Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (Team #17928) from Durham, North Carolina was the M3 Runner Up in the 2025 MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge! This year more than 3,600 students making up 794 teams used mathematical modeling to predict the temperature changes during a heatwave and develop a plan for allocating resources to minimize the effects of heat waves and power grid failures. Learn more at: m3challenge.siam.org/resources/archives/2025-year-at-a-glance
About M3 Challenge
MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge (M3 Challenge) is the prestigious Internet-based competition known for providing a pinnacle high school experience to inspire students to pursue STEM majors and careers. The contest, organized by Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) and sponsored by leading software developer MathWorks, is free and open to students in the U.S. and U.K. M3 Challenge will award top teams this year with $100,000+ or £75,000+ in scholarships to use for their higher education. M3 Challenge has awarded more than $1.85 million in scholarships to date.
Each school may enter up to two teams of three to five junior/senior or sixth form students, who spend up to 14 hours on Challenge weekend devising and submitting a solution to the Challenge Problem, which is not revealed to them until they log in. Following a rigorous multi-stage judging process, six finalist teams, three technical computing awardees, and top ranking UK teams present their findings live to a final judge panel to determine the final rank order. Learn more at m3challenge.siam.org
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (Team #17928) from Durham, North Carolina was the M3 Runner Up in the 2025 MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge! This year more than 3,600 students making up 794 teams used mathematical modeling to predict the temperature changes during a heatwave and develop a plan for allocating resources to minimize the effects of heat waves and power grid failures. Learn more at: m3challenge.siam.org/resources/archives/2025-year-at-a-glance
About M3 Challenge
MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge (M3 Challenge) is the prestigious Internet-based competition known for providing a pinnacle high school experience to inspire students to pursue STEM majors and careers. The contest, organized by Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) and sponsored by leading software developer MathWorks, is free and open to students in the U.S. and U.K. M3 Challenge will award top teams this year with $100,000+ or £75,000+ in scholarships to use for their higher education. M3 Challenge has awarded more than $1.85 million in scholarships to date.
Each school may enter up to two teams of three to five junior/senior or sixth form students, who spend up to 14 hours on Challenge weekend devising and submitting a solution to the Challenge Problem, which is not revealed to them until they log in. Following a rigorous multi-stage judging process, six finalist teams, three technical computing awardees, and top ranking UK teams present their findings live to a final judge panel to determine the final rank order. Learn more at m3challenge.siam.org
