Power & Mobility
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Location: Legacy II Room, 2nd Floor
Sub-Committee
Joshua Piehl - U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC)
Porfirio Nogueiro - BAE Systems
Tom Trzaska - RENK America
Isaac Rife - BAE Systems
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 10:05 am |
Welcome to the Power & Mobility Tech Session Joshua Piehl - Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 10:10 am |
MIL-STD-3072: High Voltage for Army Ground Vehicles Aric Haynes - Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Jason Spina - Technical Specialist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Melissa Best - Electrical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 10:30 am |
Modular Open System Approach to High Voltage Power Architectures Enabled by the Universal High Voltage Converter Melissa Best - Electrical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Ed Schwartz - Branch Chief - Electrical Power Systems, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Taras Zadorozhny - Electrical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 10:50 am |
Evaluation of a 500 kW High Temperature and High Power-Density Inverter Based on Silicon Carbide Power Module Randy Nolden - Business Development Engineer, Calnetix Technologies Arash Sadigh - Director of Power Electronics, EM and Motion Controls, Calnetix Technologies James Yates - Lead Mechanical Engineer, Calnetix Technologies Iris Shiroma - Business Unit Leader - Defense & Space, Calnetix Technologies |
| 11:10 am |
ENHANCED VEHICLE CAPABILITY THROUGH INNOVATIVE HIGH VOLTAGE POWER SOLUTIONS Rick Eddins - Engineer, GE Aerospace Colin Lambert - Engineer, GE Aerospace Dejan Habic - Engineer, GE Aerospace Aric Haynes - Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Jason Spina - Technial Specialist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Ed Schwartz - Branch Chief - Electrical Power Systems, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 11:30 am |
Domestically sourced and globally superior lithium vanadium oxide (LVO) battery technology for the U.S. warfighter Dr. Haodong Liu - Chief Technical Officer, Tyfast Energy Corporation Dr. Gerardo Jose Ia O' - Chief Executive Officer, Tyfast Energy Corporation Dr. Ping Liu - Chief Security Officer, Tyfast Energy Corporation |
| 11:50 am |
Lunch |
| 1:05 pm |
Introduction to the P&M Afternoon Session Isaac Rife - Program Engineering Manager, BAE Systems |
| 1:10 pm |
Safe, Robust, Zero-Volt-Capable, High-Power Lithium-Ion 6T Batteries Dr. David Ofer - Director, CAMX Power LLC |
| 1:30 pm |
Development and Assessment of a Performance Enhanced HMMWV with Onboard Vehicle Power Zander Worm - Research Assistant, Michigan Technological University (MTU) Dylan Kiefer - Research Engineer, MTU Henry Schmidt - Senior Research Engineer, MTU Dr. John Putrus - Branch Chief - Advanced Systems Development Group, Joint Program Office Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JPO JLTV) Dr. Denise Rizzo - Senior Technical Expert, JPO JLTV David Subert - Research Engineer, MTU Paul Dice - Senior Research Engineer, MTU Dr. Jeffrey Naber - Michigan Technological University - American Center for Mobility - Partnership Coordinator for Mobility, MTU |
| 1:50 pm |
Invited Speaker: Driving Innovation: Propelling the DoD’s Acquisition of Hybrid-Electric Tactical Vehicles to Win the Wars of Tomorrow MAJ Curtis Cranston - Associate Professor, The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School |
| 2:30 pm |
Break |
| 3:15 pm |
Introduction to the P&M Final Session Tom Trzaska - Director, Strategic Technology, RENK America Porfirio Nogueiro - Technical Fellow – Propulsion & Suspension, BAE Systems |
| 3:20 pm |
A Study of Variables Affecting Piston Skirt Loads on the Opposed Piston Two Stroke Diesel Engine John Srodawa - Technical Specialist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 3:40 pm |
A Novel 5kW Ruggedized Integrated Hybrid Generator System (RIHGS) Dr. Philip Zoldak - Vice Preseident Engineering - Research & Development (R&D), Enginuity Power Systems Dr. Phillip Schimmels - Senior R&D Engineer, Enginuity Power Systems Andrew Harman - Technical Specialist, Enginuity Power Systems Ian Brooks - Senior Product Engineer, Enginuity Power Systems Phillip DeMaggio - Senior CAD Designer, Enginuity Power Systems Kelly Rosenberger - Executive Vice President-Government Business, Enginuity Power Systems |
| 4:00 pm |
Demand Reduction Through Electromagnetically Controlled Pitch (EMCP) of Fans, Propellers, and Turbines Jordan James McBain - Control Systems Architect, Pilot Systems International |
| 4:20 pm |
Scalable Hydrogen Storage and Transport Systems Chris Kondogiani - Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Noble Gas Systems Inc |
| 4:40 pm |
GVSC Power & Mobility Program Update David LaRoy - Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 5:00 pm |
P&M Technical Session Conclusion Joshua Piehl - Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 5:15 pm |
Networking Reception |
Modeling, Simulation, Prototyping & Validation
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Location: Cornerstone I Room, 1st Floor
Sub-Committee
Dr. Mark Brudnak - U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC)
Dr. Vamshi Korivi - U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC
Tim Lee - DCS Corporation
Dr. Matt Castanier - U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC
Arkady Grunin - U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC
Pete Rynes - ThermoAnalytics, Inc.
Bryan LaRose - U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC
Dr. Wes Colley - Torch Technologies
Sarah Hanania - U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 10:05 am |
Welcome to the MSPV Tech Session Pete Rynes - Vice President of Government Solutions, ThermoAnalytics, Inc. |
| 10:10 am |
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 |
| 10:30 am |
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 |
| 10:50 am |
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 |
| 11:10 am |
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; |
| 11:30 am |
Using Artificial Neural Networks for Predicting Vehicle Survivability Within a Virtual Simulation Dr. Joseph O'Bruba - Data Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 11:50 am |
Lunch |
| 1:05 pm |
Introduction to the MSPV Afternoon Session Tim Lee - Vice President, Intelligent Systems Division, DCS Corporation |
| 1:10 pm |
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 |
| 1:30 pm |
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 |
| 1:50 pm |
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 |
| 2:10 pm |
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) |
| 2:30 pm |
Break |
| 3:15 pm |
Introduction to the MSPV Final Session Bryan LaRose - Chief Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 3:20 pm |
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 |
| 3:40 pm |
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 |
| 4:00 pm |
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 |
| 4:20 pm |
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 |
| 4:40 pm |
Using Vehicle Kinematics to Enhance Situational Awareness Dr. Robert Pilgrim - Chief Technical Officer, Bevilacqua Research Corporation Roy Brown - President/Chief Scientist, Bevilacqua Research Corporation |
| 5:00 pm |
MSPV Technical Session Conclusion Dr. Vamshi Korivi - Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 5:15 pm |
Networking Reception |
Digital Engineering / Systems Engineering
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Location: Cornerstone III/IV Room, 1st Floor
Sub-Committee
Bill Berklich - U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC)
Troy Peterson - System Strategy, Inc.
Eric Alexander - STC an Arcfield Company
Steve Schultz - U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC
Cheryl Sutherland - U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 10:05 am |
Welcome to the Digital Engineering / Systems Engineering (DE/SE) Tech Session Bill Berklich - Technical Specialist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 10:10 am |
Invited Speaker: Adaptive Lethality - Harnessing AI, MBSE, and Modular Architectures to Outpace Evolving Threats Katie Fisher - Chief Engineer, STC an Arcfield Company |
| 10:50 am |
Utilizing AI to Overcome Barriers to MBSE Adoption Jaskarandeep Multani - Software Engineer, GS Engineering Carl Jolma - Systems Engineering Team Lead, GS Engineering Paul Hoppe - Senior Systems Engineer, US Army DEVCOM C5ISR Center Louis Berklich - Technical Specialist, US Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 11:10 am |
SYSML V2 as an Enabler of MOSA Compatible Ground Vehicles Charles Brechtel - Chief Technical Officer, SysGit Steve Massey - Chief Operating Officer, SysGit |
| 11:30 am |
From Concept to Execution: An AI-Agentic Decision Intelligence Framework for Product Planning and Concept Development Dr. Alper Murat - Chief Operating Officer, DAOSoft Corporation Dr. Ratna Chinnam - Chief Executive Officer, DAOSoft Corporation Dr. Satyendra Rana - Chief Technology Specialist, DAOSoft Corporation Dr. Stephen Rapp - Technical Specialist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Kurt Hansen - Program Protection Lead, US Army DEVCOM GVSC Todd Richman - Assistant Program Executive Officer, PEO Combat Support & Combat Service Support (CS&CSS) James Bechtel - Lead Systems Engineer, Assistant PEO Systems Engineering & Integration, PEO GCS |
| 11:50 am |
Lunch |
| 1:05 pm |
Introduction to the DE/SE Afternoon Session Troy Peterson - Vice President, System Strategy, Inc. |
| 1:10 pm |
Modelling And Understanding Large Scale Complex Systems Lubna Khaled-Noveloso - General Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 1:30 pm |
Military Battery Tester Development Using MBSE and Digital Twins Roman Sandoval - Chief Executive Officer, Principal Investigator, Allosense, Inc. |
| 1:50 pm |
Leveraging Digital Twins for Army Vehicle Programs Troy Gonzalez - Director of Digital Transformation, Booz Allen Hamilton |
| 2:10 pm |
Rapidly Evolving E/E Architectures for Ground Vehicles - Insights from the Commercial and Automotive Industries Tony Anderson - Senior Product Engineer, Product and Process Tools, Vector North America Scott Stevens - North American Product Line Director, Process Tools, Vector North America Joerg Schaeffele - Senior Director Product Management, Vector Informatik |
| 2:30 pm |
Break |
| 3:15 pm |
Introduction to the DE/SE Final Session Steve Schultz - Associate Director, Systems Engineering Directorate, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 3:20 pm |
Model-Based Software Engineering and Test Case Reuse Across the V Cycle Dr. Jordan McBain - Control Systems Architect, Pilot Systems International LLC |
| 3:40 pm |
Unified Engineering: Linking Systems and Software Engineers Via MBSE and SWE Tool Integration Austin Austria - Lead Engineer, Booz Allen Hamilton Cezil Aratea - Lead Engineer, Booz Allen Hamilton Mike Enloe - Senior Lead Engineer, Booz Allen Hamilton Terry Schoof - Chief Technologist, Booz Allen Hamilton |
| 4:00 pm |
Assessing Model-Based Design for Conformance to Acquisition Configuration Baselines Zachary Alan Connor - Research Engineer I, Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) Sarah Scheithauer - Research Engineer II, GTRI Rohith Koduru - Research Engineer II, GTRI Tanner Nardone - Research Engineer I, GTRI Patrick Lambert - Research Engineer II, GTRI |
| 4:20 pm |
Using Power BI to Visualize and Configure System Variants in Model-Based Product Line Engineering Ryan Pykor - Senior Principal Model-Based Systems Engineer, Systems Engineering, STC an Arcfield Company Jake Engle - Chief Engineer, MBSE/MBPLE, STC an Arcfield Company |
| 4:40 pm |
Post Quantum Cryptography on Intravehicular Networks Seth Smith - Computer Engineering, Research Engineer, Intelligent Systems Division, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) Kyle Owens - Engineer, Intelligent Systems Division, SwRI Katherine Kozan - Research Engineer, Intelligent Systems Division, SwRI |
| 5:00 pm |
DE/SE Technical Session Conclusion Bill Berklich - Technical Specialist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 5:15 pm |
Networking Reception |
Modular Open Systems Approach
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Location: Legacy Ballroom, 2nd Floor
Sub-Committee
Melissa Best - U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC)
Mag Athnasios - DCS Corporation
Dan Newport - U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC
Andrew Kerbrat - U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC
Eric Bennett - U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC
Alexander Karpinski - U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 10:05 am |
Welcome to the MOSA Tech Session Mag Athnasios Senior Systems Engineer, DCS Corporation |
| 10:10 am |
Analysis of Time-Sensitive Networks for Mission-Critical Systems Dr. Stephen F. Bush - Senior Scientist, GE Aerospace Dr. Abdul Jabbar - Principle Engineer, GE Aerospace |
| 10:30 am |
Examining Time Sensitive Networking in Ground Vehicle Architectures Shane Sopel - Technical Specialist, Data Architecture, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Leonard Elliott - Technical Specialist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Erik Kinstler - Software Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Christina Salama - Computer Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 10:50 am |
What’s the Protocol? Analyzing High Speed Protocols and the Effect of the Slip Ring Heath Kouns - Principal Engineer, Moog Inc. |
| 11:10 am |
Development of an Innovative Multichannel Fiber Optic Rotary Joint Using Spatial Division Multiplexing Ivan Ilan - Chief Electrical Engineer, Everaxis USA David A. Occhipinti - Executive Director, Everaxis USA Elliot Berard - Optical Research & Development (R&D) Manager, Everaxis Industries Dr. Sebastien Larousse - R&D Manager, Everaxis Industries Dr. Claire Autebert - Chief Optical Engineer, Cailabs Tangi Le Guennic - Program Manager, Cailabs Dr. Bertrand Denolle - Chief R&D Engineer, Cailabs |
| 11:30 am |
Sensor Latency Advantage in PCI Express Switched Fabrics Jim Reardon - Chief Technical Officer, One Stop Systems (OSS) |
| 11:50 am |
Lunch |
| 1:05 pm |
Introduction to the MOSA Afternoon Session Dan Newport - Branch Chief, Cyber Technology Development, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 1:10 pm |
Featured Speaker: Uncovering Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in Mission-Critical Systems via Symbolic Execution Ulrich Lang - Chief Executive Officer, ObjectSecurity LLC |
| 1:30 pm |
Advancing Automotive Software Supply Chain Security: A Blockchain-Reproducible Build Approach Iwinosa W. Aideyan - PhD Student, Clemson University Dr. Mert Pesé - Professor, Clemson University Dr. Richard Brooks - Assistant Professor, Clemson University |
| 1:50 pm |
Counterfeit FPGA Characterization and Detection with Soft Sensors and Machine Learning Cody Crofford - Senior Research Engineer, Graf Research Corporation Whitney Batchelor - Director of Research, Graf Research Corporation James Koiner - Senior Research Engineer, Graf Research Corporation Margaret Winslow - Research Engineer, Graf Research Corporation Mia Taylor - Research Engineer, Graf Research Corporation Kevin Paar - Senior Research Engineer, Graf Research Corporation Dr. Scott Harper - Chief Technology Officer, Graf Research Corporation |
| 2:10 pm |
MOSA and Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE): Putting Reusable Safe and Secure Software Into Practice Jay Thomas - Director, Field Engineering, LDRA Technology Inc. Ehsan Salehi - Field Applications Engineer, LDRA Technology Inc. Stephen Di Camillo - Technical Marketing and Business Development Manager, LDRA Technology Inc. |
| 2:30 pm |
Break |
| 3:15 pm |
Introduction to the MOSA Final Session Mag Athnasios - Senior Systems Engineer, DCS Corporation |
| 3:20 pm |
A Comprehensive Modularity Framework for Military Ground Vehcile Architecture Models Dr. Macam Dattathreya - Chief Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 3:40 pm |
Assured Armaments Reference Architecture (AARA): Enabling a Modular Open Systems Approach for Lethality Systems Jenelle Toppler - Assured Armaments Reference Architecture Project Lead, U.S. Army DEVCOM Armaments Center (AC) Michael Wright - Chief S&T Advisor, Fire Control Systems & Technology Directorate, U.S. Army DEVCOM AC Adam Winters - Program Management Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM AC |
| 4:00 pm |
Enabling Operating System Portability with Virtual I/O Nathan Studer - Technical Strategy Lead, DornerWorks Gary Gilliland - Vice President of Marketing, DDC-I Chris Guikema - Senior Engineer, DornerWorks Eric Spidle - Embedded Systems Engineer, DornerWorks Aaron Larson - Embedded RTOS Support Engineer, DDC-I |
| 4:20 pm |
Leveraging ISO 26262-2018 to support MIL-STD-882E Compliance Dr. David LaRue - Senior Principal Engineer, FEV Luis Edwin Rivera Ruiz - Senior Safety Engineer, FEV |
| 4:40 pm |
Software Application Overview: AI Object Detection Inference for Video Nick Whitlock - Software Manager, EIZO Rugged Solutions |
| 5:00 pm |
MOSA Technical Session Conclusion Melissa Best - Electrical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 5:15 pm |
Networking Reception |
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