The video challenge allows student teams to showcase the innovative ways they are designing, building and racing their cars at one of the most established educational motorsport competitions (9-12th July at Silverstone).
As part of the video challenge, MathWorks is offering participating students from universities across the country the opportunity to win £500 by submitting a series of videos charting their Formula Student journey.
About the contest
Each team will submit 2-4 minute videos highlighting each stage of their journey and showcasing how the teams used MATLAB and Simulink to design and test their cars during the competition. The final videos will be uploaded to YouTube, under the hashtag #MATLABFS along with a separate entry form per video. Each video will be reviewed by a panel of judges and will be awarded points based on originality, depth of knowledge and appropriateness to the theme.
Submission dates are as follows:
· ‘Design phase’ and ‘building your car at the workshop’ video submission date – July 1st 2015
· ‘Car performing at the competition’ video submission date – August 14th 2015
· Competition winners will be announced on September 30th 2015
MathWorks is also supporting students who enter the competition by providing complimentary access to the MATLAB and Simulink product families, as well as technical support through a series of video tutorials on the MATLAB and Simulink Racing Lounge. You can visit the MATLAB and Simulink Racing Lounge here.
For more about MathWorks and the video competition, please visit here.
Coorous Mohtadi, senior academic technical specialist at MathWorks said, “We are delighted to be partnering with Formula Student and to offer MATLAB and Simulink to participating students. Integration between MATLAB and Simulink means that students are able to access a comprehensive library of design, testing and analysis software throughout the competition that will help them to reach pole position.” He added, “Formula Student provides a great opportunity for students to work on an industry-scale project and put their engineering knowledge into practice, as well as developing important skills such as project management and problem solving. MATLAB and Simulink are standard tools within industry so gaining hands-on experience will help them prepare for their future careers.”
Professor Richard Folkson, President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and former Chief Judge at Formula Student said, “We are delighted with MathWorks’ involvement in Formula Student, and this video challenge is a fantastic opportunity for Formula Student teams to showcase their talent. Formula Student really is the breeding ground for the best young engineering talent and I’m looking forward to seeing all the fantastic innovations in this year’s cars. ”
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Formula Student competition is the world’s largest student motorsport event and challenges student engineers to design, build and race a single seat racing car in one year. There will be 135 teams in total, with 49 from the UK and teams from as far afield as Australia, Turkey and Ukraine.
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