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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 9984484. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Working Papers

S.H. Wilkening and D.K. Sobek, II, "A Statistical Analysis of Student Design Projects: Helping Good Design Processes Become Better," working paper.

V.K. Jain and D.K. Sobek, II, "Process Characteristics that Lead to Good Design Outcomes in Engineering Capstone Projects", working paper.

Journal Articles

J. A. Ruder and D.K. Sobek, II, "An Experiment on System-Level Design," to appear in Journal of Engineering Design.

D.K. Sobek, II, "System-Level Design: A Missing Link?", to appear in the International Journal of Engineering Education.  Also presented at the 2005 Mudd Design Workshop, Claremont, CA.

V.K. Jain and D.K. Sobek, II, "Linking Design Process to Customer Satisfaction Through Virtual Design of Experiments", to appear in Research in Engineering Design.

D.K Sobek, II and V.K. Jain, "Process Factors Affecting Design Quality: A Virtual Design of Experiments Approach", to appear in Journal of Mechanical Design.

Conference Papers

J. Ruder and D.K. Sobek, II, "Student System Level Design Activities: An Empirical Pilot Study on Improving Design Outcomes," Proceedings of the 2005 ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference, Long Beach, CA.

D.K. Sobek, II and D. Patel, "Representations in Circuit Design: A Test of Goel's Theory of Notationality", Proceedings of the 2005 IASTED International Conference on Education and Technology, Calgary, Canada.

D.K. Sobek, II, "Transition: From Conceptual Ideas to Detail Design", Proceedings of the 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Conference, Portland, OR.

R. Costa and D.K. Sobek, II, "How Process Affects Performance: An Analysis of Student Design Productivity," Proceedings of the 2004 ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.

S. Wilkening and D.K. Sobek, II, "Relating Design Activity to Quality of Outcome: A Regression Analysis of Student Projects" Proceedings of the 2004 ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.

D.K. Sobek, II, and J.K. Jain, "The Engineering Problem-Solving Process: Good for Students?", Proceedings of the 2004 American Society of Engineering Education Conference, Salt Lake City.

D.K. Sobek, II, and J.K. Jain, "Two Instruments for Assessing Design Outcomes of Capstone Projects", Proceedings of the 2004 American Society of Engineering Education Conference, Salt Lake City.

R. Costa and D.K. Sobek, II, "Iteration in Engineering Design: Inherent and Unavoidable or Product of Choices Made?", Proceedings of the 2003 ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference, Chicago, IL.

D.K. Sobek, II, "Representation in Design: Data from Engineering Journals," Proceedings of the 2002 Frontiers in Education Conference, Boston.

D.K. Sobek, II, "Use of Journals to Evaluate Student Design Processes," Proceedings of the 2002 American Society of Engineering Education Conference, Montreal.

D.K. Sobek, II, "Preliminary Findings from Coding Student Design Journals," Proceedings of the 2002 American Society of Engineering Education Conference, Montreal.