Matthew C. Ruschmann Curriculum Vitae Contact 107 N Roosevelt Ave Apt. 1 Endicott, NY 13760 (607) 205-8453 matthew@ruschmann.net Interests Robust control, fault detection, fault diagnosis, system identification, nonlinear control, convex optimization, receding horizon control, linear matrix inequalities, Markov processes, discrete event systems, perturbation analysis, simulation. Education Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, May 2009 Binghamton University; Binghamton, NY Thesis: Robustness and Reliability of Assets Allocation in Air Operations Adviser: Prof. N. Eva Wu Committee: Prof. M. Fowler, Prof. V. Nikulin, and Prof. S. Zacks GPA: 3.85/4.0 M.S. Electrical Engineering, December 2006 Binghamton University; Binghamton, NY Thesis: Receding Horizon Control of Air Operation Resource Allocation GPA: 3.88/4.0 B.S. Electrical Engineering, Minor in Mathematics, December 2004 Clarkson University; Potsdam, NY Radio-frequency interference and countermeasures in radio controlled vehicles: * Reverse engineered RC toy cars to modify transmitters and receivers for an RF battle. Designed and compared analog and digital PID controllers to power a DC motor. Employment History and Accomplishments 05/2009-present Post-doctoral Research Scientist Research Foundation of SUNY, Binghamton University; Binghamton, NY Fault diagnosis, prognosis and reliable flight envelope assessment of the NASA GTM aircraft: * Developed a probing algorithm for health monitoring of nonlinear systems, * Designed stuck actuator fault models, and estimated parameters with an extended Kalman filter, * Developed online system identification routines using block least squares. Convex regression for system identification of a GDP growth model in economics. 05/2006-05/2009 Graduate Research Assistant Research Foundation of SUNY, Binghamton University; Binghamton, NY Fault-tolerant control of dataset restoration policies for maximum availability in a redundant database: * Method for optimizing dataset renewal/overhaul policies under faulty observations and decisions, * Designed a dataset renewal policy, and optimized the policy by deriving performance gradients. Robustness analysis and control of two-port systems: * Stability analysis using mu-analysis and linear matrix inequalities. Summer 2006 & 2008 On-site Summer Research Appointment Air Force Research Laboratory; Rome, NY Robust resource allocation in a discrete-state, probabilistic air operation model: * Implemented robust receding horizon for an uncertain bilinear system with control constraints, * Simulated the resulting hybrid system in Matlab and Simulink using Stateflow and SimEvents, * Evaluated performance with uncertain observations by designing state estimators and detectors. 09/2005-present Entrepreneur, Webmaster, and Content Creator Superpositioned.com - Electronics Projects and News in the Frequency Domain * Conducted multiple hobby electronics projects, and documented them in the blog, * Door knob buzzer, penny powered LED, galvanic skin response sensor, and EKG, * General Ruby on Rails web development and site maintenance tasks. 01/2005-08/2005 High Speed Data Services Representative, Tier 3 Time Warner Cable, Binghamton Division; Vestal, NY * Provided troubleshooting for high-speed data and IP telephony from the call center, * Decided to assign a field technician if the issues could not be resolved from the call center. 06/2000-01/2005 Fast Food Attendant Wendy’s, WendBing Corp; Vestal, NY 03/2000-07/2003 Typesetter and Assistant to the Executive Editor Sampling Publishing; Potsdam, NY * Layout and design of academic journals and textbooks using LaTeX and Adobe Illustrator, * Assisted in daily communications. Professional Associations 2010-present American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). 2006-present Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). 2002-present Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), honor society for electrical engineers. Honors 2009 Excellence in Research Award; Awarded by the the electrical and computer engineering department to a single post-graduate for dedication and excellence in their research. 1999-2000 The Clarkson School; Selective program for inspired high school seniors to begin their collegiate experience a year early. Journal Publications * N.E. Wu, M.C. Ruschmann, and K. Huang, "Probing the NASA Generic Transport Aircraft in Real-Time for Health Monitoring," Accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Control System Technology on July 26, 2010. * N.E. Wu and M.C. Ruschmann, "Fault-Tolerant Control of a Hidden Markov Process with Application to Resource Allocation in an Air Operation," Accepted for publication in Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics on July 15, 2010. * N.E. Wu, M.C. Ruschmann, and M. Linderman, "Fault-Tolerant Control of a Distributed Database System," Journal of Control Science and Engineering, vol. 2008, no. 1, 2008. * N.E. Wu, Y. Guo, K. Huang, M. Ruschmann, and M. Fowler, "Fault-Tolerant Tasking and Guidance of an Airborne Location Sensor Network," International Journal of Control Automation and Systems, vol. 6, no. 3, p. 351, 2008. Conference Publications * M. Ruschmann, N. Wu, and J. Shin, "Actuator Fault Diagnosis Using Two-Stage Extended Kalman Filters," in Proceedings of the 2010 Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, 2010. * M. Ruschmann, J. Huang, and N. Wu, "Pulse-Compression Probing of Small Signal Characteristics for Nonlinear Systems in Dynamic Operating Conditions," in Proceedings of the 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2010. * M. Ruschmann and N. Wu, "Online Estimation of Linear State-Space Parameters of the Generic Transport Model for a Set of Structural Damage Scenarios," in Proceedings of the 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2010. * M. Ruschmann and N. Wu, "Perturbation Analysis for Optimal Update Intervals of Data Sets," in Proceedings of the 2008 American Control Conference, pp. 4318–4323, 2008. * M. Ruschmann and N. Wu, "Optimal control of a database with reduced & full state models," in Proceedings of the 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 2663–2668, 2007. * N. Wu and M. Ruschmann, "Loop Closure for Enhanced Win Percentage in an Air Operation," in Proceedings of the 2007 American Control Conference, pp. 1097–1102, 2007. Submitted Papers * M. Ruschmann and N. Wu, "Optimal Dataset Availability in a Distributed Database," submitted to Discrete Event Dynamic Systems on October 31, 2008; resubmitted on July 16, 2010. * M. Ruschmann, J. Huang, and N. Wu, "Pulse-Compression Probing of Small Signal Characteristics for Nonlinear Systems in Dynamic Operating Conditions," submitted to IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, on June 24, 2010. Unpublished Work * M. Ruschmann, "Rockwell Software’s Arena and Mathworks’ Simulink SimEvents, A Comparison," SSIE 520: Modeling and Simulation, Spring 2008. Final Class Project. Technical Skills Engineering Software Matlab, Simulink, SimEvents, Arena, LabVIEW, SPICE, VisSim, Maple, Minitab. Programming Languages C/C++/C#, Assembly, PHP, SQL, Ruby, Python. Miscellaneous Software Microsoft Office, LaTeX, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Linux/Unix, Mac OSX, Windows. Hobbies Cycling, kayaking, sailing, Nordic skiing, and cooking. References and Availability References available upon request. Available for employment December, 2010 Binghamton University, July 30, 2010, download at http://matthew.ruschmann.net/