Ryder Christian Winck, Ph.D.
2581 Alma St.
Palo Alto, CA 94306
865-805-2261
ryder@stanford.edu
www.ryderwinck.com
Education:
Ph.D.
Mechanical Engineering (with Manufacturing Certificate)
Georgia Institute of Technology, December 2012
GPA: 4.00/4.00
Dissertation: Simultaneous control of coupled actuators using singular value
decomposition and semi-nonnegative matrix factorization
Advisor: Wayne J. Book
M.S.
Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, May 2009
GPA: 4.00/4.00
Thesis: Fabric control for feeding into an automated sewing machine
Advisor: Wayne J. Book
Co-Advisor: Steve Dickerson
B.S.
B.A.
Mechanical Engineering
Visual Arts
Rice University, May 2007
GPA: 3.74/4.00
Honors and Awards:
2012:
2011:
2009:
2009:
2009:
2007:
2007-2012:
2007-2011:
2006:
Best Session Presentation at American Control Conference
Best Paper Finalist at ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference
Ph.D. Qualifying exam highest score (Fall semester)
GM Manufacturing Scholar (awarded to graduate students based on academic
merit and an essay)
Best Paper Award at IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced
Intelligent Mechatronics
Honorable Mention, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
Georgia Tech Mechanical Engineering Woodruff Fellowship (awarded to top
incoming graduate students)
Georgia Tech President’s Fellowship (awarded to top incoming graduate
students)
Buckley-Sartwelle Scholarship, Rice University (awarded to top junior mechanical
engineering students based on academic merit and essay)
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2004-2007:
2004:
Rice University President’s Honor Roll (based on academic GPA)
Martel College Freshman of the Year Award (awarded annually to the freshman
who has made the greatest positive impact at Martel residential college)
Publications:
Journals:
1. Winck, R.C. and W.J. Book, “Dimension Reduction for First-Order LTI Subsystems.” IEEE
Transactions on Control Systems Technology. (in preparation)
2. Elton, M., R.C. Winck, and W.J. Book, “Command Feedback for Dynamically Slow Systems.”
(in preparation)
3. Winck, R.C., M. Elton, and W.J. Book, “Advanced Hand Controllers for Hydraulic Machines.”
Automation in Construction. (in preparation)
4. Winck, R.C., and W.J. Book, “Dimension Reduction in a Feedback Loop using the SVD: Results
on Controllability and Stability.” Automatica, 2012. (in revision)
Peer-reviewed Conferences:
1. Winck, R.C. and W.J. Book, “Methods for Computing the SVD Rank-one Approximation in a
Feedback Loop,” ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, October 2012.
2. Winck, R.C., J. Kim, W.J. Book, and H. Park, “Command Generation Techniques for a Pin Array
using the SVD and SNMF,” International IFAC Symposium on Robot Control, September 2012.
3. Cazenave, T., R.C. Winck, E. Feron, and W. Book, “Control Technique for Network
Throughput Maximization of Over Actuated Systems,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and
Control Conference, August 2012.
4. Winck, R.C., J. Kim, W.J. Book, and H. Park, “A Control Loop Structure Based on SemiNonnegative Matrix Factorization for Input-Coupled Systems,” IEEE American Control
Conference, June 2012.
*Best Session Presentation
5. Winck, R.C. and W.J. Book, “A Control Loop Structure Based on Singular Value
Decomposition for Input-Coupled Systems,” ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference,
October 2011.
*Best Student Paper Finalist
6. Book, W.J., R.C. Winck, J. Huggins, S. Dickerson, S. Jayaraman, T. Collins, and R. Prado,
“Automated Garment Manufacturing System using Novel Sensing and Actuation,” 2010
International Symposium on Flexible Automation, July 2010.
7. Winck, R.C., C. Ngoo, and K. Marek, “Active Anti-lock Brake System for Low Powered Vehicles
Using Cable-Type Brakes,” SAE World Congress, April 2010.
8. Winck, R.C., S. Dickerson, W. Book, and J. Huggins, “A Novel Approach to Fabric Control for
Automated Sewing,” IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent
Mechatronics, July 2009.
*Best Student Paper Award
9. Howison, W., R.C. Winck, C. Phillips, N. Xiao, N. Kishan, J. Araujo, S. Kreml, and M. O'Malley,
“Haptic Grippers for Surgical Teleoperation Research,” 24th Annual Conference on
Biomedical Engineering Research, February 2007.
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Patents:
Howison, W. and R. Winck. “Haptic Device Grippers for Surgical Teleoperation,” U.S. Patent No.
8,209,054 B2, 2012.
Invited Presentations:
DARPA Workshop on Future Technologies for Military Garment Manufacturing. Georgia
Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, July 31, 2012.
Experience:
1/2013-present:
8/2007-12/2012:
3/2010-7/2010:
8/2009-5/2010:
5/2006-8/2006:
1/2006-5/2006:
5/2005-8/2005:
8/2004-12/2004:
Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University
Designing, prototyping, and evaluating a human-machine interface for
bilateral teleoperation of a robotic manipulator in the presence of time
delays of seconds using model-mediated teleoperation.
Research Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology
Initiated research involving control of a large array of hydraulic cylinders
with a limited numbers of valves for a haptic human-computer interface.
Designed and evaluated human-machine interfaces for excavators.
Researched and designed machine for fabric control for automated
sewing.
Consultant, Softwear Automation Inc.
Created prototype of automated sewing machine and provided
assistance to overall design of automated garment manufacturing system.
Rockwell Automation Teaching Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology
Designed, built, wrote, and taught labs for ME 4012 Motion Systems class.
Lab topics included: servo motor control and trajectory planning; system
identification; and state space control using hydraulic systems.
NSF REU Fellow, Rice University
Programmed state machine architecture for haptic rehabilitation robot.
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Rice University
Modified the mechanical and electrical designs of a five degree-offreedom haptic rehabilitation robot.
Summer Undergraduate Laboratory Internship, Oak Ridge National Lab
Designed parts to be used in remote handling equipment at the
Spallation Neutron Source. Researched the man-machine interfaces of
construction machinery for rapid remote construction research.
Teaching Assistant, Rice University
Taught the welding portion of the Industrial Process Lab, ME 340.
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Conference Proceedings Reviewer:
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM)
Professional Societies:
Student Member, IEEE
Member, ASME
Selected Courses Taken:
Graduate:
Linear Control Systems, Digital Control Systems, Intelligence Controls, Nonlinear Control
Systems, Optimal Control*, Robust Control I*, Robust Control II*, Robotics, Machine Vision,
Intro to Mechatronics, Advanced Mechatronics, Dynamics-Mechanical Systems, Vibrations,
Modeling and Simulation Design, and Linear Algebra. (*audited)
Undergraduate:
Fundamentals of Control Systems, Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems, Design of
Mechatronic Systems, Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering, and Probability and Statistics.
Selected Skills and Competencies:
Hands-on expertise in the design and fabrication of electronic and fluid power robotic systems.
Computer: Matlab, Simulink, LabView, Mathematica, C, microcontrollers, Rockwell Automation
PLC, Dymola/Modelica, Pro Engineer, Solidworks, and Microsoft Office.
Other: Arc, gas, and mig welding; metal machining; and building/testing electric circuits.
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