Open Technical Session
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Location: Legacy I, 2nd Floor
Sub-Committee
Dr. Aaron Lalonde - U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC)
Dr. Jennifer Hitchcock - NDIA - MI
Josh Charm - U.S. Army DEVCOM Armaments Center (AC)
David Daniszewski - U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC
Dr. Phil Frederick - U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC
Steven Knott - U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC
Mandel Machart - U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC
Pete Marrero - U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC
Dr. Anthony Pezzano - U.S. Army DEVCOM AC
Dr. Katie Sebeck - U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC
Shane Sopel - U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC
Dr. Benjamin Wolfson - U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC
| 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 Open Tech Session Dr. Aaron LaLonde - Domestic Partnership Lead, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 10:10 am |
ImpLi-Fi: A Secure Wireless Communications Technology for Contested Logistics Dr. Sridhar Lakshmanan - Associate Professor, University of Michigan-Dearborn Aaron Brzozowski - Project Engineer, Fulgor, Inc. Jethro Reimann - Research Engineer, University of Michigan-Dearborn Pete Marrero - Contested Logistics Lead, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 10:30 am |
Modernization of Integrated Technologies for Ground Systems (MINT-GS) – Screening of 17-4PH SS Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing Process Brandon Saathoff - Senior Engineering Manager, National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR), Wichita State University Matthew Lowney - Advanced Manufacturing Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Rachael Andrulonis - Director, Advanced Materials Research, NIAR, Wichita State University Dr. John Tomblin - Executive Vice President for Research and Industry & Defense Programs, NIAR, Wichita State University Eric Walker - Materials Engineer: Additive Manufacturing, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Annika Thomas - Research Engineer, NIAR, Wichita State University Cole Daharsh - Research Engineer, NIAR, Wichita State University |
| 10:50 am |
Synergistic Effects of Notch and Volumetric Defects on Fatigue Performance of Additive Manufactured Parts Dr. Jonathan Pegues - Research Scientist, National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence (NCAME), Auburn University Arun Poudel - Graduate Research Assistant, NCAME, Auburn University Matthew Lowney - Advanced Manufacturing Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Dr. Shuai Shao - Associate Professor, NCAME, Auburn University Dr. Nima Shamsaei - Professor, NCAME, Auburn University |
| 11:10 am |
Infoscraps: Enforcing Information Security by Mechanism Gregory Czerniak - Computer Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 11:30 am |
Industrial Design for Army Modernization GVSC 2016-2024 Guenter Nyanankpe - Industrial Designer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 11:50 am |
Lunch |
| 1:05 pm |
Introduction to the Open Afternoon Session Dr. Aaron LaLonde - Domestic Partnership Lead, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 1:10 pm |
Combined Biological And Electrochemical Process To Produce Ammonia Fuel From High-Strength Blackwater Benjamin Thomas - Water Technical Specialist, Fuel and Water Equipment Branch, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Emilia Emerson - Doctoral Candidate, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Michigan State University Blake Smerigan - Student, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Michigan State University Carter Monson - Student, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Michigan State University Dr. Yan Liu - Associate Professor, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Michigan State University Dr. Jonathan Boltersdorf - Research Chemist, Energy Conversion Branch, U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Dr. Caroline Hill - Chemist, Energy Conversion Branch, U.S. Army DEVCOM ARL …See written paper for full list of authors |
| 1:30 pm |
Combined Biological And Electrochemical Process To Produce Ammonia Fuel From High-Strength Blackwater Dr. Eugene Rozumov - Research Chemist, Propellant Research, U.S. Army DEVCOM Armament Center (AC) Dr. Anna Crumbley - U.S. Army Biomanufacturing Facility Pilot-Scale Lead, U.S. Army DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center (CBC) |
| 1:50 pm |
Bio-Magnets for DoD Applications Mark Allen - Research Chemist, Biomaterials Branch, U.S. Army DEVCOM ARL |
| 2:10 pm |
Human Performance Modeling Using Generative AI Principles Dr. Stephen Gordon - Operations Manager, DCS Corporation Dr. Vernon Lawhern - Research Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM ARL Dr. Jonathan Touryan - Research Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM ARL |
| 2:30 pm |
Break |
| 3:15 pm |
Introduction to the Open Final Session Dr. Aaron LaLonde - Domestic Partnership Lead, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 3:20 pm |
Revolutionizing Government Efficiency: Harnessing Commercial Off-The-Shelf Generative Artificial Intelligence Solutions for Enhanced Services and Decision-Making John Kruger - Lead Associate, Army Weapons Group, Booz Allen Hamilton Calvin Birr - Robotics T&E Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Bryan Vandrovec - Chief Technologist, Autonomous and AI Systems, Booz Allen Hamilton Mark Mazzara - Autonomy Engineer, Project Manager Force Projection (PM FP), Program Executive Office Combat Support & Combat Service Support (PEO CS/CSS) Glenn Mossy - Senior AI Software Engineer, Booz Allen Hamilton Jeff Senger - Associate, Army Weapons Group, Booz Allen Hamilton |
| 3:40 pm |
Enabling Grounded Answers Through Knowledge Graphs And Retrieval Augmented Generation Dr. Farhad Imani - Assistant Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Connecticut Danny Hoang - PhD Student, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Connecticut Dr. David Gorsich - Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Dr. Matthew Castanier - Research Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 4:00 pm |
Foggy Windows: Predicting and Avoiding the Fleet's Most Frustrating Failure Dr. Marriner Merrill - Associate Professor, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology Matthew Magner - Technical Specialist for Transparent Armor, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Christopher Key - Group Manager, Applied Physical Sciences Dr. Barry Humphrey - Program Manager - Logistics Technology Research, J68 Research & Development, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) |
| 4:20 pm |
Commander’s Decision Analysis Tool for Maintenance: Applications of Unsupervised Learning with Pattern Characterization (ULPC) in Vehicle Health Assessment Connor Cabrey - Lead Data Scientist, Data Science, Trident Systems LLC Jeffrey Bailey - Data Scientist, Data Science, Trident Systems LLC Dr. Charles Hsu - Principal Senior Data Scientist, Data Science, Trident Systems LLC |
| 4:40 pm |
Motion Amplification (MA) Technology Applications for Ground Vehicle (GV) Systems David Aebischer - Senior Data Analyst, Cintel Inc |
| 5:00 pm |
Open Technical Session Conclusion Dr. Aaron LaLonde - Domestic Partnership Lead, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 5:15 pm |
Networking Reception |
Michigan NDIA 65th Annual ROTC Banquet Accommodations:
Troy Marriott
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You will find the information for your online reservation link below. If you have questions or need help with the link, please do not hesitate to ask. We appreciate your business and look forward to a successful event.
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Event Summary:
65th Annual ROTC Awards Dinner
Start Date: Friday, April 22, 2022
End Date: Saturday, April 23, 2022
Last Day to Book: Friday, April 1, 2022
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- Detroit Marriott Troy for 119 USD per night
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If you need assistance booking your room, please contact Brain at (248) 680-9608 indicating that you are part of the ROTC group rate for lodging April 22, 2022.
Technical Papers Submission Window is Closed.
Notification of paper acceptances will go out on May 2nd
Note: The NDIA Michigan Chapter, SAE International or SAE Government Technologies do NOT own the rights of the papers presented at GVSETS, nor do these entities claim any ownership or partnership. We appreciate and thank all paper owner authors for their participation.
Paper Submission Requirements
- Draft papers require a minimum of 5 pages. Abstracts will not be accepted.
- Papers should be complete to include background/motivation, supporting data, figures, tables, conclusions and references.
- Papers must demonstrate relevance to the ground vehicle development missions of the U.S. Army and/or U.S. Marine Corps (USMC).
- Papers must conform to the format provided in the Word or LaTeX templates.
- Papers SHOULD NOT be commercial in nature or have a marketing emphasis.
- Operations Security (OPSEC) requirements:
- All papers must be unclassified and releasable to the public.
- Papers authored/co-authored by government employees or that contain work funded by the government must go through the OPSEC approval process.
- Papers which require OPSEC must contain the “Distribution A” statement and OPSEC tracking number/date upon submission.
- Submissions imply the intent of at least one author to attend GVSETS and present the paper.
The selection criteria will include factors such as:
- Relevance to the ground systems domain
- Originality of work
- Clarity of expression
- Completeness
- Conciseness
- Ease of reading
- Findings applicable and usable by others
- Well-stated objectives
- Conclusions answer objectives
- References complete
A Paper Template is Provided in Word and LaTeX:
- 12-point Times New Roman font
- 1-inch margins
- Title in capital letters using 14-point Arial
- Title followed by author(s) and their affiliation(s)
- Each line in the heading is centered
- Double space between the heading and beginning of the abstract
- Single space and center the abstract
- Double space between paragraphs in the body of the paper
- Graphical information or imagery is encouraged
- Minimum of 5 pages
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PAPER ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION
Sent by May 2, 2025
Authors of papers chosen by the Technical Committee will be notified via email by the main point of contact listed on the submission form and provided detailed directions for formatting final manuscripts. Accepted authors must submit a complete manuscript, which includes acquiring OPSEC approval, by the deadline prior to the conference. Authors selected to present their papers during GVSETS Technical Sessions will also receive detailed information regarding presentation format.
Other Important Dates to remember:
- June 3, 2025 - Final paper submission*
- July 16, 2025 - Final presentations due*
- August 12, 2025 - Paper Presentation
* This timetable does not include time for OPSEC review which is required by all government authored/funded papers. Please allow a minimum of 10 business days for OPSEC process PRIOR to submission dates..
ALL ATTENDING PAPER AUTHORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN REGISTRATION FEE.
KEEP IN MIND, GOVERNMENT ATTENDEES ARE FREE.
For more information, please contact Leslie A. Smith, CMP, Senior Director of Programs at (248) 353-0735, ext. 152 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
17th Annual GVSETS Technical Sessions
Technical Session Presentation Day: August 12, 2025
Technical Papers Submission Window is Closed.
Notification of paper acceptances will go out on May 2nd
Note: The NDIA Michigan Chapter, SAE International or SAE Government Technologies do NOT own the rights of the papers presented at GVSETS, nor do these entities claim any ownership or partnership. We appreciate and thank all paper owner authors for their participation.
Deliberate Transformation of Ground Systems
The Technical Sessions serve as a forum to bring members of government, academia, and industry together to discuss and collaborate in various technical areas of mutual interest. The focus of the 2025 GVSETS is Deliberate Transformation of Ground Systems.
To facilitate this discussion, NDIA Michigan invites you to submit a technical paper which details how your work is providing solutions that can support the deliberate transformation of ground systems for the current and future U.S. Army. Selected papers will be presented on August 12, 2025, with paper publication support delivered by SAE Government Technologies.
The 2025 GVSETS Technical Committee is excited to accept technical papers in the following six topic areas:
2025 Technical Session Topics
Autonomy, Artificial Intelligence, & Robotics (AAIR): The AAIR Technical Session is primarily focused on practical demonstrations of robotic systems, AI algorithms, and autonomous behaviors. Particularly promising projects that present a clear path towards prototyping and demonstration are also of interest, as is theoretical work that offers significant improvements in robotic performance. Topics of interest include, but are limited to:
- Autonomous and operator-assisted operation of robotic assets, especially in challenging terrain and in the presence of hostile elements
- Robotic system design for reconnaissance, resupply, combat, and engineering
- Counter-robotic and counter-swarm defenses
- Novel sensors and multimodal sensing integration
Digital Engineering/Systems Engineering (DE/SE): The DE/SE Technical Session provides a technical forum for the exchange of transformative ideas, approaches, techniques, applications, and lessons learned in the Digital Engineering/Systems Engineering of ground vehicles. The session will facilitate learning more about the most recent innovations, trends, experiences, and challenges in DE/SE. Topics of interest include, but not limited to:
- DE/SE in support of multi-domain operations and formations/cross functional teams
- Digital Engineering / Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) & Architecture
- Application of DE/SE practices in current defense programs
- Trade space & decision analysis
- DE/SE advanced tools and practices
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Systems Engineering and Digital Engineering
Modeling, Simulation, Prototyping & Validation (MSPV): Modeling, Simulation, Prototyping, and Validation (MSPV): The MSPV Technical Session covers the development of advanced and novel MSPV technologies as well as the application of existing technologies to military ground vehicles. This technical session will highlight current developments in MSPV technology and discuss gaps and challenges in the MSPV application domains. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- System-level M&S
- Physics-based M&S
- Testing, verification, validation and accreditation
- Data analysis and modeling
- Human/hardware-in-the-loop M&S and virtual experimentation
- Physical and virtual concepting & prototyping
- VR/AR/MR/XR based simulation
- AI/ML/LLMs used in M&S
- M&S automation/running at scale
- The Future of M&S and AI: trends, challenges, and opportunities
Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA): The MOSA technical session will explore the latest advancements in Modular Open Systems Approaches (MOSA), a game-changer for the Ground Vehicle Community. This session showcases MOSA's potential to drive innovation, competition, and cross-platform operability. Topics of interest include, but not limited to:
- System & Software Architectures
- In-vehicle Networks & Onboard Computing
- Onboard high-performance computing
- Safety & Mission Critical Systems
- Onboard Video & Sensor Systems
- Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber (C5) Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) (C5ISR) systems
Furthermore, as vehicles and their mission-critical systems grow increasingly reliant on software, they also become potential targets. It's paramount to fortify our cyber defenses, especially in the age of the Internet of Battlefield Things (IoBT). We'll also delve into:
- Zero Trust Architecture Principles
- Secure Data Communication & Authentication
- Defenses against Supply Chain Vulnerabilities
Power and Mobility (P&M): The P&M technical session covers both research and development of various technologies and application of such technologies to specific military vehicles. This technical session will highlight current developments in P&M technology and discuss gaps and challenges in the P&M application domains. Topics of interest include, but not limited to:
- Electric motors, generators, energy storage devices, power electronics, and high voltage architectures under high temperature conditions
- Advanced propulsion systems
- Advanced running gear systems
- Advanced power generation and power transmission technology including mechanical and non-mechanical systems.
- Alternative military fuels and power sources
Open Session: An open topic session allows researchers to submit papers on emerging, new, or specialized topics to expand GVSETS’s coverage of new technology and research. Papers will be considered that contribute towards advancing knowledge, technology, or approaches to enhance warfighter capabilities, capability gap solutions, and understanding of future challenges. Areas of particular interest include:
- Advanced Computing Technologies, such as advancements in new programing languages, commercial software technologies, and next generation algorithms for edge and high-performance computing
- Biomanufacturing, such as structural materials, polymers, and composites, and vehicle fuels, oils and lubricants
- Contested Logistics, such as predictive logistics models and approaches, in-transit and asset visibility, and precision, autonomous, and small-lot distribution, including watercraft
- Generative Artificial Intelligence, such as Large Language Models, augmented intelligence, and learning based methods and their potentially broad utilization in the defense domain
- Predictive and Preventative Maintenance, such as sensors, analytic approaches, data management, and fleet management technology
Important Dates to Remember:
- March 11, 2025 – Draft paper due*
- May 2, 2025 – Notification of acceptance
- June 3, 2025 - Final paper due*
- July 16, 2025 - Final presentation due*
- August 12, 2025 - Paper Presentation
* This timetable does not include time for OPSEC review which is required by all government authored/funded papers. Please allow a minimum of 10 business days for OPSEC process PRIOR to submission dates..
ALL ATTENDING PAPER AUTHORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN REGISTRATION FEE.
KEEP IN MIND, GOVERNMENT ATTENDEES ARE FREE.
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