2007 Program Theme

North Star Chapter 2007 Program Theme Chapter Overview 20 September 2007 Systems Engineering Practices in Industry Emphasis - Systems Engineering Interaction with Other Disciplines 1 North Star Chapter Tonight’s Agenda Registration, Networking & Pizza Chapter Overview 20 September 2007 6:15 PM 6:45 PM Welcome and Chapter Overview – Elliot Abrons 7:00 PM A Requirements/Model-Driven Development Approach To Systems Engineering, – Mark Elpers 7:45 PM Break 8:00 PM 8:30 PM Discussion and Questions Adjourn 2 North Star Chapter Chapter Meeting Chapter Overview 20 September 2007  Meeting Calendar  A note on attendance  National Events  Chapter Organization  Chapter Web Site 3 North Star Chapter Attendance Chapter Overview 20 September 2007 Why sign in? 1. For the past several years we have had the chapter incentive program to encourage attendance at our meetings. We will continue offering an incentive. For guests or members attending for the first time, this also insures your notification by email of all subsequent events IF YOU WRITE SO WE CAN READ IT!! SO - BE SURE AND SIGN THE ATTENDANCE LIST! 2. 4 North Star Chapter 2007 Meeting Calendar Chapter Overview 20 September 2007       25 January - Eaton Hydraulics and their Application of Systems Engineering, followed by a tour of their test lab Eaton Hydraulics 15 February - Principles of Operation and Practical Applications of Spintronics Technology NVE at Goodrich 15 March - Moore's Law: Dynamics of a Technological Revolution University of Minnesota 12 April - Risk Management Best Practices in Industry General Dynamics 10 May - Preview of INCOSE 2007 International Symposium Papers Written by Northstar Chapter Members University of St Thomas 5  North Star Chapter 2007 Meeting Calendar Chapter Overview 20 September 2007      14 June – Special Meeting - Complexity in Systems of Systems General Dynamics 24-28 June – INCOSE Symposium San Diego, CA 12 July - Summer Social, Including Dinner and Brewery Tour Great Waters Brewing Co., St Paul 9 August - Systems Engineering Standards MTS Systems Corporation 20 September – A Requirements/Model-Driven Development Approach To Systems Engineering Medtronic 11 October - Systems Engineering Certification ATK 6  North Star Chapter 2007 Meeting Calendar Habitat for Humanity Offices Chapter Overview 20 September 2007   8 November - Joint Meeting with IEEE 13 December - Annual Holiday Party Place To Be Announced 7 North Star Chapter 2007 International Events Chapter Overview 20 September 2007  September 24-27, 2007 Systems Engineering Society of Australia (SESA) Systems Engineering/Test & Evaluation (SETE) Annual Conference (Sydney)  October 17 - 19, 2007 15th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (New Delhi)  October 28 - November 2, 2007 SE of Complex systems Conference (Boston)  December 04 - 06, 2007 ICSSEA 2007 20th International Conference of Complex Systems Conference on SW & SE and their Applications (Paris) Details online @http://www.incose.org 8 Meeting Venues North Star Chapter  Chapter Overview 20 September 2007 Defense Contractors are being required to be more rigorous in their process for approving and allowing foreign nationals access to their plant.   Results in extra costs for Contractor, i.e., advance verifications, guards on over-time, etc. Results in need for longer advance notices of an individual’s intention to attend, which because of timing may preclude our foreign national members and colleagues from attending.  We are looking for additional meeting locations where we can hold meetings and not face the long notification lead times we now have.   If you have any suggestions please contact: elliot.abrons@earthlink.net or jpalmer@usfamily.net 9 North Star Chapter 2007 Organization President Elliot Abrons Chapter Overview 20 September 2007 North Star Leadership Past President Bob Hunter President Elect Doug Dasgupta Treasurer Ed Anderson Secretary Peter Lucking Dir. Industry John Palmer Dir. Acad/Govt Neill Radke Communication Eileen Arnold Contact Paul Maggitti or Eileen Arnold INCOSE Member Board Paul Maggitti INCOSE Technical Leadership Team Eileen Arnold Systems Science SE Technical Process Architecture SE Management Process • Requirements • Risk SE Support Processes • Measurement Modeling & Tools Specialty Engineering Application Sectors Contacts for Technical Activities 10 North Star Chapter Communication North Star Chapter Web Site hosted on INCOSE server: Chapter Overview 20 September 2007 www.incose.org/northstar North Star Newsletter – The Integrator 11 North Star Chapter Guest Speaker Mark Elpers Chapter Overview 20 September 2007 Mark Elpers’ 22-year career includes experience in test, field support, hardware, software and systems design with the telecommunications, semiconductor, defense and medical industries. Mark graduated from the University Of Minnesota in 1985 with a BSEE and spent the next 20 years at ADC Telecommunications, Tellabs, Mathstar, and General Dynamics. Mark is an INCOSE member and holds 9 US patents. He has been working as a Principle Product Engineer in the Hardware Architecture group of the CRDM (Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management) division of Medtronic since 2006.