Wednesday, 23 April 2008

IEEE Richland Section
&
The International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Tri-Cities Chapter
will host

Dr. Myron Kayton
Kayton Engineering Co., Los Angeles
& IEEE Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society Distinguished Lecturer
Presenting
Practitioner’s View of Systems Engineering

Red Lion Hotel, Hanford House Richland

Agenda:   

5:30-6:00 PM    Social
6:00-7:00 PM    Dinner -- Cost:  $25
7:00 PM         Technical Program (no charge)

RSVP by COB April  18th:   

To RSVP or for more information about this event (including menu) contact:

Xiao Ying Yu                       
372 4524 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it            

Evelyn Hirt

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Dr. Kayton has 50 years of experience designing and testing avionic, navigation, communication, and
computer-automation systems. As a Consulting Engineer for Kayton Engineering Company, he serves a
hundred clients, large and small, by creating innovative designs and analyzing their performance, cost,
and failures. He worked on several automotive electronic systems, automated process systems,
upper-stage spacecraft, a satellite interceptor, commercial communication systems, numerous aircraft
avionic systems, and a dozen land navigators. He has conducted several score forensic inspections and
analyses.

Dr. Kayton is a registered electrical and mechanical engineer. He is a Life Fellow of the Institute of
Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), was an elected member of the corporate Board of Directors,
and served two terms as President of its Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS). He was
technical chairman of several conference sessions (concerning automobiles and fault-tolerant systems)
and keynote speaker. He was an active member of standards committees for navigation sensors and
computers for nuclear power plants. He taught simulation methods, multi-sensor navigation systems,
and land navigation at UCLA and published more than 80 papers and articles. He conducts technical
seminars throughout the world as an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer. He is the author of the standard
reference text, AVIONICS NAVIGATION SYSTEMS (first and second editions) and of
NAVIGATION: LAND, SEA, AIR AND SPACE. He is the recipient of several honors including
IEEE's Millennium Medal, IEEE-AESS's Carlton Award for the best technical paper of 1988, and ION's
Kershner Award for Navigation.

Dr. Kayton is listed in WHOS WHO IN ENGINEERING, WHOS WHO IN AMERICA, and
AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN OF SCIENCE. He is an instrument-rated pilot and holds an FAA Project Raincheck certificate in Air Traffic Control. He is interested in history, languages, and tennis..