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
7:00 am

Registration

8:00 am

Opening of GVSETS and the Technical Sessions in Legacy Ballroom, 2nd Floor

Thom Green - GVSETS Chair, Talonwise, Inc.

Valde Garcia - President, NDIA Michigan Chapter

Dr. David Gorsich - Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC

8:20 am

The Benefits and Challenges to Leveraging Commercial Off-the-Shelf Solutions to Modernize the Force

Moderator: Tom Vern - Assistant Chief of Staff G5, Strategic Plans & Communications, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC

Pete Johnson - Vice President of Business Development for Integrated Vehicles, GM Defense

Mike Milner - Vice President of Business Development and Strategy, American Rheinmetall Vehicles (ARV)

Tim George - Vice President of Sales & Marketing, ND Defense LLC.

Chris Orlowski - Associate Director of Land Systems, Anduril

9:25 am

Best Paper Announcement

Dr. David Gorsich - Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC

Dr. Gregg Wildes - Business Development Manager, DornerWorks

9:30 am

Exhibitor Break

(10:05 - 5:00 pm - Attendess will split up between the 6 different sessions)
10:05 am

Welcome to the 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