Matthew Woodcock

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

• 3.96 GPA
• Electrical Engineering Honors Student Ambassador
• Anthony J. Wood '87 and Susan D. Wood '89 President's Endowed Scholarship Recipient
• National Merit Scholarship Recipient
• Junior Research Scholar in Robotics, 2026-2027 cohort
• Relevant Coursework: Differential Equations, Calculus 3, Linear Algebra, Circuit Theory

• Built a MuJoCo simulation study on joint-space and controller-mediated end-effector action representations.
• Ran and independently validated 3,600 behavioral-cloning evaluation rollouts.
• Built an open-source LeRobot pipeline manager for diagnostics, experiment queues, and run tracking.
• Trained and deployed SmolVLA, ACT, GR00T, and π0.5 on SO-101 hardware.
• Collected 250+ teleoperation episodes and tested robustness to camera, lighting, background, and placement shifts.
• Achieved 80% in-distribution and 70% held-out pick-and-place success.

• Placed 4th in DARPA's AI Cyber Challenge; helped identify 28 vulnerabilities and generate 14 validated patches.
• Built and evaluated LLM-agent workflows using RAG, few-shot prompting, and custom cost/latency benchmarks.
• Presented at DEF CON 33, co-authored an arXiv report, and supported research across 20+ open-source projects.
• Built evaluation frameworks for vulnerability discovery and patch generation.

• Built an automation-governance platform using Power Automate, SharePoint, and Dataverse.
• Led a production migration of 54 automations and AI workflows with zero-downtime constraints.
• Identified 95+ retired automations or stale AI efforts through self-maintaining inventory.
• Developed an internal initiative tracker to visualize dependencies and timelines for 70+ projects.

• Evaluated 10+ manufacturing-automation opportunities across capacity, quality, and equipment utilization.
• Audited workflows and connectivity across 50+ manufacturing machines using Stratus, Power Apps, and Excel.
• Gained hands-on experience with pipe welding and forklift operation in a manufacturing environment.

• Lead 5 executives, 18 staff, and 61 members in a student service organization.
• Plan events, coordinate service projects, and manage staff and advisor relations.

• Selected as one of 140 students in the inaugural Campus Lead cohort to represent Texas A&M University.
• Organize workshops, weekly Studio Hours, and a showcase to expand practical access to OpenAI tools.