Sean McGervey presents on the DE Info Exchange Working Group (DEIXWG), collaboration between INCOSE, NDIA, and DoD.

On 19 August, 2023 the INCOSE Chesapeake Chapter held a Saturday morning social event at the College Park Aviation Museum located near the University of Maryland.  Nine members attended a private walking tour.

Everyone is excited about Digital Threads, but there has been little discussion of the practical issues, how do we create them and what value do we realize from them. In this presentation, Dr. Dirk Zwemer explores those issues with real working examples using commercially available and open-source software.

Dr. Steve Biemer and other senior chapter members hosted a virtual training session on SEP certification. This two-hour webinar describes the INCOSE CEP certification process, including initial certification and renewal.

Panelists Dr. Steve Biemer, Dr. Michael Ali, and Dan O’Neil discuss how to deal with systems engineering in the innovation space by watching and discussing Gentry Lee’s presentation [https://youtu.be/3S5cgLxxZ14] on top 10 attributes that make for a good Systems Engineer in this domain.

Douglas Bodner and Stephen J. Sutton presents a project that defines a system that permits any resident of a state (of the United States), no matter his/her place of residence or access to technology, to obtain a vaccine appointment for the initial vaccine dose, the second dose (if needed), and a booster dose and maintains the vaccine record for the resident.

David Long, ESEP, and president of Blue Holon, Inc, discusses how the advance of technologies and growth of complexity has led to yesterday’s approaches failing. He further explains how we can move beyond 20th century engineering, how we must adapt and transform. Drawing from Systems Engineering Vision 2035 and insights from around the world,David shows how systems engineering must evolve to engineer a better tomorrow.

Courtney Wright, CSEP and the Program Manager for INCOSE’s Certification Program, describes how the early requirements for the INCOSE Certification Program were actually solution-specific. What was the process for updating those requirements?

Dr. Biemer explored several “hot” topics in systems engineering as we enter 2023. Example topics include model-based systems engineering, agile systems engineering, digital engineering, and system of systems engineering.