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 2003
Economic Analysis of Nickel Upgrading Project in CMSA (Cerro Matoso S.A), Ashwini Kulkami, Ingrid Suarez, Hongryel Choi, Nitin Mayande, Pei Wang, and Sudha Krishna (Closed Project)
Study of Entrepreneurship in the US Wind Energy Industry, Amy Lee, Rohit Srivastava, and John Dang (Closed Project)
Technology Driven Entrepreneurship, Amy Lee, Rohit Srivastava, John Deng, and Daniel Campean (Closed Project)
Multivariate Statistical Techniques: Application to Semiconductor Power Device Manufacturing Yield Enhancement, Kevin Lite (Closed Project)
Tools for Project Teams in Washington County, Carrie Martin (Closed Project)
Feeding the World: Communicating the Vision of BioVenture Incorporated, Carrie Martin, Hakan Cete, Kevin Goodrich, Oliver Baumann, Sam Majam, and Vikas Daga (Closed Project)
A/B/C Concourse Security Terminal Portland International Airport Simulation Analysis, Hilary Martin (Closed Project)
Sharp’s Custom LCD Process: A Risk Analysis, Dale Ming, Ferry Silva, and Javier Ulas (Closed Project)
Team Self-Evaluation Report, Fahim Mirani, Naveen Mundanda, Saad A. Siddiqui, and Sudha Krishna (Closed Project)
Trust, Communication And Individual Behavior: Building Blocks For The Virtually Distributed Teams, Fahim Mirani, Naveen Mundanda, Saad A. Siddiqui, Senthil Natarajan, and Sudha Krishna (Closed Project)
e-Health Care, Senthil Natarajan (Closed Project)
Optimization of Software Inspection Processes, Umanath Nayak, Gary Ficek, Kevin S. Goodrich, and Seda Kose (Closed Project)
Business Plan Template (BPT) Project, Dean D. Nguyen, Cheng-Yuu Chen, John T. Dang, Tolga Yakar, and Onur Kaplan (Closed Project)
Decision Model for Selection of a Master’s Program in Computer Science in US University, Gabriella Nolivas, Pei Wang, Alexei Ivanov, Surachet Panomtham, and Terry Thainugul (Closed Project)
Peter Stott Center Men’s Locker Room Simulation, Surachet Panomtham and Dulyapun Buranawit (Closed Project)
Selecting A Retirement Plan for A Small Business, Vu Phan, Vinh Tran, and Hung Nguyen (Closed Project)
Selecting A Retirement Plan for A Small Business: PowerPoint Presentation, Vu Phan, Vinh Tran, and Hung Nguyen (Closed Project)
Nestle Corporation: Economic Analysis of Nescafe Red Cup Packaging Lines, Proadpran Pringsulaka, Quinn Collett, Surachet Panomtham, Teerawee Thainugul, and Tobiah Halter (Closed Project)
Improving Customer Satisfaction in Portland State University (PSU) Dormitory: West Hall Dorm Case Study, Srisak Punayangkool, Kittinan Boonserm, Teerawee Thainugul, Abitzen Xavier, and Turki Alsudiri (Closed Project)
Strategic and Policy Issues in Airline Industry, Smud Robbanjerd, Nizar Almani, Kevin, and Tick (Closed Project)
Application of Geographic Information System to Dam Safety Management, Vincent Roy (Closed Project)
Industrial and International Collaboration Analysis in Engineering & Technology Management Programs Using Logistic Regression, Halime I. Sarihan and Mehmet Vurkaç (Closed Project)
3M – STRATEGY AND POLICY ISSUES, Sudha Seda (Closed Project)
Waiting in Line at the Post Office, Jirawadee Srithammawoot (Closed Project)
India – Strategic Software Powerhouse and Effects of Outsourcing, Rohit Srivastava, Amy Lee, John Dang, and Daniel Campean (Closed Project)
Project Process Improvements in FTAC Workgroup, David Stankovic (Closed Project)
Human interaction and technology for communication in distributed team, N. Viriyarojanakul (Closed Project)
Alternative Fuels for Transportation, Clark Wilson, Hung Nguyen, Pascal Gieschke, Kittinan Boonserm, and David Angel (Closed Project)
Alternative Fuels for Transportation: PowerPoint Presentation, Clark Wilson, Hung Nguyen, Pascal Gieschke, Kittinan Boonserm, and David Angel (Closed Project)
Who is the Greatest NFL Running Back of All Time? Use of DEA to Analyze Running Back Performance, Michael Wright (Closed Project)
Hydrogen Fuel Cells, Michael Wright, Mike Adams, Quinn Collett, and Tobiah Halter (Closed Project)
Hydrogen Fuel Cells: Managing a High Tech Innovation, Michael Wright, Mike Adams, Quinn Collett, and Tobiah Halter (Closed Project)
Decision Support System for Project Selection, Tolga Yakar, John Dang, and Gokhan Ciftci (Closed Project)
Revenue Estimate for Portland's Baseball Team, Tolga Yakar and Ulas Karasu (Closed Project)
Strategic Planning Proposal-Rockwell Collins Flight, D. Yates and Jod Oudom (Closed Project)
Motorola, Inc., Ho Ying-Tz, DeMita Jones, Aroonrat Auysakul, Bill Baker, and Ulas Karusu (Closed Project)
Submissions from 2002
Telecommunication Industry: Strategic and Policy Issues, Priya Ajgaonkar, Waled Bashir, Joachim Jaus, Samantha Munoz, Dean Nguyen, and Abitzen Xavier (Closed Project)
Wireless and Standardization, Priya Ajgaonkar, Waled Bashir, Joachim Jaus, Samantha Munoz, Dean Nguyen, and Abitzen Xavier (Closed Project)
Portland General Broadband: Vendor Evaluation Project, Mubarak Al-Khaili, Roda Batarseh, Wendy Christensen, Diane Keil, Sulaiman Magboul, and Khanh Nguyen (Closed Project)
The Simon Benson House Moving Project, Mubarak Al-Khaili, Roda Batarseh, Gary Ficek, Gokul Huggahalli, Faheem Jan, Naveen Mundanda, Venugopal Puli, and Mehmet Vurkaç (Closed Project)
Cross-Cultural Teams and Projects: Issues and Trends, Chudamani Ambalam, Hashir Kidwai, Dale Rook, and Chaya Subramanyam (Closed Project)
Sterling Custom Engineering, David Angel, Brian Bluelake, Danny Duran, Ashish Gupta, and Ryan Jefferis (Closed Project)
Development of CD Recordable, Dionne Auyeung, Ali Serdar Bayram, Seyhun Hepdogan, Diane Keil, Jim Kenney, Sulaiman Magboul, and Dale Rook (Closed Project)
Scheduling Process for the Computer Labs in PSU, Aroonrat Auysakul, Heshan Jayasuriya, Seiji Shinriki, Peerawut Kantawat, Ho Ying-Tz, and Wut Charoenpongpool (Closed Project)
Project Management Process in the Customer Care Department of Welch Allyn Protocol, Inc., Bill Baker, Hakan Cete, Pierre Gohier, Sarka Dluhosova, and Tuhinanshu (Closed Project)
Estimation of Body Mass Index, Arun Kumar Balakrishnan and Dinesh Kumar Janapa (Closed Project)
New Project Management at Epson Portland Inc.: The Phoenix Project, Balbinder Banga, Bindu Chilka, Bob Wang, Hilary Andreas, and Serin Hudson (Closed Project)
Improvement to PSU Dining Services Catering Process for Student Groups and Clubs, Andy Barrett, Gary Ficek, Watjana Linhavess, and Markus Zepf (Closed Project)
Knowledge Management, Oliver Baumann, Dulyapun Buranawit, Hongyi Chen, David Loewi, and Matthias Woehrle (Closed Project)
Strategic and Policy Issues Paper on the Dell Computer Corporation, Oliver Baumann, Dulyapun Buranawit, Hongyi Chen, David Loewi, and Matthias Woehrle (Closed Project)
Social, Economical, Political and Technological Environment’s Impacts on A Company’s Strategic Direction: A Case Analysis in TURKEY, Ali Serdar Bayram (Closed Project)
Production Scheduling for OCS Blount Corporation, Ali Serdar Bayram, Fatih Ersan, and Seyhun Hepdogan (Closed Project)
Project Delivery Systems: Analysis of the IMAX Light Rail Project, Ali Serdar Bayram, John Garlitz, Daniel Soose, Wissanu Sumitsawan, and Chuck Yang (Closed Project)
Economic Analysis of Print Quota System at Portland State University, Ali Serdar Bayram, Naveen Mundanda, Kittinan Boonserm, Navarat Anankavanich, and Chen Yu (Closed Project)
The Removable Data Storage Market, Ali Serdar Bayram, Dale Rook, Diane Keil, Dionne Auyeung, Jim Kenney, Seyhun Hepdogan, and Sulaiman Magboul (Closed Project)
Impact of Public Transit Investment on Travel Pattern and Land Use, Jaturapat Bhiromkaew (Project)
Oregon Log Buyers Database, James Bland, Wendy Christensen, Diane Keil, Scott Leavengood, and Khanh Nguyen (Closed Project)
Xerox and Xerography, Brian Bluelake, Fatih Ersan, Aaron Freier, Serin Hudson, and Bob Wang (Closed Project)
Human Genomics of Biotechnology, Brian Bluelake, Bob Wang, Serin Hudson, Fatih Ersan, and Aaron Freier (Project)
Modeling and Computing Probabilities of Random Variables: Visitor Observation Website Analysis, Kittinan Boonserm and Thuchchai Piyakulchaidej (Closed Project)
Call Center Scheduling: Research Data Design Inc., Alain Brúlé, William Eisenhauer, Phasin Komonchaisak, Proadpran Pringsulaka, and Srisak Punayangkool (Closed Project)
Emergency Project Management in Ground Zero, A. Afsin Bulbul, Yu Chen, Ahmet Ege, Diana Laboy-Rush, Elvan Ozar, Suttha Suriyabhivadh, and Natthapong Viriyarojanakul (Closed Project)
Employee Outsourcing Optimization Project, Ali Afsin Bulbul, Cheryl Duarte, Timour Khamnayev, Archie Patdu, Joao Simoes, and Saad A. Siddiqui (Closed Project)
Selection of US Candidate City for 2012 Summer Olympic Host City, Ali Afsin Bulbul, Pisek Gerdsri, Diana Laboy-Rush, Tony Sandiford, and Suttha Suriyabhivadh (Closed Project)
European Union, Ali Afsin Bulbul, Faheem Jan, Matthew M. Hickey, Mehmet Can Erginsoy, Saad A. Siddiqui, and Sarka Dluhosova (Closed Project)
Project Management Framework Proposal: for Office of Information Technology at Portland State University, Dulyapun Buranawit, Heshan Jayasuriya, Phasin Komonchaisak, Suttha Suriyabhivadh, and Ivan Patricio Hernandez (Closed Project)
Motorola Global Strategy, Dulyapun Buranawit, Phasin Komonchaisak, and Wissanu Sumitsawan (Closed Project)
Team Report No. 2: The Evolution of a Culturally-Different High Performance Team, Daniel Campean, C. Chung-Sine, Shane LaBelle, Khoi Le, and Archie Patdu (Closed Project)
A Reactive Model of the Innovation-Decision Process, Brent Capps (Closed Project)
Choosing a Ph.D. Topic, Brent Capps (Closed Project)
Project Management Framework, Eddie Cespedes, Fatih Ersan, Javier Espinoza, Priya Ajgaonkar, and Stephen Knewitz (Closed Project)
Ballard Power Systems Fuel Cells, Avnish Chauhan, Lydia Haid, Doug Harms, Jod Oudom, and Atsunobu Takeshita (Closed Project)
Internet Access Time for PSU Students, Che-Min Cheng (Closed Project)
Enron: Strategic Impacts on Technology Management, Che-Min Cheng, Julie Cyris, John Garlitz, Watjana Linhavess, and Panumas Siritianthong (Closed Project)
HP/Compaq Merger: Merging Technological Innovation, Che-Min Cheng, Julie Cyris, John Garlitz, Watjana Linhavess, and Panumas Siritianthong (Closed Project)
Buying a House: The Decision-Making Process, Bindu Chilka, Hashir Kidwai, Mubarak Al-Khaili, Saad A. Siddiqui, and Scott Leavengood (Closed Project)
Modeling and Computing Probabilities of NBA Players Shooting Averages: Empirical and Theoretic Distributions, Gokhan Ciftci, Sarka Dluhosova, and Serhat Ozcanli (Closed Project)
Improving Roll Call at the Clackamas County Sheriff Office, Rod Conduragis, Joy Heredos, Doug Heredos, and Lynn Schoenfeld (Closed Project)
Empirical and Theoretical Distribution Comparison “Customer Analysis”, Kitti Dachavorawuth and Wissanu Sumitsawan (Closed Project)
PeopleSoft Payroll/Time & Labor 8.0 Implementation, Cem Demirci, Faith Ersan, Sam Majam, and Thang Nguyen (Closed Project)
Microsoft: Corporate Strategies and Technology Management, Ahmet Ege, Peerawut Kantawat, Ray McCormack, Natthapong Viriyarojanakul, Tassawan Wongsuebchart, and Tolga Yakar (Closed Project)
Analysis of European Union Framework Programs General Criticisms -- Critical Issues, Ahmet Ege, Tolga Yakar, Peerawut Kantawat, Natthapong Viriyarojanakul, Tassawan Wongsuebchart, and Ray McCormack (Closed Project)
Optimizing the Selection of Information System Architectures, Stan Feighny, Diane Keil, Martin Rinne, and Senthil Natarajan (Closed Project)
Team Report 2: Team Self-Diagnosis, Aarob Fenberg, Evan Hall, Joao Simoes, Kitti Dachavorawuth, Kittinan Boonserm, and Sam Majam (Closed Project)
Term Project: Statistical Analysis of Baby Birth Patterns in Oregon (1985-2000), Aaron Freier, Ahmet Ege, Fatih Ersan, and Seyhun Hepdogan (Closed Project)
Control of Intellectual Property in the Digital Age, Aaron Freier, Fatih Ersan, Serin Duplantis, Bob Wang, and Brian Bluelake (Closed Project)
Increase in the Customer Satisfaction of Users of the PSU Computer Labs by Increasing the Quality of Service and Equipment, Pisek Gerdsri, Massoud Massarat, and Priya Ajgaonkar (Closed Project)
Lab and Lab Case Tracking Software Development Project, Ashish Gupta, Navarat Anankavanich, Supachart Iamratanakul, Thuchchai Piyakulchaidej, Brian Patterson, Kitti Dachavorawuth, Saad A. Siddiqui, and Hashir Kidwai (Closed Project)
Risk Management System for E - BilL OPerations (e-BLOP): Application: e-BLOP For Netzee, Inc., Ashish Gupta, Bindu Chilka, Rajkumar Swamy, and Rohit Srivastava (Closed Project)
Team #1: Team Report #2, Ashish Gupta, Brian Patterson, Khanh Nguyen, Rohit Srivastava, Thuchchai Piyakulchaidej, and Wendy Christensen (Closed Project)
Courseware Standardization at OHSU: An Evaluation of Project Selection Criteria, Bridget Haggerty (Closed Project)
Case Study: Biotechnology, Lydia Haid, Halime Sarihan, Jod Oudom, Juan Carlos Ospina, Richard Klein, and Daniel Soose (Closed Project)
Supply Chain Management: Competitive Advantage in a Digital Economy, Lydia Haid, Halime Sarihan, Jod Oudom, Juan Carlos Ospina, Richard Klein, and Daniel Soose (Closed Project)
Software Development Task Optimization: PowerPoint Presentation, Evan Hall, Tobiah Halter, Quinn Collett, and Guvenc Eren (Closed Project)
Leadership of Creativity, A Vital Link to Combat Groupthink, Matthew M. Hickey (Closed Project)
The Future of Global Positioning System Technology, Matthew M. Hickey, Ali Afsin Bulbul, Faheem Jan, Mehmet Can Erginsoy, Saad A. Siddiqui, and Sarka Dluhosova (Closed Project)
The Columbia River Channel Deepening Project Balancing the Decision Using a Hierarchical Decision Model (HDM), Matthew M. Hickey, Sarka Dluhosova, Brian Bluelake, Juan Carlos Ospina, Fatih Ersan, Sam Majam, and Mehmet Can Erginsoy (Closed Project)
Cross-Cultural Teams: Issues and Trends, Matthew M. Hickey, Vincent Roy, Bindu Chilka, Yu Chen, Sulaiman Magboul, and Mehmet Can Erginsoy (Closed Project)
Team Self Diagnosis, Matthew M. Hickey, Vincent Roy, Bindu Chilka, Yu Chen, Sulaiman Magboul, and Mehmet Can Erginsoy (Closed Project)
Team Self Diagnosis: Team Report 2, Matthew M. Hickey, Vincent Roy, Bindu Chilka, Yu Chen, Sulaiman Magboul, and Mehmet Can Erginsoy (Closed Project)