How to work with me

• Research only what you are interested in. Don't do research only to collect credits.
• Read up on the resources provided below and find more related resources.
• Work self-reliantly, organize and structure your work into tasks and deliverables, and ask for feedback on intermediate work results.
• Submit a weekly status report by Sunday 11:59pm. Here are templates in ascii and LaTeX.

Reading List

• The Karlskrona Manifesto on Sustainability Design
• Infusing Green: Requirements Engineering for Green In and Through Software Systems by Birgit Penzenstadler
• Requirements - the key to sustainability
• Find the leverage points!
• ICT for Sustainability: An Emerging Research Field by Lorenz M. Hilty and Bernard Aebischer
• Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System
• For good writing: How to write a lot

Writing

• Learn how to TeX: LaTeX intro and LaTeX template
• CSULB Thesis format
• CSULB Reference Works

Research Topics

Interested in working on research with me? Take a look at the topic proposals below. If you have other ideas for topics in and around software engineering, requirements engineering, sustainability design and software development, feel free to contact me per email.

• Exploiting synergies between requirements engineering and design thinking
• Bartering System
• Application Development: RE4S
• Application Development: Sustainability Reference Model
• Application Development: Quality Profiler
• Application Development: Navigation System Feature
• Web Development: Manifesto for Sustainability Design
• Interview Study: Manifesto for Sustainability Design
• Environmental Economics Study on: Manifesto for Sustainability Design
• Online Survey: Requirements Engineering Practice
• Literature Study: Frugal Innovation Tools

Funding Opportunities

• BUILD at CSULB
• UROP at CSULB

Helpful Resources

Innovation, Sustainability and Creativity

• Open IDEO
• Engineering 4 Change

Women (underrepresented minorities) in Computing

• NCWIT: The National Center for Women and Information Technology
• The Grace Hopper Conference: Celebration of Women in Computing. They have scholarships every year that you can apply for. I received the Thelma Estrin award in 2015.