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 2001
Project Management of The USS Stump (DD978), Charles F. Mack (Closed Project)
Ballard Power Systems: Fueling the Next Technological Revolution, Rattiya Maneesri, Sunnithi Poopair, Martin Rinne, Jirasak Tungkawachara, and Wichan Wannalertsri (Closed Project)
Electronic Arts in 1999, Farolan Mulia (Closed Project)
Should I Buy or Rent a Home?, Felix Ngoussou, Jaime Hartnell, Khaldoun Habboub, and Samir Nassar (Closed Project)
E-Business Strategy Formulations using Analytical Hierarchical Process, And Ozbay (Closed Project)
Effects of the Internet on the Business Landscape, And Ozbay (Closed Project)
3M Optical System: Managing Corporate Entrepreneurship, Archie Patdu (Closed Project)
Final Report, Brian Patterson, Farrin Hockett, and Vinh Tran (Closed Project)
LP Model for a Constraint Module in a Semiconductor Manufacturing Factory, Siri-on Setamanit, Rizwan Kumte, Hadi Assan, Russell Hensley, and Rolly Lahagu (Closed Project)
Trends and Issues in Multiple Project Management, Monica Shah (Closed Project)
Wireless Technology Developments and Management Issues, David Stankovic, Serhat Ozcanli, Gordon Chan, Shane Labelle, Srisak Punayangkool, and Teerawee Thainugul (Closed Project)
Literature Review on Knowledge Management, Iwan Sudrajat (Closed Project)
Evaluation and Development of Customer Satisfaction for the Peter Stott Center Gymnasium, Jirasak Tungkawachara (Closed Project)
Where Should We Live?, Jirasak Tungkawachara, Pimala Bhiromkaew, Sukunya Saelow, and Sunnithi Poopair (Closed Project)
Different Cultures (Thai and Japanese) in Project Management Processes, Jirasak Tungkawachara, Sunnithi Poopair, and Worakorn Sirijinda (Closed Project)
Testing Hypothesis of Customer Satisfaction Factors by Statistical Method, Wichan Wannalertsri (Project)
Car Purchase Decision Using the 2-Part Decision Model, Akira Yato, Jose R. Rodriguez, Olgay Cangur, Ravee Boonbutra, Rizwan Kumte, and Rolly Lahagu (Closed Project)
Car Purchase Decision Using the 2-Part Decision Model, Akira Yato, Jose R. Rodriguez, Olgay Cangur, Ravee Boonbutra, Rizwan Kumte, and Rolly Lahagu (Closed Project)
Submissions from 2000
Strategy & Policy Issues: Telecommunication Industry, Mubarak Aalkhali, Akram El-Madhoun, Mirza Luqman, Sunshine Sanchez, Tony Sandiford, and Ming Shi (Closed Project)
Decision Making Model for Intel’s Strategic E-Plan, Eric Abrams, Yonca Daim, Patricio Hernandez, Massoud Massarat, Jakkit Tipasap, and Fabricio Tobar (Closed Project)
Cross-Cultural Teams; Learning and Training to Build Awareness, Sensitivity, and Effective Communication in the 1990's, Ala'a Abunijem, Hassan Al-Assaf, Pakdee Aunyakamol, Pious M. Mapplakayil, Leonard Olive, and Janet Unruh (Closed Project)
Job Decision Analysis, Ala'a Abunijem, Cheryl Duarte, Mike Ferrigno, Reuben Gilmore, Pious Michael, and Chuck Yang (Closed Project)
Academia- Industry- Government Partnership for Addition of Value to Society, Ala'a Abunijem, Doug Harms, Gregg Theiss, Mohamed Moussa, Rami Khalaf, Shahzada Iqbal, and Rakhman Gul (Closed Project)
OHSU Student Information System: A Time for Change, Hassan Al-Assaf, Jonathan CT Ho, Bridget Haggerty, Fu-jung Hsieh, Hung-hui Lin, and Tan Sarihan (Closed Project)
International Speed Print, Inc.: Reengineering for a New Market3, Mubarak Alkhali, Ferry Cosmedy, Karl Schorr, and Janet Unruh (Closed Project)
International Speed Print, Inc. Reengineering for the New, Mubarak Alkhali, Ferry Cosmedy, Karl Schorr, and Janet Unruh (Closed Project)
Case Study: Chiave Interactive Retention of High Tech Employees, Mubarak R. Alkhali, Brian Cockrell, Khaldoun Habboub, Bridget Haggerty, and Timour Khamnayev (Closed Project)
Case Study: Chiave Interactive Retention of High Tech Employees, Mubarak R. Alkhali, Brian Cockrell, Khaldoun Habboub, Bridget Haggerty, and Timour Khamnayev (Closed Project)
Tektronix: Corporate Strategies, Mubarak R. Alkhali, Brian Cockrell, Khaldoun Habboub, Bridget Haggerty, and Timour Khamnayev (Closed Project)
Total Quality Living (TQL): A Journey in Personal Quality, Abdulwahab Al-Khamis, Ala'a Abunijem, and Craig Volz (Closed Project)
Compinches Team Diagnosis, Anastasia Alvear, Rob Archibald, Thomas Crosslin, Matthew Freeland, and Felix Ngoussou (Closed Project)
Global Strategies: Developing Effective Intercultural Tea, Anastasia Alvear, Rob Archibald, Thomas Crosslin, Matthew Freeland, and Felix Ngoussou (Closed Project)
Optimizing the output of Automated Optical Inspection Equipment, Anastasia Alvear, Wendy Christensen, Reuben Gilmore, Rattiya Maneesri, and Khemanut Teangtrong (Closed Project)
Voltage Quality Control : Andrews Steel, Inc., Anastasia Alvear, Valentin Havugiyaremye, Sittisak Maneeruttanaporn, Sabin Srivannaboon, and Khemanut Teangtrong (Closed Project)
Electronic Commerce, Audrey Alvear (Closed Project)
An Economic Analysis of the Proposed PSU SEAS Building, Pakdee Aunyakamol, Ravee Boonbutra, Rami Khalaf, Wirit Kittidacha, Leonard Olive, and Jose R. Rodriguez (Closed Project)
Indian Motor Cycles: Strategic Planning in the New Millenium, Pakdee Aunyakamol, Laurent Couturier, Kiatiporn Lertsathitphong, and Leonard Olive (Closed Project)
Strategic Path to Convert Conventional PCB to High Density Interconnection, Pakdee Aunyakamol, Yonca Daim, Nathasit Gerdsri, and Richard Platt (Closed Project)
Technology Selection in Brownfields Redevelopment, Pakdee Aunyakamol, Wirit Kittidacha, Leonard Olive, Carol Kvinge Radabaugh, and Amy Saberiyan (Closed Project)
Implement Kanban System in Production Process, Pakdee Aunyakamol, Sabin Srivannaboon, Sittisak Maneeruttanaporn, Tony Sandiford, and Wirit Kittidacha (Closed Project)
DSP Technologies, Elif Baktir (Closed Project)
An Economic Analysis of Proposals for Salmon Recovery, Elif Baktir, Yonca Daim, Jim Lill, Barbara Miller, Samir Nassar, and Felix Ngoussou (Closed Project)
Mutual Fund Selection Decisions, Elif Baktir, Karla Fant, Jim Lill, Barbara Miller, Steven Nahas, and Gloria Trujillo (Closed Project)
Dawn of the Strategic Era at Hamilton Technologies Inc., Sean Barnum, Matthew Freeland, Anastasia Alvear, and Patricio Hernandez (Closed Project)
Case Study: 300 Years of Industrialization, Edgardo Berrios, Ravee Boonbutra, Rafael Borja, Ozgur Koc, Jim Lill, Michael Magee, and Sevket Numanoglu (Closed Project)
Disruptive Aspects of Wireless Technology, Edgardo Berrios, Ravee Boonbutra, Rafael Borja, Ozgur Koc, Jim Lill, Michael Magee, and Sevket Numanoglu (Closed Project)
Strategy & Policy Issues: Biotechnology at the Turn of the Century, Edgardo Berrios, Ravee Boonbutra, Rafael Borja, Ozgur Koc, Jim Lill, Michael Magee, and Sevket Numanoglu (Closed Project)
Implementing 3-D Computer Aided Drafting (CAD), Pimala Bhiromkaew, Kiatiporn Lertsathitphong, Ryan Jefferis, Max Neunzert, Jarrath Presse, Sukunya Saelow, and James Vanhuis (Closed Project)
Process Reengineering: A Success Story, Pam Blevins, Ravee Boonbutra, Alkhaili Mubarak, and Rafael Borja (Closed Project)
Nanotechnology, Ravee Boonbutra, Sundar Valluri, Hung-Hui Lin, and Fu-Jung Hsieh (Closed Project)
The Failure of Iridium LLC, Rafael Borja, Cem Gokcora, Patricio Hernandez, Ozgur Koc, Hsieh-Cheng Lai, Ahmad Lubis, and Fabricio Tobar (Closed Project)
A Strategic Analysis of The Harley-Davidson Corporation, R. Brown, E. Jensen, and Akira Yato (Closed Project)
Implementation of Innovative Business Strategy on IT-Platform in DaimlerChrysler: DCX Net, Olgay Cangur, Ferry Cosmedy, Rattiya Maneesri, Matthias Pfeifer, Sunnithi Poopair, and Jirasak Tungkawachara (Closed Project)
Strategic & Policy Issues: AT&T@HOME, Olgay Cangur, Ferry Cosmedy, Rattiya Maneesri, Matthias Pfeifer, Sunnithi Poopair, and Jirasak Tungkawachara (Closed Project)
Implementing of Innovative Business Strategy on IT-Platform in DaimlerChrysler: DCX NET, Olgay Cangur, Ferry Cosmedy, Jirasak Tungkawachara, Sunnithi Poopair, Matthias Pfeifer, and Rattiya Maneesri (Closed Project)
Efficiency of Oregon School Districts Using Data Envelopment, Wendy Christensen and Steven Nahas (Closed Project)
Strategic Growth Initiative Presented to Planar Board of Directors, Michael Codington, Brian Moe, and Chuck Yang (Closed Project)
Transition to 300 MM Wafer Manufacturing Technology in the Semiconductor Industry, Beril S. Coskun (Closed Project)
Engineering and Technology Management Survey, Jaclyn Danh (Closed Project)
Starbucks, Cheryl Duarte, Cheng-Chu Huang, and Janet Unruh (Closed Project)
Cross Cultural Teams in the 90's, Jan Forrester, Cem E. Gokcora, Patricio Hernandez, Jim Lill, Iwan Sudrajat, and Fabricio Tobar (Closed Project)
Are We There Yet?, Jan Forrester, Cem Gokcora, Patricio Hernandez, Jim Lill, Iwan Sudrajat, and Fabricio Tobar (Closed Project)
Intelligent Safety and Driver Assistance Systems for Heavy Duty Trucks, Volkmar Gross and Ziad Keirouz (Project)
Nokia: From Pulp Mill to Telecommunications Giant, Doug Harms, Ala'a Abunijem, Gregg Theiss, Rami Khalaf, Shahzada Iqbal, Rakhman Gul, and Mohamed Moussa (Closed Project)
Optimization of Staff Assignments for the Upholstery Department at A-Dec: Minimizing Ergonomic Risk through Linear Programming, Doug Harms, Ozgur Koc, Jim Lill, Jarrath Presse, and James VanHuis (Closed Project)
Portland State University Faculty Survey Millar Library, Chuck Harper (Closed Project)
Technology Selection: Application of Goal Programming Technique in Brownfield Industry, Valentin Havugiyaremye, Amy Saberiyan, Pimala Bhiromkaew, Sunshine Sanchez, and Chen Yen Lin (Closed Project)
PICMET Scheduling, Ivan Patricio Hernandez, Sittisak Maneeruttanaporn, Ravee Boonbutra, and Rafael Borja (Closed Project)
The Problems and Potential Solution for Forecasting Capacity in a HMLV Job Shop, Ivan Hernandez, Worakorn Sirijinda, and Marc Luevano (Closed Project)
The GeneChip and Related Technologies: A Biotechnological Paradigm for Moore's Law?, Patricio Hernandez, Jim Lill, And Ozbay, and Fabricio Tobar (Closed Project)
Study of the Emergence of Internet as a Force of Competition, Jonathan Chien-Te Ho (Closed Project)
How are you thinking about Census 2000?, Kiatiporn Lertsathitphong (Closed Project)
Leupold & Steven, Inc., Kiatiporn Lertsathitphong (Closed Project)
Facilities Allocation Project, Larry Linik, Rowshan Jahan, and Jeremy Way (Closed Project)
Linear Programming Model of Portland Community College (PCC) Shuttle Assignment, J. Lin, Hassan Al-Assaf, R. Gopalakrishnan, Rami Khalaf, and Sundar Valluri (Closed Project)
Knowledge Management in the Working Team: Analysis of Team Learning on Firefighter Organization, Ahmad K. Lubis, Valentin Havugiyaremye, Felix Ngoussou, and Cem Gokcora (Closed Project)
Warm Spring Revervation Transportation Project, Ahmad Lubis and Jammes Lai (Closed Project)
CROSS–CULTURAL TEAMS AND PROJECTS —ISSUES AND TRENDS IN THE 90’S, Scott Maederer, Joanna Lin, Brian Moe, Ryan Korth, and Sundar Valluri (Closed Project)
Simulation in Manufacturing, Pious Mappalakayil (Closed Project)
Value of Hydropower Losses, Barbara D.L. Miller (Closed Project)
WAP: The Next Industrial Standard, Barbara Miller, Chien-Te Ho, Hsieh-Cheng Lai, Sabin Srivannaboon, and Sittisak Maneeruttanaporn (Closed Project)
Giving Avantgo a Voice, Barbara Miller, Khemanut Teangtrong, and Martin Rinne (Closed Project)
Curricular Practical Training Report, And Ozbay (Closed Project)
Strategic Analysis for Electric Vehicles at U.S. ELECTRICAR, And Ozbay, Eric Abrams, and Chien-Te Ho (Closed Project)
Leveraging from Dell's Integrated Supply Chain Model, H. Alper Ozdil (Closed Project)
Time Dimension of New Product Development: the Literature Review, Peerasit Patanakul (Closed Project)
P131 Function Tester, Sean Potter (Closed Project)
TCO Evaluation for Home Computer, Manivannan Thavasi, Sundar Valluri, Joanna Lin, Fu-jung Hsieh, and Seong Roh (Closed Project)
TEAM Self-Diagnosis, Juan Valdes, Elif Baktir, Michael Codington, Zareer Cursetjee, Steven Nahas, Sevket Numanoglu, and Gloria Trujillo (Closed Project)
Strategy & Policy Issues: Amazon.com Course, Sundar Valluri, Avnish Chauhan, Joanna Lin, Valentine Havugi, and Rizwan Kumte (Closed Project)
Conflict in the Project Life Cycle in High Tech And Dot-Com Companies, Sundar Valluri, Rajesh Gopalakrishnan, Hsieh-Cheng Lai, Hung-Hui Lin, and Fu-Jung Hsieh (Closed Project)
DaimlerChrysler Synergies, James Vanhuis, Jarrath Presse, Kiatiporn Lertsathitphong, Max Neunzert, Pimala Bhiromkaew, Ryan Jefferis, and Sukunya Saelow (Closed Project)
NTT DoCoMo: Strategic Partnerships for Growth, Uraiporn Wattanakasemsakul, Wichan Wannalertsri, Khemanut Teangtrong, Hasnah Mat-Amin, and Matthew Freeland (Closed Project)
Pervasive Computing: Business Opportunity And Challenge, Uraiporn Wattanakasemsakul, Wichan Wannalertsri, Khemanut Teangtrong, Hasnah Mat-Amin, and Matthew Freeland (Closed Project)
Project Planning, Chuck Yang, Wichan Wannalertsri, Sukunya Saelow, Uraiporn Wattanakasemsakul, and Worakorn Sirijinda (Closed Project)
Submissions from 1999
The Wolves and the Market Challenges: Case Analysis, Ala'a Abunijem (Closed Project)
MajesTeas, Ala'a Abunijem, Assim Elazami, Ataman Kayim, and Mehdi Sanaei (Closed Project)
Management Strategies for Motivating Engineers, Hassan Al-Assaf, Rajesh Gopalakrishnan, Wirit Kittidacha, Khoi Le, Daniel Lee, Samir Nassar, Felix Ngoussou, and Dragan Short (Closed Project)
Simulation Analysis, Abdulwahab Al-Khamis, Audrey Alvear, Nikhil Deshpande, Chiung-hui Huang, Massoud Massarat, Jose R. Rodriguez, Pornthep Suteerachai, and Craig Volz (Closed Project)
Space ShuttleChallenger Accident: CaseStudy of High Tech ProjectFailure, Abdulwahab Al-Khamis, Audrey Alvear, Nikhil Deshpande, Chiung-hui Huang, Massoud Massarat, Jose R. Rodriguez, Pornthep Suteerachai, and Craig Volz (Closed Project)