Traveling internationally soon, or hope to again sometime in the future? This article provides four principles to help hone your mind-set and turn your international travels into more meaningful experiences for you and those around you.
From Mundane to Master: Finding That Design Feeling
Most of us who want to become designers at some point pursue a major that we feel will get us to our objective. We say to ourselves “Self, I will attend school and become a great designer.” So, you begin an undergraduate program and start looking for the secret sauce…
Designing Experiments Near Absolute Zero
Although not everyone designs experiments near absolute zero, performing them can teach us there is no substitute for testing your design in the intended environment.
Lessons from Leap Year
Don’t miss the “once in four years” opportunity to reflect on some design lessons from Leap Year.
Taking Your 3D Prints to the Next Layer
Break free of your default settings to beat the blob with this 3D Printing walkthrough.
Cosmo the Cougar’s 3-point dunk: How he did it
Cosmo the cougar’s 3-point line dunk was insane, and we are here to tell you all the physics behind it. It’s legit.
Interdisciplinary Teams
So many things contribute to the success of a team-based project. It’s pretty clear, though, that the team itself is one of them. Team composition, purpose, goals, approach, and team member behavior are all variables that can be tuned to get a high performing team. This article shares thoughts on each of them.
Mother Nature – The Perfect Engineer
When gathering inspiration for your designs, consider doing so from nature. After all, nature is the perfect engineer.
Color Blindness in Design
In your design and communication, be aware of the fact that many people have some degree of color blindness. This can potentially affect design features, design outcomes, and evaluation processes. Be aware and don’t disenfranchise up to 8% of your customers.
How the Rubber Part Design Process is Benefiting from 3D Printing
Ready to explore 3D printing with thermoplastic elastomers (TPE’s) and other rubber-like polymeric materials? Its applications are ever-expanding, from the aerospace to the automobile industry. Learn more and see how you can apply this technology in your designs.
How to Get the Most Out of an Evaluation Matrix
Evaluation matrices are one of the most misused, misunderstood, tools of product development. However, a simple shift in the way we think about them can help us all get the most out of evaluation matrices.
Many Good Design Choices Can Add Up to a Bad Design
A complicated design can usually be decomposed into lots of smaller design choices. But those individual good choices can add up to an overall low-quality design and experience if the bigger picture isn’t continually considered.
13 Leadership Principles
You cannot lead if no one follows. And no one follows if they don’t trust you.
Embracing Failure: Your Design Mentor
Everyone needs a mentor and maybe more than one. One of your mentors might be called Mary, Bob, or Jim. But at least one of your mentors should be called “Failure.”
The Rise and Fall of IoT?
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a relatively new term and a lot of people have jumped on the bandwagon calling new devices “smart.” But what makes a device smart? And is that even the correct term?
Eight things the best students know
Here’s what the good students seem to know, and that I wish everyone knew.
Engineering from the Very Beginning
As is customary this time of year, we often think about goals and resolutions associated with the new year. There is something very refreshing about a clean slate and starting over from scratch at the beginning of January.
Year in Review of the BYU Design Review - 2019
Thank you for being a part of the BYU Design Review! Here are some highlights as we look back at 2019.
Five Articles From 2019 You May Have Missed
Read some great articles from 2019 you may have missed on the BYU Design Review.
Most-Read Articles from 2019 on the BYU Design Review
Check out the most read articles in 2019 on the BYU Design Review.