19th Mar 09
MathWorks gets an award for its
support to EcoCAR automotive design contest
The MathWorks received the 2009 Excellence in Engineering
Education Collaboration Award from the American Society
of Engineering Education (ASEE) for its support of the EcoCAR
Challenge student competition. This award, issued by the
ASEE Corporate Member Council, recognizes companies that
demonstrate best practices in their collaborative efforts
with academic institutions to enhance engineering education
and engage students in engineering.
MathWorks has sponsored EcoCAR Challenge by providing software,
training to contesting student teams. EcoCAR Challenge gives
engineering students the opportunity to design and build
vehicles with a reduced environmental impact by using leading-edge
automotive technologies. Competing teams from 17 universities
across North America re-engineer a GM Saturn Vue to achieve
improved fuel economy and reduced emissions, while retaining
the vehicle's performance, safety, and consumer appeal.
EcoCAR Challenge has benefited students and faculty to
understand the skills required to develop, and create more
career-relevant curricula.
Additional information about EcoCAR is available at www.ecocarchallenge.org.
About The MathWorks
MathWorks develops mathematical computing software to nearly
every branch of science where some complex mathematical
computation is involved. Mathwork highly deserves awards
like this for simplifying mathematics through computers.
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