Chapter STEM recognition
NDIA Michigan Chapter’s STEM team enabled the collaboration between the Dynamic Network of African Americans (DNA2) employee resource group at General Dynamics Land Systems and George Washington Carver Academy in Highland Park, MI to develop an after-school STEM program. After a 1 year of searching and planning, a team of 5 DNA2 members volunteered their time to teach STEM in an after-school program with STEM kits provided by NDIA MI. The student scholars consist of (9) 4th graders, (4) 5th graders, and (1) 6th grader; in addition to 4 teacher volunteers. DNA2 and GWCA were excited to begin the collaboration on May 17, 2024. The student scholars were engaged and excited. Plans continue to be made to grow this program into competitive robotics (i.e. LEGO’s) at the elementary school level in the future.
Modernization Update
Thursday, August 14, 2025
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 7:00 am |
Registration |
| 8:00 am |
Opening Remarks Thom Green - GVSETS Chair, NDIA Michigan Chapter |
| 8:30 am |
Army e-Publications Jason Drenzek - E-Publications Mission Lead, Integrated Logistics Support Center (ILSC), U.S. Army TACOM |
| 9:00 am |
U.S. Army Contracting Command (ACC) - Detroit Arsenal Panel Moderator: John Jolokai - Director, U.S. Army Contracting Command (ACC), Detroit Arsenal (DTA) |
| 9:45 am |
Exhibitor Break |
| 10:45 am |
The Army in the INDO-PACOM Region Panel Moderator: LTG (R) Ross Coffman - Former Deputy Commanding General for Combat Development, U.S. Army Futures Command |
| 11:45 am |
Lunch – Exhibitor Break |
| 1:00 pm |
Budget Update and Implications COL Michael Clow |
| 1:45 pm |
Congressional Panel Honorable Gary Peters - U.S. Senator (Invited) Honorable Elissa Slotkin - U.S. Senator (Invited) Honorable Jack Bergman - US Representative (MI-1) (Invited) Honorable John James - US Representative (MI-10) (Invited) |
| 2:45 pm |
Conclusion Thom Green - GVSETS Chair, NDIA Michigan Chapter |
Main Session
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 7:00 am |
Registration |
| 8:00 am |
Opening of GVSETS Main Session Thom Green - GVSETS Chair, NDIA Michigan Chapter Valde Garcia - President, NDIA Michigan Chapter TBD - Commanding General, U.S. Army TACOM Michael Cadieux - Director, U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) |
| 8:30 am |
AFC Future Requirements Warfighter Panel Moderator: Warren Sponsler - National Advanced Mobility Consortium (NAMC) CSM Ryan Roush CSM William Justice MSG Salem Auclair MSG Jeremy Cook |
| 9:45 am |
Exhibitor Break |
| 10:45 am |
The Army Transformation Initiative and Army Acquisition Honorable Jesse Tolleson - Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (DASA) Acquisition, Logistics & Technology (AL&T) (Invited) |
| 11:30 am |
Lunch – Exhibitor Break |
| 12:45 pm |
Special Announcements: TWV, NDIA Policy, Pitch Day Winners Rob Gordan - Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Conference Chair Vicki Selva - Policy Chair, NDIA Michigan Chapter TBD - Lawrence Tech University |
| 1:00 pm |
Advance Manufacturing Panel Moderator: Jason Duncan John Walsh - President, Michigan Manufacturers Association Tom Kelly - Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Automation Alley Randl Besse - AM CoE Commodity Manager, Rock Island Arsenal (RAI) Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center (JMTC) TBD - U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC TBD - FORSCOM Rep |
| 1:55 pm |
Special Speaker TBD |
| 2:45 pm |
Exhibitor Break |
| 3:45 pm |
Detroit Arsenal Panel Moderator: Valde Garcia - President, NDIA Michigan Chapter TBD - Commanding General, U.S. Army TACOM TBD - PEO, U.S. Army PEO Ground Combat Vehicle (GCS) BG Camilla White - PEO, U.S. Army PEO Combat Support and Combat Service Support (CS & CSS) Michael Cadieux - Director, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC John Jolokai - Director, U.S. Army Contracting Command (ACC), Detroit Arsenal (DTA) |
| 5:00 pm |
Conclusion then Reception |
Power & Mobility
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Location: Legacy II Room, 2nd Floor
Sub-Committee
Joshua Piehl - U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC)
Porfirio Nogueiro - BAE Systems
Tom Trzaska - RENK America
Isaac Rife - BAE Systems
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 7:00 am |
Registration |
| 8:00 am |
Opening of GVSETS and the Technical Sessions in Legacy Ballroom, 2nd Floor Thom Green - GVSETS Chair Valde Garcia - President, NDIA Michigan Chapter Dr. David Gorsich - Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 8:20 am |
The Benefits and Challenges to Leveraging Commercial Off-the-Shelf Solutions to Modernize the Force Moderator: Tom Vern - Assistant Chief of Staff G5, Strategic Plans & Communications, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Pete Johnson - Vice President of Business Development for Integrated Vehicles, GM Defense Mike Milner - Vice President of Business Development and Strategy, American Rheinmetall Vehicles (ARV) Tim George - Vice President of Sales & Marketing, ND Defense LLC. |
| 9:25 am |
Best Paper Announcement Dr. David Gorsich - Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Dr. Gregg Wildes - Business Development Manager, DornerWorks |
| 9:30 am |
Exhibitor Break |
(10:05 - 5:00 pm - Attendess will split up between the 6 different sessions) |
|
| 10:05 am |
Welcome to the Power & Mobility Tech Session Joshua Piehl - Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 10:10 am |
MIL-STD-3072: High Voltage for Army Ground Vehicles Aric Haynes - Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Jason Spina - Technical Specialist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Melissa Best - Electrical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 10:30 am |
Modular Open System Approach to High Voltage Power Architectures Enabled by the Universal High Voltage Converter Melissa Best - Electrical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Taras Zadorozhny - Electrical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Ed Schwartz - Branch Chief - Electrical Power Systems, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 10:50 am |
Evaluation of a 500 kW High Temperature and High Power-Density Inverter Based on Silicon Carbide Power Module Randy Nolden - Business Development Engineer, Calnetix Technologies Arash Sadigh - Director of Power Electronics, EM and Motion Controls, Calnetix Technologies James Yates - Lead Mechanical Engineer, Calnetix Technologies Iris Shiroma - Business Unit Leader - Defense & Space, Calnetix Technologies |
| 11:10 am |
ENHANCED VEHICLE CAPABILITY THROUGH INNOVATIVE HIGH VOLTAGE POWER SOLUTIONS Rick Eddins - Engineer, GE Aerospace Colin Lambert - Engineer, GE Aerospace Dejan Habic - Engineer, GE Aerospace Aric Haynes - Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Jason Spina - Technial Specialist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Ed Schwartz - Branch Chief - Electrical Power Systems, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 11:30 am |
Domestically sourced and globally superior lithium vanadium oxide (LVO) battery technology for the U.S. warfighter Dr. Haodong Liu - Chief Technical Officer, Tyfast Energy Corporation Dr. Gerardo Jose Ia O' - Chief Executive Officer, Tyfast Energy Corporation Dr. Ping Liu - Chief Security Officer, Tyfast Energy Corporation |
| 11:50 am |
Lunch |
| 1:05 pm |
Introduction to the P&M Afternoon Session Isaac Rife - Program Engineering Manager, BAE Systems |
| 1:10 pm |
Safe, Robust, Zero-Volt-Capable, High-Power Lithium-Ion 6T Batteries Dr. David Ofer - Director, CAMX Power LLC |
| 1:30 pm |
Development and Assessment of a Performance Enhanced HMMWV with Onboard Vehicle Power Zander Worm - Research Assistant, Michigan Technological University (MTU) Dylan Kiefer - Research Engineer, MTU Henry Schmidt - Senior Research Engineer, MTU Dr. John Putrus - Branch Chief - Advanced Systems Development Group, Joint Program Office Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JPO JLTV) Dr. Denise Rizzo - Senior Technical Expert, JPO JLTV David Subert - Research Engineer, MTU Paul Dice - Senior Research Engineer, MTU Dr. Jeffery Naber - Michigan Technological University - American Center for Mobility - Partnership Coordinator for Mobility, MTU |
| 1:50 pm |
Invited Speaker: Driving Innovation: Propelling the DoD’s Acquisition of Hybrid-Electric Tactical Vehicles to Win the Wars of Tomorrow MAJ Curtis Cranston - Associate Professor, The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School |
| 2:30 pm |
Break |
| 3:15 pm |
Introduction to the P&M Final Session Tom Trzaska - Director, Strategic Technology, RENK America Porfirio Nogueiro - Technical Fellow – Propulsion & Suspension, BAE Systems |
| 3:20 pm |
A Study of Variables Affecting Piston Skirt Loads on the Opposed Piston Two Stroke Diesel Engine John Srodawa - Technical Specialist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 3:40 pm |
A Novel 5kW Ruggedized Integrated Hybrid Generator System (RIHGS) Dr. Philip Zoldak - Vice Preseident Engineering - Research & Development (R&D), Enginuity Power Systems Dr. Phillip Schimmels - Senior R&D Engineer, Enginuity Power Systems Andrew Harman - Technical Specialist, Enginuity Power Systems Ian Brooks - Senior Product Engineer, Enginuity Power Systems Phillip DeMaggio - Senior CAD Designer, Enginuity Power Systems Kelly Rosenberger - Executive Vice President-Government Business, Enginuity Power Systems |
| 4:00 pm |
Demand Reduction Through Electromagnetically Controlled Pitch (EMCP) of Fans, Propellers, and Turbines Jordan James McBain - Control Systems Architect, Pilot Systems International |
| 4:20 pm |
Scalable Hydrogen Storage and Transport Systems Chris Kondogiani - Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Noble Gas Systems Inc |
| 4:40 pm |
GVSC Power & Mobility Program Update David LaRoy - Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 5:00 pm |
P&M Technical Session Conclusion Joshua Piehl - Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 5:15 pm |
Networking Reception |
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