2009 Program Theme

1. 2009Program Theme Practical Applications of Systems Engineering Emphasis – The Program Life Cycle

2. Tonight’s Agenda • 6:15 PM – Registration, Networking, Pizza • 6:45 PM – Welcome and Chapter Overview Neill Radke, Chapter Co-President • 6:50 PM – Systems Engineering Initiatives at Starkey Labs Dr. Magdi Essawy & Dr. Jon Kindred • 7:30 PM – Tour of the Starkey Development and Production Facilities • 8:30 PM – Adjourn (or later depending on tour duration)

3. Chapter Meeting • The ISO 15288 SE Life Cycle • Chapter Calendar • A note on attendance • International Events • Chapter Organization • ChapterWeb Site

4. ISO 15288 Systems Engineering Life Cycle

5. 2008 Meeting Calendar • 8 January – SE Initiatives at Starkey Labs, with a detailed tour of the Starkey facilities • Starkey Laboratories • 12 February – SE in Production Systems with a tour of the PaR Facilities PaR Systems • 12 March– SE in a Student Project Wayzata High School • 9 April – SE in Determining Architecture • Eaton Corporation • 14 May – SE in the Solar House Student Project National Competition University of Minnesota • 11 June – Dry run of papers for INCOSE 2009 plus a tour of the ION Corporation laboratory facility • ION Corporation

6. 2009 Meeting Calendar • 9 July – The North Star Summer Social Place - TBD • 13 August – SE in Design + IS 2009 Debrief ADC Corporation • 10 September –SE in Conducting Trade Offs Medtronic • 8 October – SE in Operations and Maintenance Minneapolis Water Works • 12 November – SE in Requirements Development Honeywell • 13 December – Annual North Star Holiday Party Place - TBD

7. Attendance • Why sign in? • For the past several years we have had the chapter incentive program to encourage attendance at our meetings. The incentive for 2009 will be the award of two $25 gift certificates for the TimberLodge Restaurant to any member attending six or more regular meetings or brings one new member into the chapter. • For guests or members attending for the first time, this also insures your notification by email of all subsequent events. • SO - BE SURE AND SIGN THE ATTENDANCE LIST! • PLEASE WRITE SO WE CAN READ IT!!

8. PIZZA Our Meetings are Growing but so is the cost of PIZZA! We will continue to have a social time and serve pizza with soft drinks – BUT - we ask that you help us a bit by making a voluntary donation. You decide the amount and place it in the gold box. Many thanks

9. International Events January 31 - February 3, 2009: INCOSE International Workshop San Francisco, CA July 19 - 23, 2009: INCOSE International Symposium Singapore March 2 - 5, 2009: 2nd International Conference on Model-Based SE Herzeliya and Haifa, Israel Details online @http://www.incose.org 9

10. President Neill Radke & John Palmer North Star Leadership Communication Eileen Arnold Past President Elliot Abrons Secretary Bob Hunter Dir. Industry Mark Feitel Treasurer Mark Elpers President Elect Mark Elpers Dir. Acad/Govt Eileen Arnold • Contact Eileen Arnold • Systems Science • SE Technical Process • Architecture • SE Management Process • Requirements • Risk • SE Support Processes • Measurement • Modeling & Tools • Specialty Engineering • Application Sectors INCOSE Certification Advisory Group (CAG) Eileen Arnold Co-Chair 2009Chapter Organization Technical Operations

11. Communication North Star Chapter Web Site: www.incose.org/northstar - North Star Newsletter – The Integrator - December 2008 Issue published and viewable/downloadable on the website - Prior North Star Meeting Charts - Also viewable/downloadable on the website

12. Job Opportunities For opportunities, either with your company or that you know of: • Go to www.incose.org • Select “Education and Careers” • Select “Post a Job” • Create an account • Post job openings • Select “View Jobs” to see the listings

13. Dr. Magdi Essawy Dr. Magdi Essawy completed his B.S. in EE at El-Menoufia University in 1984, then worked as a research engineer at the National Institute of Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection, Cairo, Egypt. In the same time, he completed his M.S. in EE at Cairo University in 1990. He completed his Ph.D. in NE, with a specialty in applied artificial intelligence and digital signal processing, at U of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1995, and Postdoc in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Tennessee State University, Nashville 1995 to 1999. He taught various engineering courses at Tennessee State and Middle Tennessee State Universities. He was Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Southern University, 1999-2002. Following this, he held several research and development, system engineering, and technical management positions at Ingersoll Rand, General Dynamics, and Honeywell International. Magdi started at Starkey Labs in June 2008 as Manager of System Engineering to help develop the system engineering role in hearing aid development at Starkey.

14. Dr. Jon Kindred Dr. Jon Kindred completed his B.S. and M.S. in EE at the U of Illinois. In 1985, he began a seven year stint on the technical staff of Universal Recording Corporation, a large recording studio complex in Chicago, where he also taught courses in sound recording at DePaul University and designed a high end audio equalizer. He completed his Ph.D. at Northwestern University in 1996, specializing in digital signal processing for audio. His career in the hearing aid industry then started with a brief tenure at ReSound Corporation before joining Starkey Laboratories in 1998. At Starkey, he has progressed from algorithm development, through management of the Digital Signal Processing (DSP) group, to Vice President of Signals and Systems, having responsibilities for DSP, wireless, hybrid design, and systems.