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 2005
Innovation in the Construction Industry - A Global Scenario, Aditya Krishna Yalamanchili (Closed Project)
Submissions from 2004
Nurse Scheduling at St. Vincent Emergency Room, Bassam Abu-Khater, Kevin Huang, Samir Said, and Smud Robbanjerd (Closed Project)
Application of Project Management Processes and Practices at RCFD, Mike Adams, Don Hallum, Richard Klein, Abdi Mouse, and Tim Wilkinson (Closed Project)
Strategic Modeling & Planning for DOMA, Nizar Almani, Brian Bluelake, Michael Burton, and Tim Wilkinson (Closed Project)
Business Plan Presentation "5dotSoftware", Nizar Almani, Guvenc Eren, John Freeman, Kiatiphong Lertsathitphong, and Wael Mohamed-Refie (Closed Project)
Project Management Maturity at CorpX, Saif Al-Shehaimi, David Angel, Diane Ferington, and Clark Wilson (Closed Project)
Buy Versus Rent Analysis: An Analysis of the Purchase or Rental of Concrete Forms for Andersen Construction, Chudamani Ambalam, Balbinder Banga, Jason Brigham, and Neil Brown (Closed Project)
Order Acceptance Optimization in Relation to Production Constraints Course Title:, David Angel, Gord Edqards, Michael Wright, and Diane Yates (Closed Project)
A Comparison of Mine Sector Safety Performance in Western Australia using DEA, David Angel and Ingrid Suarez (Closed Project)
The Fuzzy Front End: A Comparative Study, Voraphol Attavavuthichai, Johannes Berking, Sylvain Gazaille, Kiatiphong Lertsathitphong, and Clark Wilson (Closed Project)
Team Report 2 – Team 3, Voraphol Attavavuthichai, Johannes Berking, Yuan-Chi Huang, Phanichandra Gunturu, and Smud Robbanjerd (Closed Project)
The Oil Economy: How an Oil Crisis Impact the U.S. Economy, Voraphol Attavavuthichai, John Dang, Kiatiphong Lertsathitphong, Joao Simoes, and Natchanan Wathanachinda (Closed Project)
Orbital Space Plane Decision Analysis: An Application of Nathasit Gerdsri’s Model to NASA Technology Selection, Voraphol Attavavuthichai, Gary Ficek, Wararat Leesirikun, Sarabjeet Waraich, and Natchanan Wathanachinda (Closed Project)
Team Report 1: Cross-Cultural Teams, Aroonrat Auysakul, Guvenc Eren, Kiatiphong Lertsathitphong, Dave Loewi, Nutthapong Mitranond, and Gagan Waraich (Closed Project)
Inside eBay, Roda Batarseh (Closed Project)
Airbus vs. Boeing (Strategic and Policy Issues), Bjoern Bierl, Johannes Grefe, Abram Hernandez, Chad Moore, and Jason Morris (Closed Project)
Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Boy Scout Project Plan, Jim Bossard, Wut Charoenpongpool, Anna Lilleboe, Kimberly Omland, and Smud Robbanjerd (Closed Project)
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) As A Competitive Advantage in Supply Chain Management, Arthur Cabanban, Daniel Everding, Susmita Kar, Phanichandra Gunturu, Fayez Hjouj, and Ihab Obeidi (Closed Project)
Bridging the Cross-Cultural Roads to Team Performance, Arthur Cabanban, Susmita Kar, Dale Kadavy, Lisa Kasel, and Fayez Hjouj (Closed Project)
Team Spin Self-Analysis: A Real, Cross- Cultural Team, Arthur Cabanban, Susmita Kar, Dale Kadavy, Lisa Kasel, and Fayez Hjouj (Closed Project)
The Night Kitchen: A Simulation Study of Night Baking: PowerPoint Presentation, Brent Capps (Closed Project)
Formula SAE Project: A Project Management Template, Cesar Castilla, Tobiah Halter, Ray McCormack, Nutthapong Mitranond, and Dana VanMechelen (Closed Project)
Strategic Analysis of General Motors, Cesar Castilla, Nitin Venkat Mayande, Ingrid Suarez, and Ali Talebi (Closed Project)
Decision Model for Project Portfolio Selection for ABC Division of BHPBilliton, Farooq Chandiwalla, Joseph F. Genduso, Ingrid Suarez, and Avnish Rastogi (Closed Project)
Business Continuity Planning Integration into the Project Life Cycle, Gordon Chan (Closed Project)
Cross-Cultural Teams and Projects: Issues and Trends in the 90’s and 2000- 2002, Wut Charoenpongpool, Gorken Mimioglu, Hung Nguyen, and Vinh Tran (Closed Project)
Team Cougar Self- Diagnosis, Wut Charoenpongpool, Gorken Mimioglu, Hung Nguyen, and Vinh Tran (Closed Project)
The Mobile Communication Industry: The Case of Korean Mobile Communication Industry, Hongryel Choi (Closed Project)
The Project Planning: Process of Developing Project Plan at Trillium Software Inc., Gokhan Ciftci, Kavita Kulkarni, Wararat Leesirikun, and Natchanan Wathanachinda (Closed Project)
The Selection of the Best City to Live, Gokhan Ciftci, Gorken Mimioglu, Halime Sarihan, John Dang, Seda Kose, and Serhat Ozcanli (Closed Project)
Affymetrix, Inc.: An Entrepreneur. A Vision. A Leader.…But for how much longer?, Zeynep Dalgin (Closed Project)
IBM’s Strategic Management for 2004 and the Future, John Dang, Les Bahls, Dave Loewi, and Joanna Lin (Closed Project)
Team Self Diagnosis: C.M.J.L Team, John Dang, Laura Devine, Chris Snyder, and Natchanan Wathanachinda (Closed Project)
The Need to Recognize Differences between Individualism and Collectivism When Managing Cross Cultural Teams, John Dang, Laura Devine, Chris Snyder, and Natchanan Wathanachinda (Closed Project)
JSS Inc. Featuring the DOH Boys, John Dang, Serhat Ozcanli, and Sung Han (Closed Project)
Oregon Schools: Rural versus Urban?, Cem Demirci, Lisa Kasel, Hung-Hui Lin, and Karl Schorr (Closed Project)
Strategic & Policy Issues Paper: Strategic Issues in the Telecommunications Industry - A Porter Model of the Telecommunications Industry, Deana Dow, Hai Nam Kim, Troy Landers, Dan Mak, Saif Saeed, and Michelle Simpson (Closed Project)
National Supply Chain In-transit Cargo Security, Gord Edwards, Asser Fayed, Yucel S. Helimoglu, Supachart Iamratanakul, and Elmer Wong (Closed Project)
eBay (Strategic and Policy Issues), Daniel Everding, Arthur Cabanban, Susmita Kar, Phanichandra Gunturu, Fayez Hjouj, and Ihab Obeidi (Closed Project)
Evaluation and Selection Process for a Wireless Home Network, Asser Fayed, John Garlitz, Samir Said, and Yuan-Chi Huang (Closed Project)
Real Estate Investment Strategy Study, Sylvain Gazaille, Chidchon Lavitrangsima, Kritchai Paungchomphu, and Adisorn Tuntikul (Closed Project)
Kangley-Echo Lake Transmission Line Construction Project Analysis, Joseph F. Genduso (Closed Project)
Identification of the Literature Gaps on Technology Foresight in Developing Economy, Pisek Gerdsri (Closed Project)
Legal Ramifications of Outsourcing on Project Management, Kevin S. Goodrich (Closed Project)
Trends and Issues in the Global Outsourcing of Project Management, Kevin S. Goodrich (Closed Project)
Creating a Project Management Strategy for Freightliner Engine Routing Commonization, Sung Han, Quinn Collett, and Basel Jaffal (Closed Project)
Inventory Control in Thai Restaurant Business, Suwat Hattagarun, Piyawan Jhetson, Nutthapong Mitranond, and Mathias I. Sunardi (Closed Project)
Impact of Communication and Information Technologies on Business Practices, Abram Hernandez, Bjoern Bierl, Chad Moore, Jason Moore, and Johannes Grefe (Closed Project)
Holographix Corporation Business, Prashant Iyer, Vikas Singhal, Chris Cheng-Yuu Chen, Irfan Khawaja, and Basel Jaffal (Closed Project)
Capital Acquisition in Airline and Semiconductor Industries, Mayur Jagtap, Yucel S. Helimoglu, Narit Puttaraksar, Paramon Vataniyobol, and Papoj Pharsukdee (Closed Project)
Analysis of Project Portfolio Selection Models, De Mita Jones, Avnish Rastogi, Diane Yates, Joseph F. Genduso, and Susmita Kar (Closed Project)
Engineering and Technology Management and the Development of the Hydrogen Fuel Cell, Stephen W. Jordan (Closed Project)
IT Outsourcing Decision Model for Vendor Selection, Susmita Kar, Jisun Kim, Dean Nguyen, Junghan Lee, and Ashwini Kulkarni (Closed Project)
Emergency Engineering Management, Irfan Khawaja, Piyaporn Limkatanyoo, Andrey Nikolayev, Kevin Oursler, Narit Puttaraksar, and Mathias I. Sunardi (Closed Project)
Strategic & Policy Issues: Siemens AG, Irfan Khawaja, Piyaporn Limkatanyoo, Andrey Nikolayev, Kevin Oursler, Narit Puttaraksar, and Mathias I. Sunardi (Closed Project)
Case Study: Samsung Electronics, Irfan Khawaja, Piyaporn Limkatanyoo, Andrey Nikolayev, Kevin Oursler, and Mathias I. Sunardi (Closed Project)
Team Report 1: Cross-Cultural Teams, Chang-Yup Kim, Nizar Almani, Surachet Panomtham, Ingrid Suarez, and Gabriella Nolivos (Closed Project)
Analysis of VoIP as a Disruptive Technology in Telecommunications, Hai Nam Kim, Troy Landers, Dan Mak, Saif Al-Shehaimi, Michelle Simpson, and Deana Dow (Closed Project)
Review and Analysis of a Case Study : Innovation of the Internet, Troy Landers, Deana Dow, Michelle Tangen-Simpson, Hai Nam Kim, Saif Al-Shehaimi, and Dan Mak (Closed Project)
Using DEA to Assess the Seven Schools in the Oregon University System (OUS), Kiatiphong Lertsathitphong and Dave Loewi (Closed Project)
Project Management Support Office in Washington County, Carrie Martin (Closed Project)
Win2K Migration Project at OHSU, Kuli Mavuwa, Daniel Everding, Jisun Kim, Liju Oommen, and Surachet Panomtham (Closed Project)
Mirchi Data Management, Liju Oommen, Michael Wright, Samarjit Singh, and Sivakumar Thuraiyur (Closed Project)
Capabilities Collaboration Platform: An Alternative Model for Small Business Development, Juan Carlos Ospina (Closed Project)
Team Report 1: The Influence of Individual and Group Dynamics on Performance Expectations in Cross-Cultural Teams, Kevin Oursler, Mathias I. Sunardi, Jin Su Lee, and Don Hallum (Closed Project)
Inkjet Printer Evaluation: Data Envelopment Analysis, Kritchai Paungchomphu and Adisorn Tuntikul (Closed Project)
The Use of Work Breakdown Structure in Project Management, Halime Sarihan and Gorken Mimioglu (Closed Project)
Third Extrusion Project: Project Analysis, Ingrid Suarez (Project)
Mobile Commerce, Pei Wang (Closed Project)
Optimization of Navy Recruiting District Portland, Joel Wilson, Gabriella Nolivos, and Vinh Tran (Closed Project)
Management Implications of Outsourcing Technical Jobs, Elmer Wong, Jason Brigham, Neil Brown, and Sung Han (Closed Project)
Oracle: Strategic Policy and Issue Report, Elmer Wong, Jason Brigham, Neil Brown, and Sung Han (Closed Project)
An Inventory Management Model and Inventory Optimization, Tolga Yakar (Closed Project)
Submissions from 2003
Kodak – Cooperate Strategy & Policy issues: PowerPoint Presentation, Bassam Abu-Khater, Turki Alsudiri, Farooq Chandiwalla, Dave Fenwick, and Alexei Ivanov (Closed Project)
The Effects of Chinese Business Culture on Production Quality, Bassam Abu-Khater, Turki Alsudiri, Farooq Chandiwalla, Dave Fenwick, Alexei Ivanov, and Samir Said (Closed Project)
The Effects of Chinese Business Culture on Production Quality: PowerPoint Presentation, Bassam Abu-Khater, Turki Alsudiri, Farooq Chandiwalla, Dave Fenwick, Alexei Ivanov, and Samir Said (Closed Project)
Apple/Steve Jobs Case Study: PowerPoint Presentation, Bassam Abu-Khater, Turki Alsudri, Farooq Chandiwalla, Dave Fenwick, Alexei Ivanov, and Samir Said (Closed Project)
Team Self-Diagnosis, Bassam Abu-Khater, Michael Burton, Randy Lloyd, and P. Wang (Closed Project)
Ethnic Variations Between Asian and United States Employees in Cross-Functional Teams, Bassam Abu-Khater, Michael Burton, Randy Lloyd, Abitzen Xavier, and Pei Wang (Closed Project)
Team Self – Diagnosis Report: Team 1 (The ENTx Team), Priya Ajgaonkar, David Angel, Edward Cespedes, and Ryan Jefferis (Closed Project)
Use of Hierarchical Decision Modeling for Site Selection of a Major League Baseball Stadium in Portland, Priya Ajgaonkar, Aroonrat Auysakul, Edward Cespedes, Ryan Jefferis, and Seiji Shinriki (Project)
Project Management of Virtual Teams, Priya Ajgaonkar, Aroonrat Auysakul, Evan Hall, Ryan Jefferis, Seiji Shinriki, and Joao Simoes (Closed Project)
The Relation between Education and Professional Performance: PowerPoint Presentation, Priya Ajgaonkar, Brian Bluelake, Edward Cespedes, Ryan Jefferis, and Seiji Shinriki (Closed Project)
The Relationship between Education and Professional Performance, Priya Ajgaonkar, Brian Bluelake, Edward Cespedes, Ryan Jefferis, and Seiji Shinriki (Closed Project)
Apple Computers, Hassan Al-Assaf, Rajesh Gopalakrishnan, Wirit Kittidacha, Khoi Le, Daniel Lee, Samir Nassar, and Felix Ngoussou (Closed Project)
Explore Intellectual Property Issues in Open Source, Nizar Almani, Smud Robbanjerd, Wararat Leesirikun, and Yuan-Chi Huang (Closed Project)
Government Support to Business Research and Develop (R&D): Quantitative Evidence by Analyzing the R&D Intensity Level (GERD/GDP Ratios) in OECE Countries, Ahmet Alper (Closed Project)
The Role of Stepi in South Korea's Science and Technology Policy, Ahmet Alper (Closed Project)
Self-Diagnose, Turki Alsudiri, F. Chandiwalla, L. Dowell, Kevin Goodrich, and P. Gohier (Closed Project)
CROSS-CULTURAL TEAMS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON PERFORMANCE, David Angel, Edward Cespedes, Priya Ajgaonkar, and Ryan Jefferis (Closed Project)
GE – Corporate Strategies during and after the Jack Welch era, Voraphol Attavavuthichai, David Gray, Sarabjeet Waraich, and Natchanan Wathanachinda (Closed Project)
Technology-Driven Entrepreneurship: A Study of the Portland Area Venture Funding Environment, Voraphol Attavavuthichai, David Gray, Sarabjeet Waraich, and Natchanan Wathanachinda (Closed Project)
Home Networking: PowerPoint Presentation, Aroonrat Auysakul, Hashir Kidwai, Thuraiyur Sivakumar, and Ying-Tz Ho (Closed Project)
Home Networking, Aroonrat Auysakul, Hashir Kidwai, Ho Ying-Tz, and Thuraiyur Sivakumar (Closed Project)
Cellular Technology: Innovation and Strategy: PowerPoint Presentation, Aroonrat Auysakul, Ho Ying-Tz, De Mita Jones, William Baker, and Ulas Karasu (Closed Project)
Virtual Teams: Concepts, Challenges, and Trends, Bill Baker, Che min Cheng, Dultapun Buranawit, and Hongyi Chen (Closed Project)
Team Assessment, Bill Baker, Che min Cheng, Dulyapun Buranawit, and Hongyi Chen (Closed Project)
Investigating Intel's Project Management-The D1C Tool Installation Process, Bill Baker, Russell Hensely, C. Cheng, Phasin Komonchaisak, and W. Linhavess (Closed Project)
Cellular Technology: Innovation and Strategy, Bill Baker, DeMita Jones, Ulas Karusu, Aroonrat Auysakul, and Ho Ying-Tz (Closed Project)
Cell Phone Provider Selection Model: PowerPoint Presentation, Bill Baker, Shane Labelle, Ulas Karasu, Tolga Yakar, and Peerawut Kantawat (Closed Project)