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Virtual Prototyping of Autonomy-Enabled Ground Systems (VIPR-GS)

2025 Annual Review

The Madren Center at Clemson UniversityThe 2025 VIPR-GS Annual Review will be held February 26–27, 2025, at the Clemson University Madren Conference Center.

For questions, please contact
Kristy Dickinson | dickin7@clemson.edu | (864) 365-0481
 

Get ready for the event.

2025 Annual Review

The VIPR-GS Research Center has now entered its fourth year since its inception. This review session highlighted research results throughout the Center obtained during the previous three years. Government, Military, and Industry keynote presentations and panels were conducted along with presentations and demonstrations of the research results. The Deep Orange projects, sponsored through VIPR-GS, were exhibited during the event.

Over 300 talented interdisciplinary researchers, industry leaders, and government officials joined our community during this event.

montage of vipr-gs

Thank you to all of our panelists!

Academic Review Board members

MG Jeff Jones (Deputy Adjutant General, SC National Guard), MG (USA Ret) Brad Owens (Director Strategic Initiatives, SC National Guard), CW3 Todd Shealy (Assistant to the Director, SC National Guard)

Jeremy McKimmy (Rouch Defense), Barry Chapman (Siemens), Dale Mashtare (Applied Research Associates)

Special Thanks to the Academic Review Board: (pictured) Don Stanton, Dan Negrut, Dan DeLaurentis

VIPR-GS Day 2 demoDeep Orange 14 Demonstration, 6 March 2024

Background

The VIPR-GS Center at Clemson University is focused on research of critical value to the U.S. Army’s Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC).

The VIPR-GS Center has 44 ongoing research efforts, engaging more than 80 faculty across 7 of Clemson's College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences (CECAS) departments, as well as faculty in Clemson's School of Computing, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Department of Psychology.

The Center has three focal areas: (1) autonomy for off-road vehicles in an unstructured environment, (2) vehicle propulsion and smart energy, and (3) virtual prototyping/digital engineering.

Student Poster Competition Winners

Fardifa Alam

Focus Area 1 – Off-Road Autonomy

Fardifa Alam 
Computer Science

Presentation: “Hierarchical Scene Graphs with Feature-based Localization for Off-Road Navigation”

Project: 1.22.9, Spatial-AI Real-Time Mapping for Off-Road Ground Vehicles

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Federico Iuricich

Anirudh Sundar

Focus Area 2 – Propulsion Systems

Anirudh Sundar
Automotive Engineering

Presentation: "Heat Pump-Based Thermal Management in Off-Road Autonomous Electrified Vehicles"

Project: 2.3, Power Generation and Propulsion Systems

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Robert Prucka

John Morris

Focus Area 3 – Digital Engineering

John Morris
Mechanical Engineering

Presentation: "Model Based Engineering of Digital Twins"

Project: 3.6, Collaborative Design Teaming and Immersive Technologies for Ground Vehicle Systems Design

Faculty Advisor: Dr. John Wagner