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 2013
An Analysis of Electric Vehicles in the Portland Market, Viktoria Boss, Josh Caldwell, Daragh Finn, Lukas Kessler, Chris Manning, Christine Radlinger, and Bilgehan Yildiz (Closed Project)
Boeing: Meeting Customer's Needs, Now and Future Engineering & Technology Management, Philip Bottjen, Rodney Danskin, Harry Pham, and Larry Pham (Closed Project)
Municipal Wastewater Asset Prioritization Using Hierarchical Decision Modeling, Nertila Bregaj, Nina Chaichi, Sean McGraw, Alaa Nour, Melinda Pizarro, and Jeremy Provenzola (Closed Project)
Final Report: Dr. Alavi, Tila Bregaj, Thanaporn Ngarmnil, and Mehdi Toobaei (Closed Project)
Regression Analysis: Real Estate Comparison Between Two Neighborhoods in Oregon and Texas, Neil Brown (Closed Project)
Construction Contractor Selection: Comparing and Contrasting Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), Neil Brown and Alex Julien (Closed Project)
The Technology Analysis of Vacuum Cleaning Robots, Apisit Charoensupyanan, Byung Sung Yoon, Edwin Garces, and Sheng-Te Tsai (Closed Project)
A Framework for Strategic Thinking, Yonghee Cho, Kevin van Blommestein, and Bing Wang (Closed Project)
Best Practices for Managing Organizational Downsizing: Portland State University Research Administration, Michael Clark (Closed Project)
Introducing New Innovative Processes Into Traditional Manufacturing, Rodney Danskin (Closed Project)
An Economic Analysis of Regular vs. Green Data Servers, Chris Davis, Kung Che Hsieh, Shabnam Jahromi, Matt Nickeson, and Christophe Perrenoud (Closed Project)
Team Process Report, Bayar Demchig, Joseph Lethlean, Srujana Penmetsa, and Sumir Varma (Closed Project)
Will Camera Phones ever replace the Compact Cameras?: Forecasting of Digital Image SensingTechnology Using TFDEA & Lotka-Volterra Models, Bayar Demchig, Sallam Thabet, Noppadon Vannaprapa, and Sherif Youssef (Closed Project)
Best Practices to Overcome Communication Challenges in Virtual Teams: A Qualitative Meta-analysis of the Past ETM Research Projects, Saranya Durairajan (Closed Project)
Technology Roadmap for Consumer 3D Printing, James Eastham, Elizabeth Gibson, David Tucker, Katherine Tucker, and Sumir Varma (Closed Project)
Carbon Audio: A Case Study in Strategy, James Eastham and David Tucker (Closed Project)
Shiny, Dale Frakes (Closed Project)
Finex Cast Iron Works Strategic Plan, Jorge Garcia, Paweena Kongsansatean, Justin Thompson, and Mehdi Toobaei (Closed Project)
Elderly Home System Improvement for Medicine Management, Jorge Garcia, Rupha Natarajan, Elizabeth Gibson, Daria Spatar, and Puniti Singla (Closed Project)
A Comparative Analysis of Career Growth Models in R&D Organizations, Jorge Garcia, Nayem Rahman, Sowmini Sengupta, and Daria Spatar (Closed Project)
Optimization of Staffing Schedule At SHARC, Jorge Garcia, Kshiti Shah, Puniti Singla, Selen Yilmaz, and Sowmini Sengupta (Closed Project)
Assessing Technologies for Post Discharge Follow-up of Orthopedic Surgery, Parisa Ghafoori, Matt Nickeson, and Noshad Rahimi (Closed Project)
Dartmouth Secure Biometrics Marketing Plan for Biometric Bracelet, Elizabeth Gibson, Ignacio Castillejos, Joseph Lethlean, Kruti Narvekar, and Kshiti Shah (Closed Project)
Online Technology Acceptance for University STEM Program Relevance: A PSU Case Study, Elizabeth Gibson, Nina Chaichi, and Nertila Bregaj (Closed Project)
Final Report: Bonneville Power Administration, Garrett Gilliland and Rachanida Koosawangsri (Closed Project)
Modeling Liquid Solid Separation in a Coalescing Plate Oil Water Separator, Jacob Gorski (Closed Project)
Hierarchal Decision Model for Mode of Transportation from Portland, OR to San Francisco, CA, Sarah Griffis, Ryan Menze, Kruti Narvekar, and Phaneendra Rampalli (Closed Project)
Optimization of PGE Power Generation, Heath Gurganus, Ryan Slaugh, Trina Goehring, and Adennis Cora (Closed Project)
Managing an Engineering Project – The Case of a Biomass Power Plant, Theresa Hailey, Daragh Finn, Justin Kurger, Alexis Wittmen, Sallam Thabet, and Nayem Rahman (Closed Project)
Conflict in Owner/Contractor Relationships on Renewable Energy Projects, Jejung Ha, Elizabeth Hardee, and Rachanida Koosawangsri (Closed Project)
A Feasibility Analysis of “Pay It Forward” Tuition Scheme, Jejung Ha, Abhishek Jain, Momtaj Khanam, Anna-Lena Lentz, and Bing Wang (Closed Project)
Circle Technology: Business Strategy, Nan Hu, Sean McGraw, Judith Estep, and Corey White (Closed Project)
Novellus Strategy Case, Maria M. Ibarra and Noshad Rahimi (Closed Project)
Selection of Mobile Communication Plans, Castillejos Ignacio, Ha Jejung, Koosawangsri Rachanida, Rahimi Noshad, and Wang Bing (Closed Project)
Google Self-driving Cars, Abhishek Jain, Jing Jiang, Jonathan Lui, Rohit D'Souza, and Standley Limarta (Closed Project)
Call Center Optimization and Staff Scheduling Utilizing the Eland A Model, Jing Jiang, Zeina Boules, and Mel Cooper (Closed Project)
TRM for Household Refrigerator, Jing Jiang, Justin Thompson, Nameer Al-Mulla, and Zina Boulos (Closed Project)
Strategic Upgrades: A Vehicle Routing Overview and Implementation for Nokia Siemens Network, Lukas Kessler, Chris Davis, Farzad Moshfegh, and Jerrod Thomas (Project)
Can R&D Spending Guarantee Innovativeness?, Momtaj Khanam, Supreet Bose, and Paweena Kongsansatean (Closed Project)
Innovation Through Technology Transfer: Comparative Study on China and India, Momtaj Khanam, Sallam Thabet, and Standley Limarta (Closed Project)
How Teams Overcome the Not-invented-here Syndrome, Paweena Kongsansatean, Rodney Danskin, and Standley Limarta (Closed Project)
Team Process Report: Team 2, Paweena Kongsansatean, Rodney Danskin, and Standley Limarta (Closed Project)
IP in Pharmaceutical Industry Related to TRIPS Agreement and Compulsory Licence in the Developing Countries, Paweena Kongsansatean and Abhishek Jain (Closed Project)
Technology Assessment of Insulation Material for Home Construction, Rachanida Koosawangsri, Zeina Boulos, Nameer Al-Mulla, and Mario Bitzer (Closed Project)
Nystagmus-Based Repositioning Device Marketing Plan, Arvind Kumar, Ashish Mishra, Fannie Black, Justin Thompson, Phaneendra Rampalli, and Thanaporn Ngarmnil (Closed Project)
3D Printing Technology: The Radical Innovations and the Discontinuous Impacts Therein, Hyun Joo Lee, Jack Link, Michael Presby, Daniel Schmidlkofer, Ami Solomon, and Amitabha Worcester (Closed Project)
Use of PCM Modeling in selection of an HDTV, Leopoldo Marino, Noppadon Vannaprapa, Philip Bottjen, Rodney Danskin, and Thanaporn Ngarmnil (Closed Project)
Skills for Effective Project Management of a Multicultural Team, Leopoldo Marino, Noppadon Vannaprapa, Philip Bottjen, and Sudarat Poocharat (Closed Project)
Circle Technology: Business Strategy, Jon McAnnis, Lisa Mork, Joe Smith, and Ash Seleim (Closed Project)
The Effectiveness of Team Buildingand Communications in VirtualTeam, Sean McGraw, Ryan Menze, Alaa Nour, and Melinda Pizzarro (Closed Project)
The Effectiveness of Team Building: A Process Reportand Communications in VirtualTeam, Sean McGraw, Ryan Menze, Alaa Nour, and Melinda Pizzarro (Closed Project)
Multicultural Team Success:The Secret Recipe, Jacqueline McPherson, Jesus Martinez, Julien Pessey, and Philip Bottjen (Closed Project)
Being An Effective Communicator In A Team, Ashish Mishra, Jared Omulindi, Philip Jaffe, and Wenwei Xu (Closed Project)
Identifying Information Security Vulnerabilities Using HDM, Chris Perrenoud, Greg Wease, Thanaporn Ngarmnil, and Rachanida Koosawangsri (Closed Project)
Technician Staffing for Intel – A Linear Programming Model, Larry Pham, Harry Pham, Nikesh Gajavelly, and Nertila Bregaj (Closed Project)
Is Application Dependent Forecasting of Microprocessors Possible?, Noshad Rahimi (Closed Project)
Project Management Processes and Tools in Technology Driven Companies, Namitha Shetty (Closed Project)
Cost Management in Project Management, Ramya Srinivasan and Rhujuta Ingale (Closed Project)
Onboarding For Success: A Midstream Evaluation of Strategic Onboarding at Portland State University, Jerrod Thomas (Project)
Decision Model for a Sedan Car, Yen Tran, Chun Fan Pai, Larry Pham, Harry Pham, and Bahareh Saatchi (Closed Project)
Economic Analysis of the Pacific Garbage Patch: Application of Economics, Sustainability and Scenario Analysis, David Tucker, Jeremy Provenzola, Namitha Shetty, Phaneendra Rampalli, and Andrew Thorsvik (Closed Project)
Optimization Modeling for Inventory Logistics, Noppadon Vannaprapa, Philip Bottjen, Rodney Danskin, Srujana Penmetsa, and Joseph Lethlean (Closed Project)
Project Report: PLAiR Market Research Log, Bing Wang, Francis Iannacci, Kungche Hsieh, Paul Tibbot, and Ramya Srinivasan (Closed Project)
Project Report: PLAiR Marketing Plan, Bing Wang, Francis Iannacci, Kungche Hsieh, Paul Tibbot, Ramya Srinivasan, and Sheng-Te Tsai (Closed Project)
Portland Aerial Project Cost Estimation and comparison, Greg Wease, Yasser Alizadeh, Sara Barini, Tai Koosawangsri, and Jonathan Lui (Closed Project)
Benefit-Cost Ratio Analysis: Life Safety and Airport Infrastructure Risk Reduction using Counter Terrorism Measures, Corey White, Kruti Narvekar, Sowmini Sengupta, Srujana Penmetsa, and Zeina Boulos (Closed Project)
Project Management, Corey White, Srujana Penmetsa, Jeremiah Donart, Jon McAnnis, and Sean McGraw (Closed Project)
Managing Desalination Technology: A Study on Florida's Solution to Diminishing Water Sources, Andrew Wilkes, Brandon Martin, Neil Trotman, Paweena Kongsansatean, Sudarat Poocharat, and Anam Pasha (Closed Project)
How Businesses Fail in Innovative Technologies, Alexis Wittman, Jacqueline McPherson, Jing Jiang, Julien Pessey, Pongchalerm Tippayasawate, Standley Limarta, and Teddy Wang (Closed Project)
Intel: Strategy for Future, Chin-Jen Yu, Jiangbing Zhang, Pei Zhang, Sujittra Kitalreewan, Winnie Xia, and Yongwen Gu (Closed Project)
A Better Work Life Balance with Flexible Work Schedule, Stosh Zydek, Sallam Thabet, and Bing Wang (Closed Project)
Submissions from 2012
Suggested Solutions to the Summer Season Power Shortage in Saudi Arabia, Kon Abdulai, Ibrahim Almulhim, Abdulah Alshafi, Saranya Durairajan, Nan Hu, and Selen Yilmaz (Closed Project)
Determining An Optimal Scenario for Adapting Cloud Computing at SAIF Corporation from a Cost Analyses Perspective, Kon Abdulai, Saranya Durairajan, nan Hu, Emy Loanzon, Thien Anh Tran, Selen Yilmaz, and Byung Sung Yoon (Closed Project)
Selection of the Highest Valued Tablet for a College Student using HDM, Kon Abdulai, Nan Hu, Xiaowen Wang, Selen Yilmaz, and Byung Sung Yoon (Closed Project)
Digital Single-Lens Reflex Camera Technology Forecasting with Technology Forecasting using Data Envelopment Analysis, Mimie Abdulai, Apisit Charoensupyanan, Nan Hu, Rachanida Koosawangsri, Xiaowen Wang, and Byung Sung Yoon (Closed Project)
Technology Roadmap for Tesla Motors Sedan EV, Abrahim Abdulsater, Aparna Balasubramanian, Bing Wang, Farshad Madani, Mohammad Mansour, and Rajasree Talla (Project)
Patent Analysis for Smart Grid Development in the U.S, Abrahim Abdulsater, Bahareh Saatchi, and Farshad Madani (Project)
Android OS Open-Source Strategy, Baraa Abudawod (Closed Project)
Decision Support System for Database Placement, Baraa Abudawod, Manar Al Mallak, Mark Krampits, and Phaneendra Rampalli (Closed Project)
Samsung OLED TV Marketing Plan, Baraa Abudawod, Christophe Perrenoud, Chris David, and Farshad Madani (Project)
Alternative District Heating Fuel for PSU, Baraa Abudawod, Namitha Shetty, and Rupha Natarajan (Closed Project)
Decision Model for Selection of a Senior Program Manager for Rovi Corporation, Asem Alluhibi, Fannie Black, Shabnam Razeghian Jahromi, Pinprapa Pakdeekasem, and Alex Trolese (Closed Project)
Technology Assessment and Attractive Analysis of a New Concrete Modifier, Asem Alluhibi, Farshad Madani, and Pinprapa Pakdeekasem (Project)
Common Practices to Handle Key Challenges in Managing Virtual Teams, Asem Alluhibi, Alex Trolese, Puniti Singla, Sara Bahrini, Shabnam R. Jahromi, and Matt Nickeson (Closed Project)
Team 1 Process Report, Asem Alluhibi, Kevin C. van Blommestein, Shabnam Razeghian Jahromi, Matt Nickeson, and Shamla Puthuparambil (Closed Project)
Project Glass: Google’s Augmented Reality Glasses, Manar Al Mallak, Nameer Al-Mulla, Sarah Griffis, Rachanida Koosawangsri, Tri Nguyen, and Sajeda Tamimi (Closed Project)
Forecasting the viability of Thin Film Solar PV Systems, Manar Al Mallak, Niharika Jeena, Isaac Pendergrass, and Sumir Varma (Closed Project)
Brazil: A Technological Poster Child, Nameer Al-Mulla, Melvin Cooper, Colette Cox, Ryan Menze, Michael Uffelman, and David Ulrich (Closed Project)
Open Source Medical Solutions, Rami Alshafi and Joseph King (Closed Project)
TFDEA Application for Solar Industry, Mitra Amini, Sara Bahrini, Manar Al Mallak, Sajeda Tamimi, and Daria Spatar (Closed Project)
Heat Pump Water Heater (HPWH) Adoption, Mitra Amini, Puniti Singla, Jonathan Lui, Craig Kensel, and Joseph Lethlean (Closed Project)
A Study on Crowd Funding via Social Media and its Differences from Traditional Funding Methods, Sara Bahrini, Elizabeth Gibson, Shabnam R. Jahromi, Kayvan Javadi, Rupha Natarajan, and Matt Nickeson (Closed Project)
Team 5 Business Plan Project, Aparna Balasubramanian, Michael Uffelman, Asem Alluhibi, Opinderjit Bhella, Garrett Gilliland, and Neil Runde (Closed Project)
Technology Roadmapping for Medical Imaging: Towards Improved Value, Larry Ball, Ritu Bidasaria, Ignacio Castillejos, Pinprapa Pakdeekasem, and Chakaphan Pornsatit (Closed Project)
Medical Device Sales Distribution Model, Larry Ball, Ritu Bidasaria, Kevin C. van Blommestein, Yonghee Cho, Jared Nambwenya, and Matt Nickeson (Closed Project)
The Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) Applied to Willamette Dental’s Technology Equipment Deployment, Jerry Bell (Closed Project)
Team Process Report: Team 2, Dominic Bertram, Hsich Kungche, Andrew Thorsvik, Michael Uffelman, and Noppadon Vannaprapa (Closed Project)
Economic Analysis of Developing a Web Based Scheduling Platform as a New Business Opportunity, Opinderjit Bhella, John Elliot, Garrett Gilliland, Maria M. Ibarra, Noshad Rahimi, and Neil Runde (Closed Project)
Management Implications of Outsourcing Decision and Supplier Selection Models, Ritu Bidasaria, Rachanida Koosawangsri, and Kevin C. van Blommestein (Closed Project)
HDM for Single-Person Transportation, Ritu Bidasaria, Jared Nambwenya, Matt Nickeson, and Kevin C. van Blommestein (Closed Project)