About the Chesapeake Chapter

Founded in 1994, the Chesapeake Chapter, one of the chapters in the America Sector, is the Northern and Central Maryland area chapter of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE). There are over 300 active members in the Chesapeake Chapter, representing more than 75 corporations, small businesses, and Government agencies. 

The Chesapeake Chapter formed to support INCOSE in the expansion of systems engineering understanding, practice, definition, and evolution for the benefit of our members and stakeholders. The INCOSE Chesapeake Chapter will continue to support the mandate, strategic goals, and objectives of INCOSE as well as the application of systems engineering to all areas of emerging interest as reflected by the inputs from the chapter membership. 

Local industry has in the past been dominated by information technology. This industry has grown and created a meaningful profession for many systems engineers and will continue into the foreseeable future. With the stand-up of the US Cyber Command at Fort Meade, cyber security will likely dominate the systems engineering landscape over the next several years. Other areas of interest include: integration of systems, the Internet of Things, Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIPR), and transportation systems to include public issues such as mass transit; energy conservation through proper analysis of new energy schemes such as wind power; survival of chemical, nuclear, biological events; resiliency of communities, and control of civil disorder.

These issues are likely to remain as topics of interest to systems engineers, employers and the general public. System engineers have a leading role to play in bringing logic and discipline to these systems and programs. The Chesapeake Chapter’s ability to adapt to our rapidly changing political and social environment could influence major events and provide services to the country that are as yet unimagined. 

The Chesapeake Chapter collaborates with other professional organizations to gain insight into emerging technologies. Members also participate in INCOSE Working Groups and attend Conferences sponsored by INCOSE to gain an extension of knowledge on current and developing systems engineering applications. 

The Chesapeake Chapter remains current with the latest trends in systems engineering and technology advancement.