20th Annual Systems Engineering Conference

23 - 26 October 2017

Springfield, VA

Agenda
DTIC Citations

Monday, October 23, 2017

Track 4 - Tutorial: Modeling and Simulation (M&S)

  • 19696 - Modeling and Simulation in the Systems Engineering Process, James E. Coolahan, Coolahan Associates, LLC

Track 5 - Tutorial: Applying MILSTD

  • 19702 - Applying Focused MIL-STD-882E Software Safety Level of Rigor, Stuart A. Whitford, Booz Allen Hamilton

 

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Keynote Presentation:

DoD Executive Panel: DoD Systems Engineering
Moderator: Kristen Baldwin, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Systems Engineering (Acting)
Panelist:

  • Col Laird Abbott, USAF, Chief, Engineering and Force Management Division, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science, Technology, and Engineering, SAF-AQR
  • William Bray, USN, DASN RDT&E and Chief Systems Engineer
  • Douglas Wiltsie, USA, Executive Director, SoSE&I, ASA ALT (invited)

Executive Panel: Interagency Systems Engineering
Moderator: Kristen Baldwin, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Systems Engineering (Acting)
Panelist: Questions

  • Albert "Benjie" Spencer, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Jon Holladay, Technical Fellow for Systems Engineering, National Aeronautics and Space Admnistration
  • Kent Jones, Assistant Deputy Administrator for Systems Engineering and Integration, Defense Programs, DOE National Nuclear Security Administration
  • Joseph Post, Deputy Director, NAS Systems Engineering & Integration Federal Aviation Administration
  • James Tuttle, Deputy Director, CDS and Chief Systems Engineering, Department of Homeland Security

Industry Executive Panel: Model-Based Systems Engineering: How is it Helping?
Moderator: Frank Serna, Principal Director, Strategic Initiatives, Draper Laboratory; Chair, NDIA Systems Engineering Division
Panelist:

  • Christi Gau Pagnanelli, Director, BDS Systems Enginnering and Engineering Multi-Skilled Leadership, Boeing Defense, Space & Security
  • Randall Lum, Corporate Director, Engineering, Northrop Grumman Corporation
  • Tim Walden, Chief Engineer and Fellow, Lockheed Martin Corporate Engineering and Production Operations
  • Scott Welles, Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton

Executive Panel: Program Managers
Moderator: Col. David McIllece, USAF
Panelist:

  • Col Edward Hospodar, USAF, GPS User Equipment Senior Materiel Leader, Questions
  • Jon Holladay, Technical Fellow for Systems Engineering, National Aeronautics and Space Admnistration
  • COL Mike Milner, USA, Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) Program Manager
  • Col Amanda Myers, USAF, Deputy Director, Global Reach Programs, Former C-17 System Program Manager
  • CAPT Seiko Okano, USN, PEO Integrated Wardare Systems (IWS) 2.0 Program Manager

 

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Track 1 - Human Systems Integration

  • 19516 - Enhancing Future Soldier Systems through the use of the Systems Modeling Language to Incorporate Human Aspects into the Soldier as a System Definition, Sean Pham, U.S. Army ARDEC
  • 19641 - HSI Best Practice Standard, Dr. Patrick Fly, The Boeing Company
  • 19919 - Adaptive Automation for UAV Pilot Vehicle Interfaces, Jeff O'Hara, Georgia Tech Research Institute. Paper

Track 1 - Systems Security Engineering

  • 19854 - NDIA Welcome and Review of Accomplishments, Holly Dunlap, Raytheon Company
  • 19881 - DoD Cyber Resilient Weapon Systems, Melinda Reed, Department of Defense
  • 19852 - NDIA Cyber Resilient & Secure Systems Summit Summary, Holly Dunlap, Raytheon Company
  • 19913 - Considerations to Address Dependably Secure System Function in System Capability, Requirements, and Performance Artifacts, Michael McEvilley, The MITRE Corporation
  • 19866 - AF Cyber Campaign Plan - Weapon Systems Focus, Daniel Holtzman, U.S. Air Force
  • 19861 - Cyber Resilient and Secure Weapon Systems Acquisition/Proposal Discussion & Summary, Holly Dunlap, Raytheon Company
  • 19870 - Can't We Just Get Along: Engineering Trade Decisions VS RMF at the System Level, Don Davidson, DoD CIO
  • 19880 - Engaging the DoD Enterprise to Protect U.S. Military Technical Advantage: Joint Acquisition Protection and Exploitation Cell Update, Brian Hughes, Department of Defense

Track 2 - Net Centric Operations & Interoperability

  • 19752 - Kick Off/Context for NCO/I Track, Jack Zavin, DoD/OUSD(AT&L)
  • 19815 - ISO/IEC/IEEE8 15288 System Interoperability Considerations, John Daly, Booz Allen Hamilton
  • 19764 - Interface Management for Interoperability – from Theory to Modeling, Matthew Hause, PTC
  • 19923 - Joint and Mission Partner Interoperability, Mike Richards, Joint Staff J6

Track 2 - Mission Engineering

  • 19849 - Mission Integration Management, NDAA 2017 Section 855, Robert Gold, Department of Defense
  • 19838 - Systems of Systems Engineering Technical Approaches as Applied to Mission Engineering, Dr. Judith Dahmann, MITRE
  • 19706 - Model Based Systems of Systems Engineering, Francis McCafferty, Vitech Corporation
  • 19868 - Mission Threads: Linking Mission Engineering and Systems Engineering, Dr. Greg Butler, Engility Corp

Track 2 - System of Systems

  • 19718 - Developing Standards for Systems of Systems (SoS) Engineering, Dr. Judith Dahmann, The MITRE Corporation
  • 19804 - Scaling Model-Based System Engineering Practices for System of Systems Applications: Software Tools, Janna Kamenetsky, The MITRE Corporation
  • 19802 - Scaling Model-Based System Engineering Practices for System of Systems Applications: Analytic Methods, Dr. Aleksandra Markina-Khusid, The MITRE Corporation
  • 19757 - Defense System of Systems Gap Analysis, Christopher Dieckmann, Idaho National Laboratory
  • 19736 - "Defense Acquisition System" System of Systems Engineering, Larry Harding, Idaho National Laboratory

Track 3 - Digital Engineering & Model-based Systems Engineering

  • 19819 - DoD Digital Engineering Strategy, Philomena Zimmerman, Department of Defense
  • 19879 - Model Centric Engineering Enabling a New Operational Paradigm for Acquisition, Dr. Mark Blackburn, Stevens Institute of Technology
  • 19853 - Committee and Joint Federated Assurance Center, Government SwA Gap Analysis Workshop Summary, Holly Dunlap, Raytheon Company
  • 19855 - MBSE and Systems Engineering Transformation, Troy Peterson, INCOSE
  • 19793 - Model-Centric Decision Making: Insights from an Expert Interview Study, Dr. Donna Rhodes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • 19795 - Using MBSE to Communicate and Gain Acceptance of your Analysis, Dr. Edward Kraft, University of Tennessee Space Institute
  • 19920 - Key MBSE Enablers with Examples, Nicholas Driscoll, III, Raytheon Company
  • 19545 - Pulling the Digital Thread with Model Based Engineering, Christopher Finlay, Raytheon Company
  • 19906 - Modeling the Digital System Model Data Taxonomy, Philomena Zimmerman, Department of Defense

Track 4 - Modeling & Simulation

  • 19711 - Best Practices for the Architecture, Design, and Modernization of Defense Models and Simulations, Michael Heaphy, AT&L/DMSCO

Track 4 - CREATE Computational Research & Engineering Acquisition Tools and Environments

  • 20010 - Digital Engineering (DE) and Computational Research and Engineering Acquisition Tools and Environments (CREATE), Philomena Zimmerman, Department of Defense
  • 19721 - CREATE: Accelerating Defense Innovation with Computational Prototypes and High Performance Computers, Dr. Douglass Post, DoD HPCMP
  • 19728 - Capstone: A Patform for Geometry, Meshing and Attribution Modeling for Physics-based Analysis and Design, Dr. Saikat Dey, US NRL Code 7131

Track 4 - CREATE Computational Research & Engineering Acquisition Tools and Environments Engineering

  • 19823 - The Role of CREATE-AV in Realization of the Digital Thread "Authoritative Truth Source", Dr. Edward Kraft, University of Tennessee Space Institute
  • 19753 - A Networked Frigate Concept Design Space Exploration Using the Rapid Ship Design Environment, Dr. Douglas Rigterink, Navel Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division
  • 19693 - Program Management in CREATE for the Development of Large-scale Physics-based Software Development Projects for Engineering Design and Analysis, Dr. Richard Kendall, DoD HPCMP
  • 19704 - Computational Research and Engineering Acquisition Tools and Environments – Ground Vehicles (CREATE-GV), Dr. Christopher Goodin, U.S. Army ERDC
  • 19776 - Weapons System Innovation through Workflow-based Computational Prototyping, Loren Miller, DataMetric Innovations, LLC
  • 19786 - Rotorcraft Acquisition: Development of Modeling and Simulation Procedures, Dr. Marvin Moulton, U.S. Army

Track 5 - Agile

  • 19877 - Research Gone "Agile" A Case Study on Using an Enterprise Transformation Process to Enable Agile Methods in a Research Program, Dr. Rosa Heckle, The MITRE Corporation
  • 19755 - A System Dynamics Model of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to Quantify the Effects of Management Decisions on Capability Development and Acquisition Outcomes, Sean Ricks, The MITRE Corporation
  • 19777 - "Elicitation of Robust and Quality Agile User Stories Using QFD", Sabrina Ussery, The George Washington University
  • 19902 - Software Development Challenges in AFMC (Agile Software Development and Data Rights), Andrew Jeselson, Air Force Materiel Command

Track 5 - Environment Safety & Occupational Health

Track 6 - Software

  • 19745 - Software Complexity Modeling, Thuc Tran, Capital One
  • 19749 - Harnessing the Beast: Using Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) to Manage Complex Research Software Environments, Jennifer Turgeon, Sandia National Laboratories
  • 19758 - Software Systems Maturity Analysis, Christopher Dieckmann, Idaho National Laboratory
  • 19816 - Free and Open Source Tools to Assess Software Reliability and Security, Lance Fiondella, University of Massachusetts

Track 6 - Systems Engineering Effectiveness

  • 19850 - Engineering Autonomy, Robert Gold, Department of Defense
  • 19882 - The Drive for Innovation in Systems Engineering, Scott Lusero, Department of Defense
  • 19814 - DoD Systems Engineering Policy, Guidance and Standardization, Aileen Sedmak, Department of Defense
  • 19835 - Helix: Understanding Systems Engineering Effectiveness through Modeling, Nicole Hutchison, Stevens Institute of Technology
  • 19744 - Technical Performance Risk Management for Large Scale Programs, Brian Davenport,, Raytheon Company
  • 19781 - Additive Manufacturing – Challenges for the Systems Engineer and Program Manager, William Decker, Defense Acquisition University
  • 19738 - Improving Effectiveness with respect to Time-To-Market and the Impacts of Late-stage Design Changes in Rapid Development Life Cycles, Parth Shah, George Washington University
  • 19716 - Integrity System Security Engineering into System Engineering, Ken Barker, USAF
  • 19824 - Implementation of the R&M Engineering Body of Knowledge, Andrew Monje, Department of Defense
  • 19830 - Are We Doing Enough in Requirements Management?, Dr. Steven Dam, SPEC Innovations

 

Thursday, October 26, 2017

Track 1 - System Security Engineering

  • 19796 - Cyber Systems Risk – an Opportunity for Model Based Engineering & Design, Dr. Jerry Couretas, Booz Allen Hamilton
  • 19785 - Cybersecurity As An Integral Part of Systems Engineering, William Decker, Defense Acquisition University
  • 19741 - Security at Design Time: Addressing Resilience in Mission Critical Cyber-Physical Systems, Thomas McDermott, Jr., Georgia Tech Research Institute
  • 19911 - Achieving DoD Software Assurance (SwA), Thomas Hurt, Department of Defense
  • 19853 - Joint NDIA SSE & SwA Committee and Joint Federated Assurance Center, Government SwA Gap Analysis Workshop Summary, Holly Dunlap, Raytheon Company
  • 19698 - Program Manager's Guidebook for Integrating Software Assurance into Defense Systems During the System Acquisition Lifecycle, Dr. Kenneth Nidiffer, Software Engineering Institute
  • 19735 - Reducing Software Vulnerabilities – The "Vital Few" Process and Product Metrics, Girish Seshagiri, Ishpi Information Technologies, Inc.
  • 19910 - DoD Joint Federated Assurance Center (JFAC) 2017 Update, Thomas Hurt, Department of Defense
  • 19862 - Long-Term Strategy for DoD Trusted and Assured Microelectronics Needs, Dr. Jeremy Muldavin, Department of Defense
  • 19747 - SSE Abstract: Developing Trust For a Secure Microelectronics Supply Chain, Dr. Michael Fritze, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
  • 19731 - SSE: Trusted Microelectronics Joint Working Group, Dr. Brian Cohen, Institute for Defense Analyses
  • 19700 - Managing Risk with Trusted ASICs: Introducing to the SSE Community a Guidebook to Using Trusted Suppliers, Jim Gobes, Intrinsix Corp.
  • 19864 - Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Assurance, Ray Shanahan, Department of Defense

Track 2 - Developmental Test & Evaluation

  • 19792 - An Approach to Verification of Complex Systems, Dr. Wilson Felder, Stevens Institute of Technology
  • 19925 - Improving Distributed Testing with TENA and JMETC, Ryan Norman, TENA / JMETC
  • 19831 - How Can We Use V&V Techniques in Early Systems Engineering?, Dr. Steven Dam, SPEC Innovations

Track 2 - Education & Training

  • 19813 - Shaping the Department of Defense Engineering Workforce, Aileen Sedmak, Department of Defense
  • 19794 - Review of Best Practices for Technical Leadership Development, Dr. Wilson Felder, Stevens Institute of Technology
  • 19695 - Educating Engineers or Training Technicians, Zane Scott, Vitech Corporation
  • 19734 - Solving Cybersecurity Skills Shortage With Apprenticeships & Certifications – A Case Study, Girish Seshagiri, Ishpi Information Technologies, Inc.
  • 19760 - The Systems of Systems (SoS) Primer: A Guide to SoS for all Expertise Levels, Laura Antul, The MITRE Corporation
  • 19865 - Breaking Out: Systems Engineering To Go, Zane Scott, Vitech Corporation
  • 19719 - Introducing Cyber Resiliency Concerns Into Engineering Education, Thomas McDermott, Georgia Tech Research Institute

Track 3 - Engineered Resilient Systems

  • 20009 - Digital Engineering and ERS, Robert Gold, Department of Defense
  • 19845 - ERS: Influencing Acquisition Innovation, Dr. Owen Eslinger, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
  • 19907 - Scaling Data Analytics for ERS, David Stuart, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
  • 19844 - Tradespace: Informed Decision making for Acquisition, Timothy Garton, Engineer Research and Development Center
  • 19834 - Building an Agile Framework for the Analysis of Environmental Impacts on Military Systems, Dr. Dharhas Pothina, Engineer Research and Development Center
  • 19859 - Introducing Lifecycle Cost to Early Conceptual Tradespace Exploration, Erwin Baylot, Engineer Research and Development Center
  • 19806 - Overcoming the Government - Industry Collaboration Hurdle, Dr. Patrick Martin, BAE Systems
  • 19783 - The Language of Complexity: Ontology in Systems Design and Engineering, Abe Wu, Raytheon Missiles
  • 19846 - Physics and Model Based Aerodynamic Design and Analysis at GA, Pritesh Mody, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
  • 20050 - Automation and Integration for Complex System Design, Scott Ragon, Phoenix Integration
  • 19712 - Implementation of Clustering Analysis in Engineered Resilient Systems Tools for Enhanced Trade Space Exploration of Military Ground Vehicles, Andrew Pokoyoway, TARDEC
  • 19818 - Tradespace Analysis and Exploration incorporating Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Cost, Dr. Lance Fiondella, University of Massachusetts

Track 4 - Create: Computational Research & Engineering Acquisition Tools and Environments Engineering

  • 19887 - Multi-Disciplinary Integration of ModSim for Navy Applications, Dr. Greg Bunting, Sandia National Laboratories
  • 19729 - Academic Deployment of the HPCMP CREATE Genesis Software Package, Dr. Robert Meakin, U.S. DoD HPCMP
  • 19875 - Secure Web-Based Access for Productive Supercomputing, Laura Ulibarri, Air Force Research Laboratory
  • 19800 - CREATE-SH IHDE: Workflow Process Improvements for Hydrodynamics Characterization of Ship Designs, Wesley Wilson, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division
  • 19694 - Software Engineering for Physics-based HPC Applications for Engineering Design and Analysis in CREATE, Dr. Richard Kendall, DoD HPCMP
  • 19703 - Verification and Validation in CREATE Multi-Physics HPC Software Applications, Dr. Lawrence Votta, Brincos Inc.
  • 19709 - DoD Risk Management Deficiencies...And How to Fix Them, Richard Sugarman, U.S. Air Force

Track 4 - Program Management

  • 19751 - A Capability Value Frontier in Support of Acquisition Approaches to Enable Military Effectiveness, Dr. Marilyn Gaska, Lockheed Martin Corporation
  • 19782 - Technical Data Package and Intellectual Property Rights, William Decker, Defense Acquisition University
  • 19827 - Policy Engineering: Applying Systems Engineering to Develop Better Policies, Dr. Steven Dam,, SPEC Innovations
  • 19847 - Proactively Managing Supplier Relationships for an Integrated Product Development Program, Beth Layman, Layman & Layman
  • 19932 - Improving Efficiency in Assembly, Integration and Test (AI&T), Jeff Juranek, The Aerospace Corporation

Track 5 - Environment, Safety & Occupational Health

  • 19773 - Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Considerations for Environment Safety and Occupational Health (ESOH), Leo Kilfoy, MSC Software
  • 19772 - A Pragmatic Approach to System Modeling for Hazard Identification and Risk Management, Michael Vinarcik, Booz Allen Hamilton, BIO
  • 19732 - Hazardous Materials Risk Management Using MIL-STD-882E, Lori Hales, BIO, Booz Allen Hamilton
  • 19836 - Leveraging the International Aerospace Environmental Group (IAEG) Defense Acquisition Materials Declaration Process, Karen Gill, Booz Allen Hamilton
  • 19699 - LIfe Cycle Assessment: A Tool for Protecting Defense Assets, Dr. Kelly Scanlon, OASD(EI&E)

Track 6 - Architecture

  • 19820 - MOSA Considerations in Systems Engineering Through the Lifecycle, Philomena Zimmerman, Department of Defense
  • 19821 - Implementing a MOSA to Achieve Acquisition Agility in Defense Acquisition Programs, Philomena Zimmerman, Department of Defense
  • 19778 - Investigating Approaches to Achieve Modularity Benefits in the Defense Acquisition Ecosystems, Dr. Navindran Davendralingam, Purdue University
  • 19780 - Cybersecurity and a Modular Open Systems Approach, William Decker, Defense Acquisition University
  • 19903 - Efficient Use of Enterprise and System Architecting in Combined Environment, Dr. Howard Gans, Harris Corporation
  • 19748 - Advancing U.S. Marine Corps Warehouse Management Operations Through System Architecture and Analysis, Christopher Melkonian, Marine Corps Systems Command
  • 19828 - From Architecture to Operations – Using Your Architecture Work in Operations, Dr. Steven Dam, SPEC Innovations
DTIC Citations
AD1043438 (Vol 1, Monday & Tuesday)
AD1043439 (Vol 2, Wedneday)
AD1043442 (Vol 3, Thursday)
AD1044409 (Vol 4, Thursday)