Alan Wier was a Design Educator for 16 years at Purdue University and The Ohio State University. He developed instructional tools and taught both undergraduate and graduate level students in a wide variety of design disciplines including: Design Strategy, Interface Design, 3D Computer Visualization, Lighting Design, Interior Space Design and Product Design.

Product Design
Alan Wier has taught all levels of product design studio(undergraduate and graduate) and associated theory and practice courses. Studio projects included consumer, industrial / commercial, medical and transportation problems. In all cases students were required to study the problem, conduct research, develop a set of conceptual solutions (through sketches and models), further refine aspects of function (both human and mechanical) and appearance, and then produce final presentation materials consisting of renderings and detailed appearance models.