Certificate directory
Cost drivers in manufacturing and how design decisions impact unit cost.
Design review mindset: checklists, risks, interfaces, and documentation discipline.
First-principles estimation and engineering judgment fundamentals.
Control plan basics: inspection strategy and process control mindset.
Reliability mindset: failure modes, plans, and corrective actions basics.
Practical fluid systems basics: pressure losses, pumps/fans, and performance intuition.
Energy efficiency basics for thermal systems and operations mindset.
Intro CFD mindset for HVAC flows: setup basics and interpreting results.
Thermal design basics: heat paths, constraints, and practical validation mindset.
Refrigeration fundamentals: vapor-compression cycle basics and performance intuition.
HVAC fundamentals: components, psychrometrics basics, and system behavior.
RCA fundamentals: 5-Why, fishbone, and corrective actions basics.
Six Sigma basics: variation awareness and DMAIC overview.
Lean basics: waste reduction, flow, and continuous improvement mindset.
Quality tools: basic SPC awareness, check sheets, Pareto, and root cause basics.
Measurement basics: uncertainty, accuracy/precision, and inspection workflow.
Welding fundamentals: processes, joint design basics, and inspection awareness.
Machining basics: operations, constraints, and quality mindset.
CAM basics: 2.5D toolpaths, setups, and machining workflow in Fusion 360.
CNC turning fundamentals: process basics, measurement mindset, and setup awareness.
CNC milling fundamentals: setup awareness, tooling basics, and process understanding.
Manufacturing basics: machining, forming, casting, joining, and finishing.
Heat transfer basics: conduction, convection, radiation, and thermal resistance.
Thermodynamics fundamentals: energy, entropy, and cycles basics.
Vibrations basics: resonance, damping, and response of mechanical systems.
Dynamics basics: forces, motion, and modeling of mechanical systems.
Flow fundamentals: continuity, Bernoulli intuition, and losses basics.
Thermal modeling basics: heat paths, boundary conditions, and validation mindset.
CFD basics: models, boundary conditions, discretization basics, and interpretation.
Meshing fundamentals: element types, refinement strategy, and convergence thinking.
FEA fundamentals: setup, meshing, boundary conditions, and interpreting results.
Fatigue basics: loading types, S-N curves, and durability thinking.
Stress/strain fundamentals and strength of materials basics.
Material properties and selection trade-offs for mechanical design.
PLM concepts: change management, BOM, documentation, and lifecycle basics.
DFMA basics: reduce part count and simplify assembly operations.