Get Ahead with MATLAB: A Practical Workshop for Future Engineers & Scientists

Curious about how to use MATLAB in your classes, labs, or future career? This hands-on workshop is designed especially for students who want to build a strong foundation in MATLAB. You’ll learn how to use MATLAB to analyze data, perform computations, and develop algorithms—all through live demos and guided exercises.

No prior experience? No problem! This beginner-friendly session will give you practical experience and confidence to start using MATLAB in your coursework right away. You’ll also discover how MATLAB is widely used in industry—from engineering and finance to biotech and robotics—and how adding MATLAB to your skillset can strengthen your résumé and help you stand out to employers.

Workshop Highlights:

• Work with real-world data from multiple sources (files, sensors, software, etc.)
• Use interactive tools for exploration, design, and problem-solving
• Automate your work using scripts and functions
• Generate reports and share results easily
• Learn the basics of building apps with MATLAB’s GUI tools

Speakers

Neha Sardesai
Principal Education Application Engineer
MathWorks, Inc.

Neha Sardesai is a Principal Education Application Engineer. She partners with university customers to understand their technical and business challenges, and identifies how MathWorks products can help address these challenges in education and research. She demonstrates the value of MATLAB and Simulink to grow their adoption in curriculum, research, and commercial projects. She received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering with a focus on Biomedical Instrumentation from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 2016. She has been working at MathWorks for 8 years.