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 1998
A Critical Review of "Comparison of ManufacturingPerformance of Three Team Structures in Semiconductor Plants" - Mottershead, Duncan Mottershead (Closed Project)
A Critical Review of "Following the Leader in R&D: The JointEffect of Subordinate Problem-Solving Style and Leader-Member Relationson Innovative Behavior" - Numanoglu, Nergia Numanoglu (Closed Project)
JM Corporation, Nergis Numanoglu, Vivat Pipsusmout, Zareer Cursetjee, J. Mulinge, and Chuck Harper (Closed Project)
A Critical Review of "Contractor Performance: How Good AreContingent Workers at the Professional Level" - Oliver, Leonard J. Oliver (Closed Project)
A Critical Review of "From Theory to Practice: Toward aTypology of Project-management Styles" - Ozdil, H. Alper Ozdil (Closed Project)
Literature Review: Technology Selection, T. Pandejpong (Closed Project)
From Theory to Practice:Toward a Typology of Project-Management Styleby Aaron J. Shenhar, Peerasit Patanakul (Closed Project)
A Critical Review of "Alignment of A Firm's CompetitiveStrategy and Information Technology Management Sophistication: TheMissing Link" - Premjai, Sarunya Premjai (Closed Project)
A Critical Review of "Contractor Performance: How Good AreContingent Workers at the Professional Level" - Radabaugh, Carol Kvinge Radabaugh (Closed Project)
The Human Aspect of Technology Transfers, C. Reitter (Closed Project)
Research Paper Critique: “Following the Leader in R&D: The JointEffect of Subordinate Problem-Solving Style and Leader-Member Relations on Innovative Behavior”, Scott Robertson (Closed Project)
A Critical Review of "Matching Team Management StrategyWith The Organizational Culture" - Rogers, Lowell Rogers (Closed Project)
The Evaluation Paper forContractor Performance: How Good Are ContingentWorkers at the Professional Level?, Seong-man Roh (Closed Project)
Following the Leader in R&D: The Joint Effect of SubordinateProblem-Solving Style and Leader- Member Relations onInnovative Behavior by Susanne G. Scott and Reginald A. Bruce, Gerard Rousseau (Closed Project)
Impacts of Marketing on New Product Development, Suphakit Saengsin (Closed Project)
Time Management in Cross-Cultural Student Teams, Suphakit Saengsin (Closed Project)
Critical Incident in Project Management, Andreas Sunardi (Closed Project)
Improvement of Engineering Management Curriculum for theSoftware Industry, Andreas Sunardi, Greg Jones, and Uthai Chulapongwanich (Closed Project)
Reengineering the Technical Enterprise, Andreas Sunardi and S. Roh (Closed Project)
A Critical Review of "Comparison of ManufacturingPerformance of Three Team Structures in Semiconductor Plants" - Sunardi, Andreas Wahyudi Sunardi (Closed Project)
Evaluation of the IEEE Transactions on Engineering Managementarticle," Comparison of Manufacturing Performance of Three TeamStructures in Semiconductor Plants", Pornthep Suteerachai (Closed Project)
A Critical Review of "Assimilation of IT Innovations:Strategies and Moderating Influences" - Thavasi, Manivannan Thavasi (Closed Project)
A Critical Review of "From Theory to Practice: Toward aTypology of Project-management Styles" - Thompson, Dolores Thompson (Closed Project)
TQM and Employment Involvement, Yasemin Uslu (Closed Project)
Individual Research Paper –From Theory to Practice: Toward aTypology of Project-Management Style, Craig Volz (Closed Project)
Submissions from 1997
Construction Project Cash Flow, Ali Al-Harabi and Mubarak Al-Muhairi (Closed Project)
Reengineering: Developing Key Success Factors Through an Exploratory Study, Ali Al-Harabi, Mubarak Al-Muhairi, Ted Gribble, and Raik Hamrrier (Closed Project)
The Keys to Success and the Pitfalls of Failure: Guidelines forProject Management, Ali Al-Harabi, Stacey Ewton, Farough Ghassemi, Sebastien Mistouflet, Ruben Morawicki, Dave O'Neill, and Rodolphe Sepz (Closed Project)
A Study of Cultural Effects on Leadership Style (Saudi &America), Khalid Alkahtani and Saleh Al-alyan (Closed Project)
Strategic & Policy Issues—Microsoft, Dale Andert, Jaclyn Danh, Nathasit Gerdsri, Freddie Hidajat, Joan Kauth, and An Pham (Closed Project)
Inventory Management, Jukchai Benjarattananon and Wiwat Thaneepakorn (Closed Project)
Managing Risk in New Product Development Projects, Tim Bennington-Davis (Closed Project)
Total Quality Management Project at Planar Displays Systems,Portland, Oregon, Juli Bonini, Stacey Ewton, Raik Hammer, and Ken Bruce (Closed Project)
A Critical Review of " The Historical Roots of Concurrent Engineering Fundamentals", Iewwongcharoen Boonkiart (Closed Project)
Simulation in Manufacturing Decision Making, Sara Brown (Closed Project)
A Critical Review of " An Assessment of the Influence of Organizational Characteristics on Information Technology Adoption Decision: A Discriminative Approach", David Cavaro (Closed Project)
Honda’s Strategies & Policies, David Cavaro, Stacey Ewton, Blake Gibbons, Ayse Hacihabiboglu, and Ataman Kayim (Closed Project)
Information Systems Challenges and Solutions in Product Engineering Organizations of Automotive and Aerospace Industries in the U.S., David Cavaro, Stacey Ewton, Blake Gibbons, Ayse Hacihabiboglu, and Ataman Kayim (Closed Project)
Ten Ways to Create More Productive Cross-cultural Teams, Nick Collins, Bert Desmond, and Sarunya Premjai (Closed Project)
Ten Ways to Create More Productive Cross-cultural Teams, Nick Collins, Bert Desmond, and Sarunya Premjai (Closed Project)
Organizational Culture and Team Management Strategy, Aysun Coskun (Closed Project)
Organizational Culture and Team Management Strategy, Aysun Coskun (Closed Project)
Survey of the Use of Project Management Techniques Based onProject Size and Type, Aysun Coskun, Bert Desmond, Ali Eghtedari, Hafiz Kassim, E. Dogus Kuran, Dale Munger, and Jim Rawlinson (Closed Project)
Cost of Ownership Model for the Laser Memory YieldEnhancement System at Electro Scientific Industries, Inc., Aysun Coskun, Ayse Hachihabiboglu, Hafiz Kassim, E. Dogus Kuran, and Duncan Mottershead (Closed Project)
A Critical Review of " Suppliers' Contributions to Product Development: An Exploratory Study" -3, Jaclyn N. Danh (Closed Project)
A Critical Review of "Organizational Turnaround: Understanding the Role of Cutbacks, Efficiency Improvement, and Investment in Technology", Nikhil Deshpande (Closed Project)
Intel; a Study of Strategic and Policy Issues, Nikhil Deshpande, Boonkiart Iewwongcharoen, Chandra Lunchmun, Rejendra Patel, Vivat Pipugsmoot, and Jose R. Rodriguez (Closed Project)
OEM/Supplier Collaboration in Product Development, Tim Dugan (Closed Project)
A Critical Review of " Factors for Success in R&D Projects and New Product Innovation: A Contextual Framework", Stacey Ewton (Closed Project)
Teledesic, Greg Fischer, Rob Gagnier, Long Nguyen, and Gerard Rousseau (Closed Project)
A Critical Review of " The R&D Cycle: The influence of product and process R&D on Short-Term ROI"-2, Nathasit Gerdsri (Closed Project)
The Second Stage Expressway Sector B Part 1 in Bangkok, Nathasit Gerdsri (Closed Project)
A Critical Review of " Suppliers' Contributions to Product Development: An Exploratory Study" -1, Blake Gibbons (Closed Project)
Product Development CycleTime and Commercial Success, Alberto Gonzalez (Closed Project)
How to Reduce Height Variation of the Manufactured Ink Stixto Gain Cost Competitive Advantage, Alberto Gonzalez, Dawn Greenwell, Khaled Haris, Elgay Kalay, and Shawn Oveson (Closed Project)
Integrating Engineering Management Best Practices into the Undergraduate Engineering Design Curriculum: A Business Plan, John R. Goulding (Closed Project)
Are the Walls Coming Down: A Look at SimultaneousEngineering, Dawn M. Greenwell (Closed Project)
A Critical Review of " Make-or-Buy Decisions in R&D: Small Technology-Based Firms in the United States and Japan", Ayse Hacihabiboglu (Closed Project)
Increase Customer Satisfaction when Grocery Shopping, Jay Hah, Jeff O'Bryan, Dave O'Neill, Wade Powell, and Anatole Schaff (Closed Project)
Concurrent Software Development-A Survey ofthe State of Concurrent Engineering in SoftwareDevelopment, Muir Lee Harding (Closed Project)
A Critical Review of " The R&D Cycle: The influence of product and process R&D on Short-Term ROI"-4, Freddie Hidajat (Closed Project)
Project Management Standardization Assessment, Lane Inman, E. Dogus Kuran, and Rodolphe Sepz (Closed Project)
Strategic Analysis of U-Brew, Lane Inman, Curt Mayer, and Andy Narkiewicz (Closed Project)
A Critical Review of " Strategies for Implementing Knowledge- Based Systems", Song Ji (Closed Project)
A Review Of Research By Soumitra Dutta Titled “Strategies For Implementing Knowledgebased Systems”, Song Ji (Closed Project)
Strategic & Policy Issues: AT&T, Song Ji and Homero Najera (Closed Project)
Strategic Planning at the Bentley Company, Elgay Kalay, Paul Kluvers, Harry Phelps, and Greg Jones (Closed Project)
Business Plan for Computer Store in Yemen, Hafiz Kassim (Closed Project)
A Critical Review of " Strategies for Implementing Knowledge- Based Systems"-3, Joan Kauth (Closed Project)
Competition In the Commercial Jet Industry, Philippe Lavaud (Closed Project)
A Critical Review of " The R&D Cycle: The influence of product and process R&D on Short-Term ROI"-3, Chandra K. Luchmun (Closed Project)
Large Scale Analysis of Messy Data: Analysis of Programming Practices, Troy Mackenzie (Closed Project)
Organizational Concepts ofConcurrent Engineering, Ruben Omar Morawicki (Closed Project)
A Critical Review of " The Adoption of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies: Human Resource Management Implications", Homero Najera (Closed Project)
A Case Study of (s, S) Policy for SHAZAN TOY Companyusing EXCEL, Diane Nelson and Chawan Warunthepraksa (Closed Project)
Design and Writing of Advanced Proposals for HighTechnology Organizations, Shawn Oveson (Closed Project)
The Role that Innovation Plays in New Product Development, Shawn Oveson (Closed Project)
Using the Kano Method for Customer-First Questions, Shawn Oveson (Closed Project)
Alaska Air Group, Inc: Preparing for the future, Toryos Pandejpong, Raik Hammer, and Nathasit Gerdsri (Closed Project)
Project Management Standardization, Nattanon Pronanun (Closed Project)
Telecommuting and National Cultures: U.S., France, and Germany, Anatole Schaff (Closed Project)
Critical Success Factors and Strategies for New ProductDevelopment Analysis, Rodolphe Sepz (Closed Project)
A Signal Interconnection Case, Randall C. Shannon, Khalid Alkahtani, and Saleh Al-Alyan (Closed Project)
The Role of Communication in Concurrent Engineering, Yasemin Turktekin (Closed Project)
The Design and Implementation of an Information System for IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Akin Uslu (Closed Project)
Multiproject Strategy, Design Transfer, and Project Performance, Kittipong Vivitvorakit (Closed Project)
The Review of the Literature on Evaluation of Teams inadaptability, Mission, Involvement and Consistency Cultures and NineTeam Management Strategy Elements: Scope, Time, Cost, Quality,Integration, Human Resources, Communication, Risk and Procurement, Kittipong Vivitvorakit (Closed Project)
Cascade Bicycle Company, Charles Yahja, Cristian Andrade, and Keith Morrison (Closed Project)
Submissions from 1996
Feasibility Study: Alternate Class Formats for Portland State'sEngineering Management Program, Fuad Al-Ansari, Toryos Pandejpong, Indra G. Surataruna, and Martina Testa (Closed Project)
Critique of the IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management article, "Career Progression in a Fortune 500 Company: Examination of the Glass Ceiling", Ali Al-Harabi (Closed Project)
ETM 520 Student Project - Al-Harabi, Ali Al-Harabi (Closed Project)
Evaluation of “Career Progression in a Fortune 500 Company:Examination of the Glass Ceiling”, Ali Al-Harabi (Closed Project)
Evaluation of “Career Progression in a Fortune 500 Company: Examination of the Glass Ceiling”, Ali Al-Harabi (Closed Project)
Critique of the IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management article, "The Impact of Technological Change in a Service Organization", Khalid Alkahtani (Closed Project)
Project Management in Profit and Nonprofit Organizations and What They Can Share, Mubarak Al-Muhairi, Mic McDonnell, Todd Medin, Toryos Pandejpong, Indra Surataruna, and Kittipong Vivitvorakit (Closed Project)
A Study of Information System Project Management and the ODOT Experience, Monica Arora, Micha Coleman, Rob Gagnier, Peter Ghavami, Mike Guntrum, and Bud Stratton (Closed Project)
Work Force Diversity: A Survey, Andy Baker, Susan Goodwin, and Al Pierce (Closed Project)
The Application of Cellular Technology in the Doorway Panel Assembly Shop, Jim Barton and Gary Rubino (Closed Project)
A Critical Evaluation Of: "The Effect of Acceleration Techniques on Product Development Time", Scott Beers (Closed Project)
A Critical Evaluation Of: "The Effect of Acceleration Techniques on Product Development Time", Scott Beers (Closed Project)