Autonomy, Artificial Intelligence & Robotics (AAIR)
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 10:05 am |
Welcome to the AAIR Tech Session Dr. Oleg Sapunkov - Mechanical Engineer, Historian, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 10:10 am |
Enhanced Object Matching and Identification for Multi-Robot Systems in Complex Environments Taylor Brown - Research Assistant, Fayetteville State University Grace Vincent - Research Assistant, North Carolina State University Dr. Sambit Bhattacharya - Professor, Fayetteville State University Dr. Kyle Nakamoto - Senior AI Engineer, Booz Allen Hamilton |
| 10:30 am |
LIPO: Lidar Inertial Odometry for ICP Comparison Darwin Mick - Doctoral Student, Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Mechanical Engineering Taylor Pool - Graduate Student, Carnegie Mellon University, Robotics Institute Madankumar Sathenahally Nagaraju - Staff Researcher, Carnegie Mellon University, Robotics Institute Dr. Michael Kaess - Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, Robotics Institute Dr. Howie Choset - Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, Robotics Institute Dr. Matthew Travers - Senior System Scientist, Carnegie Mellon University, Robotics Institute |
| 10:50 am |
Uncrewed Aerial System Detection and Tracking with Event Cameras Dr. David Anthony - Lead Engineer, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) David Chambers - Staff Engineer, SwRI Jerry Towler - Program Director, SwRI |
| 11:10 am |
VORA™: Vision for Off-Road Autonomy Meera Day Towler - Program Manager, SwRI Harold Garza - Senior Research Engineer, SwRI David Chambers - Staff Engineer, SwRI |
| 11:30 am |
Pre-Training Hyperspectral Image Encoder via Synthetic Data Dr. Anthony Medellin - Doctoral Graduate, Texas A&M University Dr. David Grabowsky - Electrical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Dr. Dariusz Mikulski - Lead Research Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Dr. Reza Langari - Professor, Texas A&M University |
| 11:50 am |
Lunch |
| 1:05 pm |
Introduction to the AAIR Afternoon Session Dr. Oleg Sapunkov - Mechanical Engineer, Historian, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 1:10 pm |
Applying Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Software Production Factory to Accelerate Rapid Prototyping for Ground Vehicles Kevin Griffin - Senior Systems Engineer, SAIC Robert Kanon - Digital Engineering Chief, SAIC Anthony Rinaldo - Systems Engineer, SAIC Russel Kouba - Advanced Concepts Lead, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 1:30 pm |
Optimizing Firing Position Usage for Survivability and Effectiveness in Artillery Shoot-And-Scoot Tactics Thomas Jonsson Damgaard - Software Engineer, Carmenta Geospatial Technologies Inc. Dr. Mikael Rittri - Technical Expert, Carmenta Geospatial Technologies Inc. |
| 1:50 pm |
Planning for Employment of Robotic and Autonomous Systems (RAS) Michael Spratley - Senior Research Engineer, Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) Andrew Schooley - Principal Research Engineer, GTRI Trey Dickerhoff - Senior Research Engineer, GTRI |
| 2:10 pm |
Communication Network Construction Behaviors for Robotic Convoying Charles Noren - Doctoral Student, Carnegie Mellon University Sahil Chaudhary - Graduate Student, Carnegie Mellon University Burhanuddin Shirose - Engineer, Carnegie Mellon University Dr. Bhaskar Vundurthy - Project Scientist, Carnegie Mellon University Dr. Matthew Travers - Senior Systems Scientist, Carnegie Mellon University |
| 2:30 pm |
Break |
| 3:15 pm |
Introduction to the AAIR Final Session Dr. Oleg Sapunkov - Mechanical Engineer, Historian, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 3:20 pm |
Vision-Language-Action Models (Guest Talk) Dr. Oleg Sapunkov - Mechanical Engineer, Historian, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 3:40 pm |
A Novel Orchestration Framework for Zero Trust Unmanned Vehicular Networks in ROS 2 Noah Tinker - Graduate Student, Clemson University Julia Boone - Doctoral Student, Clemson University Dr. Kuang-Ching Wang - Professor, Clemson University |
| 4:00 pm |
MOSA C2 for Autonomous Vehicles to Counter UAS, Swarm, and Ground-Based Robotic Threats Jeremy Davidson - Systems Engineering Director, SAIC Dr. Peter Drewes - Chief Technology Officer, SAIC Roger Graham - Systems Engineer, SAIC Eric Haider - Business Development, SAIC Michael Phillips - Business Development Director, SAIC |
| 4:20 pm |
Ensuring Safe Control of Automated/Autonomous Ground Vehicles Mark Underhill - Principal Engineer, Moog, Inc. Rich Delecki - Business Development Manager, Moog, Inc. Denis O'Sullivan - Senior Software Engineer, Moog, Inc. |
| 4:40 pm |
The SOTIF Meta-Algorithm: Quantitative Analyses of the Safety of AI Michael Wagner - Chief Product Officer, Edge Case Research, Inc. Noah Carlson - Senior System Safety Engineer, Edge Case Research, Inc. Dr. Chris Dwyer - Senior Expert, Edge Case Research, Inc. |
| 5:00 pm |
AAIR Technical Session Conclusion Dr. Oleg Sapunkov - Mechanical Engineer, Historian, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 5:15 pm |
Networking Reception |
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Bio-Engineered Charcoal for Large Caliber Ignition Systems 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 |
Michigan NDIA 65th Annual ROTC Banquet Accommodations:
Troy Marriott
200 W Big Beaver Road
Troy, MI 48084
You will find the information for your online reservation link below. If you have questions or need help with the link, please do not hesitate to ask. We appreciate your business and look forward to a successful event.
Book your group rate for 65th Annual ROTC Awards Dinner
Event Summary:
65th Annual ROTC Awards Dinner
Start Date: Friday, April 22, 2022
End Date: Saturday, April 23, 2022
Last Day to Book: Friday, April 1, 2022
Hotel(s) offering your special group rate:
- Detroit Marriott Troy for 119 USD per night
Hotel room rates are subject to applicable state and local taxes (currently 13%)
If you need assistance booking your room, please contact Brain at (248) 680-9608 indicating that you are part of the ROTC group rate for lodging April 22, 2022.
Technical Papers Submission Window is Closed.
Notification of paper acceptances will go out on May 2nd
Note: The NDIA Michigan Chapter, SAE International or SAE Government Technologies do NOT own the rights of the papers presented at GVSETS, nor do these entities claim any ownership or partnership. We appreciate and thank all paper owner authors for their participation.
Paper Submission Requirements
- Draft papers require a minimum of 5 pages. Abstracts will not be accepted.
- Papers should be complete to include background/motivation, supporting data, figures, tables, conclusions and references.
- Papers must demonstrate relevance to the ground vehicle development missions of the U.S. Army and/or U.S. Marine Corps (USMC).
- Papers must conform to the format provided in the Word or LaTeX templates.
- Papers SHOULD NOT be commercial in nature or have a marketing emphasis.
- Operations Security (OPSEC) requirements:
- All papers must be unclassified and releasable to the public.
- Papers authored/co-authored by government employees or that contain work funded by the government must go through the OPSEC approval process.
- Papers which require OPSEC must contain the “Distribution A” statement and OPSEC tracking number/date upon submission.
- Submissions imply the intent of at least one author to attend GVSETS and present the paper.
The selection criteria will include factors such as:
- Relevance to the ground systems domain
- Originality of work
- Clarity of expression
- Completeness
- Conciseness
- Ease of reading
- Findings applicable and usable by others
- Well-stated objectives
- Conclusions answer objectives
- References complete
A Paper Template is Provided in Word and LaTeX:
- 12-point Times New Roman font
- 1-inch margins
- Title in capital letters using 14-point Arial
- Title followed by author(s) and their affiliation(s)
- Each line in the heading is centered
- Double space between the heading and beginning of the abstract
- Single space and center the abstract
- Double space between paragraphs in the body of the paper
- Graphical information or imagery is encouraged
- Minimum of 5 pages
Technical Paper Template Technical Paper Template (LaTeX) LaTeX PDF
PAPER ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION
Sent by May 2, 2025
Authors of papers chosen by the Technical Committee will be notified via email by the main point of contact listed on the submission form and provided detailed directions for formatting final manuscripts. Accepted authors must submit a complete manuscript, which includes acquiring OPSEC approval, by the deadline prior to the conference. Authors selected to present their papers during GVSETS Technical Sessions will also receive detailed information regarding presentation format.
Other Important Dates to remember:
- June 3, 2025 - Final paper submission*
- July 16, 2025 - Final presentations due*
- August 12, 2025 - Paper Presentation
* This timetable does not include time for OPSEC review which is required by all government authored/funded papers. Please allow a minimum of 10 business days for OPSEC process PRIOR to submission dates..
ALL ATTENDING PAPER AUTHORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN REGISTRATION FEE.
KEEP IN MIND, GOVERNMENT ATTENDEES ARE FREE.
For more information, please contact Leslie A. Smith, CMP, Senior Director of Programs at (248) 353-0735, ext. 152 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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