Generative and Agentic AI with MATLAB and Simulink for Engineering

María E. Gavilán is a Principal Product Marketing Manager at MathWorks, where she works with engineering and technical leaders to advance the use of MATLAB in commercial and industrial applications. A customer-facing technical expert in simulation, AI, and numerical computing, she helps organizations connect MATLAB with modern engineering workflows, alongside other tools and ecosystems. María brings experience spanning computational fluid dynamics projects in the automotive and aerospace sectors, with research interests in autonomous systems, turbulence modeling, and climate technologies. She holds a B.Sc. in Physics from the National University of Colombia, an M.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering from Purdue University, and an MBA from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.

Kevin Cohan is a technical marketing manager at MathWorks, where he creates content to help engineers, researchers, and students get the most out of MATLAB. Drawing on his engineering background, he translates complex product information into clear, actionable guidance for users. Previously, Kevin served as a product marketing manager at Mentor Graphics and as a hardware design engineer at Raytheon's Missile Systems Division. He holds a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Clarkson University and an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.