Student Programs

Competitions We Support

SAE Aero Design East and SAE Aero Design West

SAE Aero Design challenges university students to assume a systems engineering approach to design and prototype radio-controlled or autonomous aircraft. Students analyze requirements, perform trade studies, present a technical design report, and build a prototype aircraft to match the requirements.

SAE International and MathWorks have also launched the MathWorks SAE Aero Design Simulation Challenge 2027, where students can test aircraft designs in a virtual SAE environment and learn Model-Based Design through simulation-driven engineering workflows.

Complimentary Software

MathWorks provides complimentary software and self-paced online training for this competition. If your team is participating in this competition and needs software, or access to online training fill out the software request form.

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Learn How to Use MATLAB and Simulink for Student Projects

Design algorithms, create simulations, deploy code, and speed up software development for your projects.

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Interactive Online Tutorials

Learn by doing! Our two-hour online courses provide a hands-on learning environment where you will interact with a web-based version of MATLAB and receive instant and contextual feedback.

Learn to Code with MATLAB

Learn to Code is an online, interactive one-hour tutorial that teaches the basics of programming using MATLAB for ages 12+.

Code Generation Video Tutorials

Learn how to convert MATLAB functions and Simulink models to C/C++ code.

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Past Winners

See how students are winning competitions worldwide with MATLAB and Simulink.

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