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August 11: Technical Sessions
(AAI) Applied Artificial Intelligence Technical Session
Tuesday, August 11, 2026 | Opal/Garnet, Diamond Center
Tuesday, August 11, 2026 | Opal/Garnet, Diamond Center
| Time | Session / Paper Title | Speaker | Speaker Title / Organization | Technical Papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00 am | Registration | |||
| 8:00 am | Opening of GVSETS and the Technical Sessions in Legacy Ballroom, 2nd Floor | Thom Green | GVSETS Chair, NDIA Michigan Chapter | |
| Scott Davis | NDIA Michigan Chapter President | |||
| Dr. David Gorsich | Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) | |||
| 8:20 am | Panel: How the Army is Transforming Through Integrated Experimentation (Moderator) | COL (Ret.) Fred Dente | Vice President, GS Engineering | |
| Tom Vern | Experimentation Cell Lead, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Andrew Kerbrat | Chief Systems Integration Officer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Brandon Pender | Chief Technology Investment Officer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Bradford Lilly | Chief Technology Officer, VES | |||
| Brant Dayley | Vice President for Commercial, Energy and Manufacturing (CEM) for GM Defense | |||
| 9:20 am | Best Paper Announcement | Dr. David Gorsich | Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| Dr. Gregg Wildes | Defense and Aerospace Executive, DDC-I Inc. | |||
| 9:30 am | Exhibitor Break (10:15 - 5:15 pm — Attendees will split up between the 8 different sessions) | |||
| 10:15 am | Welcome to the Applied Artificial Intelligence Tech Session | Erik Kallio | Digital Transformation Lead, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| 10:20 am | Deep Learning-Based Rotor Temperature Estimation for Rare-Earth-Free Motors | Dr. Farzaneh Tatari | Senior Controls Engineer, Drive System Design Inc. | |
| Mohsen Mirza Aligoudarzi | Director of Engineering - Controls Systems, Drive System Design Inc. | |||
| 10:40 am | Beyond Detection: Zero-Shot UAS Payload Identification, Passive Ranging, and Pose Estimation | Dr. Gregory Matousek | Machine Learning Engineer, CoVar, LLC | |
| Nathan Varberg | Machine Learning Engineer, CoVar, LLC | |||
| Dr. Pete Torrione | Chief Technology Officer, CoVar, LLC | |||
| Dr. Namdi Brandon | Machine Learning Engineer, CoVar, LLC | |||
| Dr. Matt Inkawhich | Machine Learning Engineer, CoVar | |||
| Dr. Joe Camilo | Technology Director, CoVar, LLC | |||
| 11:00 am | Change Detection Filtering with Visual Language Models | Dr. Eric Martinson | Professor of Computer Science, Lawrence Technological University | |
| Igri Fishta | Researcher, Lawrence Technological University | |||
| 11:20 am | Terrain-Aware Probabilistic Prediction of Suspension Component Forces in Unmanned Ground Vehicles | Yang Kang Chua | Doctoral Student, School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Connecticut | |
| Mohammad Mundiwala | Doctoral Student, School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Connecticut | |||
| Dr. Xudong Wang | Research Fellow, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Michigan - Dearborn | |||
| Dr. Matthew Castanier | Research Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Dr. Zhen Hu | Associate Professor, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Michigan - Dearborn | |||
| Dr. Chao Hu | Aerospace Professor, School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Connecticut | |||
| 11:40 am | Beyond Simulation: AI's Role in Future Crash Studies | Dr. Martin Husek | Principal Engineer, Ansys Inc. | |
| Dr. Srikant Adya | Senior Staff Engineer, Ansys Inc. | |||
| Dr. Celalettin Karadogan | Senior Staff Engineer, DYNAmore GmbH | |||
| Shyam Vasu | Staff Engineer, DYNAmore GmbH | |||
| Dr. Nikolay Lazarov | Principal Engineer, DYNAmore GmbH | |||
| Dr. Andre Haufe | Director, DYNAmore GmbH | |||
| 12:00 pm | Lunch + Outdoor Tech Demo: American Rheinmetall's Ox/GOAT & MMETT UGVs | Adam Horton | Director of Business Development, American Rheinmetall | |
| McKayla Marcola | Program Manager, American Rheinmetall | |||
| Anthony Plana | Senior Mechanical Engineer, American Rheinmetall | |||
| 1:15 pm | Introduction to the AAI Afternoon Session | Erik Kallio | Digital Transformation Lead, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| 1:20 pm | View Translation: Geometry-Guided Latent Diffusion for Cross-View Image Synthesis on Ground Vehicles | Omkar Mayekar | Graduate Research Assistant, Clemson University | |
| Dr. Mary Aiyetigbo | Graduate Research Assistant, Clemson University | |||
| Dr. Ameya Salvi | Graduate Research Assistant, Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) | |||
| Dr. Tanmay Samak | Graduate Research Assistant, CU-ICAR | |||
| Dr. Chinmay Samak | Graduate Research Assistant, CU-ICAR | |||
| Brendan Desjardins | Undergraduate Research Assistant, Clemson University | |||
| Dr. Jonathon Smereka | Senior Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Dr. Mark Brudnak | Senior Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Dr. Venkat Krovi | Professor of Vehicle Automation, CU-ICAR | |||
| Dr. Feng Luo | Professor, Clemson University | |||
| Dr. Nianyi Li | Assistant Professor, Clemson University | |||
| 1:40 pm | Scene-Level Multi-View Instance Consistency Using Multi-Feature Vision Fusion for Synthetic Ground Vehicle Environments | Dr. Sambit Bhattacharya | Professor, Fayetteville State University | |
| Dr. Kyle Nakamoto | Senior AI Researcher, Booz Allen Hamilton | |||
| 2:00 pm | AI-Driven Predictive Sonification for Human-on-the-Loop Ground Vehicle Autonomy | Zachary Plotzke | Director of Autonomy, Detroit Defense | |
| Dr. Alireza Mohammadi | Associate Professor, University of Michigan - Dearborn | |||
| Dr. Calvin Cheung | Technical Specialist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| 2:20 pm | Shrike Nano: On-Body AI-Enabled Digital Fires from Unmanned Aircraft Feeds | Gregory Tozzi | Lead Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Engineer, Booz Allen Hamilton | |
| Ali Baharanyi | Chief Warrant Officer 2, U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Artificial Intelligence Integration Center (AI2C) | |||
| 2:40 pm | Break + Outdoor Tech Demo: Dataspeed's TWEEDLE UGV | Dr. Pavan Vempaty | Principal Scientist, Dataspeed | |
| Dr. Micho Radovnikovich | Lead Algorithm Developer, Dataspeed | |||
| Chris Varlamos | Business Development, Dataspeed | |||
| Shannon Barber | Software Architect, Dataspeed | |||
| Paul Fleck | Founder and CEO, Dataspeed | |||
| 3:25 pm | Introduction to the AAI Final Session | Erik Kallio | Digital Transformation Lead, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| 3:30 pm | Human Digital Twin Architecture for Ground Vehicle Scenario Integration | Martin McCarthy | Graduate Research Assistant, University of Central Florida | |
| Abdul Mannan Mohammed | Graduate Research Assistant, University of Central Florida | |||
| Reese Gallagher | Graduate Research Assistant, University of Central Florida | |||
| Carsten Neumann | Research Associate, University of Central Florida | |||
| Dr. Gerd Bruder | Associate Professor, University of Central Florida | |||
| Dr. Dirk Reiners | Associate Professor, University of Central Florida | |||
| Dr. Carolina Cruz-Neira | Agere Chair Professor, University of Central Florida | |||
| Victor Paul | Technical Expert, Immersive Simulation, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| 3:50 pm | Adaptive Adversarial Autonomy: Scaling Stackelberg Equilibria to Continuous Ground Combat Domains via Latent-Context Hypernetworks | Dr. Bulent Soykan | Associate Scientist, University of Toledo | |
| Dr. Ghaith Rabadi | Professor, University of Central Florida | |||
| Dr. Grace Bochenek | Vice President for Research, University of Toledo | |||
| Victor Paul | Technical Expert, Immersive Simulation, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| 4:10 pm | AAI Technical Session Conclusion | Erik Kallio | Digital Transformation Lead, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| 5:15 pm | Outdoor Networking Reception: GVSETS Games at Olympia | |||
| 5:30 pm | Outdoor Networking Reception: UGV "Chariot" Race Time Trials | Adam Horton | Outdoor Tech Demo: American Rheinmetall's Ox/GOAT UGV | |
| Dr. Pavan Vempaty | Outdoor Tech Demo: Dataspeed's TWEEDLE UGV | |||
| Dr. Forrest Johnson | Outdoor Tech Demo: Applied Research Associates (ARA)'s Switchback-A UGV | |||
| 5:45 pm | Outdoor Networking Reception: Best UGV Tech Demo Award | Alexander Karpinski | Race Winner Announced |
(A&R) Autonomy & Robotics Technical Session
Tuesday, August 11, 2026 | Sapphire/Ruby, Diamond Center
Tuesday, August 11, 2026 | Sapphire/Ruby, Diamond Center
| Time | Session / Paper Title | Speaker | Speaker Title / Organization | Technical Papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00 am | Registration | |||
| 8:00 am | Opening of GVSETS and the Technical Sessions in Legacy Ballroom, 2nd Floor | Thom Green | GVSETS Chair, NDIA Michigan Chapter | |
| Scott Davis | NDIA Michigan Chapter President | |||
| Dr. David Gorsich | Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) | |||
| 8:20 am | Panel: How the Army is Transforming Through Integrated Experimentation (Moderator) | COL (Ret.) Fred Dente | Vice President, GS Engineering | |
| Tom Vern | Experimentation Cell Lead, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Andrew Kerbrat | Chief Systems Integration Officer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Brandon Pender | Chief Technology Investment Officer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Bradford Lilly | Chief Technology Officer, VES | |||
| Brant Dayley | Vice President for Commercial, Energy and Manufacturing (CEM) for GM Defense | |||
| 9:20 am | Best Paper Announcement | Dr. David Gorsich | Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) | |
| Dr. Gregg Wildes | Defense and Aerospace Executive, DDC-I Inc. | |||
| 9:30 am | Exhibitor Break (10:15 - 5:15 pm — Attendees will split up between the 8 different sessions) | |||
| 10:15 am | Welcome to the Autonomy & Robotics Tech Session | Dr. Oleg Sapunkov | Mechanical Engineer, Historian, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| 10:20 am | Invited Talk: Capability Program Exectuive (CPE) Mission Autonomy Update | Michael Rose | Chief Technology Officer (CTO), U.S. Army Capability Program Executive (CPE), Mission Autonomy | |
| 10:40 am | Cooperative Object Tracking for Improved World Modeling in Multi-Agent Systems | William Kennedy | Research Engineer, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) | |
| Nicholas Alton | Senior Research Engineer, SwRI | |||
| 11:00 am | Bullfrog: AI Powered Counter Unmanned Aerial System | Jason Cunningham | Director of Innovation, Allen Control Systems | |
| Dr. Eric Martinson | Associate Professor, Lawrence Technological University | |||
| 11:20 am | Clemson Off-Road Dataset (CORD): a Multimodal Benchmark for Autonomy Beyond the Flat-World | Dr. Yunyi Jia | McQueen Quattlebaum Professor, Clemson University | |
| Ashish Patil | Graduate Research Assistant, Clemson University | |||
| Prakhar Gupta | Graduate Research Assistant, Clemson University | |||
| Mayuresh Bhosale | Graduate Research Assistant, Clemson University | |||
| Arthur Mukwaya | Graduate Research Assistant, South Carolina State University | |||
| Akinbobola Jegede | Graduate Research Assistant, South Carolina State University | |||
| Dr. Dariusz Mikulski | Lead Research Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Dr. Judith Mwakalonge | Professor, South Carolina State University | |||
| 11:40 am | HybridNav: A Hybrid Approach to Zero-Shot Object Detection with Adaptive Exploration for Autonomous Reconnaissance | Hemanth Indurthi | AI Engineer, Lawrence Technological University | |
| Alex Clark | Head of Innovation, Allen Control Systems | |||
| 12:00 pm | Lunch + Outdoor Tech Demo: American Rheinmetall's Ox/GOAT & MMETT UGVs | Adam Horton | Director of Business Development, American Rheinmetall | |
| McKayla Marcola | Program Manager, American Rheinmetall | |||
| Anthony Plana | Senior Mechanical Engineer, American Rheinmetall | |||
| 1:15 pm | Introduction to the AR Afternoon Session | Dr. Oleg Sapunkov | Mechanical Engineer, Historian, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| 1:20 pm | Development of a UAV Platform for Remote Inspection and Visualization | Yeen Lee | Student Researcher, Lawrence Technological University | |
| Sean Bainard | Student Researcher, Lawrence Technological University | |||
| Michael Shaugnessy | Adjunct Professor, Lawrence Technological University | |||
| Matt Bolger | Student Researcher, Lawrence Technological University | |||
| R. Tucker Koepp | Student Researcher, Lawrence Technological University | |||
| Dr. Roya Salehzadeh | Assistant Professor, Lawrence Technological University | |||
| Dr. Stephen Mallory | Assistant Professor, Lawrence Technological University | |||
| Dr. James Mynderse | Professor, Lawrence Technological University | |||
| Pedro Guillen | Chief Operating Officer, Centrepolis Accelerator | |||
| Dr. Margarita Hernandez | Expert in Residence, Centrepolis Accelerator | |||
| 1:40 pm | Design and Testing of a Low-Cost Intelligent Emergency Stop System for Autonomous Ground Vehicles: Trajectory Optimization, Path Tracking, and Embedded Implementation | Kyle Thompson | Graduate Research Assistant, Auburn University | |
| Dr. David Bevly | Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University | |||
| 2:00 pm | Stuck-Assist: a Large Multimodal Model-Based Stuck Recovery Assist for Driving on Off-Road Deformable Terrains | Dr. Yunyi Jia | McQueen Quattlebaum Professor, Clemson University | |
| Mayuresh Bhosale | Graduate Research Assistant, Clemson University | |||
| Dr. Jordan A. Whitson | Dynamics, Mobility Modeling Simulation Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Dr. Ardalan Vahidi | Professor, Clemson University | |||
| 2:20 pm | The Impact of Observability Constraints on the Planning for Employment of Robotic and Autonomous Systems | Michael Spratley | Senior Research Engineer, Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) | |
| 2:40 pm | Break + Outdoor Tech Demo: Dataspeed's TWEEDLE UGV | Dr. Pavan Vempaty | Principal Scientist, Dataspeed | |
| Dr. Micho Radovnikovich | Lead Algorithm Developer, Dataspeed | |||
| Chris Varlamos | Business Development, Dataspeed | |||
| Shannon Barber | Software Architect, Dataspeed | |||
| Paul Fleck | Founder and CEO, Dataspeed | |||
| 3:30 pm | Perspectives On Augmented Cognition Implementation In Military Ground Vehicle Crew Stations | Dr. Oleg Sapunkov | Mechanical Engineer, Historian, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| Dr. Kayla Riegner | Research Specialist, Robotic Human Machine Interaction, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Christopher Mikulski | Human Factors Research Lead for Immersive Simulation, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| 3:50 pm | Invited Talk: Event Camera On-Board Field Testing | David Pirozzo | Robotics Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| 4:10 pm | Invited Talk: Systems Level Robotic Integration Challenges | Eduardo Cerame | Robotics Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| 4:30 pm | Invited Talk: Autonomous Robotic Missions in Complex Environments | Dr. Stuart Young | Senior Director, FieldAI | |
| 5:10 pm | AR Technical Session Conclusion | Dr. Oleg Sapunkov | Mechanical Engineer, Historian, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| 5:15 pm | Outdoor Networking Reception: GVSETS Games at Olympia | |||
| 5:30 pm | Outdoor Networking Reception: UGV "Chariot" Race Time Trials | Adam Horton | Outdoor Tech Demo: American Rheinmetall's Ox/GOAT UGV | |
| Dr. Pavan Vempaty | Outdoor Tech Demo: Dataspeed's TWEEDLE UGV | |||
| Dr. Forrest Johnson | Outdoor Tech Demo: Applied Research Associates (ARA)'s Switchback-A UGV | |||
| 5:45 pm | Outdoor Networking Reception: Best UGV Tech Demo Award | Alexander Karpinski | Race Winner Announced |
Cybersecurity Technical Session
Tuesday, August 11, 2026 | Legacy I & II
Tuesday, August 11, 2026 | Legacy I & II
| Time | Session / Paper Title | Speaker | Speaker Title / Organization | Technical Papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00 am | Registration | |||
| 8:00 am | Opening of GVSETS and the Technical Sessions in Legacy Ballroom, 2nd Floor | Thom Green | GVSETS Chair, NDIA Michigan Chapter | |
| Scott Davis | NDIA Michigan Chapter President | |||
| Dr. David Gorsich | Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) | |||
| 8:20 am | Panel: How the Army is Transforming Through Integrated Experimentation (Moderator) | COL (Ret.) Fred Dente | Vice President, GS Engineering | |
| Tom Vern | Experimentation Cell Lead, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Andrew Kerbrat | Chief Systems Integration Officer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Brandon Pender | Chief Technology Investment Officer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Bradford Lilly | Chief Technology Officer, VES | |||
| Brant Dayley | Vice President for Commercial, Energy and Manufacturing (CEM) for GM Defense | |||
| 9:20 am | Best Paper Announcement | Dr. David Gorsich | Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) | |
| Dr. Gregg Wildes | Defense and Aerospace Executive, DDC-I Inc. | |||
| 9:30 am | Exhibitor Break (10:15 - 5:15 pm — Attendees will split up between the 8 different sessions) | |||
| 10:15 am | Welcome to the Open Session - Cyber Tech Session | Alexander Karpinski | Computer Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| 10:20 am | Evaluating the Robustness of Segmentation Models Against Adversarial Patches in Off-Road Environments | Christopher Salas | Graduate Research Assistant, Clemson University | Technical Paper |
| Dr. Mert Pesé | Assistant Professor, Clemson University | |||
| Dr. Bing Li | Associate Professor, Clemson University | |||
| Dr. Jonathon Smereka | Research Senior Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Dr. Long Cheng | Associate Professor, Clemson University | |||
| 10:40 am | Patching an Engine Control Module to Enhance Security | Dr. Jeremy Daily | Professor of Systems Engineering, Colorado State University | Technical Paper |
| Spencer Beer | Graduate Research Assistant, Colorado State University | |||
| Jake Jepson | Researcher, Red Balloon Security | |||
| Dr. Aleksey Nogin | Head of Research, Red Balloon Security | |||
| 11:00 am | Golden Tester Framework for SAE J1939-91C Cybersecurity | Mark Zachos | President, DG Technologies | Technical Paper |
| Dr. Prakash Kulkarni | Director, DG Technologies | |||
| 11:20 am | Invited Talk: Cyber Resilient by Design - Embedding Formal Verification in a User Friendly MBSE Tool | Robert VanVossen | seL4 Technical Lead, DornerWorks | |
| 11:40 am | Counterfeit Avoidance and Quality Assurance: Supply Chain Screening of COTS Microelectronics in Tactical Systems | Dr. Carlos Aguayo Gonzalez | Chief Technology Officer, PFP Cybersecurity | Technical Paper |
| Ken Roberson | Senior Business Development Manager, NCS Technologies | |||
| 12:00 pm | Lunch + Outdoor Tech Demo: American Rheinmetall's Ox/GOAT & MMETT UGVs | Adam Horton | Director of Business Development, American Rheinmetall | |
| McKayla Marcola | Program Manager, American Rheinmetall | |||
| Anthony Plana | Senior Mechanical Engineer, American Rheinmetall | |||
| 2:40 pm | Break + Outdoor Tech Demo: Dataspeed's TWEEDLE UGV | Dr. Pavan Vempaty | Principal Scientist, Dataspeed | |
| Dr. Micho Radovnikovich | Lead Algorithm Developer, Dataspeed | |||
| Chris Varlamos | Business Development, Dataspeed | |||
| Shannon Barber | Software Architect, Dataspeed | |||
| Paul Fleck | Founder and CEO, Dataspeed | |||
| 5:15 pm | Outdoor Networking Reception: GVSETS Games at Olympia | |||
| 5:30 pm | Outdoor Networking Reception: UGV "Chariot" Race Time Trials | Adam Horton | Outdoor Tech Demo: American Rheinmetall's Ox/GOAT UGV | |
| Dr. Pavan Vempaty | Outdoor Tech Demo: Dataspeed's TWEEDLE UGV | |||
| Dr. Forrest Johnson | Outdoor Tech Demo: Applied Research Associates (ARA)'s Switchback-A UGV | |||
| 5:45 pm | Outdoor Networking Reception: Best UGV Tech Demo Award | Alexander Karpinski | Race Winner Announced |
(DE/SE) Digital Engineering/Systems Engineering Technical Session
Tuesday, August 11, 2026 | Cornerstone III & IV
Tuesday, August 11, 2026 | Cornerstone III & IV
| Time | Session / Paper Title | Speaker | Speaker Title / Organization | Technical Papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00 am | Registration | |||
| 8:00 am | Opening of GVSETS and the Technical Sessions in Legacy Ballroom, 2nd Floor | Thom Green | GVSETS Chair, NDIA Michigan Chapter | |
| Scott Davis | NDIA Michigan Chapter President | |||
| Dr. David Gorsich | U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) | |||
| 8:20 am | Panel: How the Army is Transforming Through Integrated Experimentation (Moderator) | COL (Ret.) Fred Dente | Vice President, GS Engineering | |
| Tom Vern | Experimentation Cell Lead, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Andrew Kerbrat | Chief Systems Integration Officer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Brandon Pender | Chief Technology Investment Officer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Bradford Lilly | Chief Technology Officer, VES | |||
| Brant Dayley | Vice President for Commercial, Energy and Manufacturing (CEM) for GM Defense | |||
| 9:20 am | Best Paper Announcement | Dr. David Gorsich | Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| Dr. Gregg Wildes | Defense and Aerospace Executive, DDC-I Inc. | |||
| 9:30 am | Exhibitor Break (10:15 - 5:15 pm - Attendees will split up between the 8 different sessions) | |||
| 10:15 am | Welcome to the Digital Engineering/Systems Engineering Tech Session | Eric Alexander | Solutions Architect, Arcfield | |
| 10:20 am | Panel: The Digital Engineering Warfighting Imperative: Balancing Speed with Rigor for High Performance, Complex, and Adaptable Systems (Moderator) | Eric Alexander | Solutions Architect, Arcfield | |
| LTC (Ret) Dave Chudy | Principal Research Engineer, Georgia Tech Research Institute | |||
| Steve Dawson | Executive Systems Engineer, U.S. Army Capability Program Executive (CPE) Ground Combat Platforms | |||
| Mark Trammell | Senior Director Customer Engagements, eQ Technologic, Inc. | |||
| Tony Davenport | Regional Director, Ansys Government Initiatives | |||
| Troy Peterson | Vice President, Systems Strategy, Inc | |||
| 11:20 am | AI-Powered Safety Intelligence as a Decision Enabler for Ground Vehicle MBSE: the Digital Safety Twin Approach | Michael Wagner | Chief Safety Office, Edge Case Research | |
| Nelson Santini | Senior Vice President, Growth and Business Development, Edge Case Research | |||
| Anoop Balakrishnan | Senior Vice President, Product and Platform Engineering, Edge Case Research | |||
| 11:40 am | An AI-ready Decision Digital Thread Schema for Digital Engineering | Dr. Ratna Chinnam | Chief Executive Officer, DAOSoft Corporation | |
| Dr. Alper Murat | Chief Technology Officer, DAOSoft Corporation | |||
| Dr. Satyendra Rana | Chief Strategy Officer, DAOSoft Corporation | |||
| Dr. Stephen Rapp | Technical Specialist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Dr. Joseph O'Bruba | Data Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Michael McGregor | Brand Chief, U.S. Army Portfolio Acquisistion Exective (PAE) Fires | |||
| James Bechtel | Chief Systems Engineer, U.S. Army PAE Maneuver Ground | |||
| Laura Costa | Operations Research Analyst, U.S. Army, Maneuver Future Capability Directorate (FCD) | |||
| 12:00 pm | Lunch + Outdoor Tech Demo: American Rheinmetall's Ox/GOAT & MMETT UGVs | Adam Horton | Director of Business Development, American Rheinmetall | |
| McKayla Marcola | Program Manager, American Rheinmetall | |||
| Anthony Plana | Senior Mechanical Engineer, American Rheinmetall | |||
| 1:15 pm | Introduction to the Digital Engineering/Systems Engineering Afternoon Session | Bill Berklich | Technical Specialist Digital Engineering, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| 1:20 pm | Model-Based Product Line Trade Studies with Power BI Visualization | Gary Kliczinski | Principle Model-Based Systems Engineer, Strategic Technology Consulting LLC | |
| Ryan Pykor | Senior Principle Model-Based Systems Engineer, Strategic Technology Consulting LLC | |||
| 1:40 pm | Decision Engineering: Applying Lean Procution Principles to the Lifecycle Decision Factory | Eric Alexander | Solutions Architect, Arcfield | |
| Louis Berklich | Technical Specialist Digital Engineering, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| 2:00 pm | A Model-Based Method for MOSA-Constrained, VICTORY-Informed E/E Architecture Trade Studies | Tony Anderson | Senior Project Engineer, Vector North America Inc | |
| 2:20 pm | An Agentic AI Vision for Combat Vehicle Architecture Model | Dr. Macam Dattathreya | Senior Scientific Technical Manager, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| Gregory Pappas | Program Manager, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Brent Figg | Principal Systems Engineer, Wayne State University | |||
| Dr. Stephen Rapp | Technical Specialist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| 2:40 pm | Break + Outdoor Tech Demo: Dataspeed's TWEEDLE UGV | Dr. Pavan Vempaty | Principal Scientist, Dataspeed | |
| Dr. Micho Radovnikovich | Lead Algorithm Developer, Dataspeed | |||
| Chris Varlamos | Business Development, Dataspeed | |||
| Shannon Barber | Software Architect, Dataspeed | |||
| Paul Fleck | Founder and CEO, Dataspeed | |||
| 3:25 pm | Introduction to the Digital Engineering/Systems Engineering Final Session | Eric Alexander | Solutions Architect, Arcfield | |
| 3:30 pm | A Method for Evaluating System Robustness in Stochastic, High-dimensional, Multi-failure Mode Models | Dr. Greg Mocko | Associate Professor, Deep Orange Program Director, Clemson University | |
| Dr. Edward Louis | Postdoctoral Researcher, Clemson University | |||
| Evan Taylor | Graduate Research Assistant, Clemson University | |||
| 3:50 pm | CI/CD for Mission-Critical Systems: A Framework for Any Level of Rigor | Dr. Michael Lingg | Principal Research Engineer, Array of Engineers LLC | |
| Howard Paul | Chief Operating Officer, Array of Engineers LLC | |||
| Brian Schulte | Vice President of Technology and Security, Array of Engineers | |||
| Robert Wilkinson | Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| 4:10 pm | Designing a Digital Twin-Enabled Requirement Verification Workflow Within an MBSE Framework | Omar Zeki | Graduate Research Assistant, George Mason University | |
| Dr. Farid Sahebsara | Post Doctoral Research Fellow, George Mason University | |||
| Dr. Mohammadreza Torkjazi | Post Doctoral Research Fellow, George Mason University | |||
| Dr. Michael Hieb | Research Associate Professor, George Mason University | |||
| Dr. Ali Raz | Assistant Professor, George Mason University | |||
| 4:30 pm | Efficient Integrated Reliability and Maintainability in the Digital Engineering Environment as Part of the Army Transformation Environment | John Bieda | RAM Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| Jason Gargrave | RAM Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Michael Damiani | RAM Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Kasey Marlowe | Specialist Master, Deloitte | |||
| Sean McGuinness | Senior Consultant, Deloitte | |||
| 4:50 pm | Simulating Cryptographic Primitives in Model Based Systems Engineering Projects | Maria DiValentin | Systems Enigneer, Colorado State University | |
| Dr. Jeremy Daily | Professor, Colordado State University | |||
| 5:10 pm | Digital Engineering/Systems Engineering Technical Session Conclusion | Stephen Schultz | Associate Director, Systems Engineering Directorate, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| 5:15 pm | Outdoor Networking Reception: GVSETS Games at Olympia | |||
| 5:30 pm | Outdoor Networking Reception: UGV "Chariot" Race Time Trials | Adam Horton | Outdoor Tech Demo: American Rheinmetall's Ox/GOAT UGV | |
| Dr. Pavan Vempaty | Outdoor Tech Demo: Dataspeed's TWEEDLE UGV | |||
| Dr. Forrest Johnson | Outdoor Tech Demo: Applied Research Associates (ARA)'s Switchback-A UGV | |||
| 5:45 pm | Outdoor Networking Reception: Best UGV Tech Demo Award | Alexander Karpinski | Race Winner Announced |
(MSPV) Modeling, Simulation, Prototyping and Validation Technical Session
Tuesday, August 11, 2026 | Cornerstone
Tuesday, August 11, 2026 | Cornerstone
| Time | Session / Paper Title | Speaker | Speaker Title / Organization | Technical Papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00 am | Registration | |||
| 8:00 am | Opening of GVSETS and the Technical Sessions in Legacy Ballroom, 2nd Floor | Thom Green | GVSETS Chair, NDIA Michigan Chapter | |
| Scott Davis | NDIA Michigan Chapter President | |||
| Dr. David Gorsich | U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) | |||
| 8:20 am | Panel: How the Army is Transforming Through Integrated Experimentation (Moderator) | COL (Ret.) Fred Dente | Vice President, GS Engineering | |
| Tom Vern | Experimentation Cell Lead, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Andrew Kerbrat | Chief Systems Integration Officer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Brandon Pender | Chief Technology Investment Officer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Bradford Lilly | Chief Technology Officer, VES | |||
| Brant Dayley | Vice President for Commercial, Energy and Manufacturing (CEM) for GM Defense | |||
| 9:20 am | Best Paper Announcement | Dr. David Gorsich | Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| Dr. Gregg Wildes | Defense and Aerospace Executive, DDC-I Inc. | |||
| 9:30 am | Exhibitor Break (10:15 - 5:15 pm — Attendees will split up between the 8 different sessions) | |||
| 10:15 am | Welcome to the MSPV Tech Session | Dr. Mark Brudnak | Senior Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC (Co-Chair) | |
| 10:20 am | Physics-Constrained Procedural Generation of Synthetic Environments for the Robust Validation of Autonomous Maneuver and Logistics | Dr. Bulent Soykan | Research Professor, University of Toledo | |
| Dr. Ghaith Rabadi | Professor, University of Central Florida | |||
| Dr. Grace Bochenek | Vice President for Research, University of Toledo | |||
| Victor Paul | Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| 10:40 am | Multimodal Digital-Twin Simulations for Off-Road Autonomous Vehicles | Timothy Ross | Research Assistant, Clemson University | |
| Julia Boone | Graduate Research Assistant, Clemson University | |||
| Dr. Fatemeh Afghah | Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson University | |||
| 11:00 am | Intelligent Optimization Simulation Framework for Test and Evaluation of Autonomous Systems | Dr. Alberico Menozzi | Principal Research Scientist, Novus LLC | |
| Dr. Stephen Snarski | Technical Fellow, Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. | |||
| Brandon Persons | Robotics Engineer, Persons Industries | |||
| David Lazar | Senior Principal Engineer, Modern Technology Solutions Inc | |||
| Noel Khan | Senior AI/SW Engineer, Eight Queens | |||
| 11:20 am | Parametric Screening of Hybrid Powertrain Architectures for High-Energy Laser Vehicles: Application to Foxhound and Boxer | Wiktor Dotter | CEO & Founder, Powersize Technologies Ltd | |
| Rupert Tull de Salis | Researcher, ZeBeyond, Ltd. | |||
| 11:40 am | Motion Approach for Turret System Physical Simulation | Victor Paul | Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| Andrew Hoelscher | General Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Ahmed Tiguert | Electrical Engineer, DCS Corporation | |||
| Harry Zywiol, Jr. | Electrical Engineer, DCS Corporation | |||
| 12:00 pm | Lunch + Outdoor Tech Demo: American Rheinmetall's Ox/GOAT & MMETT UGVs | Adam Horton | Director of Business Development, American Rheinmetall | |
| McKayla Marcola | Program Manager, American Rheinmetall | |||
| Anthony Plana | Senior Mechanical Engineer, American Rheinmetall | |||
| 1:15 pm | Introduction to the MSPV Afternoon Session | Timothy Lee | Vice President, Intelligent Systems Division, DCS Corporation (Co-Chair) | |
| 1:20 pm | Panel: AI Enabled M&S (Moderator) | Dr. Joseph O'Bruba | Data Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| Gerald Byrd | Digital Engineering Architect, U.S. Army Capability Program Executive (CPE) Ground - Combat Platforms | |||
| Ricardo J. Escobar | Chief Engineer for Embedded Training, CPE Simulation, Training, Test, & Threat (ST3) | |||
| Tim Palmer | Chief Engineer of the Systems, Analysis and Simulation (SAS) Group, Torch Technologies | |||
| Greg Harte | Senior Principal Consultant-Simulation & AI, Siemens Digital Industries Software | |||
| Craig Makens | Vice President Business Development and Partnerships, ThermoAnalytics, Inc. | |||
| Dr. Dan Negrut | Bernard A. and Frances M. Weideman Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Wisconsin - Madison | |||
| 2:00 pm | Integrating MBSE with High-Fidelity Crash Simulation | Patrick Rye | Doctoral Candidate, Colorado State University / Propulsion Virtual Performance Integration Manager, General Motors | |
| 2:20 pm | Pitfalls in High Stakes Environmental Chamber Testing For Transparent Armor | Brendon Busch | BS/MS Engineering Student, Rochester Institute of Technology | |
| Christopher Key | Senior Principal Engineer, Applied Physical Sciences | |||
| Matthew Magner | GVSP Technical Specialist for Transparent Armor, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Kevin Brown | Senior Survivability Engineer, SURVICE Engineering | |||
| Dr. Marriner Merrill | Associate Professor, RIT National Technical Institute for the Deaf | |||
| 2:40 pm | Break + Outdoor Tech Demo: Dataspeed's TWEEDLE UGV | Dr. Pavan Vempaty | Principal Scientist, Dataspeed | |
| Dr. Micho Radovnikovich | Lead Algorithm Developer, Dataspeed | |||
| Chris Varlamos | Business Development, Dataspeed | |||
| Shannon Barber | Software Architect, Dataspeed | |||
| Paul Fleck | Founder and CEO, Dataspeed | |||
| 3:25 pm | Introduction to the MSPV Final Session | Dr. Vamshi Korivi | Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| 3:30 pm | The Cost of Disruption: Analyzing the Impact of New Tasks on Time-Evolving Cognitive Activity | Dr. Stephen Gordon | Operations Manager, DCS Corporation | |
| Dr. Jonathan Touryan | Branch Chief and Senior Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory | |||
| 3:50 pm | Crew Optimization and Augmentation Technologies (COAT) Soldier Touch Point 5 (STP5) Field Experiment | Ryan Wood | Technical Specialist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| Rachel Anderson | Human Factors Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Andrew Hoelscher | Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Jeffrey Schultz | Lead Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Victor Paul | Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Dr. Alexander Reid | Human Factors Engineer, DCS Corporation | |||
| Steven Ratka | Branch Chief, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Dr. Kaitlyn Roose | Human Factors Engineer, DCS Corporation | |||
| Dr. Lauren Grant | Data Scientist, DCS Corporation | |||
| Sumit Shrestha | Data Scientist, DCS Corporation | |||
| 4:10 pm | Comparative Evaluation of CAD Systems as Engineering Design Architectures | Katelynn Hughes | Graduate Research Assistant, Clemson University | |
| Emily Petty | Graduate Research Assistant, Clemson University | |||
| Dr. Gregory Mocko | Associate Professor, Clemson University | |||
| 4:30 pm | Streamlined Model Composition for OneSAF Use in Rapid Trade Study Data Collection and Analysis | Maxwell Jorgensen | Software Design Engineer, Torch Technologies | |
| Dr. Oleg Sapunkov | Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Bradshaw Roberts | Software Design Engineer, Torch Technologies | |||
| 4:50 pm | Atomistic Molecular Dynamics Study of Linear and Branched Imidazole-Functionalized Polymers | Sujith Ganta | Graduate Student, Central Michigan University (CMU) | |
| Twaha Alim | Research Student, CMU | |||
| Dr. Leela Rakesh | Professor of Mathematics, CMU | |||
| Dr. Anja Mueller | Professor of Chemistry, CMU | |||
| Dr. Axel Mellinger | Professor of Physics, CMU | |||
| Dr. Theodore Burye | Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Subject Matter Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Dr. Talia Sebastian | Deputy Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| 5:10 pm | MSPV Technical Session Conclusion | Dr. Mark Brudnak | Senior Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| 5:15 pm | Outdoor Networking Reception: GVSETS Games at Olympia | |||
| 5:30 pm | Outdoor Networking Reception: UGV "Chariot" Race Time Trials | Adam Horton | Outdoor Tech Demo: American Rheinmetall's Ox/GOAT UGV | |
| Dr. Pavan Vempaty | Outdoor Tech Demo: Dataspeed's TWEEDLE UGV | |||
| Dr. Forrest Johnson | Outdoor Tech Demo: Applied Research Associates (ARA)'s Switchback-A UGV | |||
| 5:45 pm | Outdoor Networking Reception: Best UGV Tech Demo Award | Alexander Karpinski | Race Winner Announced |
(MOSA) Modular Open Systems Approach Technical Session
Tuesday, August 11, 2026 | Cornerstone II
Tuesday, August 11, 2026 | Cornerstone II
| Time | Session / Paper Title | Speaker | Speaker Title / Organization | Technical Papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00 am | Registration | |||
| 8:00 am | Opening of GVSETS and the Technical Sessions in Legacy Ballroom, 2nd Floor | Thom Green | GVSETS Chair, NDIA Michigan Chapter | |
| Scott Davis | NDIA Michigan Chapter President | |||
| Dr. David Gorsich | Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| 8:20 am | Panel: How the Army is Transforming Through Integrated Experimentation (Moderator) | COL (Ret.) Fred Dente | Vice President, GS Engineering | |
| Tom Vern | Experimentation Cell Lead, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Andrew Kerbrat | Chief Systems Integration Officer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Brandon Pender | Chief Technology Investment Officer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Bradford Lilly | Chief Technology Officer, VES | |||
| Brant Dayley | Vice President for Commercial, Energy and Manufacturing (CEM) for GM Defense | |||
| 9:20 am | Best Paper Announcement | Dr. David Gorsich | Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| Dr. Gregg Wildes | Defense and Aerospace Executive, DDC-I Inc. | |||
| 9:30 am | Exhibitor Break (10:15 - 5:15 pm — Attendees will split up between the 8 different sessions) | |||
| 12:00 pm | Lunch + Outdoor Tech Demo: American Rheinmetall's Ox/GOAT & MMETT UGVs | Adam Horton | Director of Business Development, American Rheinmetall | |
| McKayla Marcola | Program Manager, American Rheinmetall | |||
| Anthony Plana | Senior Mechanical Engineer, American Rheinmetall | |||
| 1:15 pm | Welcome to the MOSA Tech Session | Michelle Larsosa | Electrical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| 1:20 pm | Reformed MOSA for Ground Combat Vehicles | Dr. Macam Dattathreya | Senior Scientific Technical Manager, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| 1:40 pm | SOSA Enabled Automotive Technologies Disrupt the Battlefield | William Pilaud | Chief Solutions Architect, LCR Embedded Systems | |
| 2:00 pm | Leveraging Standards-Based MOSA for SWaP-Constrained Deployable Systems with VNX+ | Mark Littlefield | Director of System Products, Elma Electronic | |
| 2:20 pm | Deterministic Multi-Modal Sensor Ingestion and Actuation via Holoscan-Integrated Switched Fabrics | James Reardon | Vice President of Technology, One Stop Systems, Inc. | |
| 2:40 pm | Break + Outdoor Tech Demo: Dataspeed's TWEEDLE UGV | Dr. Pavan Vempaty | Principal Scientist, Dataspeed | |
| Dr. Micho Radovnikovich | Lead Algorithm Developer, Dataspeed | |||
| Chris Varlamos | Business Development, Dataspeed | |||
| Shannon Barber | Software Architect, Dataspeed | |||
| Paul Fleck | Founder and CEO, Dataspeed | |||
| 3:25 pm | Introduction to the MOSA Final Session | Magid Athnasios | Senior Systems Engineer, DCS Corporation | |
| 3:30 pm | Leveraging Domestic Automotive Software Development Best Practices for MOSA and GCIA/VICTORY Implementation | Karl Sime | Senior Engineering Consultant, Western Labs | |
| Douglas Priemer | Vice President of Engineeering, Western Labs | |||
| 3:50 pm | Optimizing Data Delivery for Ground Vehicle Teams | Dr. Jafar Al-Gharaibeh | Research Scientist, ATCorp | |
| Jordan Bonney | Chief Technology Officer, ATCorp | |||
| 4:10 pm | Balancing Durability and Deployability: Enhanced Situational Awareness (ESA) for Non-Combat Tactical Vehicles | Roy Brown | President & Chief Scientist, Bevilacqua Research Corporation | |
| Dr. Robert Pilgrim | Chief Technology Officer, Bevilacqua Research Corporation | |||
| 4:30 pm | Robust Fiber Optics for Ground Combat Vehicles: Unlocking the Bandwidth for the Mission | Heath Kouns | Principal Engineer & Innovation Lead, Moog Inc. | |
| Marc Simms | Vice President of Sales, Moog Inc. | |||
| Evan Weiss | Senior Platform Product Manager, Moog Inc. | |||
| Joseph Breedlove | Engineering Manager - Rugged Optical Solutions, Moog Inc. | |||
| 4:50 pm | Invited Talk: E-Vetronics Presentations | Shane Sopel | Chief Engineer E-Vetronics, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| 5:10 pm | MOSA Technical Session Conclusion | Magid Athnasios | Senior Systems Engineer, DCS Corporation | |
| 5:15 pm | Outdoor Networking Reception: GVSETS Games at Olympia | |||
| 5:30 pm | Outdoor Networking Reception: UGV "Chariot" Race Time Trials | Adam Horton | Outdoor Tech Demo: American Rheinmetall's Ox/GOAT UGV | |
| Dr. Pavan Vempaty | Outdoor Tech Demo: Dataspeed's TWEEDLE UGV | |||
| Dr. Forrest Johnson | Outdoor Tech Demo: Applied Research Associates (ARA)'s Switchback-A UGV | |||
| 5:45 pm | Outdoor Networking Reception: Best UGV Tech Demo Award | Alexander Karpinski | Race Winner Announced |
Open Technical Session
Tuesday, August 11, 2026 | Legacy I & II
Tuesday, August 11, 2026 | Legacy I & II
| Time | Session / Paper Title | Speaker | Speaker Title / Organization | Technical Papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00 am | Registration | |||
| 8:00 am | Opening of GVSETS and the Technical Sessions in Legacy Ballroom, 2nd Floor | Thom Green | GVSETS Chair, NDIA Michigan Chapter | |
| Scott Davis | NDIA Michigan Chapter President | |||
| Dr. David Gorsich | Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| 8:20 am | Panel: How the Army is Transforming Through Integrated Experimentation (Moderator) | COL (Ret.) Fred Dente | Vice President, GS Engineering | |
| Tom Vern | Experimentation Cell Lead, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Andrew Kerbrat | Chief Systems Integration Officer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Brandon Pender | Chief Technology Investment Officer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Bradford Lilly | Chief Technology Officer, VES | |||
| Brant Dayley | Vice President for Commercial, Energy and Manufacturing (CEM) for GM Defense | |||
| 9:20 am | Best Paper Announcement | Dr. David Gorsich | Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| Dr. Gregg Wildes | Defense and Aerospace Executive, DDC-I Inc. | |||
| 9:30 am | Exhibitor Break (10:15 - 5:15 pm - Attendees will split up between the 8 different sessions) | |||
| 12:00 pm | Lunch + Outdoor Tech Demo: American Rheinmetall's Ox/GOAT & MMETT UGVs | Adam Horton | Director of Business Development, American Rheinmetall | |
| McKayla Marcola | Program Manager, American Rheinmetall | |||
| Anthony Plana | Senior Mechanical Engineer, American Rheinmetall | |||
| 1:15 pm | Introduction to the Open Topic Session | Tom Vern | Experimentation Cell Lead, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| 1:20 pm | Decision-Centric Virtual Metrology for Geometric Deviation via Foundation-Embedding Retrieval | Dr. Farhad Imani | Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut | |
| Danny Hoang | PhD Student, University of Connecticut | |||
| Ryan Matthiessen | Mechanical Engineer, Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology | |||
| Christopher Miller | Manufacturing Applications Engineer, Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology | |||
| Nasir Mannan | Principal Engineer, Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology | |||
| Dr. Ruby ElKharboutly | Professor of Software Engineering, Quinnipiac University | |||
| Dr. David Gorsich | Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Dr. Matthew Castanier | Research Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| 1:40 pm | PR-2930-LVLC and CORASEAL AMBIENT U1800: High Performance Adhesives for Potential Military Application | Edward Hellerman | S&T Research Chemist I, PPG Industries | |
| Amy Toolis | R&D Chemist II, PPG Industries | |||
| Dr. Marvin Pollum | Group Leader I, PPG Industries | |||
| 2:00 pm | Powder Metallurgy Hot Isostatic Pressing: Titanium Done Differently for Defence | Gerry Clark | Managing Director, Proxima Powder Metallurgy - United Kingdom | |
| 2:20 pm | Forward Deployed Biomanufacturing | Dr. Brooke Ahern | Research Biologist, Threat Agent Sciences, Molecular Toxicology, U.S. Army DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center (CBC) | |
| Dr. Annie Crumbley | Research Chemical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM CBC | |||
| Dr. Anne Walker | Senior Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM CBC | |||
| Joseph Grodecki | Chief of Advanced Manufacturing Division, U.S. Army DEVCOM CBC | |||
| 2:40 pm | Break + Outdoor Tech Demo: Dataspeed's TWEEDLE UGV | Dr. Pavan Vempaty | Principal Scientist, Dataspeed | |
| Dr. Micho Radovnikovich | Lead Algorithm Developer, Dataspeed | |||
| Chris Varlamos | Business Development, Dataspeed | |||
| Shannon Barber | Software Architect, Dataspeed | |||
| Paul Fleck | Founder and CEO, Dataspeed | |||
| 3:25 pm | Introduction to the Open Final Session | Amanda Hervey | GVSC International Point of Contact (IPOC), U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| 3:30 pm | Distributing Intelligence at the Tactical Edge: Enabling Contested Logistics in Degraded Networks | Edward Baumann | Principal Product Manager, Trident Systems | |
| Shawn Pardee | Capture Manager, Trident Systems | |||
| 3:50 pm | Analyzing Open-Source Data to Inform Military Vehicle Design | Dr. Vikram Mittal | Associate Professor, Department of Systems Engineering, United States Military Academy | |
| Benjamin Lynch | Cadet, Department of Systems Engineering, United States Military Academy | |||
| 4:10 pm | Mobilizing Innovation: Venture Capital Alignment for Defense with an Autonomous Construction Case Study | Mark Mazzara | Software Autonomy Systems Engineer Program Manager Force Projection, Capability Program Executive (CPE) Combat Logisitics | |
| James Gadea | Lead Digital Transformation Architect, Booz Allen Hamilton (Ventures) | |||
| Austen San Nicolas | Lead Software Engineer, Booz Allen Hamilton | |||
| Max Himmel | Lead Software Engineer, Booz Allen Hamilton | |||
| John Kruger | Lead Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton | |||
| Chuck Gill | Chair, NATO JCGUAS Tech Syndicate, Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) Aviation - Autonomy Integration | |||
| Andrea Simon | Computer Engineer, Office of Research and Technology Application (ORTA) U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Dr. Ahmet Soylemezoglu | Senior Scientist, Robotic and Autonomous Systems, U.S. Army Corps of Engineer (USACE) Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) | |||
| Dr. Anton Netchaev | Senior Research Scientist, USACE ERDC | |||
| Dr. Dustin Nottage | S&T Program Manager, Robotic and Autonomous Systems, USACE ERDC | |||
| Jordan Klein | S&T Deputy Program Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE ERDC | |||
| 4:30 pm | Panel: Enabling Design with Artificial Intelligence (AI) | Guenter Nyanankpe | Designer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| Dr. Joseph O'Bruba | Data Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Charles Lambert | Director for Aerospace & Defense, Syneria AI | |||
| Dr. Aaron LaLonde | Technical Account Manager, Divergent Technologies Incorporated | |||
| 5:10 pm | Open Technical Session Conclusion | Tom Vern | Experimentation Cell Lead, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| 5:15 pm | Outdoor Networking Reception: GVSETS Games at Olympia | |||
| 5:30 pm | Outdoor Networking Reception: UGV "Chariot" Race Time Trials | Adam Horton | Outdoor Tech Demo: American Rheinmetall's Ox/GOAT UGV | |
| Dr. Pavan Vempaty | Outdoor Tech Demo: Dataspeed's TWEEDLE UGV | |||
| Dr. Forrest Johnson | Outdoor Tech Demo: Applied Research Associates (ARA)'s Switchback-A UGV | |||
| 5:45 pm | Outdoor Networking Reception: Best UGV Tech Demo Award | Alexander Karpinski | Race Winner Announced |
(P & M) Power & Mobility Technical Session
Tuesday, August 11, 2026 | Legacy Ballroom
Tuesday, August 11, 2026 | Legacy Ballroom
| Time | Session / Paper Title | Speaker | Speaker Title / Organization | Technical Papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00 am | Registration | |||
| 8:00 am | Opening of GVSETS and the Technical Sessions in Legacy Ballroom, 2nd Floor | Thom Green | GVSETS Chair, NDIA Michigan Chapter | |
| Scott Davis | NDIA Michigan Chapter President | |||
| Dr. David Gorsich | Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) | |||
| 8:20 am | Panel: How the Army is Transforming Through Integrated Experimentation (Moderator) | COL (Ret.) Fred Dente | Vice President, GS Engineering | |
| Tom Vern | Experimentation Cell Lead, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Andrew Kerbrat | Chief Systems Integration Officer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Brandon Pender | Chief Technology Investment Officer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Bradford Lilly | Chief Technology Officer, VES | |||
| Brant Dayley | Vice President for Commercial, Energy and Manufacturing (CEM) for GM Defense | |||
| 9:20 am | Best Paper Announcement | Dr. David Gorsich | Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) | |
| Dr. Gregg Wildes | Defense and Aerospace Executive, DDC-I Inc. | |||
| 9:30 am | Exhibitor Break (10:15 - 5:15 pm — Attendees will split up between the 8 different sessions) | |||
| 10:15 am | Welcome to the P&M Tech Session | Dr. Joshua Piehl | Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| 10:20 am | Initial Thermal Evaluation of 422 Martensitic Stainless Steel Piston in a High-output Diesel Engine | Dr. Eric Gingrich | Specialist Research Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| Dr. Michael Tess | Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Arkady Grunin | Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Dr. Vamshi Korivi | Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Dr. Katie Sebeck | Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |||
| Dr. Dean Pierce | Research & Development Staff, Oak Ridge National lab | |||
| Dr. Yiyu Wang | Research & Development Staff, Oak Ridge National lab | |||
| Dr. Govindarajan Muralidharan | Research & Development Staff, Oak Ridge National lab | |||
| Dr. Rishi Pillai | Research & Development Staff, Oak Ridge National lab | |||
| Dr. James Haynes | Research & Development Staff, Oak Ridge National lab | |||
| Kurt Will | Application Engineer, Tenneco | |||
| 10:40 am | Methods for Designing Rotating Components for Compliance to ISO 1940 Balance Requirements Using Generic 3D CAD Software | John Srodawa | Engine & Transmission Technical Specialist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| 11:00 am | Connecting Standard Li-Ion Batteries in Series to Form a High Voltage Array | Ori Kost | R&D Manager, Electric Fuel America | |
| Michael Baab | Sales & Marketing, Electric Fuel America | |||
| 11:20 am | Modeling the Operational Performance Impacts of a Vehicle Integrated Power Kit (VIPK) on a Modern Medium Tactical Wheeled Vehicle | Dr. Bryant Goodenough | Research Engineer, Michigan Technological University (MTU) Advanced Power Systems Research Center (APS LABS) | |
| Henry Schmidt | Senior Research Engineer, MTU APS LABS | |||
| Dr. Jeffery Naber | Richard & Elizabeth Henes Professor in Energy Systems, MTU APS LABS | |||
| Paul Dice | Senior Research Engineer, MTU APS LABS | |||
| David Subert | Research Engineer, MTU APS LABS | |||
| Kevin Meyers | Program Manager, MTU APS LABS | |||
| 11:40 am | Electrical and Power Quality Performance Evaluation of a SiC Based 500kW High Temperature and High Power-Density Inverter | Dr. Arash Khoshkbar Sadigh | Director of Power Electronics, EM & Motion Controls, Calnetix | |
| Iris Shiroma | Vice President of Business Development, Calnetix | |||
| 12:00 pm | Lunch + Outdoor Tech Demo: American Rheinmetall's Ox/GOAT & MMETT UGVs | Adam Horton | Director of Business Development, American Rheinmetall | |
| McKayla Marcola | Program Manager, American Rheinmetall | |||
| Anthony Plana | Senior Mechanical Engineer, American Rheinmetall | |||
| 1:15 pm | Introduction to the P&M Afternoon Session | Porfirio Nogueiro | Technical Fellow - Propulsion & Suspension, BAE Systems | |
| 1:20 pm | Invited Talk: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Applied Vehicle Technology (AVT) Program Updates (tentative name) | Henry Hodges | President, Nevada Automotive Test Center (NATC) | |
| 2:20 pm | Adopting COTS Technologies for UGV Wheel Drive System | Ken May | Chief Technology Officer, Allient Inc. | |
| Joao Costa | Mechanical, CAD & Analysis Unit Lead, Allient Inc. | |||
| Jake Boyd | Systems Engineer II, Allient Inc. | |||
| 2:40 pm | Break + Outdoor Tech Demo: Dataspeed's TWEEDLE UGV | Dr. Pavan Vempaty | Principal Scientist, Dataspeed | |
| Dr. Micho Radovnikovich | Lead Algorithm Developer, Dataspeed | |||
| Chris Varlamos | Business Development, Dataspeed | |||
| Shannon Barber | Software Architect, Dataspeed | |||
| Paul Fleck | Founder and CEO, Dataspeed | |||
| 3:25 pm | Introduction to the P&M Final Session | Tom Trzaska | Director, Strategic Technology (Retired), RENK-America | |
| 3:30 pm | Panel: Benefits and Challenges using Commercial off-the-shelf for Ground System Mobility (Moderator) | David LaRoy | Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| Brody Ringler | Chief Engineer, MATBOCK LLC | |||
| Isaac Rife | Program Engineering Manager, BAE Systems | |||
| Ramprasad Krishnamachari | Power & Mobility - Prinicipal Engineer, General Dynamics Land Systems | |||
| Mark Van Wingerden | Global Product Strategy Manager, EATON | |||
| 4:30 pm | Deriving Instantaneous Electro-Thermal Parameters and Heat Generation from Constant-Current Discharge Data | Dr. Nicholas Ingarra | Senior Consultant, Munro Defense | |
| Dr. Krzysztof Kobus | Director of Outreach, Recruitment & Retention and Associate Professor, Oakland University | |||
| Jadon Kobus | Student, Oakland University | |||
| 4:50 pm | Time-Dependent Power Flow Modeling for Non-Passive Load in Battery Electric Propulsion Architectures | Dr. Nicholas Ingarra | Senior Consultant, Munro Defense | |
| Dr. Krzysztof Kobus | Director of Outreach, Recruitment & Retention and Associate Professor, Oakland University | |||
| Jadon Kobus | Student, Oakland University | |||
| 5:10 pm | P&M Technical Session Conclusion | Dr. Joshua Piehl | Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | |
| 5:15 pm | Outdoor Networking Reception: GVSETS Games at Olympia | |||
| 5:30 pm | Outdoor Networking Reception: UGV "Chariot" Race Time Trials | Adam Horton | Outdoor Tech Demo: American Rheinmetall's Ox/GOAT UGV | |
| Dr. Pavan Vempaty | Outdoor Tech Demo: Dataspeed's TWEEDLE UGV | |||
| Dr. Forrest Johnson | Outdoor Tech Demo: Applied Research Associates (ARA)'s Switchback-A UGV | |||
| 5:45 pm | Outdoor Networking Reception: Best UGV Tech Demo Award | Alexander Karpinski | Race Winner Announced |
August 12: Main Session
Main Session Agenda
Wednesday, August 12, 2026 | Legacy Ballroom, 2nd Floor
Wednesday, August 12, 2026 | Legacy Ballroom, 2nd Floor
| Time | Session / Paper Title | Speaker | Speaker Title / Organization |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00 am | Registration | ||
| 8:00 am | Opening of GVSETS Main Session | Thom Green | GVSETS Chair, NDIA Michigan Chapter |
| Scott Davis | President, NDIA Michigan Chapter | ||
| BG Beth Behn | Commanding General, U.S. Army TACOM | ||
| 8:30 am | US Army PIT Briefing | COL Shermoan Daiyaan | Director, U.S. Army Pathway for Innovation and Technology (PIT) |
| 9:45 am | Exhibitor Break | ||
| 10:45 am | Budget Update and Implications | Brian Detter | Principal, Forward Progress Group |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch Break + Outdoor Tech Demo: Applied Research Associates (ARA)'s Switchback-A UGV | Dr. Forrest Johnson | Director of Robotics Platforms, ARA |
| Dale Mashtare | Group Lead / Principal Systems Engineer, ARA | ||
| COL(R) Marchant Callis | Principal Director Integrated Solutions, ARA | ||
| 1:00 pm | Warfighter Experimentation Panel (Moderator) | COL (R) Warren Sponsler | Chief Operating Officer, National Advanced Mobility Consortium (NAMC) |
| COL Todd Hertling | Commander, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT), 1st Cavalry Division | ||
| LTC Matt Burgoon | 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT), U.S. Army | ||
| CPT Thailer Stroud | 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT), U.S. Army | ||
| 1SG Robert Lee | 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT), U.S. Army | ||
| 2:00 pm | TACOM Panel (Topic):Organic Industrial Base Commander Panel | BG Beth Behn | Commanding General, U.S. Army TACOM |
| COL Eloy Martinez | Commander, Rock Island-Joint Manufacturing Technology Center | ||
| Abby Quinn | Deputy to the Commander, Anniston Army Depot | ||
| COL Chris Masson | Commander, Red River Army Depot | ||
| LTC Shivnesh Kumar | Commander, Sierra Army Depot | ||
| 2:45 pm | Exhibitor Break | ||
| 3:45 pm | Detroit Arsenal Senior Leadership Panel (Moderator) | Scott Davis | President, NDIA Michigan Chapter |
| BG Beth Behn | Commanding General, U.S. Army TACOM | ||
| Michael Cadieux | Director, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC | ||
| BG Ryan Howell | Military Deputy, Ground Combat Platforms, U.S. Army Capability Program Executive (CPE) Ground | ||
| Anisah Zeghir | Deputy, U.S. Army CPE Combat Sustainment | ||
| COL Ken Bernier | PM Autonomous Robotic Capabilities, U.S. Army CPE Mission Autonomy | ||
| Jeff Simonis | Civilian Deputy, U.S. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal | ||
| 5:00 pm | Main Session Conclusion | Thom Green | GVSETS Chair, NDIA Michigan Chapter |
| 5:05 pm | Exhibitor Reception: All Roads Lead to GVSETS |
August 13: Innovation Pathways
Innovation Pathways Session
Thursday, August 13, 2026 | Legacy Ballroom, 2nd Floor
Thursday, August 13, 2026 | Legacy Ballroom, 2nd Floor
| Time | Session / Paper Title | Speaker | Speaker Title / Organization |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00 am | Registration | ||
| 7:30 am | National Advanced Mobility Consortium (NAMC) Annual Member Meeting | NAMC Members Only | |
| 9:30 am | Opening Remarks | Thom Green | GVSETS Chair, NDIA Michigan Chapter |
| Michael Cadieux | Director, U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) | ||
| 9:40 am | Venture Capital in Ground Vehicle Market Panel (Moderator) | Dr. Matt Willis | Director, U.S. Army FUZE |
| James Gadea | Investor, Booz Allen Ventures | ||
| Dale Grogan | Managing Partner, Michigan Capital Network | ||
| Stephen Potter | Head of Growth, Swarmbotics AI | ||
| Chrissy McGarry | Co-Founder, President & CEO, TerraKinesis | ||
| 10:45 am | ACC-DTA: Fast Track – The New Era of Evaluation Efficiency | Charlie Gram | Contracting Director of Intelligence, Operations and Sustainment Support, U.S. Army ACC-DTA |
| Tom Phillips | Contract Price/Cost Analyst Branch Chief, U.S. Army ACC-DTA | ||
| 11:30 am | Lunch – Exhibitor Break | ||
| 12:45 pm | Keynote | BG Troy Denomy | Capability Program Executive (CPE) Ground, U.S. Army |
| Keynote | Dr. Alex Miller | CTO, U.S. Army | |
| 1:45 pm | Special Announcements: Pitch Day Winners, MDEX, Policy, Cyber | Paula Macpherson | Director, Velocity Incubator & Accelerator |
| 1:55 pm | Exhibitor Break | ||
| 2:45 pm | TACOM Panel (Topic): Predictive Logistics and Maintenance | Todd Hawotte | Integrated Logistics Support Center (ILSC) Deputy Executive Director, U.S. Army TACOM |
| Jason Duncan | Division Chief, Industrial Base Operations & Maintenance Integration Directorate, U.S. Army TACOM | ||
| Tom Torrey | Chief, Field Support Operations Directorate Logistics Assistance Division CS&CSS Branch, U.S. Army TACOM |
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| Paul Tasker | Chief, Field Support Operations Directorate Logistics Assistance Division GCS Division, U.S. Army TACOM |
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| Michelle Maher | ILSC Supply Director, U.S. Army TACOM | ||
| 3:30 pm | Congressional Panel | Valde Garcia | Director, NDIA-Michigan |
| Alec Zender | Legislative Director, Congressman Jack Bergman | ||
| Michael Clow | Combat & Tactical Wheeled Vehicles Director, Cypress International | ||
| Brian Detter | Principal, Forwarded Progress Group | ||
| 4:45 pm | Conclusion | Thom Green | GVSETS Chair, NDIA Michigan Chapter |