Chapter Overview 13 April 2006 North Star Chapter Program Theme Integrated Product Development Emphasis - Systems Engineering Interaction with Other Disciplines

Chapter Overview 13 April 2006 North Star Chapter 2 Tonights Agenda 6:15 PMRegistration, Networking & Pizza 6:45 PMChapter Meeting and Introductions – Bob Hunter, 2006 Chapter President 7:00 PMPanel: Local System Engineering Educational Programs 7:45 PMBreak 8:00 PMQuestions 8:30 PMAdjourn

Chapter Overview 13 April 2006 North Star Chapter 3 Meeting Calendar A note on attendance National Events Chapter Organization Chapter Web Site Chapter Meeting

Chapter Overview 13 April 2006 North Star Chapter 4 12 January - Identifying and Managing Customer Requirements Boston Scientific 9 February – Evaluation of COTS OS Malfunction Mitigation Methods ATK 16 March – 6 Sigma Implementation Cummins Power Generation 13 April – Panel: Local System Engineering Educational Programs General Dynamics April – Tutorial – Six Sigma Boston Scientific 11 May – TBD Goodrich 8 June – Symposium Paper (2 papers) Medtronic 2006 Meeting Calendar

Chapter Overview 13 April 2006 North Star Chapter 5 13 July – No Chapter Meeting July INCOSE 2006 (Orlando, Florida) 10 August – Symposium Debrief & Dinner Possible tour of Anderson Renewal in Cottage Grove 14 September – Environmental Goodrich 12 October – Logistics/Life Cycle Support Eaton 9 November – Human Engineering Ecolabs 14 December – Seasonal Party To Be Announced 2006 Meeting Calendar

Chapter Overview 13 April 2006 North Star Chapter 6 A Reminder BE SURE AND SIGN THE ATTENDANCE LIST!

Chapter Overview 13 April 2006 North Star Chapter National Events Details May , 2006 PMI Project Risk Symposium 2006PMI Project Risk Symposium 2006 July , 2006 INCOSE 2006, the 16th International SymposiumINCOSE 2006, the 16th International Symposium September , 2006 RE' th IEEE International Requirements Engineering ConferenceRE' th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference September , 2006 European Systems Engineering Conference 2006European Systems Engineering Conference 2006 September , 2006 Systems Engineering and Test & Evaluation Conference 2006Systems Engineering and Test & Evaluation Conference 2006

Chapter Overview 13 April 2006 North Star Chapter Organization Membership ElliotAbrons Membership ElliotAbrons Head of Technical Events Technical Leadership Team Eileen Arnold Communication -open- Communication -open- Region 1 Director Neill Radke Contacts for Technical Activities President Secretary KrisBlanshan Treasurer Hugh Perry Dir. Industry Keith President Elect Eileen Arnold Past President John Palmer Dir./ NeillRadke Board of Directors President Bob Hunter Secretary Peter Lucking Treasurer Ed Anderson Dir. Industry John Palmer President Elect Elliot Abrons Past President Paul Maggitti Dir. Acad/Govt Neill Radke Board of Directors SE Applications Eileen Arnold Education and Research Neill Radke Management Joint with PMI Modeling and Tools Paul Maggitti Processes Improvement Eileen Arnold Risk Management John Palmer Standards Bob Hunter SE Initiatives Eileen Arnold Membership ElliotAbrons Membership ElliotAbrons Membership Elliot Abrons Communication -open- Communication -open- Communication Eileen Arnold

Chapter Overview 13 April 2006 North Star Chapter 9 Communication North Star Chapter Web Site hosted on INCOSE server: North Star Newsletter – The Integrator

Chapter Overview 13 April 2006 North Star Chapter The Program Local System Engineering Educational Programs Diwakar GuptaDirector of Graduate Studies, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota Edwin JonesSt. Thomas University Carol LundCollege of Continuing Education, University of Minnesota