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 2006
European Union: Research and Innovation, Adriana Cutar (Closed Project)
India’s Rise as a Software Power: Governmental Policy Factors, Tad Drozdowski, Hai Huynh, Brian Lininger, Yicheng Peng, and Naruedom Sakulyong (Project)
Team 2 Self-Diagnosis, Asser Fayed, Bianca Fazekas, Clark Wilson, Jui-Lin Lee, and Thien Tran (Closed Project)
Deciding Which House to Flip, Andrea Fox, Chris Chen, Karl Lander, and Kent Robinson (Closed Project)
Merger and Acquisition: Achieving High Team Performance, Andrea Fox, Tom Litterer, and Richard Sperry (Closed Project)
Report on the Review of Performance Appraisal System and Comparison with Recommendations in Scientific Literature, Bharath Ganesh and Ashwini Kulkarni (Closed Project)
Key Issues Which Make Virtual Teams Successful, Crystal Gross, Dennis Schmieder, Daniel Hannemann, Rosine Hanna, and Watcharin Lhing Witthayaweerasak (Closed Project)
Team Self-Diagnosis, Crystal Gross, Dennis Schmieder, Daniel Hannemann, Rosine Hanna, and Watcharin Lhing Witthayaweerasak (Closed Project)
Assessment of the "A" Team, Arlene Hutchins, Baqer Al-Ali, David Morrissey, Liz Kennedy, and Tuyet Le (Closed Project)
Team Report 2: Assessment of the “A” Team, Arlene Hutchins, Baqer Al-Ali, David Morrissey, Liz Kennedy, and Tuyet Le (Closed Project)
Study of Employment Expectations in the High Technology Industry, Arlene Hutchins, Thien Tran, and Aditya Krishna Yalamanchili (Closed Project)
Project Management in Localization at PTIGlobal, Basel Jaffal (Closed Project)
Strategy for the Implementation of Renewable Energy Sources in the Galapagos Islands - Ecuador, Bertha Jimenez, Abdulaziz Al Yabes, and Akin Olaoye (Closed Project)
Retirement Project Report, Stephen Jordan, Wutisak Pinpakdee, Stephen Knewitz, and Mahad Barkhadle (Closed Project)
Samsung Electronics: Corporate Strategy, Bulent Kamali, Bianca Fazekas, Clarence Forrest, Bruce Irby, Paul Liner, and AJ Blair (Closed Project)
Decision Making Process for Buying a Mobile Phone in Portland, Bulent Kamali, Maryam Norouzi, Saif Saeed, and Wen-Hsuan Jen (Closed Project)
Critical Success Factors Of Millau Viaduct Construction Project, Jinsu Lee, Karl Lander, Linda Lin, and Watcharin Lhing Witthayaweerasak (Closed Project)
Examining the Coast Guard Naval Engineering Career Field, Chad Moore (Closed Project)
On the Role of Ontology in Modern Expert Systems Development, Jason Morris (Closed Project)
Modern Design Principles for Andragogically-Based Intelligent X Systems, Jason C. Morris (Closed Project)
Group Project Report: Printer Selection, Kevin Oursler, Marie Ottum, Frank Steiner, and Evan Studer (Closed Project)
Selecting a Vacation using a Heirarchical Decision Model (HDM), Pattharaporn Suntharasaj, Neslihan Sener, John Frieh, and Jerry Alan Matson (Closed Project)
Challenges in Development of Metrology Tools for Nanotechnology, Rimal Abu Taha, Tudi Ajay, Baqer Al-Ali, Ahmed Aldraihem, and Ferra Wahyuni (Closed Project)
Make Scrap Pay, Ardthawee Tanyavutti, Andrea Fox, Clarence Forrest, and Napabhaj Cheeparranai (Closed Project)
A Review of “The Development And Evaluation Of Aggregation Methods For Group Pairwise Comparison Judgments”, Thien Tran (Closed Project)
Emergence of Program Management, Paramon Vantaniyobol (Closed Project)
Submissions from 2005
Selection of Alternate Fuel Technologies for Vehicles, Bassam Abu-Khater, Suresh Dontula, Samantha Munoz, and Srujan Behuria (Closed Project)
HDM Project: Searching for a Search Engine, Jonathan Adkins, David Gray, Piyaporn Limkatanyoo, Suwat Hattagarun, and Kuen Lin (Closed Project)
Intellectual Property is Two Edged Swords to Innovation, Saif Al-Shehaimi (Closed Project)
Analysis of PushToTalk, Chudamani (Mani) Ambalam (Closed Project)
Innovation lives through Re-Innovation: A Case Study PushToTalk, Chudamani (Mani) Ambalam (Closed Project)
Server Consolidation, a Project Management Case Study, at CorpX, David Angel (Closed Project)
A Matrix Organizational Approach To Wind Farm Development Project Management, Les Bahls, Weifeng Bao, Phanichandra Gunturu, Stephen Jordan, Bhaskar Velamakanni, and Elmer Wong (Closed Project)
German Technology Strategy – Preparing for the Future, Bjoern Bierl (Closed Project)
Implementing Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) At The Gap, Bjoern Bierl, Arthur Cabanban, Ihab Everding, Kritchai Paungchomphu, and Adisorn Tuntikul (Closed Project)
Project Management at Engineer to Order Companies, Bjoern Bierl, Abram Hernandez, Johannes Grefe, Jason Morris, and Chad Moore (Closed Project)
Faster, Better, and Cheaper Project Management at NASA, Jason Brigham, Carolina Castillo, Chang-Yup Kim, Hai Nam Kim, Hilary Martin, and Saif Saeed (Closed Project)
Faster, Better, and Cheaper Project Management at NASA [Presentation], Jason Brigham, Carolina Castillo, Chang-Yup Kim, Hai Nam Kim, Hilary Martin, and Saif Saeed (Closed Project)
Yahoo! Incorporated Strategic Plan, Jason Brigham, Guvenc Eren, John Garlitz, and Elmer Wong (Closed Project)
A Multi-criteria Phased Methodology for Personnel Selection, Jason Brigham, Fayez Hjouj, Hai Nam Kim, and Hilary Martin (Closed Project)
Virtual Teams and Projects: Issues of the 21st Century, Jim Brossard, Chad Moore, Jason Morris, and Elmer Wong (Closed Project)
Green Energy Selection, Neil Brown, Don Hallum, Basel Jaffal, Piyawan Jhetson, and Elmer Wong (Closed Project)
Fostering Corporate Innovation; Literature Research of Methods and Models Discussed In Current Business Journals, Michael Burton (Closed Project)
Reducing Noise Pollution in Cubicle Arrangements: Powerpoint Presentation, Michael Burton (Closed Project)
Quality Improvement Report for Reduction of Noise Pollution in Cubical Office Arrangements, Michael Burton, Georgina Harrell, and Chad Moore (Closed Project)
Quantitative Methods to Optimize the Front End of the Innovation Process, Sandy Campanario (Closed Project)
Leupold & Stevens Inc. Position and Competitive Advantage in the Riflescope Industry 2005, Daniel Campean (Closed Project)
Technology Push Innovations and the so-called “Market Need”, Maria del Rocio and Nava Rodriguez (Closed Project)
Cross Cultural Teams and Projects: Issues and Trends from 1990 to Now, Deana Dow, Michelle Tangen-Simpson, Bjoern Bierl, and Dan Mak (Closed Project)
Women in Technology Management: A Look at Glass Ceiling Barriers and Applications for Diversity Management, Barbara Dusicka, Marie Ottum, Kayoko Mito, Chen (Cedar) Wang, and Wen-Hsuan (Lynn) Jen (Closed Project)
E-CON: Video Conferencing Application, Guvenc Eren, Wutisak Pinpakdee, and Papoj Pharsukdee (Closed Project)
Video Conferencing, Guvenc Eren, Wutisak Pinpakdee, and Papoj Pharsukdee (Closed Project)
Strategic Plan for Rfid, Inc, Daniel Everding, Chad Moore, and Jin Su Lee (Closed Project)
Competence Enhancement, Bianca Fazekas (Closed Project)
Simulations Can Shape Strategies, Bianca Fazekas (Closed Project)
Fuel Cells: Development and Management Issues Within the Automotive Industry, Diane Ferington, Daniel Hannemann, Stephen Knewitz, Swapna Mathivanan, and Sharanya Reddy (Closed Project)
The Value of Project Management, Joseph F. Genduso (Closed Project)
Digital Divide between Developed & Developing Economies, Karteek Gopisetty and Karthik Yalamanchili (Closed Project)
Innovations in the Field of Cell Phones, Satish Kumar Gottimukkala (Closed Project)
Communication related risk management in diverse and distributed project teams, Dave Gray, Irfan Khawaja, Papoj Pharsukdee, Gagandeep Singh, and Sarabjeet Waraich (Closed Project)
Power2GO SolarSheet, Don Hallum, Goutham Ketineni, Khalfan AlMuhairi, and Mathias Sunardi (Closed Project)
Power2GO SolarSheet, Don Hallum, Goutham Ketineni, Khalfan AlMuhairi, and Mathias Sunardi (Closed Project)
The Selection of PSU Housing, Khawaja Han and Sunardi Puttaraksar (Closed Project)
TURKEY & E.U., Yucel S. Helimoglu (Closed Project)
Disaster Management: A Case Study of Portland State University, Yucel Sabit Helimoglu, Goutham Ketineni, Hilary Martin, Khalfan M. Al-Mehairi, and Aditya Krishna Yalamanchili (Closed Project)
INTERGLUCOMON: Powerpoint Presentation, Abram Hernandez, Daniel Ho, and Kimberly Omland (Closed Project)
Capstone Project: Transportation Division, at Multnomah County, Oregon, Fayez Hjouj (Closed Project)
Analysis of Persistent Firefighting, Mayur Jagtap (Closed Project)
An Innovation which Provides Better Place to Work: Telework, Rupali Kadgi (Closed Project)
Predicting Passenger Aircraft Introductions, 1950s-2005 Technique: Technology Forecasting Using Data Envelopment Analysis, Bulent Kamali, Cesar Castilla, Suzanne Ward, and Wen-Hsuan Jen (Closed Project)
Offshore Sourcing of Information Technology (IT) – Firms Decision Making Process, Susmita Kar (Closed Project)
The New Economy: Opportunities and Challenges, Susmita Kar (Closed Project)
Managing Strategic Outsourcing in the Healthcare Filed, Ali Katkhada (Closed Project)
Product Innovation Through the Lead-User: Cascade Microtech’s Introduction of a Novel Product, Elizabeth Kennedy (Closed Project)
Influence of Software in Diffusion and Organizational Learning, Goutham Ketineni (Closed Project)
CNG as Alternative Fuel, Irfan Khawaja (Closed Project)
Relocating a Dot-Com Business: Choosing a City, Changyup Kim, John Williams, Liju P. Oommen, Gagandeep Singh, and Guvenc Eren (Closed Project)
IC Design house’s Management on Foundry, Ajey B. Kulkarni, Ali Katkhada, Adisorn Tuntikul, Daniel Ho, and Vinodhini Doraisamy (Closed Project)
Outsourcing and Quality – What is in the Literature?, Ann-Marie Lamb, Karl Lander, and Richard Sperry (Closed Project)
Grocery Shopn, Tuyet Le, Eric Lin, Suwat Hattagarun, and Isil Cebeli (Closed Project)
Grocery Shopn: Marketing Proposal, Tuyet Le, Eric Lin, Suwat Hattagarun, and Isil Cebeli (Closed Project)
Innovation Disrupted as Employees Cope With Organizational Changes – Observations from Conexant’s Cupertino Hardware Team, Linda H. Lin (Closed Project)
Sustaining Global Competitiveness in Software Market by Effective Strategies, Vikram Madhusudan (Closed Project)
Selecting a PC Vendor for the IT Group at OHSU, Kuli Mavuwa (Closed Project)
Software Product Lines: Managing a Reuse-Oriented Organization, Jesus Morales, Andrea Fox, and Kent Robinson (Closed Project)
VoIP Telephony Technology A Focused Look at the Innovation and Diffusion of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), David Morrisey (Closed Project)
Inoculating Against The Productivity Paradox, Jason C. Morris (Closed Project)
Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Production, Abdi Mouse, Ali Katkhada, Ajay Narayan, and Sam Gould (Closed Project)
Intelligent Transportation Systems – A Technology Assessment Project, Abdisalan Mouse, Doug Baumgartner, Gorken Mimioglu, Jyoti Prakash Das, and Vinay Chawla (Closed Project)
HealthAssist: Powerpoint, Kevin Oursler, Marie Ottum, and Danielle Hall (Closed Project)
Innovations in Web Services, Rajeshwari Patil (Closed Project)
EKAPADD, Avnish Rastogi (Closed Project)
Overview of Outsourcing, Avnish Rastogi, Jin Su Lee, Hersi Ahmed, and Mustafa Abbas (Closed Project)
Internet – How do we build trust?, Agnimitra Roy (Closed Project)
Technology Issues in Implementation of E-Governance, Amrita Sehgal, Eric Lin, Karthik Seetharaman, Kritchai Paungchomphu, and Sunitha Narayanan (Closed Project)
Strategic Issues in Biotechnology: A Managerial Analysis of Emerging GMO (Genetically Modified Organism) Technology, Neslihan Sener, Darin Colby, Crystal Gross, and John Frieh (Closed Project)
Team Project: Literature Study of Outsourcing & Quality Issues? Gaps?, Richard Sperry, Karl Lander, and Ann-Marie Lamb (Closed Project)
BRIDGiT: Go Experience the World, Adisorn Tuntikul, Dick Sperry, Linda Lin, Piyaporn Limkatanyoo, and Saif Al-Shehaimi (Closed Project)
BRIDGiT: Go Experience the World: Marketing Plan, Adisorn Tuntikul, Dick Sperry, Linda Lin, Piyaporn Limkatanyoo, and Saif Al-Shehaimi (Closed Project)
An Analysis of the introduction of Wireless Technology to Manage the Restaurant Industry, Kittipat Virochsamroeng, Papoj Pharsukdee, Paramon Vataniyobol, Piyawan Jhetson, and Maria del Rocio Nava R. (Closed Project)