On November 13, 2024, the GW Environmental and Energy Management Institute was featured in a presentation to a conference of the Washington Metropolitan Area Chapter of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE). INCOSE is a not-for-profit membership organization founded to develop and disseminate the transdisciplinary principles and practices that enable the realization of successful systems in the interest of developing the global community of systems engineers and systems approaches to problems.
The Washington Metropolitan Area Chapter is a founding chapter of INCOSE covering the Washington DC and Northern Virginia areas north into West Virginia, south to Spotsylvania and west to the Blacksburg area. The chapter area is home to many Federal departments and independent agencies as well as many leading high-technology commercial firms involved in systems engineering. It includes student chapters at the George Mason University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and the George Washington University. The INCOSE WMA is one of largest U.S. based INCOSE chapters with over 850 active members. Since its inception, the Washington Metropolitan Area Chapter has been a leader in the systems engineering community, especially in the Federal sector.
The EEMI presentation, made by EEMI Executive Director Jonathan Deason, covered the EEMI mission of conducting state-of-the-art and highly relevant research, promoting graduate and professional education, and undertaking service and policy-inducing activities pertinent to the application of solutions to sustainability challenges facing organizations and communities throughout the Nation and the world. The presentation provided an overview of research projects undertaken by the Institute that have been funded by organizations like the United nations Environmental Programme, the UNFCCC Secretariat, the U.S. Department of Defense, the National Science Foundation, and the ClearPath Foundation.
Prof. Deason also explained the history and structure of the Institute, including its 16 Directors from colleges across the University. He also cited some of the EEMI educational programs and service activities such as the Clean Energy Resilience Professional Short Course Program, the Climate Judiciary Program, and various EEMI educational symposia. Details of the presentation can be seen on the slides used for the event, which can be seen at EEMI Presentation at INCOSE WMA Conference.
Other GW speakers at the event were Prof. Ekundayo Shittu (Chairman of the Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Department), Prof. Eric Dano (GW INCOSE Student Chapter Faculty Advisor, and Prof. David Broniatowski (Core Program Leader, GW Trustworthy AI Initiative).