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MATLAB/SIMULINK Bible | Go From Zero to Hero + ChatGPT! (Udemy.com)

Build 10 Practical Projects and go from Beginner to Pro in Simulink with this Project-Based Simulink Course!

4.6
7,605 reviews

Created by: Prof. Ryan Ahmed, PhD, MBA

Last updated August 2025

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Based on the ratings of 7,605 students, a sample of their written reviews and the syllabus, as the course stood in August 2025. No course pays to be reviewed.

This is a project-based Simulink intro built around ten small models. You start with a sine wave, then build a mass spring damper in the time domain and the S-domain, a battery model, three PID projects, adaptive cruise control and a DC motor. The syllabus shows 65 lectures and about 8 hours, with no quizzes or coding exercises. Dr. Ryan Ahmed teaches it, and the requirements say no MATLAB experience is needed. It suits engineering students who want a first look at control systems in Simulink.

Reviewers like the practical approach. One electrical student says the vehicle dynamics, PID, DC motor and battery projects helped with the basics, and others call the walkthroughs clear and well structured. The complaints are consistent. Several say the videos use a MATLAB interface from around 2014, so buttons are hard to find in a current release. Some want more theory behind each model, and one found the assessment instructions vague. Another says the audio is very low. A few say the AI and ChatGPT sections feel disconnected from the Simulink material.

Those last two sections add more than three hours, so the Simulink core is shorter than the 8.2-hour total suggests. The course was last updated in August 2025, yet reviewers still report the old interface. With 34,246 students and a 4.6 rating across 7,605 reviews, it is well liked, and most ratings are four or five stars. We'd point a true beginner here, as long as they can put up with hunting for menus. One reviewer who had used Simulink before found it basic.

Best forEngineering students who want to build PID, battery and DC motor models in Simulink from a blank canvas.
Skip it ifYou already use Simulink, want the math behind each model derived, or need a course that matches today's MATLAB interface.

Pros

  • Ten short projects, from a sine wave to a DC motor, so each project ends with a working model.
  • Builds and tunes PID controllers and an adaptive cruise control model, a good fit for control-systems beginners.
  • Reviewers call the walkthroughs clear and well structured, and no prior MATLAB is required.
  • Simulink models and slides are included, plus a certificate of completion.

Cons

  • Videos show an older MATLAB interface, so reviewers struggle to find buttons in current releases.
  • Theory is thin, and one reviewer found the assessment instructions vague and hard to follow.
  • The AI and ChatGPT sections feel disconnected to reviewers and add more than three hours.
This is an excellent course for understanding and using Simulink. The instructor does a great job walking through how to build a simulation and how to integrate it with MATLAB.
Brady Hanas, a student

Fits true beginners to Simulink, though control theory basics help. One experienced user calls it basic.

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What you will learn

  • Develop Simulink models in a practical, fun and easy way.
  • Develop, simulate and analyze electrical and mechanical systems in Simulink.
  • Understand the basic concepts of control systems and develop your own controllers in Simulink.
  • Understand control system theory, develop PID controllers, and tune these controllers in Simulink.
  • Impress future (or current) employers with your marketable skills in MATLAB/Simulink

Course content

13 sections · 65 lectures · 8.2 hours of video 8 assignments, 1 article

  1. 1Course Introduction and Welcome Message 1 free preview1 lecture · 1 min
  2. 2PROJECT #1: GENERATE, DISPLAY AND EXPORT SOURCE GENERATING SINE WAVE3 lectures · 1 quiz · 22 min
  3. 3PROJECT #2: BUILD A MATHEMATICAL EQUATION (DIFFERENTIATION/INTEGRATION) SYSTEM4 lectures · 2 quizzes · 24 min
  4. 4PROJECT #3: SIMULATE A MASS SPRING DAMPER SYSTEM IN TIME DOMAIN 2 free previews4 lectures · 1 quiz · 27 min
  5. 5PROJECT #4: SIMULATE A MASS SPRING DAMPER SYSTEM IN S-DOMAIN USING SIMULINK4 lectures · 1 quiz · 24 min
  6. 6PROJECT #5: BUILD AND SIMULATE A BATTERY MODEL5 lectures · 1 quiz · 52 min
  7. 7PROJECT #6: BUILD PROPORTIONAL INTEGRAL DERIVITIVE (PID) CONTROLLER IN SIMULINK 1 free preview5 lectures · 32 min
  8. 8PROJECT #7: APPLY A PID CONTROLLER TO MASS SPRING DAMPER SYSTEM2 lectures · 11 min
  9. 9PROJECT #8: TUNE A PROPORTIONAL INTEGRAL DERIVITIVE (PID) CONTROLLER 1 free preview3 lectures · 22 min
  10. 10PROJECT #9: DEVELOP AND SIMULATE ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM5 lectures · 1 quiz · 25 min

Who it is for

The instructor says it suits

  • For students who want to learn Simulink Fundamentals and develop their own Simulink Models.
  • For Programming beginners who are new to MATLAB or Simulink.
  • For engineers and scientists who are curious about control systems and system modeling

What you need before you start

  • There is no prior experience required, even if you have never used MATLAB or Simulink before.
  • Matlab and Simulink software. Downloadable from MathWorks website.

How it compares

Against the other 1,182 rated Udemy courses in IT & Software on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 67% of them
  • Reviews7,605#63 of 1,183 by number of reviews
  • Length8.2 hourslonger than 63% of them
  • Last updatedAugust 2025more recently than 53% of them

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Course Description

This course will cover the basics of Simulink and students will be able to create Simulink models and run simulations of physical systems.


Simulink is a powerful MATLAB-based tool used to design and simulate mechanical, electrical, electromechanical, and hydraulic systems using a large comprehensive drag and drop library.


The course includes a unique project-based learning approach and you are going to learn by doing! students will be able to develop fun, useful and practical Simulink models from scratch. 


In this course, students will be able to: 

  1. Experience a true practical project-based learning experience, we will build 10 Simulink projects together

  2. Access all the Simulink models and slides, 

  3. Receive a certificate of completion to post on LinkedIn profile to showcase your skills in Simulink to employers. 

  4. Receive a risk free trial with 30 day money back guarantee so you can give a course a try risk free!

Check out the preview videos and the outline to get an idea of the projects we will be covering.

We will start from the basics and gradually build up your knowledge.


So who this course is for?

The course is targeted towards anyone wanting to gain a fundamental understanding of Matlab and Simulink and solve practical real world business problems.


In this course:

(1) You will have a true practical project-based learning experience, we will build over 5 projects together

(2) You will have access to all the codes, Simulink models and slides

(3) You will get a certificate of completion that you can post on your LinkedIn profile to showcase your skills in Simulink and SimScape to employers.

(4) All this comes with a 30-day money back guarantee so you can give a course a try risk free!

Check out the preview videos and the outline to get an idea of the projects we will be covering.

Enroll today and let’s harness the power of Matlab Simulink and SimScape together!
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Instructor Details

Prof. Ryan Ahmed, PhD, MBA

I'm Dr. Ryan Ahmed, professor, engineer, and founder of Stemplicity, where we help people get past the hype and actually build things with AI, Agentic AI, Cloud, and Data Science.

Over the past 10 years, I've taught 1 million learners across 160 countries — 700,000+ enrolled in my Udemy courses, 260,000+ subscribers on the "Prof. Ryan Ahmed" YouTube channel, and 120,000+ on Coursera. I also run corporate AI training for teams at HSBC, RBC, Discover, and Barclays across the US, Canada, and the UK. I held leadership roles at GM, Samsung, and Stellantis in Canada and the U.S., working on electric and autonomous vehicle technologies.

I hold a MASc, PhD, and MBA from McMaster University. I’m also a licensed Professional Engineer and a Stanford-certified program manager with over 60+ published research papers in AI and battery systems.

But credentials are the least interesting part. Here's what I actually believe: "AI is the biggest opportunity of our lifetime", and most people are sitting it out because they think they need to code or have a PhD. You don't. If you're willing to show up and try, I'll help you get good at this.

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By Ved Singh on 8/19/2026

I really like the project based approach and the learnings of the capabilities of matlab and simulink are great, one feed back would be to add a separate section for a little bit more on the theoretical and mathematical aspects of the projects as that is described at a surface level.

By Brady Hanas on 6/10/2026

This is an excellent course for understanding and using Simulink. The instructor does a great job walking through how to build a simulation and how to integrate it with MATLAB. I found the final section on using ChatGPT to generate code somewhat repetitive, but overall I really enjoyed the rest of the course.

By Jehad Zidan on 9/7/2025

The prof explained the topics step by step in a very good way. But I feel that something is missing. E.g we heard about controllers but we dealed only with PID Controller. Same thing with developing an AI model, we learned about neuronal network. We only extracted data from Excel, it woud be nice if we learn how to extract data from other sources. In general it is a very good introduction to MatLab Simulink and ChatGPT.

By Muhammad Bilal Sabir on 8/20/2024

This course really helped me in understanding the basics of matlab and simulink, and how they perform in one another's loop when visualizing real world problems. Not only visualizing, but also modification of parameters by using PID tuning. Moreover, the extra lectures on AI generation and ChatGPT helped me in further learning.

By Ishaan Karnik on 4/15/2022

This course is excellent and must-have for beginners. I wish author explained couple of different toolboxes in brief and how to use them so students to get an introduction how to use Simulink for complex situation where Mathworks have provided read-to-use GUI solutions. I really appreciate how author demonstrated use Tune function in PID-controller. In-short this course is highly recommended for beginners who with to kick-start their Simulink journey.

By Gajendra Koli on 11/22/2020

I have just started it. I am writing the review after finishing mass damper system modelling. This is the best way(I personally follow while I study) of learning or teaching like you explain/Learn small bits(Basic concepts) first and then build story over that. whatever u teach on next lecture has complete relation with first. Nothings comes that we didn't go in previous lecture. Loved it. Excellent way of teaching. Thanks a lot.

By Michael Franks on 11/15/2020

Great description of what Simulink is doing and the significant tie to MATLAB. Really enjoying this.

By Elvis Opoku Amoako on 11/8/2020

Yes, but I would like to have another course in MATLAB Simulink and raspberry pi

By Roselle Grant on 11/8/2020

Although am using 2019 MTLAB version, I was able to follow through nicely

By Senthil Kumar M on 11/8/2020

I am enjoying the course. The explanations are very clear which could be understood even by beginners. The complexity of the example projects are also gradually increasing which helps in understanding the concepts. Thanks Ryan for designing this course.

By Ankit Verma on 11/8/2020

I liked the course. But the assignment questions were not clearly explained about what exactly needs to do with no sufficient hints? For example, If I don't know about the unit step function from previous sections, then I cannot use it to solve a question. An intermediate person or an advanced level person might know about all the blocks and what they do as compared to a beginner level.
Kind regards,
Ankit

By Karan Somjhani on 11/8/2020

It seems to be very informative course till now.
I am looking forward to learn more & apply it in my work.
Thank you!

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MATLAB/SIMULINK Bible | Go From Zero to Hero + ChatGPT!
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