Teaching

Years: 2002 to 2017
Academy of Art University: Instructor, 2002 to 2017
California State University, Long Beach: Lecturer, 2009 to 2010
Subjects: Transportation design, sketching, studio classes

Alongside studio work

I taught design alongside studio work from 2002 to 2017.

Academy of Art University, San Francisco, 2002 to 2017

Instructor, transportation and automotive design. In the first years I flew from Los Angeles to San Francisco every Friday after work, taught a six-hour class on Saturday and flew back. Later I added an online class, which I kept teaching after moving to China.

Student sketch of an electric coupe with package — Student work from my classes at Academy of Art University.

Student rendering of an off-road vehicle — Student work from my classes at Academy of Art University.

California State University, Long Beach, 2009 to 2010

Lecturer in industrial design. I taught the sketching and rapid visualisation classes and the junior and senior studios.

Student rendering of a still life — Student work, CSULB. Top row: Mabel Tan, Ayako Otani, Shang-Yu Wang. Bottom row: Shang-Yu Wang, Peter Tu, Josue Gonzales.

Student marker rendering of a power tool — Student work, CSULB. Top row: Mabel Tan, Ayako Otani, Shang-Yu Wang. Bottom row: Shang-Yu Wang, Peter Tu, Josue Gonzales.

Student cardboard model of an excavator — Working models from the second-year studio class, CSULB.

Student cardboard model of a crane — Working models from the second-year studio class, CSULB.

Audi and Tongji University, Shanghai, 2012

A rear-cabin study for Audi that my Shanghai team ran together with Tongji students: cocoon seating, reclining rear seats, individual audio and rear-cabin interfaces.