User Experience (UX) and Design Thinking

The User Experience (UX) and Design Thinking certificate is offered by the College of Engineering and Computer Science and may be completed through Distance Education. Students must be enrolled as a graduate student and no GRE is required. This certificate program is to enhance the technical expertise in User Experience and Design Thinking. Upon completion of this certificate program, the graduate will be knowledgeable in:

  • how to use the latest skills and tools to create and evaluate user experience (UX); 
  • concepts related to UX, usability, and design thinking;  
  • the application of the iterative process of user-centered design thinking;  
  • techniques related to low- and high-fidelity prototype creation; and
  • user-interface (UI) prototyping tools such as Axure, MIT app inventor.
Department: 
Biomedical, Industrial, and Human Factors Engineering

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User Experience (UX) and Design Thinking Certificate

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Rural route

Wright State engineering Ph.D. student Morgan Highlander receives a prestigious NIH award
Morgan Highlander, who is pursuing a Ph.D. in engineering at Wright State, received a two-year National Institutes of Health diversity award to support her research on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS.
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Engineered movement

Wright State student Bri Chan combines her passion for dance and biomedical engineering into a unique college experience.
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Engineering precision

Matt Specht, a senior industrial and systems engineering major, learned that small changes can have a significant impact on large-scale manufacturing during an internship with Honda.