This collection contains research reports authored by students and student teams in the Engineering and Technology Management program at Portland State University (PSU), and serve to partially fulfill their requirements for Master's degrees in Engineering and Technology Management.
Many reports are openly available to researchers anywhere. However, due to the inclusion of proprietary content in the reports many are limited to PSU students, staff and faculty.
Submissions from 2010
USB 3.0: An Emerging Technology, Rekha Rasiah, Paul Nguyen, Jamshid Nafisi, and Nuancharas Phopoonsak (Closed Project)
Evaluation of Early Detection Technology for Ovarian Cancer (OC), Kevin Richardson, Jeff Belding, Saeed Assiri, Abdussalam Alawini, and Mukundan Thirumalai (Closed Project)
Knowledge Management and Cryptography from a Historical Perspective, Claudiu Rusnac (Closed Project)
Preserving Individual Privacy While Implementing Data Mining Techniques, Maria Schenk (Closed Project)
Group Project -- Sony 3DHD TV: "Living the Experience", Justus Arne Schwarz, Stephen Noble, Jesus Martinez, and Shahrokh Eshghi (Closed Project)
Use of Hierarchical Decision Model to Select Target Markets for New Personal Health Care Device, Nasir Sheikh (Closed Project)
New Product Development: Amorphous Silicon Thin Film PV, Nasir Jamil Sheikh, Naresh Bokka, Rekha Rasiah, Greg Bourque, Rocco Natale, and Rabah Khamis (Closed Project)
British Telecom: An EFQM Case Study, Nasir Sheikh and Rupha Natarajan (Closed Project)
Barriers in Knowledge Transfer with Virtual Teams, Jayanth Siddappa (Closed Project)
Supplemental Power from Solar Panels, Jayanth Siddappa, Rafael Colon, Chenxi Yan, and Philip Kuglin (Closed Project)
Less is More in Microblogging, Alisa Sirisakulong (Closed Project)
Economic Evaluation of Power Transmission System Project Alternatives, Alisa Sirisakulong, Bailey Nguyen, Peter Jones, Sutheera Hengcharoen, and Xiaoping Hopkins (Closed Project)
An Exploratory Research Model for Managing the Front End of Innovation Under Uncertainty Using Ordinal Regression, Richard C. Sperry (Closed Project)
Assessing Strategic Intent in the Context of Competition and Absorptive Capacity, Richard Chad Sperry (Closed Project)
What's Next for Dirgantara Indonesia (Indonesian Aerospace)?, Yulianto Suharto (Closed Project)
Storage Technology Portfolio Assessment for Integrating Wind Power Generation in the BPA Power Plan, Yulianto Suharto, Yonghee Cho, and Greg Bourque (Closed Project)
Employee Empowerment: Can it be Used to Increase Company Performance?, Yulianto Suharto, Yi-Lung Hsieh, Maribel Villanueva, Ho-Min Lai, and Yu-Hsiang Lin (Closed Project)
Terahertz Technology, Wahaj Tahir (Closed Project)
Effectiveness Analysis and Techniques for Improving Cross-Functional Engineering Design Teams, Napong Tanatammatorn, Larry Ball, Oko Davaasuren, and Thomas Torres (Closed Project)
Team Process Report, Napong Tanatammatorn, Larry Ball, Oko Davaasuren, and Thomas Torres (Closed Project)
Project Management Tools Employed in Various Industries, Mukundan Thirumalai, Nitin Katarya, and Neelu Singh (Closed Project)
Light Trapping Photovoltaics, Matthew Trippel (Closed Project)
A Look at What Drives Export Growth: The Possible Effect of Trade Promotional Efforts and Free Trade Agreements, Andreas Udbye (Closed Project)
Final Report: Strategic Management Analysis “Kindle; Amazon’s eBooks Reader”, Vitawin Varawut (Closed Project)
Project management: (PM) Tools and Techniques Currently Used in Organizations, Maribel Villanueva (Closed Project)
Essential Skills and Knowledge of Cost Engineering in the Context of Engineering and Technology Management (ETM), Maribel Villanueva, Napong Tanatammatorn, Rafael Colon, and Rehman Ashraf (Closed Project)
Decision Model for Selection of a Flat Screen Television to Purchase: An Application of Hierarchical Decision Modeling, Erin Wakefield, Shahin Alijany, Jayanth Siddappa, Alisa Sirisakulong, Nuttavut Praechareonwatana, and Phuwadet Laosisipornwattana (Closed Project)
Virtual Teams in Today’s Business Environment, Russell Watt, Claudiu Rusnac, Andy Vosper, and Ke Liu (Closed Project)
Is Hybrid Car the Right Car for You, Ori Wolman (Closed Project)
Web Traffic Forecasting for Professional Website, Jiting Yang and Inthrayuth Mahaphol (Closed Project)
Comparison of “The Strategic Marketing Model” and Porter’s “Cost Leadership and Differentiation Strategies Model” for Making Real‐World Strategic Planning & Analysis, Wilson Zehr (Closed Project)
Implantable Electronics, Casey Zielsdorff (Closed Project)
Team 5: Team Process Report, Casey Zielsdorff, Jiali Ju, Valesca Walesko, and Vijay Gokarn (Closed Project)
Codename: Bedbug An Implanted Tissue Glucose Sensor, Casey Zielsdorff, Ying Liu, Greg Bourque, and Shahrokh Eshghi (Closed Project)
Submissions from 2009
The Role of Software Development Methodologies in the Technology Innovation Process, Payal Agrawal (Closed Project)
Contact Caddy - New Product Development Log, Daniel Agu-Ibe, Dhanabal Krishnaswamy, Kevin Oursler, Marie Ottum, Ujjal Pathak, and Wajeeh Hallaj (Closed Project)
Alternative District Heating Fuel: Pyrolysis Oil, Josh Ailes, Marwan Lingga, and Inthrayuth Mahaphol (Closed Project)
Forecasting WIMAX: Integrating Scenario Planning and Bass Model Methodologies, Hamad Alanazi, Nathaniel Jarpa, Sabrina Patino, and Youngkoo Yoon (Closed Project)
Boeing Dreamliner:A Project Management Study, Fahad Aldhaban, Chris McGinnis, Wendy Peterman, Noah Third, and Tom Torres (Project)
Optimize Life Cycle of Faculty's Computers at PSU, Faisal Alfayez, Maher Almasri, Badr Alyamani, and Jingyang Zhang (Closed Project)
Decision Making Model of Place to Live for New Students at PSU: The Case of International Graduate Students, Abdulrahman Almobarak, Rafael Colon, Ibrahim Munkongsujarit, Songphon Munkongsujarit, Nuancharas Phopoonsak, Willi Schweinfort, and Napong Tanatammatorn (Closed Project)
Graduate Financial Comparison for MBA Programs in Oregon, Abdulrahman Almobarak, Fei Huang, Lifeng Liu, Meng Liang, and Stuart Graham (Closed Project)
Risk Management System for Brooks Cooperation, Munif Almunif, Roberto Artiga, Wajeeh Hallaj, Songphon Munkongsurjarit, and Robert Stankovic (Closed Project)
Green Construction: Innovation in Material & Design, Badr Alyamani, Caroline Mudavadi, Karina Hershberg, Manal Al Marzouqi, Saeed Assiri, and Stuart Graham (Closed Project)
Application of the HierarchicalDecision Model in Choosing aPoint-and-Shoot Digital Camera, Mohammed Bantan, Naresh Bokka, Yi Lung Hsieh, Yu-Hsiang Lin, and Wan Hsiu Cheng (Closed Project)
Business Plan Presentation for Use-by-Touch, Alyaa Barzanji, Arun Chenchugopal, Blake Evenhus, Bruce Irby, Dhanabal Krishnaswamy, and Paul Liner (Closed Project)
Survival of General Motor Corp Under the Global Economical Crisis, Alyaa Barzanji, Ho-Min Lai, Mohammed Bantan, Neelu Singh, Nitin Katarya, and Payal Mukhi (Closed Project)
User-Oriented Design: Literature Review of Process and Methods and a Case Study, Jeff Belding, Saeed Assiri, Randy White, Hari Sharma, Inthrayuth Mahaphol, and Abdulaziz Al-Anazi (Closed Project)
Lewis & Clark School Bus Route Optimization, Jeff Belding, Judith Estep, Ibrahim Iskin, Nametsegang Boemo-Mokhawa, and Maribel Villanueva (Closed Project)
A Decision Model for Purchasing the Highest Value Printer for Student Home Use, Jeff Belding, Emy Loanzon, Helen Millward, Lone Seboni, David Sibanda, and Tiffani Torgeson (Closed Project)
Brazil: An Economy in Transition, Adam Bobek, Trevor Combs, Sutheera Hengcharoen, Tam Nguyen, Saranya Sethu, and Tom Shott (Closed Project)
China: Innovation in a Centrally Planned Economy, Greg Bourque, Nametsegang Boemo-Mokhawa, Dan Meador, Wilson Zehr, Shawn Jiang, and Lam Dinh (Closed Project)
Selection of an Engineering & Technology Management Student Project, Marc Britton, Noah Third, Russ Watt, Roberto Artiga, Paul Nguyen, and Bundit Chotivanawan (Closed Project)
Dynamic Characteristics of Intangible Design Factors in New Product Development, Dave Brush, Dhanabal Krishnaswamy, Kevin Carbone, Nikita Vagesh, Sachin Shah, and Tom Shott (Closed Project)
Implementation of Risk Management System, Wail Busaied, Saad Al-Askaar, Yasser Dahlawi, and Nausheen Sultan (Closed Project)
Intangible Design Factors in New Product Development: The Value of Net Emotional Effect, Bill Chapman, Verena Lehn, Radha Madapoosi Ravi, Yasemin Polikar, and Alisa Sirisakulong (Closed Project)
New Prodcut Development - Development Log, Arun Chenchugopal, Chris McGinnis, Josh Kelly, Rajesh Talla, Saad Al-Askaar, and Saranya Sethu Pragasam (Closed Project)
Powermat - Marketing Plan, Rafael Colon, Charanthej Durgesam, Tung-Lung Li, Paul Nguyen, Nuancharas Phopoonsak, Nadja Wolfangel, and Youngkoo Yoon (Closed Project)
Powermat - Research Log, Rafael Colon, Charanthej Durgesam, Tung-Lung Li, Paul Nguyen, Nuancharas Phopoonsak, Nadja Wolfangel, and Youngkoo Yoon (Closed Project)
Business Plan for NewDirection, Michael Getman, Subasis Samal, Yulianto Suharto, and Jiting Yang (Closed Project)
Risk Response Plan for Precision Castparts Corp Project, Nathan Gibbs, Richard Steeves, and Kabasele Yves Mupemba (Closed Project)
Forecasting Energy Storage Technologies As applied to the North American Electrical Grid, Georgina Harell, Aaron Tsai, and Lawrence Carter (Closed Project)
EPORO - Marketing Plan, Yi-Lung Hsieh, Bundit Chotivanawan, Yulianto Suharto, Ho-Min Lai, Yu-Hsiang Lin, Majed Ahmadi, and Jerry Bell (Closed Project)
EPORO - Marketing Research Log, Yi-Lung Hsieh, Bundit Chotivanawan, Yulianto Suharto, Ho-Min Lai, Yu-Hsiang Lin, Majed Ahmadi, and Jerry Bell (Closed Project)
On the Decision Making for Energy Resources Selection in China, Fei Huang, Jingyang Zhang, Jiting Yang, Wally Huang, Lifeng Liu, and Bing Wang (Closed Project)
Grocery Buddy, Hai Huynh, Helen Millward, Ryan Mitchell, Maria del Pilar Montejo, and Ujjal Pathak (Closed Project)
Can Stopper: New Product Development Log, Fahad Jan, Jitra Saenaruk, Kai-Hung Huang, Supalerg Supaviriyakul, Wan-Hsiu Cheng, and Yu-Chieh Shen (Closed Project)
The Customer Requirements Value StreamIn Lean Project Management, Naser Jaradat, Jay Justice, Mark Krampits, Matthew Letts, and Bailey Ng. (Closed Project)
Risk Management System for Vestas Wind Farms, Todd Johnson, Wendy Peterman, Rajesh Talla, Diane Yates, and Youngkoo Yoon (Closed Project)
Columbia River Crossing, Rabah Khamis, Fahad Aldhaban, Neelu Singh, Nitin Katarya, and Stevan Jovanovic (Closed Project)
India - Can It Achieve Its Potential in Technology World?, Dinesh Reddy Kypa, Meng Liang, Jiali Ju, Nuttavut Praechareonwatana, Yulianto Suharto, and Yue Zhang (Closed Project)
Candidate Technologies& Technology Selection - Through Extending Quick & Dirty Technology Assessment Method, Ann-Marie Lamb (Closed Project)
Exploring Commercial Airplane Introduction with Multiple Regression – Then Comparing Range and Material Composite Percent Parameters with Linear Regression and Pearl Growth Curve, Ann-Marie Lamb (Closed Project)
Examining Ambidexterity in Practice at Insitu, Holly LaRue (Closed Project)
Biomass as an Alternative Energy, Jui-Lin Lee, Lokesh Honnappa, Tung-Lung Li, Valesca Walesko, and Vorakarn Chiamsiri (Closed Project)
Data Center Metrics: A Model for Energy Efficiency, Matthew Letts, Ganesh Subramanian, Mukundan Thirumalai, Jay Justice, and Mark Krampits (Closed Project)
Light Rail Project Management in Portland Focusing on Interstate MAX: Project scope, Risk Management, Knowledge Transfer, Donggyu Lim, Fatima Al-Dahwi, Nick Wallace, Jiting Yang, Justus Schwarz, and Stevan Jovanovic (Closed Project)
Technology Assessment of Two Energy Portfolios Using with a Hierarchical Decision Model, Donggyu Lim, Lawrence Carter, Noah Third, Willi Schweinfort, and Paul Tibbot (Closed Project)
How to Market ETM for Prospective Students, Almarzouqi Manal, Choeda Ngawang, Intarode Nuttavut, Kothapally Srilatha, Pathak Ujjal, and Sharma Hari (Closed Project)
Exploring Healthcare Information Technology Adoption and Resistance through the Lens of Technological Innovation, James McCormack (Closed Project)
Barriers to Market Adoption of Renewable Energy, James McCormack, Vorakarn Chiamsiri, Majed Ahmadi, and Supalerg Supaviriyakul (Closed Project)
Management and Innovation Strategies for Successful Sustainability, Jamshid Nafisi, Matt Trippel, Stephanie Wendt, and Kenny Yoo (Closed Project)
Parking By Cell Phone: Economic Evaluation of a New Parking System for Portland, Stephen Noble, Nadja Wolfangel, Justus Schwarz, Tung Lungli, and David Malombo (Closed Project)
China: Moving from Imitation to Innovation, Sevket Can Nuhisi, John Elliot, Jayanth Siddappa, Xiaofang Lu, and Claudiu Rusnac (Closed Project)
Giftango - Your Virtual Card Delivered, Osman Osman, Nametsegang Boemo-Mokhawa, and Dick Sperry (Closed Project)
Socio-Technical Issues for Transition to Renewable Energies, Francis Pham, Ying Liu, Parisa Ghafoori, Shahrokh Eshghi, and Yasser Alizadeh (Closed Project)
Using an Agility Scorecard, Greg Rosenberg (Project)
How Large or VirtualizedTeams Affect AgileProcesses, Neil Runde, Opinderjit Bhella, Dinesh Reddy, Maher Almasri, Faisal Alfayez, and Srilatha Kothapally (Closed Project)
Europe – Can It Keep Up With Creativity & Innovation?, Nasir Sheikh, Maribel Villanueva, Justus Schwarz, Nadja Wolfangel, Durai Devadoss, and Mosaab Algain (Closed Project)
Marketing Plan for LifeSafer Ignition Interlock, Neelu Singh, Ganesh Subramanian, Mukundan Tirumalai, Ashok Bhatla, Matthew Letts, Shoaib Khan, and Naresh Bokka (Closed Project)
Selection of Graduate School for Masters of Sciencein Engineering using Hierarchal Decision Modeling(HDM), Paul Tibbot, Turgut Turan, Muhammad Amer, Maher Almasri, Faisal Al Fayez, and Stuart Graham (Closed Project)
Knowledge Management at Daimler Trucks North America: A Case Study, Tiffani Torgeson (Closed Project)
Market Research Log - BenQ GP1, Erin Wakefield, Marc Britton, Phuwadet Laosisipornwattana, Donggyu Lim, Pat Ploykitikoon, Ibrahim Iskin, and Sevket Can Nuhisi (Closed Project)
Marketing Plan - BenQ Pocket Projector, Erin Wakefield, Marc Britton, Phuwadet Laosisipornwattana, Donggyu Lim, Pat Ploykitikoon, Ibrahim Iskin, and Seuket Con Nuhist (Closed Project)
Analysis of Profitability of Out-of-State Projects for a Small Construction Company in Michigan, Erin Wakefield, Nuttavut Intarode, Tiffani Torgeson, and Manal Al Marzouqi (Closed Project)
Innovation in Brazil, Valesca Walesko (Closed Project)
Hybrid Mass Transportation: A Portland Area Case Study Using QFD, Nick Wallace, Naresh Bokka, Brian Muchilwa, Majed Ahmadi, and Huang Chaio Yu (Closed Project)
Development Log Report, Tony Yu, Mitali Monalisa, Pranabesh Dash, Nayef Alhallabi, Robin Dorociak, Erin Wakefield, and Muhammad Amer (Closed Project)
Submissions from 2008
Multi-Ethnic or Geographically Diverse Teams, Hamad Alanazi, Wesam Sarhan, and Freny Chennessery (Closed Project)
Team Self – Diagnosis: "The Party Three", Hamad Alanzi, Freny Chennessery, and Wesam Sarhan (Closed Project)