Short Courses

A collection of themed articles aimed at helping designers learn new design skills

Learn to Sketch

Engineering ideas, from the most complex to the most simple, can be communicated via effective sketching. Dr. Chris Mattson created this short course to give any student of design the tools to become skilled in this design thinking and prototyping technique.

Design Thinking

Design, creativity, and engineering can all be learned. Dr. Chris Mattson created this short course to teach readers how to become stronger in practicing Design Thinking.

Design for Manufacturing

Designers need to know how things are made because a part that cannot be fabricated will never come to reality. Andrew Cousins, a Certified Manufacturing Technician, created this course to bring this set of tools into more engineer’s capabilities.