Modeling, Simulation, Prototyping & Validation

Registration

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

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.

Best Paper Announcement

Dr. David Gorsich - Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC

Dr. Gregg Wildes - Business Development Manager, DornerWorks

Exhibitor Break

Welcome to the MSPV Tech Session

Pete Rynes - Vice President of Government Solutions, ThermoAnalytics, Inc.

Simulating Off-Road Autonomous Navigation: Fast Simulation of Vegetation Override

Dr. Christopher Goodin - Associate Research Professor, Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems, Mississippi State University (CAVS, MSU)

Dr. Marc Moore - Graduate Research Assistant, CAVS, MSU

Dr. Christopher R. Hudson - Research Engineer, CAVS, MSU

Dr. Daniel Carruth - Associate Director, CAVS, MSU

Ethan Salmon - Engineer, CAVS, MSU

Michael Cole - Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC

Dr. Paramsothy Jayakumar - Senior Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC

Brittany English - Engineer, Dynetics

Augmenting Thermal and Infrared Signature Simulation Tool for use on Hybrid Electrified Ground Vehicles

Steven Patterson - Senior Engineer, ThermoAnalytics, Inc

Dr. Zachary Edel - Senior Engineer, ThermoAnalytics, Inc

Logan Canull - Thermal/CFD Engineer, ThermoAnalytics, Inc

Joshua Pryor - Senior Engineer, ThermoAnalytics, Inc

Pete Rynes - VP Government Solutions, ThermoAnalytics, Inc

Dr. Nathan Tison - General Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC

Dr. Korivi Vamshi - Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC

Leveraging Spectral Unmixing for Improved Mobility in Vegetated Environments

Dr. Jordan Ewing - Computer Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC

Dr. Paramsothy Jayakumar - Senior Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC

Anush Kasaragod - PhD Student, Geology and Geological Engineering, University of Mississippi

Dr. Thomas Oommen - Chair and Professor, Geology and Geological Engineering, University of Mississippi

Methodology and Process for a Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis (MS&A) - Powered Analytical Wargame

Brandon Hurlburt - Synthetic Wargaming Branch Manager, DCS Corporation

Kindra Bane - Research Analyst , DCS Corporation

Steven Galloway - Chief Modeling and Simulation Office (SAF/SAM), AFRL/RSS SPDE

Daniel Thomson - Aerospace Systems Directorate; Turbine Engine Division, AFRL/RQT

Dr. Nicholas Hanlon - Aerospace Systems Directorate, MS&A Branch, AFRL, RQSA;

Using Artificial Neural Networks for Predicting Vehicle Survivability Within a Virtual Simulation

Dr. Joseph O'Bruba - Data Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC

Lunch

Introduction to the MSPV Afternoon Session

Tim Lee - Vice President, Intelligent Systems Division, DCS Corporation

ProjectGL: A Modular and Extensible Simulation Software Framework for Distributed, Real-Time Ground Vehicle Simulation

Christopher Mikulski - Branch Chief, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC

Thomas Stanko - Technical Specialist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC

Jonathan Joyce - Software Lead, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC

James Barry - Branch Manager, DCS Corporation

David Flores - Software Lead, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC

Jason Hogan - Software Lead, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC

David Miller - Software Lead, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC

…See written paper for full list of authors

Evaluating the Haptic Touchscreen Experience in VR

Fares Al-Shubeilat - Research Assistant, Oakland University

Solaf Athamnah - Research Assistant, Oakland University

Abdel Rahman AlJundi - Research Assistant, Oakland University

Dr. Mark Brudnak - Senior Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC

Ryan Wood - Technical Specialist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC

Dr. Wing Yue Geoffrey Louie - Assistant Professor, Oakland University

Dr. Osamah Rawashdeh - Professor & Chair, Oakland University

Impact of External Audio on Driving Task Performance in Simulated Under Armor Environments

Dr. Lauren Grant - Research Scientist, DCS Corporation

Sumit Shrestha - Data Scientist, DCS Corporation

Dr. Russell Cohen - Hoffing Research Scientist, US DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory

Posture Prediction Data Used for Manikin Placement in ground Vehicle Design

Gale Zielinski - Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC

Frank Huston II - Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC

Dr. Matthew Reed - Research Professor and Head Biosciences Group, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI)

Break

Introduction to the MSPV Final Session

Bryan LaRose - Chief Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC

Fine-Tuning YOLOv8 for Accurate Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Detection with Digital Twin Simulation

Dr. Felipe Mejia - Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Duality AI

Sunil Shah - Machine Learning/Geospatial Information System Engineer, Duality AI

Preston Young - Product Manager, US Army Program Executive Office (PEO) Ground Combat Systems (GCS)

Andrew Brunk - Chief Software Lead, US Army PEO GCS

Developing Digital Twins at the Subsystem Level Using Heterogenous Modeling and Simulation (M&S) for Development and Testing of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) and Autonomous Ground Systems

Dr. Joseph Madak - Computer Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC

Kristen Van Emden - Supervisory General Engineer, Army Test Center (ATC)

Jared Strickland - IT Specialist, ATC

John Whitt - Modeling and Simulation Test Division Chief, ATC

Benjamin Flint - Computer Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM C5ISR Center

Lein Ma - Simulation Team Lead, U.S. Army DEVCOM C5ISR Center

Dr. Joseph McDonnell - Principal Scientist/Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM C5ISR Center

…See written paper for full list of authors

A Framework for Refining Error Metrics in Surrogate Models for Engineering Applications

Evan Taylor - Graduate Research Assistant, Clemson University

Dr. Gregory Mocko - Associate Professor, Clemson University

Edward Louis - Graduate Research Assistant, Clemson University

Validating Modular Applications in the FACE and GCIA Architectures

Dr. Michael Lingg - Principal Research Engineer, Array of Engineers

Howard Paul - Chief Operating Officer, Array of Engineers

Kyle Sullivan - Vice President of Software, Array of Engineers

William VanSolkema - Aerospace Engineer, Array of Engineers

Using Vehicle Kinematics to Enhance Situational Awareness

Dr. Robert Pilgrim - Chief Technical Officer, Bevilacqua Research Corporation

Roy Brown - President/Chief Scientist, Bevilacqua Research Corporation

MSPV Technical Session Conclusion

Dr. Vamshi Korivi - Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC

Networking Reception