
We have recently finished a pilot project initiated in October 2020 with Professor Shayne McConomy ( Figure 1 ) from the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University – Florida State University (FAMU-FSU) College of Engineering. Professor McConomy welcomed the idea of using projects from our list and his enthusiastic feedback about the importance and usefulness of this program, particularly mentioning the contribution to experiential learning in conjunction with capstone/senior design classes, has been a very encouraging and a motivating stimulus to advance and scale up the program. Below Professor McConomy’s quote on the program Pilot project with the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering The MathWorks Excellence in Innovation program not only provides a source of industry relevant projects that are based on engineering megatrends but incentivizes students by offering rewards for submitting satisfying solutions. Moreover, the discussion board serves as a forum to collaborate virtually among students working on the same project, even if in different areas of the world, and interact with MathWorks engineers to ask questions and request clarifications. MotivationĮvery year, instructors from college and universities all around the world need to produce numerous project ideas with industry relevance for their senior design class students. This is arduous yet important work as the choice of a project impacts the future of each student’s professional career.

Even more, you can gain official recognition for your problem-solving skills from technology leaders at MathWorks. These projects help you learn about technology trends while becoming an important and valued contributor to the advancement of technical computing and Model-Based Design with MATLAB and Simulink.

The MathWorks Excellence in Innovation program provides a GitHub list of inspiring projects based on industry trends for your capstone, senior design project, or final year assignment. OK so you are in your final years of school and you get a chance to pick your own project to work on! How cool, but where can you find an excellent idea or get some inspiration? We have a new program that can help you.

For today’s post Roberto Valenti would like to introduce you to MathWorks’ new Excellence in Innovation Program.
