Journal Articles

• Sauser, B.J. (2006). “Attributes of Independent Project Reviews in NASA.” Forthcoming in Engineering Management Journal. Paper No: 2005-19.

• Sauser, B.J. (2006). “Toward Mission Assurance: A Framework for Systems Engineering Management.” Systems Engineering. 9(3):213-227.

• Sauser, B.J. (2006). "Soil, Rock, Lander... The Systems Engineering Leadership of Mars Pathfinder." Systems Research Forum. 1:19-26.

• Sauser, B.J. (2006). "A Return to the Moon: A Systems Engineering Management Framework and the Success of Lunar Prospector." Systems Research Forum. 1:27-33.

• 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.

Conference Proceedings

• Sauser, B. and J. Boardman. (2006). “From Persciene to Emergence: Taking Hold of System of Systems” 27^th American Society for Engineering Management National Conference. Huntsville, AL. October.

• Gandhi, S.J., B.J. Sauser, and G. Eschbacher. (2006). “Identifying Heuristic Knowledge of Project Reviews from Alternative Choices.” 27^th American Society for Engineering Management National Conference. Huntsville, AL. October.

• Mikruk, J. and B. Sauser. (2006). “System Implementation Strategies: A Case Study in Re-engineering a Project for Success” 27^th American Society for Engineering Management National Conference. Huntsville, AL. October.

• Boardman, J. and B. Sauser. "System of Systems - the meaning of of" IEEE International Conference on System of Systems, Los Angles, CA, April 24-26, 2006.

• Sauser, B.J., D. Verma., J. Ramirez-Marquez, and R. Gove. “From TRL to SRL: The Concept of Systems Readiness Levels.” Confernce on Systems Engineering Research, Los Angles, CA, April 7-8, 2006.

• 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., J.W. Quinn, and A. Helminger. (2004). “Environmental Remediation Technologies Derived from Space Industry Research.”  34^th 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.” 29^th 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.” 28^th 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.” 27^th 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.

Papers Completed but in Review

• Sauesr, B.J., J.A. Kohler, J. Gandhi, and D.R. Makufka. “Geographic Variance in NASA/University Technology Transfer: Why Universities Align with a NASA Center.” Submitted to the Journal of Technology Transfer.

Working Papers

• Tanna, A. and B.J. Sauser. "Independence in Project Reviews as Defined by Small World Networks.”

• 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.