Our Publications

Journal Publications

  • Budinoff, H.D. & Kramer, J. (2022). CAD as a virtual prototyping method: Uses and timing of computer-aided design artifacts in hardware design. International Journal of Engineering Education, 38(6), 1747–1760.

  • Kramer, J., Rao, V. & Agogino, A. (2022). Designing for cervical cancer screening in rural Nicaragua: A case study in complex human-centered service design. International Journal of Design, 16(2), 107-123. 10.57698/v16i2.08

  • Budinoff, H.D. & Kramer, J. (2022). ‘Earning your Scars’: An Exploratory Interview Study of Design for Manufacturing at Hardware Startups. Research in Engineering Design 33, 395–411. 10.1007/s00163-022-00396-x.

  • Kramer, J. (2021). Eradicating Cervical Cancer: Lessons Learned from Rwanda and Australia. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 10.1002/ijgo.13601.

  • Li, N., Kramer, J., Gordon, P., & Agogino, A. (2018). Co-Author Network Analysis of Human-Centered Design for Development. Design Science, 4, E10. 10.1017/dsj.2018.1.

  • Gordon, P., Kramer, J., Dzombak, R., Martin, S., & Agogino, A. (2018). Building 21st Century Skills Through Development Engineering. International Journal of Engineering Education, 34(2B).

  • Zhang, C., Kwon, Y. P., Kramer, J., Kim, E., & Agogino, A. (2017). Concept Clustering in Design Teams: A Comparison of Human and Machine Clustering. Journal of Mechanical Design, 139(11), 111414. 10.1115/1.4037478

  • Gericke, K., Kramer, J., & Roschuni, C. (2016). An exploratory study of the discovery and selection of design methods in practice. Journal of Mechanical Design, 138(10), 101109. 10.1115/1.4034088

  • Young, M., Kramer, J., Chu, J., Hong, J., Sienko, K., & Johnston, C. (2016). A Cervical Cancer Screening Trainer for Use in Low-Resource Settings. International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering, Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship, 11(1), 1-18. 10.24908/ijsle.v11i1.6323

  • Agogino, A., Beckman, S., Castanos, C., Kramer, J., Roschuni, C. & Yang, M. (2016). Design Practitioners’ Perspectives on Methods for Ideation and Prototyping. International Journal of Engineering Education, 32(3B).

  • Kramer, J., Daly, S., Yilmaz, S., Seifert, C., & Gonzalez, R. (2015). Investigating the Impacts of Design Heuristics on Idea Initiation and Development. Advances in Engineering Education, 4(4).

Refereed Conference Publications

  • Wojciechowski, L., Himes, E., Cheruiyot, N., Turinayo, A.H., Niyonsaba, S., Kramer, J. (2023). Evaluating and Developing Human-Centered Design Workshops for Engagement of Co-Designers Living and Working in Sub-Saharan Africa. Proceedings of American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Boston, Massachusetts.

  • Syal, S. & Kramer, J. (2023). Design and Justice: A Scoping Review in Engineering Design. Proceedings of American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Boston, Massachusetts.

  • Luna Falcon, P., Budinoff, H.D., Kramer, J. & Bushra, J. (2023). Use of different prototype modalities for design communication in industry-sponsored, interdisciplinary capstone design teams during COVID-19. Proceedings of Harvey Mudd Design Workshop XII, Claremont, California.

  • Budinoff, H.D. & Kramer, J. (2021). CAD as a virtual prototyping method: Uses and timing of computer-aided design artifacts in hardware design. Proceedings of Harvey Mudd Design Workshop XI, Claremont, California.

  • Kramer, J., Poreh, D., & Agogino, A. (2017). Using theDesignExchange as a Knowledge Platform for Human-Centered Design-Driven Global Development. Proceedings of International Conference on Engineering Design, Vancouver, Canada.
    Winner of Reviewers’ Favourite Award.

  • Zhang, C., Kwon Y.P., Kramer, J., Kim, E., & Agogino, A. (2017). Deep Learning for Design in Concept Clustering. Proceedings of American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Cleveland, Ohio.

  • Gordon, P., Kramer, J., Dzombak, R., Martin, S., & Agogino, A. (2017). Building 21st Century Skills Through Development Engineering. Proceedings of Harvey Mudd Design Workshop X, Claremont, California.

  • Kramer, J., Roschuni, C., & Agogino, A. (2016). Characterizing Competencies for Human-Centered Design. Proceedings of American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Charlotte, North Carolina.

  • Staton, B., Kramer, J., Gordon, P., & Valdez, L. (2016). From the Technical to the Political: Democratizing Design Thinking. Proceedings of International Conference: From Contested Cities to Global Urban Justice, Madrid, Spain.

  • Gericke, K., Roschuni, C., & Kramer, J. (2015). Discovery and Evaluation of Design Methods in Practice: An Empirical Study. Proceedings of American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Boston, Massachusetts.

  • Roschuni, C., Kramer, J., & Agogino, A. (2015). Design Talking: How Design Practitioners Talk About Design Research Methods. Proceedings of American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Boston, Massachusetts.

  • Roschuni, C., Kramer, J., Zhang, Q., Zakskorn, L., & Agogino, A. (2015). Design Talking: An Ontology of Design Methods to Support a Common Language of Design. Proceedings of International Conference on Engineering Design, Milan, Italy.
    Winner of Reviewers’ Favourite Award.

  • Agogino, A., Beckman, S., Castanos, C., Kramer, J., Roschuni, C., & Yang, M. (2015). Design Practitioners’ Perspectives on Methods for Ideation and Prototyping. Proceedings of Harvey Mudd Design Workshop IX, Claremont, California.

  • Kramer, J., Daly, S., Yilmaz, S., & Seifert, C. (2014). A Case-Study Analysis of Design Heuristics in an Upper-Level Cross-Disciplinary Design Course. Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana.
    Winner of Best of Design in Engineering Education.

Conference Publications and Presentations

  • Vallin, J., Wekesa, P., Kramer, J., Gitome, S., Himes, E., Liu, J., & ICAN-Kenya. (2022). Attention online shoppers! Utilizing a human-centered design approach to identify intervention opportunities to improve contraceptive access through an e-commerce platform in Kenya. Oral presentation at the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP), Pattaya City, Thailand.

  • Wekesa, P., Vallin, J., Okumu, S., Kramer, J., Ndunyu, L., Gitome, S., Kwena, Z. & Bukusi, E. (2022). “I don’t believe them it’s better to buy in person.” Facilitators and barriers of using an e-commerce platform to improve accessibility to contraception in Kenya. Oral Flash presentation at the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP), Pattaya City, Thailand.

  • Kramer, J., Gitome, S., Cheruiyot, N., Okumu, S., Kwena, Z., ICAN-Kenya, ICAN-UCSF, Bukusi, E., & Liu, J. (2022). Co-designing an e-commerce solution to improve access to contraception in Kenya. Poster Presentation at the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP), Pattaya City, Thailand.

  • Kramer, J., Gitome, S., Cheruiyot, N., Okumu, S., Kwena, Z., ICAN-Kenya, ICAN-UCSF, Bukusi, E., & Liu, J. (2022). Co-design in global health: Developing and applying a collaborative intervention design process to improve access to contraception in Kenya. Virtual Poster Presentation at the Seventh Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, Bogota, Colombia.

  • Challa, S., Omoluabi, E., Idiodi, I., Okoli, C., Jegede, A., Dimowo, S., Tijani, A., Nmadu, A.G., Suchman, L., Kramer, J., Osinowo, K., Diallo, R., & Liu, J. (2022). Providers’ perspectives on training and provision of self-injectable DMPA-SC in Lagos, Nigeria. Poster Presentation at Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia.

  • Kramer, J., Kong, J., Staton, B., & Gordon, P. (2019). Applying Equity Design to Address Oakland‘s Homelessness Human Rights Crisis. Proceedings of Academy for Design Innovation Management Conference, London, U.K.

  • Kramer, J., Poreh, D., Kim, E., & Agogino, A. (2017). Teaching and Evaluating Design Competencies in the 21st Century. Poster presented at Harvey Mudd Design Workshop X, Claremont, California.

  • Kramer, J. & Young, M. (2017). Visualize: Training for Cervical Cancer Screening. Poster presented at World Health Organization Global Forum on Medical Devices, Geneva, Switzerland.

  • Kramer, J. & Young, M. (2016). Visualize: Training for Cervical Cancer Screening. Poster presented at Higher Education Solutions Network TechCon, Innovation Marketplace, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

  • Yang, M., Agogino, A., & Kramer, J.. (2016). theDesignExchange: A Platform to Support Design for Global Development. Poster presented at Higher Education Solutions Network TechCon, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

  • Castanos, C., Yang, M., Agogino, A., Roschuni, C., & Kramer, J.. (2016). Discovering Design Methods Online. Poster presented at 4th International Conference on Design Creativity, Atlanta, Georgia.

  • Agogino, A., Beckman, S., Castanos, C., Kramer, J., Roschuni, C., & Yang, M. (2015). Collaborative Research: TheDesignExchange, an Interactive Portal for the Design Community of Practice. Poster presented at NSF Sponsored Engineering Design and Systems Engineering Foundations Workshop, Clemson, South Carolina.

  • Kramer, J., Daly, S., Yilmaz, S., Seifert, C., & Gonzalez, R. (2014). Design Processes in an Upper-Level Design Course: An Evaluation of Design Heuristics. Poster presented at Center for Research on Learning and Teaching in Engineering at the University of Michigan, Eighth Annual Poster Fair, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Popular Press

  • Dzombak, R. & Kramer, J. (2017, June). Development Engineering: A Critical Overview. Berkeley Science Review [link]

  • Kramer, J., Daly, S., Yilmaz, S., Seifert, C., & Gonzalez, R. (2015, October). Leap of Imagination. ASEE PRISM. [link]

  • Kramer, J. (2015, September). The Problem with ‘Help’ in Global Development. Stanford Social Innovation Review. [link]