeholders, Concepts of Operations, Requirements, Design (including trade-offs of alternate designs), Implementation, Verification, Validation, and Business Plans. Where possible, model-based simulations and/or prototypes shall demonstrate the Con-Ops and be used to generate data for design trade-off analysis. Verification testing should be demonstrated. Validation testing and Business Plans are encouraged. Projects sponsored by faculty, industry, and government are encouraged.

TRACKS:

• Critical Infrastructure • Cybersecurity • Decision Support Systems • Energy & Environment • Healthcare • Manufacturing • Social Engineering • Transportation & Logistics

COMPETITION SCHEDULE:

Keynote: 9am – 10am (Merten Hall 1204) Technical Sessions: 10:30 – Noon, 1pm – 5pm (Johnson Center, room D, E, F) Banquet & Shark Tank: 5pm – 7:30pm (Dewberry South)

CORPORATE SPONSORS:

Boeing, Booz Allen Hamilton, DCWater, General Dynamics, IBM, LMI, Metron Aviation, MITRE, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and SEOR Advisory Board members

Corporate sponsorship is invited. Please contact Sponsorship Chair Dr. John Shortle.


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BEST PAPERS:

One paper per track will be awarded the Best Paper Award. Awards shall be determined by a team of experienced System Engineers and Engineering managers from industry and government. Awards are based on the quality of the written paper and the presentation. Quality is assessed by the demonstration of System Engineering skills and knowledge associated with the SE-V.

Undergraduate and graduate student papers will be assessed in separate tracks.

Teams interested in Entrepreneurship opportunities are encouraged to participate in the “Shark Tank” competition (in addition to the technical sessions).

DEADLINES AND REQUIREMENTS

Thursday, February 28, 2019: Registrations due by 11:59 pm East Coast time.

Thursday, February 28, 2019: Extended Abstracts due by 11:59 pm East Coast time.

Extended Abstract must be between 750 and 1000 words. Extended Abstracts should include concise summary of the project including: Context, Stakeholders, Concepts of Operations, Requirements, Design (including trade-offs of alternate designs), Implementation, Verification, Validation, and Business Plans. Extended Abstracts may include preliminary results. Extended Abstracts must include Title and Authors Names.

Friday, March 8, 2019: Notified of paper acceptance.

Monday, April 1, 2019: Upload completed conference paper manuscript by 11:59 pm East Coast time. All papers must be submitted in IEEE conference paper format and no longer than 8 pages.

COMPETITION FEES Competition fees demonstrate student intention/commitment to participate in the competition and must be paid at the time of registration.

$75 per Student; $100 all others

QUESTIONS: see below

COMMITTEE:

General Chairs: George Donohue ([email protected]) & Lance Sherry ([email protected]) Technical Chair: Tom Clemons ([email protected]) Logistics: Justina Hogue-Jordan ([email protected]), Mary Poirier ([email protected]) Sponsorship Chair: John Shortle ([email protected])


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Systems Engineering Certifications and Degrees With the ever-growing challenges your clients face, keeping current with systems engineering is essential. If you believe further education will help you but not sure where to start we have compiled a list of Certifications, Masters, Doctoral Degree Programs. This list will be added to over the next several newsletters. If you wish to add a certificate or degree program please email Tom Britten ([email protected])

Professional Certificate

�George Mason University (GMU)

GMU offers a variety of graduate certificate programs related to systems engineering. For more information please see https://seor.gmu.edu/academics/graduate/graduate-certificate

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Architecture and systems Engineering Certificate Architecture and Systems Engineering: Models and Methods to Manage Complex Systems is a four-course online program Courses include:

• Architecture of Complex Systems • Models in Engineering • Model-Based Systems Engineering: Documentation and Analysis • Quantitative Methods in Systems Engineering

Master’s Degree

�University of Virginia Masters in Systems Engineering Traditional format but accommodates working professional

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Masters in Systems Engineering – Focused on Individuals interested in the MS program but not concerned about the length of time – Work Life Balance

University of California San Diego

Masters in Architecture-based Enterprise Systems Engineering Online program available

�George Mason University (GMU)

Masters in Systems Engineering Focus on individuals who and interested in MS program willing to take classes year-round to complete in 18 months

�Georgia Tech Masters in Systems Engineering (PMASE) Executive Systems Engineering Format for Working Professionals

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Masters in System Design and Management (SDM) Traditional offering with core and elective course. Multiple Options High – 12-month program includes thesis Low and Commuter – 21-month program.

Doctorate

George Mason University Systems Engineering and Operations Research, PhD

Information Technology, PhD See https://seor.gmu.edu/program/view/20588

Robert Morris University Doctorate of Science in Information and Systems and Communication Three-year executive doctorate program in an On-Campus cohort setting


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SE Eminence Opportunities

INCOSE Technical Leadership Institute INCOSE Technical Leadership Institute is a development program for active INCOSE members seeking to improve their leadership skills in open, collaborative environment.

Purpose:

The purpose of the Institute is to accelerate the development of systems engineering leaders who will exemplify the best of INCOSE and SE profession.

Program Overview:

The technical leadership institute is two-year program where new cohort is formed annually. There are four events per year: two face-to-face and two webcasts. There are individual projects work between the events. Each cohort mentors the one following. The candidate for the cohort must be nominated by an INCOSE Chapter leader by submitting an application package and be recommended by their home organization.

The Benefits:

• Individual members will become more capable leaders within their organizations • INCOSE will have a growing pool of capable leaders from which to draw on, filling leadership positions • INCOSE’s international reputation will be enhanced by helping to develop systems engineering leaders of

the highest caliber

INCOSE Technical Leadership Institute is accepting nominations for their new cohort that is going to kick-off summer 2018. If you have a candidate you would like to nominate, please reach out to INCOSE WMA Chapter BOD [email protected]

Join EWLSE!

We invite men and women to join EWLSE to advocate for women as leaders in systems engineering. Sign-up and to be added to the email distribution list is through www.incose.org:

• Login to your member account • Select ‘Profile Home’ • Scroll to ‘My Committees/Working Groups’ and select ‘Browse/Join a Working Group’ • Select ‘Empowering Women’ on the right • Scroll down to Committee Tasks and select ‘Join this Working Group’ • You will now also have access to the Empowering Women area on INCOSE Connect


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Chapter Meetings and Tutorials, Volunteer Opportunities

Please keep checking our Website incosewma.org and subscribe, if not already, to our email (http://www.incosewma.org/subscribe/) to get updates about the Chapter and its happenings!

INCOSE WMA Meetings and Tutorials will resume in 2019

STEM Volunteer Opportunities

Interested in STEM? Join the INCOSE STEM Committee. We are charged with advocating STEM programming across the Washington Metro Area. To apply for membership, click the following URL: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/incose-wma-stem-

wg

Our vision: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) are at the cornerstone of being a consummate system engineer and are vital to our future. In a world that is becoming increasingly complex, it is often through practicing STEM professionals we are able to move the needle on invention and innovation for the better good of all society. All young people should be able to think critically and reason deeply so that they have the opportunity to become scientist, innovators, educators, and researchers solving current and to-be discovered global challenges. INCOSE’s mission is to “share, promote and advance the best of systems engineering from across the globe for the benefit of humanity and the planet.” The best way to share, promote, and advance the SE practice is through the enablement of our future leaders, equipping them today with the skills and ability to tackle our toughest global problems of tomorrow. INCOSE WMA will be standing up a STEM working group whose purpose is to address the very issues identified above and instill the strategic long term ‘systems’ thinking in our young leaders. Please join our Google group for more information.


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Get Connected with the WMA

Social Media LinkedIn Groups

INCOSE's Certification Program Office oversees three groups on LinkedIn: INCOSE SEPs, the Official Interest Group is open to all INCOSE SEP, the Official Group for Systems Engineering Professionals is limited to those individuals who are already ASEPs, CSEPs, or ESEPs. INCOSE ESEP, the Official Group is limited to those individuals who are already ESEPs.

Official Twitter Account for INCOSE WMA: https:twitter.com/incosewma

Official Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/incosewma/

Contact Us General Inquiries - [email protected]

INCOSE WMA Board of Directors

President - [email protected]

Dr. Subash Kafle VP/President-Elect - [email protected]

Shakila Khan Past-President - [email protected]

William (Bill) Scheible Secretary - [email protected]

Dr. Kathryn Laskey Treasurer - [email protected] Brian Massa Program Chair - [email protected]

Ruchira Puri Tutorials Chair - [email protected]

TBD Communications Chair -

[email protected]

Aujchariya (Bell) Rueangvivatanakij

Directors-at-Large - [email protected]

DeAnthony Heart Dr. Muhammad Islam Membership Chair

Dr. Houng Soo Ambassador Committee

David Beck STEM Committee

Marshai McIntyre Social Media Chair

Alicia Suchicital Newsletter

Tom Britten Student Chapters

George Mason University

Christopher F. Pertsch George Washington University

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