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 |