Publications by Ed Sickafus, Ph.D.

Textbook

“Unified Structured Inventive Thinking – How to Invent”

E-Books (available free to E-Book registrants)

1. “Unified Structured Inventive Thinking – an Overview”

A. A. Translated into Japanese by Professor Keishi Kawamo (retired
Professor of Shibaura  Institute of Technology), Professor Shigeomi
Koshimizu (Associate Professor of Shizuoka Science and  Technology
University), and Professor Toru Nakagawa (Professor of Osaka Gakuin
University), Japan

B. B. Translated into Spanish by Juan Carlos Nishiyama and Carlos Eduardo Requena, UTN FRGP, General Pacheco, Argentina

2. “Heuristics for Solving Technical Problems – Theory, Derivation, Application”

Newsletter (available free to Newsletter registrants)

U-SIT And Think News Letter – xx is a 3-5 page publication of mixed topics that include mini-lectures on problem solving, demonstrations of tools and techniques for USIT-type problem solving, classroom discussions, and related topics. (30+ newsletters have been published in 2004. Back issues are available by email request of registered readers.)

Spanish translations of Mini-Lectures from USIT NewsLetters

Translations by: Juan Carlos Nishiyama and Carlos Edwardo Requena
Back logs of mini-lectures are available in bundles grouped by topic. (free, click on registrants)

Papers/Essays

1. “Injecting Creative Thinking Into Product Flow”

2. “Problem Statement”

3. “Metaphorical Observations”