She doesn’t wear a jacket emblazoned with numbers, but you can still spot math whiz Rikki DeOreo when you need her numeric help or want to hear about helping her fellow students with MathWorks.
The second-year electrical engineering student expects to graduate in 2028, but until then, you’ll find her in the Herbert Wertheim Laboratory for Engineering Excellence in her new position as the MathWorks Student Ambassador for the University of Florida.
Edwin Marté Zorrilla, Ph.D., an instructional assistant professor with UF’s Department of Engineering Education, was impressed with DeOreo as a student in his Programming for Engineers class, which utilizes MathWorks’ flagship product, MATLAB. She had recently joined a research group and was applying concepts from the course to her projects.