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 2008
Improving Project Management At Daimler Trucks North America’s Continuous Improvement Department, Khalid A. AlHamdan, Ramya Chandrasekar, Tiffani Torgeson, and Ferra Wahyuni (Closed Project)
Final Report, Abdulrahman Almobarak, Paul Nguyen, Nuancharas Phopoonsak, and Vikram Sharma (Closed Project)
Project Management in NASA: A Case Study, Haitham Al-Turkestani, Wajdi Ismail, and Daniel Ho (Closed Project)
Portfolio Management System for RPM Inc., Haitham Al-Turkestani, Rabah Khamis, Robert Stankovic, and Priya Venugopal (Closed Project)
Executive Summary – Wireless Power Project, Juan Aviles, Blake Evenhus, Paul Liner, Badr Sairafi, and Jorge Torres (Closed Project)
Optimization of Hospitality Industry: A Case Study Analysis of the PSU University Place, Juan Pablo Aviles, Ngawang Choeda, Supalerg Supaviriyakul, Vitawin Varawut, and Vu Phan (Closed Project)
Deconstructing Distributed Teams: Management, Issues and Trends in Distributed Teams., Eyad Bakhsh, Wajdi Ismail, Paul Liner, and Rahul Valsan (Closed Project)
Wireless Power Router Commercialization at the Airports, Eyad Bakhsh, Fahad Jan, Hithem Sughi, and Naser Jaradat (Closed Project)
Team 9 Performance Analysis Report: No Discord, No Concord, Weifeng Bao, Abdullah Binsaeed, Agu-Ibe Daniel, and Ujjal Pathak (Closed Project)
Distributed Teams and Projects: Issues and Trends in the 90s and 2000-2002, Weifeng Bao, Abdullah Binsaeed, Agu Ibe, and Ujjal Pathak (Closed Project)
AC Components Manufacturer: New Product [Air Filter] Development, Abdullah Bensaeed, Kai-Hung Huang, Jui-Lin Lee, Pattravadee Ploykitikoon, Yu-Chieh Shen, and Venice Tunnitisupawong (Closed Project)
Portland Arial Tram, Ashok Bhatla, Abrahim Abdulsater, Nayef Alhallabi, Mutib Gannas, Henry Canizares, and Casey Zielsdorff (Closed Project)
HKMA Project Portfolio, Abdullah Binsaeed, Hamad Alanazi, Khalid Marghalani, and Munif Almunif (Closed Project)
Residential Solar Photovoltaics: A Financial Decision Support Tool for Northwestern Oregon, Marius Brand, John Easton, Badr Sairafi, Hithem Sughi, and Fahad Jan (Closed Project)
Bridging the Gap in the Energy Workforce: Final Report, Rubyna Brenden, Ryan Fedie, Sarah Griffis, and Jared Perez (Closed Project)
Team Report 2: Team Self Diagnosis, Leong Chan, Meghana Rao, Tiffani Torgeson, and Nikita Vagesh (Closed Project)
Team Self Diagnosis, Leong Chan, Meghana Rao, Tiffani Torgeson, and Nikita Vagesh (Closed Project)
Implementatiuon of Company-Wide Project Portfolio Management System, Arun Chenchugopal, Hai Huynh, and Stevan Jovonovic (Closed Project)
Using P3M3 to framework the Project Management at A.P.E.S: Advanced Programming and E-Commerce Solutions, Arun Chenchugopal, Munif Al Munif, Wesam Sarhan, and Praveen Grandhi (Closed Project)
Implementation of Companywide Project Management System: Beyond Brain, An Artificial Intelligence Company, Arun Chenchugopal, Jingyang Zhang, Khalid Maghalani, Munif Almunif, Neb Tadesse, Saranya Sethu Pragasam, and Tianxia Shu (Closed Project)
Vertical CCD Clock Driver Test Time Optimization, Rafeal Colon, Trevor Combs, Willi Schweinfort, and Songphon Munkongsujarit (Closed Project)
ROI: Applying Non-Economic Factors to Replacement Analysis, Adriana Cutar, Blake Evanhus, Wajeeh Hallaj, Nausheen Khan, Paul Liner, Meghana Rao, and Rahul Valsan (Closed Project)
Valuing Energy Efficiency Projects using Cost Benefit Analysis, Agu-Ibe Daniel, Ardahan Suha, Fedie Ryan, Pathak Ujjal, and Sharma P. Sharma (Closed Project)
The Corps of Engineers Lessons Learned Archive System: its Significance and the Need for Improvement, John Easton (Closed Project)
Growing Trends in Team Dynamics: An Examination of Virtual Teams, Blake Evenhus, Hithem Sughi, Jorge Torres, and Robert Stankovic (Closed Project)
Statistical Analysis for Groundwater / Surface Water Interaction at a Drinking Water Well, John Garlitz (Closed Project)
Parkido: Parking, Whenever You Want, Stuart Graham, Willi Schweinfort, Nathaniel Jarpa, and Timothy Dykstra (Closed Project)
DTNA CCI Project Selection Analyzer, Wajeeh Hallaj, Meghana Rao, Tiffani Torgeson, and Jim Brossard (Closed Project)
OSAA : Reclassify the football leagues, Chiao Yu Huang and Ho-Min Lai (Closed Project)
Beaverton School District Parent Teacher Conferences (Interpretation Request Optimization), Wally Huang, LiFeng Liu, Srilatha Kothapally, and Fei Huang (Closed Project)
From Individual to Team: A Personality Perception, Noda Huynh, Songphon Munkongsujarit, Marius Brand, and John Easton (Closed Project)
Group Faultline Theory - A Study with Respect to Five Cultural Dimensions, Noda Huynh, Songphon Munkongsujarit, Marius Brand, and John Easton (Closed Project)
Knowledge Management Practices In Banking Industry, Agu Ibe and Daniel Ikechi (Closed Project)
International Meeting Conflicts, Fahad Jan, Hai Huynh, and JingYang Zhang (Closed Project)
Focus on the Present, Scarify the Future and Its Consequences, Avishai Kepten (Closed Project)
Focus on the Present, Scarify the Future and Its Consequences, Avishai Kepten (Closed Project)
Scheduling of Coast Guard Command Center Watchstanders, Helen Kim, Karen Pamintuan, Wan-Hsiu Cheng, and Yu-Hsiang Lin (Closed Project)
Software Command Center, Jyoti Kolhe, Chris McGinnis, and Michael Ross (Closed Project)
Columbia River Crossing Can We Afford It? Effects of Current Economic Realities on CRC Tolling, Matthew Letts, Chang Lung Lin, Nathaniel Jarpa, Dhanabal Krishnaswamy, and Thomas Torres (Closed Project)
Team 7: Self Diagnosis, Paul Liner, Eyad Bakhsh, Wajdi Ismail, and Rahul Valsan (Closed Project)
Project Scope Definition, Marie Ottum, Wail Busaied, Dhanabal Krishnaswamy, Badr Sairafi, Agu-Ibe Daniel, and Fahad Jan (Closed Project)
Innovation Strategy of Facebook, Cheng Ren, Jiting Yang, Jitra Sianaruk, and Turgut Turan (Closed Project)
Nanotechnology: Strategies for a Small Business in the Emerging Nanotechnology Market, Neil Runde, Opinderjit Bhella, Maher Almasri, Hussain Abulaleez, Faisal Alfayez, and Supalerg Supaviriyakul (Closed Project)
Economic Evaluation and Selection of the “Best” Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Alternative, Vikram Sharma, Avinash Kwatra, Mark Krampits, Mutib Gannas, Robin Dorociak, and John Garlitz (Closed Project)
A Decision Support Model for Project Manager Assignments 3.0, Alisa Sirisakulong, Abu-Ibe Daniel, Jorge Torres, and Kabasele Yves Mupemba (Closed Project)
Process Automation: Investment Analysis, Josh Smith, Jeff Gray, Brian Muchilwa, Naser Jaradat, and Wajdi Ismail (Closed Project)
The MPEG-4 Push: A Replacement Analysis for Content Distributors, Ganesh Subramanian, Haitham Al-Turkestani, Jay Justice, Khalid Marghalani, Marwan Lingga, and Mukundan Thirumalai (Closed Project)
Final Report: Hybrid Car Selection, Ahmed Ba Surrah, Byung Chul Choi, Kenny Phan, Phakphoom Chuengparsitporn, Qian Gu, Sarah Griffis, and Songphon Munkongsujarit (Closed Project)
Global Virtual Teams, Rajesh Talla, Rajasree Rammamurthy, Yu-Hsiang Lin, Lifeng Liu, and Srilatha Kothapally (Closed Project)
Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW): How IT Tools are Impacting Communication in Virtual Teams, Tiffani Torgeson, Michael Getman, and Jeff Belding (Closed Project)
The PMI Pandemonium: A Critical Review of the PMI Phenomenon, Venice Tunnitisupawong, John Easton, Meghana Rao, Pattravadee Ploykitikoon, Ferra Wahyuni, and Bruce Irby (Closed Project)
A Study of Some of the Greatest Challenges Currently Facing Today's Corporations: Team 10 Final Project Report, Erin Wakefield, Ibrahim Iskin, Lone Seboni, Moath Alghamdi, and Nuttavut Intarode (Closed Project)
Enhancing Dynamic Capabilities with Complexity Leadership, Kelly Waugh (Closed Project)
Scheduling in Small Construction Companies, Youngkoo Yoan, Wajdi Ismail, Wajeeh Hallaj, Daniel Campean, and Ganesh Subramanian (Closed Project)
Team Project Report "Virtual Multicultural Teams", Youngkoo Yoon, Roberto Artiga, Helen Kim, Karen B. Pamintuan, and David Sibanda (Closed Project)
Submissions from 2007
Fleet Vehicle Purchase Decision, Fouad Aljuhani, Ramkumar Ashokkumar, Min-Jeong Cho, Robin Dorociak, Bertha Jimenez, and Refik Tarcan Tarman (Closed Project)
Diachronic Nature of Organizations, David Angel (Closed Project)
Planning and Monitoring Software Projects: A Comparison Between CMMI & Agile Methods, Jung-Hoe Bae and Kent Robinson (Closed Project)
The Use of Virtual Teams in Technology-Driven Companies: Choices and Challenges, Ximena Barros, Blake Evenhus, Noda Huynh, Wendy Peterman, Jorge Torres, and Jing Zhang (Closed Project)
The Use of Methods and Technologies to Improve Cross-Cultural Virtual teams’ Dynamics, Ximena Barros, Edwin Garces, Juan Pablo Aviles, and Ahmed Ba Surrah (Closed Project)
Innovation & Its Expanded Implications, Clifford Raymond Berry I (Closed Project)
Natural Resource Company and Portfolio Management, Wail Busaied, Mutib Algannas, Ashok K. Rana, Sharma Vishal, and Ramvittal Pilla (Closed Project)
Wii Take Over, Napabhaj Cheeparranai, Woraruthai Choothian, Kai-Hung Huang, Siriphan Lersviriyajitt, Pattravadee Ploykitikoon, Yu-Chieh Shen, and Venice Tunnitisupawong (Closed Project)
Minimizing U.S. Energy Dependency from Foreign Sources Using Pair Wise Comparison Model, Darin Colby and Edwin Garces (Closed Project)
Green Building - Innovation in the Commercial Construction Industry, Kelly Cowan, John Easton, Leong Chan, Hithem Sughi, Mutib Algannas, and Abdullah bin Saeed (Closed Project)
Application of Hierarchical Decision Modeling for Selection of Laptop, Adriana Cutar, Byung Chul Choi, Kenny Phan, Phakphoom Chuengparsitporn, Qian Gu, and Rimal Abu Taha (Closed Project)
Project Management in Multicultural Environment – European Union, Adriana Cutar, Byung Chul Choi, Kenny Phan, Phakphoom Chuengparsitporn, Qian Gu, and Rimal Abu Taha (Closed Project)
Buying a Home: A Structured Decision Making Method, Tad Drozdowski, Bianca Fazekas, Clarence Forrest, Bruce Irby, and Paul Liner (Closed Project)
Linking Project Management to Organizational Strategy - The Critical Role of the Project Manager, Anthony Erickson, Isil Cebeli, Tad Drozdowski, Georgina Harell, and Kelly Waugh (Closed Project)
Portland Aerial Tram, Michael Fang, Daniel Ho, and Lynn Jen (Closed Project)
Optimal Meeting Scheduling, Alan Fryer, Joseph Lebow, Gopinatth Selvaraje, and David Carswell (Closed Project)
Comparing Efficiency of Electricity Power Plants: DEA Application, Edwin Garces (Closed Project)
Human Side of Project Management, Rosine Hanna, Kevin Oursler, Neslihan Sener, and R. Tarcan Tarman (Closed Project)
Critical Review of the Portland Aerial Tram Project, Nathaniel Jarpa (Closed Project)
DEA Application in Retail, Martin Jetton, Tuyet Le, and AJ Blair (Closed Project)
Examining the Project Life Cycle for the New Portland State Recreation Center, Bertha Jimenez, Kednapa Malidang, Maryam Norouzi, Min-Jeong Cho, Ramkumar Ashokkumar, and Robin Dorociak (Closed Project)
Earned Value Management and its Complementary Counterpart: Earned Schedule, Bulent Kamali and Felix Nkansah (Closed Project)
Cultural Impact on Project Management, Rabah Khamis, Osman Osman, Dan Itkis, Haitham Al-Turkestani, and Abdullah Binsaeed (Closed Project)
Building Construction Project Management, Stephen Knewitz, Songwut Jindrapacha, Clarence Forrest, Lewis Hong, Mahad Barkhadle, and Napabhaj Cheeparranai (Closed Project)
Innovation of International Engineering Team, Ming Li (Closed Project)
A Study of the iPod as a Killer Application for the Music Industry, Tariq Majid (Closed Project)
Thailand - Technology Strategy for 2020, Songphon Munkongsujarit (Closed Project)
Project Report on Managing Technological Innovation and Challenges of E-Commerce Industry, Badr Sairafi, Agu-Ibe Daniel, Dhanabal Krishnaswamy, Fahad Jan, and Khalid Marghalani (Closed Project)
Automating the Transportation Industry, Jon Schaeffer (Closed Project)
Line Balancing of PCB Assembly in a Surface Mount Technology Manufacturing Process, Rimal Abu Taha, Adriana Cutar, and Vijay Bhusari (Closed Project)
Decision Criteria and Uncertainty Analysis for a Proposed Condominium Development, Ardthawee Tanyavutti, Minez Srivatsan Sundararajan, Naruedom Sakulyong, Songwut Jindrapacha, and Stephen Knewitz (Closed Project)
International Experiences in Project Management – the Cases of China, India, Turkey, Middle East, Thien Tran, Vikram Sharma, Haiyan Zhang, Hamad Alanazi, and Suha Ardahan (Closed Project)
Selecting the Right Dog Breed for My Family – A Decision Model, Chen Wang, Hai Huynh, Linda Lin, Noda Huynh, Richard Sperry, and Yicheng Peng (Closed Project)
Optimizing Property Inspections - The Period Traveling Salesman Problem, Kelly Waugh (Closed Project)
Submissions from 2006
Qualitative Analysis and Application of Vendor Selection Criteria, Mustafa Abbas, Hersi Ahmed, Ali Katkhada, and Ihab Obeidi (Closed Project)
Open Source Software Technology Management Issues, Fouad Aljuhani, Ramkumar Ashokkumar, Robin Dorociak, Maryam Norouzi, and Bullie Sabanda (Closed Project)
Open Source Software Technology Management Issues, Fouad Aljuhani, Ramkumar Ashokkumar, Robin Dorociak, Maryam Norouzi, and Bullie Sabanda (Closed Project)
Decision Making in Partnership Project, Chudamani (Mani) Ambalam, Lewis Hong, Aaron Tsai, Paramon Vataniyobol, and Napabhaj Cheeparranai (Closed Project)
Cross-Cultural Teams: Issues and Trends, Jung-Hoe Bae, Bulent Kamali, Jesus Martinez, Naruedom Sakulyong, and Neslihan Sener (Closed Project)
Team 4, GUTS: Self-Diagnosis, Mahad Barkhadle, Isil Cebeli, Georgina Harell, and Felix Nkansah (Closed Project)
Radio Frequency Identification – An Alternate to Bar Code, Vijay Bhusari (Closed Project)
Radio Frequency Identification: An Alternate to Bar Code, Vijay Bhusari (Closed Project)
German Sports Car Study of Portland, Neil Brown, Othman Fathy, and Goutham Ketineni (Closed Project)
Strategic Issues in Smart Car Implementation, Firuze Duygu Caliskan, Amanda Loran, Frank Steiner, Pattharaporn Suntharasaj, and Refik Tarcan Tarman (Closed Project)
A Project Management Handbook for New Business Venture, Darin Colby, Yong Ding, Andrea Fox, and Mathias I. Sunardi (Closed Project)