Power and Mobility (P&M)
Tuesday, AUGUST 13, 2024
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. |
Opening of GVSETS and the Technical Sessions in Legacy Ballroom, 2nd Floor Jim McManus, GVSETS Chair Valde Garcia, President, NDIA-Michigan Dr. David Gorsich, Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) |
| 8:20 a.m. |
Autonomy Panel: Human-Machine Integrated Formations Moderator: Dr. Robert Sadowski, Chief Roboticist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC COL Ken Bernier, Project Manager, Future Battle Platforms, Program Executive Office Ground Combat Systems (PEO GCS) Kurt Bruck, Vice President, Neya Systems Robert Monto, Director, Advanced Concepts and Critical Technologies, U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) Leland “Kent” Shea, Product Manager, Robotics & Autonomous Systems, PEO CS&CSS Dr. Amber Walker, Senior Vice President, Ground, C2, and Maritime Systems, Parry Labs |
| 9:20 a.m. |
Best Paper Announcement Dr. David Gorsich, Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Dr. Gregg Wildes, Business Development Manager, DornerWorks |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Exhibitor Break |
| 10:05 a.m. |
Welcome to the P&M Tech Session Dr. Joshua Piehl, Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 10:10 a.m. |
Understanding Mobility in the Artic Dr. Sally Shoop, Senior Research Engineer (Ret.), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research & Development Center (ERDC) - Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) Edward Garibay, Doctrine Author - Artic Operations, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Michael Parker, Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers ERDC-CRREL Jason Olivier, Research Physical Scientist, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers ERDC-CRREL |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Impacts of Injection Pressure and Timing on Energy-Assisted Compression-Ignition Combustion with Gaussian-shaped Ribbed Piston Bowl Design Dr. Eri Amezcua, ARL Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin - Madison (UW) Jacob Stafford, Research Assistant, UW Dr. Kenneth Kim, Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Dr. Chol-Bum Kweon, Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM ARL Prof. David Rothamer, Professor, UW |
| 10:50 a.m. |
Evaluation of Jetfire Pre-Chamber Ignition for Lean, DI Homogeneous Charge, Heavy Fueled Combustion and Multi-Fuel Capability Daniel Nicklowitz, Graduate Research Assistant, Michigan State University Dr. Harold Shock, Professor, Michigan State University, Principal Engineer, Mid-Michigan Research Thomas Stuecken, Senior Testing Engineer, Michigan State University Jennifer Higel, Senior Designer, Mid-Michigan Research |
| 11:10 a.m. |
Detecting Damage Using Acoustic Emission During Evaluation of High-Pressure Fuel Pump Durability with Low-Viscosity Fuels Nikhil Murthy, Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM ARL Vincent Coburn, Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM ARL Caleb Matzke, Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM ARL Stephen Berkebile, Research Physicist, U.S. Army DEVCOM ARL |
| 11:30 a.m. |
Extension of Diesel Engine Power Via Electrically Assisted Turbocharger Dr. Sang-Guk Kang, Aerospace Engineer, U.S. Army Research Laboratory Erik Schroen, Aerospace Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM ARL Dr. Jonathan Mattson, Postdoctoral Fellow, U.S. Army DEVCOM ARL Dr. Kenneth Kim, Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM ARL Kyle Hepp, Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM ARL Kurt Kruger, Engineering Technician, U.S. Army DEVCOM ARL Peter Clerkin, Engineering Technician, U.S. Army DEVCOM ARL Dr. Chol-Bum Kweon, Program Manager, U.S. Army DEVCOM ARL Joseph Gibson, Mechanical Engineer, U.S. DEVCOM Army Aviation & Missile Center (AvMC) Rik Meininger, Systems Engineer, U.S. DEVCOM AvMC Marshall Musser, Propulsion Engineer, U.S. Army PEO Aviation |
| 11:50 a.m. |
Lunch |
| 1:05 p.m. |
Introduction to the P&M Afternoon Session Thomas Trzaska, Chief Engineer, RENK America |
| 1:10 p.m. |
Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) Performance Characterization in a Hybrid-Electric Propulsion System Erik Schroen, Aerospace Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM ARL Dr. Constandinos Mitsingas, Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM ARL Dr. Chol-Bum Kweon, Program Manager, U.S. Army DEVCOM ARL |
| 1:30 p.m. |
A Case Study of an Integrated Started Generator Failure and Benefits of Time Domain Torsional Vibration Analysis John Srodawa, Technical Specialist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 1:50 p.m. |
An Analysis of Solar Opportunity Recharging for Electrified Tactical Vehicles Dr. Vikram Mittal, Associate Professor, U.S. Military Academy - West Point CPT Matthew Crocker, Instructor, United States Military Academy - West Point 2LT Luke Revnew, Student, United States Military Academy - West Point 2LT John Muraco, Student, United States Military Academy - West Point 2LT Bridget Konopa, Student, United States Military Academy - West Point 2LT Mark Miller, Student, United States Military Academy - West Point 2LT Logan Mayfield, Student, United States Military Academy - West Point |
| 2:10 p.m. |
A Compact, 100V, 360A Full-Bridge GaN Power Module with Integrated Gate Driver Board Dr. Rayna Alizadeh, Subsection Manager - Electrical Components, GE Aerospace Richard Eddins, Staff Engineer - Customer Applications, GE Aerospace Sam Mahmodicherati, Senior Engineer - Electrical Hardware, GE Aerospace Rick Shiver, Staff Electrical Engineer, GE Aerospace Zoran Mihailovic, Senior Staff Engineer - Electrical Components, GE Aerospace Kevin Sowul, Advanced Lead Engineer - Systems Engineering, GE Aerospace Ramanujam Ramabhadran, Consulting Engineer - Electrical Components, GE Aerospace Aric Haynes, Electrical Power Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 2:30 p.m. |
Exhibitor Break |
| 3:15 p.m. |
Introduction to P&M Final Session Issac Rife, Program Engineering Manager, BAE Systems |
| 3:20 p.m. |
On-Board Fuel Sensing for UAS and Ground Vehicle Applications |
| 3:40 p.m. |
Evaluation of Allison Transmission FuelSense 2.0 for Improved Fuel Economy Steven Zielinski, Technical Specialist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Steven Beiter, Test Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Newly Mach, Defense Product Integrator, Allison Transmission Inc |
| 4:00 p.m. |
From Pitch to Power: Harnessing Domestic Mesophase Pitch for Synthetic Graphite Anodes in Lithium-Ion Batteries Dr. Mark Kujawski, Technical Director, ACP Technologies (ACPT) Chris Boyer, Vice President, ACPT Dr. Igor V. Barsukov, CEO, American Energy Technologies Co. (AETC) Karenna Pletcher, Scientist, AETC Michael Durbin, Scientist, AETC Michaelangelo Monterroso, Scientist, AETC Thomas Wagner, Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Dr. Yi Ding, Research Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC James Mainero, Chemist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Thomas Holcombe, CEO, ACPT |
| 4:20 p.m. |
Isolation Integration into Cold Plate and Thermal Densification of Liquid-Cooled Power Modules Thilo Vethake, Head of Mechanical Design, Trumpf Reza Razavi, Simulation Mechanical Engineer, Trumpf Guido Hodapp, Head of R&D Design, Trumpf TE Craig Denham, Senior Process Engineer, Stellar Ind. David Saums, Principle, DS&A LLC |
| 4:40 p.m. |
Defect-Rich Reduced Graphitic Carbon Nitride as the Sulfur Host Material for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Dr. Aliakbar Yazdani, Postdoctoral Researcher, Central Michigan University (CMU) Dr. Jyoti Pandey, Postdoctoral Researcher, CMU Dr. Mukesh Jakhar, Postdoctoral Researcher, CMU Benjamin R. Seltin, Undergraduate Researcher, CMU Dr. Veronica Barone, Professor of Physics, CMU Dr. Valeri Petkov, Professor of Physics, CMU Dr. Yi Ding, Research Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Dr. Bradley D. Fahlman, Professor of Chemistry, CMU |
| 5:00 p.m. |
P&M Technical Session Conclusion Dr. Joshua Piehl, Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |