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 2016
Big Data Analytics in Sports, Ahmed Alzahrani, Bhawinee Banchongraksa, Chris Chase, Gaya Haciane, and Saeed Alzahrani (Closed Project)
Employee Training Schedule Optimization, Ahmed Alzahrani, Apeksha Gupta, Allen Wei Chen Hsu, Rashi Tiwari, and Komal Vinchhi (Closed Project)
Strategic Planning for Ossia Inc., Ahmed Alzahrani, Allen Wei Chen Hsu, and Bashair Al Saglab (Closed Project)
Wearable Technology: Diabetes Monitoring in the Healthcare Industry, Saeed Alzahrani, Abdulhakim Giadedi, Ross Lamberth, Tania Lilja, Obinna Charles Mbagwu, and Edwin Vilanova Velez (Closed Project)
Linear Programming Optimization Problem: Sales Regions for OLS, Thomas Arm, Justin Chi, Guy Cutting, Laurence Keefe, and Letsogile Mponwane (Closed Project)
FINEX 2017 Strategy, D. Eric Arzola, Jennifer Eaton, and Michael Smith (Closed Project)
Managing Virtual Teams: Trust and Cohesion, Bhawinee Banchongraksa, David Burchfield, Jessie Truong, Chuan Chieh Lu, and Revathy Narayanan (Closed Project)
Driving Factors For Technology Companies To Establish An Outpost In The Silicon Forest, Melody Bandlamudi, Chuan Chieh Lu, Mahija Daliparthi, Scott Fabini, Hakan Kutgun, and Sriharika Patibanda (Closed Project)
PSU OIT Shift Scheduling Optimization, Husam Barham, Justin Moore, Maoloud Dabab, and Nader Beltaif (Closed Project)
Improving the Effectiveness of Fuzzy Front End Management: Expanding Stage-Gate Methodologies Through Agile, Aruna Bhatia, Juchun Cheng, Sadaf Salek, and Vidhi Chokshi (Closed Project)
Vacation Rental Web Application for City of Seaside, Aruna Bhatia, Jennifer Eaton, Nirupama Mantha, and Shivani Purwar (Closed Project)
Financing vs. Cash Flow: Impact for the B/E of ‘Power Production Module’ of Green Corp, Aruna Bhatia, Nirupama Mantha, Anna Mary Mathew, Prajakta Patil, and Mark Ryan (Closed Project)
The IoT Breakthrough: Smart Cities from a Transportation Perspective—Traffic and Parking Management, Ellie Bradley, Oussama Laraichi, Mark Ryan, Sudipta Tripathy, and Hans VanDerSchaaf (Closed Project)
A Suggested Framework for Selecting an Open Innovation Method, Nathan Bryant, Pengsee Her, Roli Eyetsemitan, and T. Gordon Chen (Closed Project)
Honeywell Lyric WiFi Water Leak and Freeze Detector, Cyrille Chabuel, Chris Davis, Anjana Penumarti, Sudipta Tripathy, and Hans VanDerSchaaf (Closed Project)
Project Charter: Bike Share Project Cycletopia, Maria Chavarria, Gandhali Gajanan Deshchougule, Maud Guegan, and Sema Kirkewoog (Closed Project)
Project Proposal: Outback Restaurant – Kitchen Process Improvement, Juchun Cheng, Bashair Al Saglab, and Aaron Cavanaugh (Closed Project)
Project Proposal: Smart Thermos, Vidhi Chokshi, Asrar Ahmed Syed, and William Perreira (Closed Project)
Business Model Canvas, Max Cope (Closed Project)
Effective Global Leadership: Identifying and Developing Leadership Competencies in Global Teams, Horatiu Corban, Henry Janzen, Juliana Suzuki, and Mufeed Yacoub (Closed Project)
Almadar Corporation 2016 Strategic Plan, Maoloud Dabab, Nader Beltaif, and Ross Lamberth (Closed Project)
Adoption Criteria Evaluation of Activity Tracking Wristbands for University Students, Ali Daneshi, Hakan Kutgun, Dilek Ozdemir, Amir Shaygan, and Anthony Williams (Closed Project)
Toy World, Inc., Christopher Davis, Juchun Cheng, Konstantin Tuv, Shivani Purwar, and Wesley Murar (Closed Project)
Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) Library Collection and Capital Budget Optimization, Vishaal Diswani, Marek Szumowski, John Bauer, Darik Dvorshak, and Qing Lai (Closed Project)
Intel's Internet of Things: How does the Internet of Things (IOT) Play into the Growth Strategy of Intel, Agam Ebramsyah, Cody Miller, David Burchfield, Liyan Xiao, Jacob Yang, and Surekha Chanamolu (Closed Project)
HDM in Cellphone Selection, Agam Ebramsyah, Anjana Penumarti, Catalina Reyes, Dale Frakes, Soheil Zarrin, and Touraj Goudarznia (Closed Project)
Implementation of a Public Community Library in Libya, Ali Eljayar, Maoloud Dabab, Michael Clark, and Nader Beltaif (Closed Project)
Forecasting Super-Efficient Dryers Adoption in the Pacific Northwest, Apeksha Gupta, Husam Barham, Joao Lavoie, Tania Lilja, and Tin Nguyen (Closed Project)
Team Building Challenge in New Product Development Teams, Gaya Haciane, Hanni Church, Liyan Xiao, and Rassaniya Lerdphayakkarat (Closed Project)
Big Data Analytics, Shihab Hanayneh, Jon Roschke, Sadaf Salek, Amir Shaygan, Juliana Suzuki, and Timothy Valentine (Closed Project)
Social Dilemmas and Teams, How to Work Through Them?, Allen Wei Chen Hsu, John Bauer, Rashi Tiwari, Shivani Purwar, and Xuran Dai (Closed Project)
AutoMap, Devender Kaur, Anna Mary Mathew, Mitsutaka Shirasaki, Michael Smith, and Jacob Yang (Closed Project)
Resource Management Center Optimization for Northwest Natural Gas, Achala Kaushikkar, Andrew Dang, Colette Marthaller, Rudy Barce, and Sneha Prabhu (Closed Project)
Clarice Skin Devices, Achala Kaushikkar, Jessie Truong, Soheil Zarrin, and Touraj Goudarznia (Closed Project)
Educational Scheduling as a Mixed Integer Programming Model, Will Kearney, Sonimar Poppe, Niguel Morfin, and Asrar Ahmed Syed (Closed Project)
Assessing Government’s Solutions for Urban Growth within a Sustainable Development Approach: The case of Portland, Oregon, Oussama Laraichi (Closed Project)
Marketing Plan: Philips Mimo Baby Monitor, Obinna Charles Mbagwu, Gordon Chen, Imran Mirza, Norah Alballa, Prajakta Patil, and Tauseef Hemayet (Closed Project)
Day Trip To- One Pager, Prajakta Patil (Closed Project)
Smart Glasses Prototype: A Wearable Technology for Cyclists, Anjana Penumarti, Agam Ebramsyah, and Catalina Reyes (Closed Project)
Google Glucose Sensing Contact Lens, Amit Pingle, Luciane Dolgos, Michael Smith, Shreyas Sankaran, Shruti Agrawal, and Sivagamasundari Sathappan (Closed Project)
Smart Flow Meter: Pitch, Sneha Prabhu and Sema Kirkewoog (Closed Project)
Operation Research Final Team Project, Akash Ramakrishna, Bhavana Ramesh, Devdeep Aikath, and Lei Wei (Closed Project)
Market Plan: Edible Water Bottle for Pepsico, Akash Ramakrishna, Bhavana Ramesh, Asrar Ahmed Syed, Apeksha Gupta, and Dmitriy Moskovkin (Closed Project)
Website Development Proposal for a Sportswear Company, Akash Reddy, Obinna Charles Mbagwu, Qin Guo, and Yaser Alnasri (Closed Project)
Portfolios and the Fuzzy Front End: The Development Go/No-Go Decision, Sowmini Sengupta (Closed Project)
Team 2 Project Report, Deepali Sharma, Jerry Vang, Catalina Reyes, Vidhi Chokshi, and Haitham Alkharboosh (Closed Project)
Wind Turbine Demolition Proposal, Timothy Valentine, Horatiu Corban, and Randy Mueller (Closed Project)
Battery Technologies for Demand Response Systems, Edwin Vilanova Velez, Sejoong Kim, Scott Fabini, and James Bowen (Closed Project)
Bridging Cultural Differences in Virtual Teams: An Analysis of Chinese/American Teams, Brea Viratos, Bryan Trotter, Donavon Nigg, Haitham Alkharboosh, and Kimberleigh Reid (Closed Project)
Virtual Teams and How to Build Trust, Nicole Wehner, Tejas Deshpande, Pooja Mane, Gordon Chen, and Timothy Valentine (Closed Project)
Online Education/Graduate Programs in Engineering Management: Benchmarking Using Data Envelopment Analysis, Alexis Wittman, Bashair Al Saglab, Chengjun Li, Sejoong Kim, and Tanzila Akhter (Closed Project)
Submissions from 2015
Multidisciplinary Teams as an Enhanced Learing Tool: A Case Study of an Extra-curricular Student Endeavor Resulting in Exceptional Learning Outcomes, Yassir Alamari, Hamed Alyaqout, Qin Guo, and Jerrod Thomas (Project)
Team Progress Report, Yassir Alamari, Hamed Alyaqout, Qin Guo, and Jerrod Thomas (Closed Project)
PDX Urban Wineries Mobile Application Development, Mohammed Alaqeel, Samuel Cheek, and Nicholas Swanson (Closed Project)
Financial Analysis of Automated CNC Systems for Nike’s Mold and Tooling Center, Zuhair Alheayk, Ahlam Alsuwaida, Shihab Hanayneh, Shane Iverson, Sridharkumar Paneerselvam, and Zachary White (Closed Project)
Develop an App for FoodDelivery Restaurant, Ahlam Alsuwaida, Ahmed Shebab Alshereef, and Zuhair Alheayk (Closed Project)
Decision Model for the Features of a Smart House, Ahlam Alsuwaida, Ahmed Shebab Alshereef, Zuhair Alheayk, You Hong Yong, and Wei Ming Jang (Closed Project)
DevOps and Knowledge Managetment, Paul Atkinson (Closed Project)
Marketing Plan: TESLA Powerwall, Paul Atkinson, Momtaj Khanam, Jackie Mcpherson, and Greg Wease (Closed Project)
LeadApp: Sales Opportunity Management, Paul Atkinson, Greg Wease, Jonathan Lui, and Jared Omulindi (Closed Project)
Car2Go Portland Home Area Expansion, Fannie Black, Shiva Ram Reddy, Kranthi Rapolu, and Ben Wilson (Closed Project)
Porject Report: Team 6, Alexander Blank, Purva Chhatre, and Felix Maier (Closed Project)
Leveraging the power of mobile technology as a banking strategy – a case for Ghanaian banking institutions, Kwasi Boateng (Closed Project)
Using Mobile-enabled Data to Improve Water Availability and Service Delivery in Developing Countries – A Literature and Program Application Review, Kwasi Boateng (Closed Project)
A Strategic Change: The Delta Model—A Strategic Framework for a Networked industry, David Burchfield (Closed Project)
How Power System Restructuring & Deregulation Would Affect Competition and Profitability Among Electric Utility In Terms of Porter Five Forces, Nina Chaichi (Closed Project)
Productivity Measurement for Electric Utilities, Nina Chaichi (Closed Project)
Competitive Resource-based View Strategy -Portland State University Library, Michael Clark (Closed Project)
Predicting U.S. Onshore Wind Generation, Joshua Couch (Closed Project)
Strategic Analysis of Patent Portfolios and Litigation Risks, J. Curtis Edmondson (Closed Project)
Production Scheduling and Inventory Optimization: For a High-Tech Company to Manufacture Products Efficiently, Daragh Finn, Alex Blank, Felix Maier, and Justin Krueger (Closed Project)
Scenario Analysis Using Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping in Adaptive Learning forStudents with Disabilities and Special Needs – A Consultative Perspective onPursuing Adaptive Learning for Special Needs Students, Daragh Finn, Katie Tucker, Justin Krueger, David Wigen, Andrew Thorsvik, and Charles Asafo-Adjei (Closed Project)
Applying Scientific Discoveries to Consumable Products, Mark Kent Freeman (Closed Project)
Go2Go Expansion in Hillsboro, OR, Apeksha Gupta, Devender Kaur, Pengsee Her, and Pratheek Chintala (Closed Project)
Sale Forecasting Techniques for the Fuzzy Front End of New Product Development, Meles Hagos, Ross Turner, Anurak Sitthiwong, and Sudarat Poocharat (Closed Project)
Tehran Park Project, Scott Hartley and Erfan Pakdamanian (Closed Project)
The Need and Tools for Successful Innovation, Henry Janzen, Yongjun Lee, Sridharkumar Paneerselvam, and Puvra Chhatre (Closed Project)
SLH Property Management: Web Based Portals Project, Henry Janzen, Sridharkumar Paneerselvam, and Yongjun Lee (Closed Project)
Achieving Better Decision Making in Virtual Teams, Swati Kar, Shruti Agrawal, Imran Mirza, and Pramod Kumar (Closed Project)
Team 2: Process Report, Swati Kar, Shruti Agrawal, Imran Mirza, and Pramod Kumar (Closed Project)
Strategic Management of Technology, Rafaa Khalifa (Closed Project)
Should Intel Invest in 450mm Technology? Determining the Competitive Advantage of Fully Adopting 450mm Ahead of Other Firms, Sammy Khalil (Closed Project)
Knowledge Discovery Using Patent Analysis, Monticha Khammuang (Closed Project)
Strategic Analysis: Alibaba’s Strategy for the US Market, Monticha Khammuang (Closed Project)
Rent, Sell, or Else?, Ross Lamberth, Justin Krueger, Lakshmi Rajagopal, and Leopoldo Marino (Closed Project)
Tilikum Bridge Grand Opening Event Project, Needa Lingga and Lee Sipprell (Closed Project)
3D Printing in Healthcare: An Engineering and Technology Management Perspective, Minh Lu, Sowmini Sengupta, Yen Tran, and David Wigen (Closed Project)
CreoPop Marketing Plan, Abdullah Al Madan, Lakshmi Ashary, Alexander Blank, Joao Ricardo Lavoie, Felix Maier, and Furkan Yildirim (Closed Project)
Technological Innovation and Strategic Analysis on the Smart Grids of Cisco, Abdullah Al Madan and Pei Zhang (Closed Project)
Updating a PMO: Analysis and recommendations for upgrade of an IT PMO, Leopoldo Marino, Daniel Lee, and Justin Krueger (Closed Project)
Regulations, Policies and Innovation in Photovoltaic Industry, Anna Mary Mathew, Dmitriy Moskovkin, Qin Guo, and Roli Eyetsemitan (Closed Project)
Analyzing Sustainable Product Development processes in Fuzzy Front End Stage, Anna Mary Matthew, Prajakta Patil, Chinu Joy, and Oyin Owojori (Closed Project)
A.C.M.E Association to Conservatively Manage the Environment, Anna Matthew, Sowmini Sengupta, Michael Smith, and Charles Asafo-Adjei (Closed Project)
Applying Five Forces in the Competitive Advantage of 3D Printing Technology in the Footwear Industry, Jacqueline McPherson and Ahlam Alsuwaida (Closed Project)
Margin Expansion Through Cost Reduction Focused Redesign Of A Bicycle, Erica Merckling and Mufeed Yacoub (Closed Project)
Forecasting Analog MEMS Microphones with TFDEA, Nick Metzar (Closed Project)
Software Strategic Planning: Ring Technology Company, Kruti Narvekar, Soheil Zarrin, and Leopoldo Marino (Closed Project)
Implementation of SaaS for Investment Inc., Prajakta Patil, Asma Razavi, and Aurobindh Kalathil Puthanpura (Closed Project)
Organizational Learning is a Benefit of Knowledge Management Externalization, Melinda Pizarro (Closed Project)
Hydrogen Fuel Cells Vehicle Technology’s Strategy of Toyota Mirai, Sudarat Poocharat (Closed Project)