Dr. Sauser studies the management of complex systems. This includes system and enterprise maturity assessment and the advancement of a foundational science of systems thinking.
His work in systems thinking is focused on the study of the science of systems thinking so we may look at systems over space and time and may find the true systemic remedies to systemic failures. It asks and seeks to answer these two key questions: ‘What is a system (in the abstract)?’, and, ‘What is the meaning of this (particular) system?’ Systems thinking is itself an applied science asking ‘How can the notion of system be used to make sense of or to improve reality?’ Applied systems thinking benefits a wide range of domains and thereby provides testimony and future insights for systomics.
Dr. Sauser’s analysis of system maturity assessment has been nationally recognized and adopted as a decision support tool by organizations within NASA, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, Northrop Grumman, and Lockheed Martin. His research has been pursuing the development of system-focused methodologies, processes, and tools for managing system development and making effective and efficient decisions during the acquisition lifecycle. This has includes development of indices in order to assess developmental and earned systems maturity and the formulation of optimization models that allow for effective trade-offs in functionality, capability, cost, schedule, and maturity, that will allow for the deployment of systems that can still satisfy a customer’s needs.
Dr. Sauser is also a National Aeronautics and Space Administration Faculty Fellow, Editor-in-Chief of the Systems Research Forum, an Associate Editor of the IEEE Systems Journal, and the Associate Editor of the ICST Transactions on Systomics, Cybernetics, and e-Culture. |
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Sauser, B.J.. (2006). Toward Mission Assurance: A Framework for Systems Engineering Management, Forthcoming in Systems Engineering. Paper No: SE-050303
Sauser, B.J.. (2006). Soil, Rock, Lander... The Systems Engineering Leadership of Mars Pathfinder, Systems Research Forum. 1:19-26.
Shenhar, A., D. Dvir, D. Milosevic, J. Mulenburg, P. Patanakul, R. Reilly, A. Sage, B. Sauser, S. Srivannaboon, J. Stefanovic, and H. Thamhain.. (2005). Toward a NASA-Specific Project Management Framework, Engineering Management Journal. . 17 (4), 8-16
Sauser, B.J., G.A. Giacomelli, and H.W. Janes.. (1998). Modeling the Effects of Air Temperature Perturbations for Control of Tomato Plant Development, Modelling Plant Growth, Environmental Control and Farm Management in Protected Cultivation. Acta Horticulturae. 456:87-92.
Sauser, B.J.. A Return to the Moon: A Systems Engineering Management Framework and the Success of Lunar Prospector, Systems Research Forum. 1:27-33.
Sauser, B. and J. Boardman.. (Oct 2006). From Persciene to Emergence: Taking Hold of System of Systems, 27th American Society for Engineering Management National Conference. Huntsville, AL
Gandhi, S.J., B.J. Sauser, and G. Eschbacher.. (Oct 2006). Identifying Heuristic Knowledge of Project Reviews from Alternative Choices, 27th American Society for Engineering Management National Conference. Huntsville, AL.
Mikruk, J. and B. Sauser.. (Oct 2006). System Implementation Strategies: A Case Study in Re-engineering a Project for Success, 27th American Society for Engineering Management National Conference. Huntsville, AL.
Boardman, J. and B. Sauser.. (Apr 24-26, 2006). System of Systems - the meaning of of, IEEE International Conference on System of Systems, Los Angles, CA.
Sauser, B.J., D. Verma., J. Ramirez-Marquez, and R. Gove.. (Apr 7-8, 2006). From TRL to SRL: The Concept of Systems Readiness Levels, Confernce on Systems Engineering Research, Los Angles, CA,
Farr, John V., Sauser, Brian J., Jain, Rashmi, and Verma, Dinesh,. ( 2005). Engineering Management Education - Technology Integration, Manufacturing, or the Management of Engineers and Scientists ?, Twenty Sixth Annual American Society of Engineering Management Conference, Virginia Beach, VA.
Sauser, B.J., A.J. Shenhar, and E.J. Hoffman.. ( 2005). Identifying Differences in Space Programs, Proceedings of the Portland International Conference for Management of Engineering and Technology. PICMET 2005. Portland, OR. Paper No.: 05R0364.
Sauser, B.J.. ( 2005). Using Self-Assessment to Evaluate the Effectiveness of an Engineering Management Course with Cross-Functional Teams, Proceedings of 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. Portland, OR. Paper No.: 2005-197. (Engineering Management Division Best Paper)
Sauser, B.J., A.J. Shenhar, and E.J. Hoffman.. ( 2005). Identifying Differences in Space Programs, In Technology Management: A Unifying Discipline for Melting the Boundaries. T.R. Anderson, T.U. Daim, and D.G. Kocaoglu (eds); D.Z. Milosevic adn C.B. Weber (co-eds.) Piscataway, NJ: IEEE. 392-402.
Sauser, B.J., J.W. Quinn, and A. Helminger.. ( 2004). Environmental Remediation Technologies Derived from Space Industry Research, 34th International Conference on Environmental System, Colorado Springs, CO. SAE Paper No. 04ICES-066.
Rodriguez, L., B.J. Sauser and K.C. Ting.. ( 1999). Information Flow Analysis of the Lunar Mars Life Support Test Project, 29th International Conference on Environmental Systems, Denver, CO. SAE Paper No. 1999-01-2046.
Sauser, B.J., G.A. Giacomelli, P.P. Ling.. ( 1998). Development of the Basis for an Automated Plant-based Environmental Control System, 28th International Conference on Environmental Systems. Boston, MA. SAE Paper No. 981551.
Giacomelli, G.A., B.J. Sauser, P.P Ling, D. Li.. ( 1997). Automated Machine Vision Monitoring and Feedback Control of Plant Growth, 27th American Society of Plasticulture Congress, Tucson, AZ
Sauser, B.J.. ( 1997). Investigation of the Effects of Temperature Perturbations on Tomato Plant Development, Proceeding of the Northeast Agriculture and Biological Engineering Conference (NABEC) of the American Society of Agriculture Engineers, College Park, MD. Paper No.: 9712.
Sauesr, B.J., J.A. Kohler, J. Gandhi, and D.R. Makufka. Geographic Variance in University Technology Transfer: Why University Align with a NASA Center, Submitted to the Journal of Engineering and Technology Management
Tanna, A. and B.J. Sauser.. Independence in Project Reviews as Defined by Small World Networks, Working Papers
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