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INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
CENTRAL VIRGINIA CHAPTER
Cordially invites you to attend a dinner and presentation by:
www.incose.org/cva
Feb 2015
John D. Burrow, PhD
President (2015)
James D. Moreland Jr., PhD
(703) 614-3710 [email protected]
Special Assistant
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (ASN)
Research, Development & Acquisition (RDA)
Vice President(15-16)
Greg Buchanan
(540) 653-7734
[email protected]
Topic:
Secretary (2015)
Ajoy Muralidhar, ESEP
(540) 284-0701
[email protected]
An Analysis Methodology to Establish and Evaluate
Alternative Concepts for a New Small Surface Combatant
Ship
Treasurer (15-17)
Laurence L Thayer
(540) 653-8812
[email protected]
At:
Director (14-15)
Alan W. Brown
(540) 653-5412
[email protected]
Director (15-16)
Dan J. Vavrick, PhD, PE
(540) 653-7072
[email protected]
Director (14-15)
Greg Chambers, PhD
(540) 785-8114
[email protected]
Director (14-15)
Matthew Iglesias
(540) 653-6117
[email protected]
Director (15-16)
Eileen B. McConkie, PhD
(540) 284-0753
[email protected]
Director (13-14)
Vacant
Newsletter Editor
Dan J. Vavrick, PhD, PE
Webmaster
Alan W. Brown
Park Lane Tavern
Spotsylvania Towne Centre, 1 Towne Centre Boulevard, Fredericksburg, VA
(see later map)
Tuesday, 10 February 2015
Times: Social (Cash Bar)
Dinner
1800
1830
Presentation
1930
(Everyone Welcome)
Charge: INCOSE Members:
Non-Members:
Students:
$14.00
$16.00
$10.00
Menu: A wide variety of dinner choices are available for the given price: Fish & Chips, Bourbon
Cracked Pepper Steak, Bourbon Chicken, Fennel & pork sausages, Chicken & Chips, Shepherd’s Pie,
Crab & Balsamic Portabellas, Jagerschnitzel, Chargrilled Salmon, London Broil, Steak House Salad,
Ahi Tuna Salad, Cobb Salad, Grilled Chicken & Cranberry Salad, Park Lane Salad, Caesar Salad,
Greek Salad, Caprese Salad, as well as an assortment of sandwich meals.
Price: The cost for members is $14 including 9% tax and 18% tip. The cost for a nonmember or
guest is $16. Full time students will be charged the reduced rate of $10.
Contact: Jim Moreland (703) 614-3710 (O) email [email protected] or Greg Buchanan
(540) 653-7734 (O) email [email protected] to make your reservation.
We ask you to help us out by reserving early. You can always cancel later if things change so you can
not make it. Thank You. Please come out and support this event so that the Chapter can continue to
hold meetings in Fredericksburg on occasion.
Topic: The Navy's Small Surface Combatant Task Force was established by CNO and ASN RD&A to
develop and assess alternatives for procuring a "capable and lethal surface combatant generally
consistent with the capabilities of a frigate". During this effort, the Task Force developed a new
approach to establishing and evaluating capability concepts ( i.e., alternative mission sets) for surface
combatants, including analysis to assess the force contributions of each. This analysis, tightly
integrated with Fleet feedback and senior Navy leadership input, provided a framework for developing
and evaluating combat system and ship design alternatives in terms of technical feasibility,
performance and cost. Dr. Burrow will discuss the process and methodology used by the Task Force,
as well as discuss the broader application of this approach to inform future requirements and program
decisions across the Department of the Navy and other services.
Business Meeting: A short INCOSE business meeting
will be held after the presentation to discuss and update on
Chapter initiatives and business.
The Speaker: Dr. Burrow
was appointed to the Senior
Executive Service in December
2004 and currently serves as a
Special Assistant to the Assistant
Secretary of the Navy (ASN) for
Research, Development and
Acquisition (RDA). In this role,
he leads critical acquisition
decision studies to provide
technical rigor for leadership
decisions on future capabilities.
In his previous role, he served as the Executive Director,
Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC). As the
Executive Director, Dr. Burrow provides executive
direction and oversight of command-wide resources,
management systems and programs, and is engaged in all
aspects of ground equipment and systems acquisition for
the Marine Corps.
From 2006-2009, Dr. Burrow served as Deputy
Commander, System Engineering, Interoperability,
Architectures and Technology (SIAT) for MCSC. In this
position he led Marine Air Ground Task Force systems
engineering and integration efforts, ensured Marine Corps
systems interoperability with coalition and joint forces, and
managed science and technology planning and transition
for MCSC programs.
Prior to reporting to MCSC, Dr. Burrow served as
Department Head, Force Warfare Systems, for the Naval
Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD)
from 2004-2006. During this period, Dr. Burrow also
served as the Naval Sea Systems Command Technical
Warrant Holder for Combat and Weapon Control Systems,
and Technical Process Owner for Navy Open Architecture.
Dr. Burrow earlier served as Director of Systems
Engineering for the Program Executive Office for
Integrated Warfare Systems (2003-2004), Division Head
for NSWCDD’s Maritime Defense and Surface Ship
Combat Systems Engineering Divisions (1997- 2003) and
Technical Director of the Navy’s DD 21 Technical Team
(1997-2001).
Dr. Burrow is a Certified Level III Acquisition
Professional in the Advanced Systems Planning, Research,
Development and Engineering (SPRDE) and Program
Management (PM) acquisition career fields. He has more
than 25 years of civilian service.
Dr. Burrow holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics
from the University of Mississippi (1983), a Master of
Public Administration from Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University (1997), and a Doctorate of
Management from the University of Maryland University
College (2009).
President’s Corner: First,
it is an honor to have been
elected as Central Virginia
INCOSE Chapter’s President for
2015. I am delighted to work
with the capable and highly
motivated Board of Directors.
As always, I want to thank each
of you and the 2014 Board of
Directors for your on-going
participation in your Central
Virginia INCOSE Chapter. I'm sure you've seen the news
headlines about tighter defense budgets. That shows why it
is now, more than ever, important that we continue to
network and explore ways for instilling better systems
engineering on our programs and projects. And we think
our organization is uniquely positioned to help with this
challenge. If you are not a member please consider joining
INCOSE. Once you have joined please consider ways that
you are willing to support the Chapter, whether it is by
attending meetings or volunteering for various tasks. Please
invite your friends and colleagues who might be interested
in attending our meetings. Also feel free and encouraged to
forward this newsletter to your colleagues and management
to help promote our Chapter.
Thanks again, and I hope to see you at the next Chapter
meeting.
Interested In Becoming an INCOSE Member?
If you would like more information about the international
Council of Systems Engineers (INCOSE) or you are
interested in obtaining information about becoming a
member, please contact any of the members of the
Executive Committee of the Central Virginia Chapter.
Their names and contact information are listed in the
“letterhead” located on the first page.
Want to get more involved? The Chapter is looking
for people who want to do more for the Chapter. There are
Chapter committee positions that need people to fill them.
There are Chapter positions suited for those who can make
small or large commitments. Contact the Chapter President
for information or attend one of the regularly scheduled
Dinner or Executive Committee meetings.
To get information on leadership responsibilities go to the
Central Virginia Chapter website to view the Bylaws and
Constitution, http://www.incose.org/cva/.
Order Coffee Cups with Chapter Logo: The
Chapter will have some coffee cups with the new Chapter
logo imprinted on them for mementos for our meeting
speakers and for responding members, in the near future. If
you would like us to include you on this order, contact Paul
Fleming (see front page). The approximate (at cost) price
will be $11 if you pick the cup at a meeting.
The International Council on Systems
Engineering (INCOSE) is a not-for-profit
membership organization founded in 1990. Our mission is
to advance the state of the art and practice of systems
engineering in industry, academia, and government by
promoting interdisciplinary, scaleable approaches to
produce technologically appropriate solutions that meet
societal needs.
Map to Park Lane Tavern:
Get off Interstate 95 at
Exit 138 and go west on Route 3 (Plank Road) and turn left into
Spotsylvania Towne Centre Mall. At roundabout go left on
Towne Centre Blvd and follow it around to the back of the Mall
where one turns right to get to the restaurant as shown on map.
The Piedmont Regional Science Fair Web site address is
http://www.vprsf.org/register.htm to sign up to be a judge,
The 2014 Virginia State web site is http://www.vssef.org.
From the Desk of the Editor: If you are not on our
Chapter’s newsletter emailing list, please send me an email
and I will make sure to get your name on the list. You will
then get all future newsletter and meeting announcements.
My contact info is on front page.
Again, I want to remind the membership of the efforts that
go into organizing a meeting and the efforts of the speaker
to prepare his/her presentation. These dinner meetings can
only continue with your support. The Officers of the
Chapter will continue to arrange excellent program and the
Chapter will continue to greatly subsidize the cost of the
meal for all attendees.
I hope that you decide to support this engineering event, of
which there are only a few in Dahlgren. Also, I hope to
meet you and get to know you.
Meeting and Events Schedule:
Future Meetings and Events:
Feb 10 2015; Tues. 1800; Chapter Dinner Mtg; Loc: Park
Lane Tavern, Fredericksburg; Spkr: Dr. John Burrow;
Topic: An Analysis Methodology to Establish and Evaluate
Alternative Concepts for a New Small Surface Combatant
Ship; Coord: Dr. Moreland
Past Meetings and Events:
Science Fair Judges and Supporters: On March
13, 2014, the Chapter presented awards at the Virginia
Piedmont Regional Science Fair (VPRSF).
The awards consisted of a certificate and check. The first
place award was $100, the second place was $75 and third
place award was $50, along with Certificates. Dr. Dan
Vavrick, Director and Science Fair Committee Chairman
attended the Fair as judge.
If interested in volunteering or wish for more information
on opportunities to participate in Science events, please
contact Dr. Vavrick or any INCOSE Officer.
Apr 16, 2013: Tues 1800; Chapter Dinner Mtg; Loc;
Lonestar, Fredericksburg. Spkr(s) Becky Reed, ESEP and
Steve Waddell, PMP “Who Moved My Risk? – Technical
Risk vs System Risk”. Coord; Muralidhar; McConkie
May 21, 2013: Tues 1800; Chapter Dinner Mtg; Loc;
Lonestar, Fredericksburg. Spkr(s) Dr. Judith Dahmann,
MITRE “System of Systems (SoS) Pain Points”. Coord;
Muralidhar; McConkie
June 18 2013; Tues. 1800; Chapter Dinner Mtg; Loc:
LoneStar, Fredericksburg; Spkr: Mr. Sudhanshu Pathak,
US Patent Office Topic:”Recent Developments and
Changes to Patent laws due to the Americal Invents Act
(AIA)”; Coord: Muralidhar, McConkie
July 16 2013; Tues. 1600-1700 INCOSE CVA Summer
Lecture Series; Loc: UMW-Dahlgren; Spkr: Dr. James
Moreland, PhD; Topic: “Naval Integration and
Interoperatability Activity”; Coord: Muralidhar, McConkie
August 13, 2013; Tues. 1600-1700 INCOSE CVA
Summer Lecture Series; Loc: UMW-Dahlgren; Spkr:
David F. Rico, PhD; Topic: “Business Value of Agile
Methods Using ROI and REAL Options”; Coord:
Muralidhar, McConkie
September 19 2013: Tues. 1800; Chapter Dinner Mtg;
Loc: UMW Dahlgren Campus, Fredericksburg; Spkr: Mark
London; Topic: “SRL Mathematics with Application to
Reliability Growth Parameters”; Coord: Muralidhar,
McConkie
November 19 2013: Tues. 1800; Chapter Dinner Mtg;
Loc: UMW Dahlgren Campus, Fredericksburg; Spkr: Ms.
Rebecca Kreider; Topic: “Introduction to Model Based
Systems Engineering”; Coord: Muralidhar, McConkie
February 11, 2014; Tues. 1800; Chapter Dinner Mtg;
Loc: Lonestar, Fredericksburg; Spkr: Neil Baron; Topic:
Integrating through the Interstitial Space; Coord:
McConkie, Moreland
Mar 12 2014; Tues. 1800; Chapter Dinner Mtg; Loc: Four
Seasons, Fredericksburg; Spkr: Joe Heil; Topic: Software
Intensive System Acquisition Challenges and Keys to
Success; Coord: Mooreland
Apr 10, 2014; Tues. 1800; Chapter Dinner Mtg; Loc: Four
Seasons, Fredericksburg; Spkr: David Newbern; Topic:
System Engineering Certification Process, the Why and
How; Coord: McConkie
May 13, 2014; Tues. 1800; Chapter Dinner Mtg; Loc:
TBD, Fredericksburg; Spkr: Carla Barrett; Topic:
Interoperability in DoD – Why is it So Hard to Attain?;
Coord: McConkie
Jun 19, 2014; Thurs. 1700; Summer Lecture Series;
Loc: UMW-Dahlgren; Spkr: Dennis McLaughlin; Topic: A
Ship In Port Is Safe, But That is Not What Navy Ships Are
Built For; Coord: McConkie
Aug 14, 2014; Thurs. 1700; Summer Lecture Series;
Loc: UMW-Dahlgren; Spkr: A. Scaramozzi; Topic:
Virtual Test Bed (VTB) & The Application of
Virtualization Technology; Coord: McConkie
Sep 18, 2014; CANCELLED:Thurs 1800; Chapter Mtg;
Loc: Lonestar, Fredericksburg; Spkr: Jim Keener; Topic:
Modeling, Simulation and Analysis for SoS; Coord:
McConkie
Oct 21 2014; Tues. 1800; Chapter Dinner Mtg; Loc:
Pancho Villa, Dahlgren; Spkr: M. Montoya; Topic:
Framing Critical Infrastructure Functional Requirements
Using Model-Based Systems Engineering; Coord:
McConkie