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 2010
Wind Technology (Suzlon), Shahin Alijany, Yulianto Suharto, and Yasser Alizadeh (Closed Project)
How Knowledge of a Firm Relates to Knowledge of Individuals, Yasser Alizadeh (Closed Project)
Long-term Strategies of Gigantic Oil Companies: How "Peak Oil" and "Global Warming" Shape Their Future?, Yasser Alizadeh (Closed Project)
Google Trends: Is there any significant correlation between Google Search Volume Index and Actual World Trends?, Yasser Alizadeh and Marwan Mossa Lingga (Closed Project)
Production Scheduling Model for SKF Polyseal Factory, Julia Allmond, Robert Johnson, and Casy Elliott (Closed Project)
Employment Expectations of ETM Students, Manal Almarzouqi, Roberto Artiga, N. Boemo-Mokhawa, and Lone Seboni (Closed Project)
Sport Knowledge Management, Maher Almasri (Closed Project)
When Disaster Strikes: Lessons in Emergency Management from Hurricane Katrina, Badr Alyamani (Closed Project)
Economic Evaluation of Decentralized Water Supply System for Saudi Arabia, Badr Alyamani, Jeff Belding, Majed Alyamani, Naresh Bokka, and Saeed Assiri (Closed Project)
Team 1: Team Progress Report, Badr Alyamani, Ibrahim Iskin, Parisa Ghafoori, and Ying Liu (Closed Project)
Decision Model for Selecting a Smartphone, Badr Alyamani, Caroline Mudavadi, Saeed Assiri, Valesca Walesko, and Ying Liu (Closed Project)
Real Time Search -- "Understanding the Human Algorithm", Praveen Ankala (Closed Project)
Xeros “The Dry Washing System” Marketing Plan, Roberto Artiga, Vorakarn Chiamsiri, Sutheera Hengcharoen, and Noah Third (Closed Project)
New Technology Introduction Process: RFID for groceries, Roberto Artiga, Nuttavut Intarode, Theodore Nyma Lotfi, Nuttavut Praechareonwatana, Osman Osman, and Vera Sell (Closed Project)
Development Log: Correct-A-Pen, Roberto Artiga, Tung-Lung Li, Stevan Jovanovic, and Justus Arne Schwarz (Closed Project)
Travel Drink Heater: New Product Development Log, Ramkumar Ashokkumar, Yi-Lung Hsieh, Yu-Hsiang Lin, and Inthrayuth Mahaphol (Closed Project)
Oregon AED Statute Compliance, Angie Baltz, Donggyu Lim, Napong Tanatammatorn, Rehman Ashraf, and Ying Lin (Closed Project)
Future Challenges for Intel in Light of "Open Foundries" Adopted by Industry, Heather Bankowski, Tarek Darwish, Phil Hahn, Mohammad Mansour, Jesus Martinez Ponce, and Ashok Bhatla (Closed Project)
Hierarchical Decision Modeling for Selection of a Graduate Institution, Alyaa Barzanji, Parisa Ghafoori, Chris Imondi, Karen B. Pamintuan, and Maribel Villanueva (Closed Project)
An Exploratory Study on Why ETM Students Have Chosen ETM Program for Their Graduate Studies, Alyaa Barzanji, Fei Huang, Ho-Min Lai, and Karen Dasmarinas (Closed Project)
Legit Widget: Risk Plan Proposal, Alyaa Barzanji, Helen Millward, Rocco Natale, Karen Pamintuan, Maribel Villanueva, and Stephanie Wendt (Closed Project)
An Exploratory Study of Conflict Management Styles in Project Management employed by ETM 545/645 graduate students at Portland State University, Alyaa Barzanji, Duygu Ucar, Emy Loanzon, Karen Dasmarinas, and Theodore Nyma Lotfi (Closed Project)
Optimizing the NW Off-Shore Wind Turbine Design, Elvan Bayraktaroglu, Judith Estep, Dong-Joon Lim, Jubin Upadhyay, and Jiting Yang (Closed Project)
R & D Management Trends in the United States, India, China, Ashok Bhatla, Mohammad Mansour, Paul Nguyen, and Robert DeLay (Closed Project)
"OOPS" Pot Cover, Opinderjit Bhella, Dinesh Reddy Kypa, Meghana Rao, Neil Runde, and Nikita Vagesh (Closed Project)
Utilizing Non-Linear Programming to Optimize the Selection of Six Sigma Projects in a Food Production Environment, Adam Bobek, Chris Imondi, Tom Shott, and Mehdi Toobaei (Closed Project)
Personal Healthcare Records: Identifying the Best Alternative from a Patients Perspective, Adam Bobek, Dinesh Reddy, Rubyna K. Brenden, Sevket Can Nuhisi, and Saranya Sethu (Closed Project)
HDM Model of a Country’s Competitiveness - A Perspective Of African Students Studying in the U.S.A, Nametsegang Boemo-Mokhawa (Closed Project)
High Efficiency Solar Cells, Nametsegang Boemo-Mokhawa (Closed Project)
Review of R&D Project Selection Models, Nametsegang Boemo-Mokhawa, Fredy Gomez, I-Hsuan Hsieh, and Theodore Nyma Lotfi (Closed Project)
Analysis of the ETM Program Impact on the Portland Region: Final Report, Greg Bourque, Vorakarn Chiamsiri, Shahrokh Eshghi, and Jesus Maria Martinez Ponce (Closed Project)
Evaluation of emerging Logic Devices for Future Semiconductor Industry, Jacques Bourque, Liang Meng, Lai Ho-min, Nikita Vagesh, Rehman Ashraf, and Yulianto Suharto (Closed Project)
Cloud Computing Adoption in a Small Business Setting: A Cost-Benefit Analysis, Rubyna K. Brenden, Karen Dasmarinas, Michael Getman, Manar Al Mallak, and Rupha Natarajan (Closed Project)
Development Log: Stow Trek, Marc Britton, Rubyna Brenden, Abdulrahman Almobarak, Bundit Chotivanawan, Michael Getman, and Numwhan Nuancharas (Closed Project)
Economic Case Study on Web Application Hosting Alternatives for Small and Medium Businesses, Wayne Bynum, Mohammad Mansour, Abrahim Abdulsater, Abdussalam Alawini, and Dinesh Soysa (Closed Project)
Solar Energy: What are the Prospects?, Timothy Calderwood, Justin Thompson, Arvind Kumar, Sath Vang, and Bennett Barnwell (Closed Project)
Team 3: Team Process Report, Kevin Carbone, Jason McBain, Noah Third, and Duygu Ucar (Closed Project)
Team Four Process Report, Erin Elizabeth Chapman, Emy Loanzon, Nagajyothi Murala, and Nuttavut Praechareonwatana (Closed Project)
Risk Management System for PMT Restaurant, Bundit Chotivanawan, Yi-Lung Hsieh, Yu-Hsiang Lin, Inthrayuth Mahaphol, Ujjal Pathak, and Napong Tanatammatorn (Closed Project)
Trim Algorithm Analysis, Rafael Colon (Closed Project)
PMT² Unveils New PMTablet, Rafael Colon, Stevan Jovanovic, Jay Justice, Mukundan Thirumalai, and Paul Tibbot (Closed Project)
Determination of Optimal Home Investment Properties Using Hierarchical Decision Modeling, Trevor Combs, Tam Nguyen, Tom Shott, Matthew Trippel, and Nadja Wolfangel (Closed Project)
Energy Wiz Spray-on PV for Solar Windows: The Marketing Plan, Karen Dasmarinas (Closed Project)
Decision Model for Selection of Technologies to Reduce IT Operations Energy Cost in a Mid Size Firm, Robert DeLay, Lokesh Honnappa, Vorakarn Chiamsiri, Dinesh Soysa, and Yonghee Cho (Closed Project)
Securing SaaS, Robert DeLay, Chih-Hsun Lin, Fei Huang, and Sashvat Sai (Closed Project)
General Purpose GPUs in High Performance Computing, Brian Delgado and Nelson Ijih (Closed Project)
Technology Roadmap for Electric Vehicle Charging Network in Oregon, Akhilesh Dwivedi, Chintan Jain, and Fredy Gomez (Closed Project)
Project Management of Global Project Teams, Aaron Edelman, John Elliot, Majed Alahmadi, R. D. Mosier, Rubyna K. Brenden, and Yulianto Suharto (Closed Project)
An Economic Evaluation of Asphalt Pavement Rehabilitation Alternatives, Aaron Edelman, Chih-Hsun Lin, Ho-Min Lai, and Yulianto Suharto (Closed Project)
A Risk Management System for Think Bot, Incorporated, Aaron Edelman, Jamshid Nafisi, Majed Alahmadi, Saranya Sethu Pragasam, and Sihua Ding (Closed Project)
HP Slate Marketing Plan, John Elliot, Claudiu Rusnac, Yasser Alizadeh, and Gaurav Sonny Katoch (Closed Project)
Knowledge‐Based View of the Firm, Shahrokh Eshghi (Closed Project)
Image Monitoring Inc. Presentation Outline, Shahrokh Eshghi, Shriram Namasivayam, and Jesse Millan (Closed Project)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Grid Friendly Appliance for Hot Water Heater Control, Ryan Fedie (Closed Project)
A Comprehensive Study on Brand Equity and Brand Loyalty, Parisa Ghafoori (Closed Project)
Project Selection for New Product Development utilizing a Hierarchical Decision Model, Fredy Gomez, Ho-Min Lai, Larry Ball, and Abdussalam Alawini (Closed Project)
Communication Breakdown Problems for Distributed Teams, Anita Ha, Brennan Hughes, Shawn Reutiman, Ujjal Pathak, and Wayne Bynum (Closed Project)
Applying Agile Project Management Principles to Pre-Silicon Hardware Design and Verification, Cho Yong Hee, Mitali Monalisa, Pranabesh Dash, and Rehman Ashraf (Closed Project)
PV Design for an Eco-District Development Model, Karina Hershberg (Closed Project)
Portland EcoDistricts Roadmap, Karina Hershberg and Karen Dasmarinas (Closed Project)
A Framework of Fostering Trust in Virtual Teams, Liliya Hogaboam, Rajesh Talla, Rupha Natarajan, Vorakarn Chiamsiri, Gaurav Sonny Katoch, and Sevket Can Nuhisi (Closed Project)
Wind Energy: What are the U.S. Prospects?, Michael Holliday, Rasha Kroonen, Jeremy Provenzola, Andrew C. Vosper, Chris Davis, and Ziyad Alzamil (Closed Project)
Capacity Model for Final Test Area in Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturing, Lokesh Honnappa, Chih-Hsun Lin, Mamatha Murthy, and Vorakarn Chiamsiri (Closed Project)
"Poetry in Motion", Yi-Lung Hsieh, Inthrayuth Mahaphol, Dinesh Soysa, and Wilson Zehr (Closed Project)
Biotronik's Mentorship Toolkit, Fei Huang, Jason Liang, Li Fing Liu, Michael Getman, and Stevan Jovanovic (Closed Project)
Technology Transfer of EnergyPlus from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab to the Industry, Nelson Ijih, Rabah Khamis, Theodore Nyma Lotfi, and Yulianto Suharto (Closed Project)
The Perfect Storm: Cloud Computing, Chintan Jain and Emy Loanzon (Closed Project)
The BCS: Evaluating Knowledge of Experts and Computer Systems, Deron Eugene Jensen (Closed Project)
Optimizing Project Management During Economic Downturn and Recovery, Shawn Jiang (Closed Project)
The End-of-Life Purchases— A Case Study, Shuanghua Jiang (Closed Project)
A Framework of Employee Retention: Reducing Turnover Rates in the Technology Company, Jiali Ju, Tung-Lung Li, Ying Liu, and Vorakarn Chiamsiri (Closed Project)
Optimizing Fleet Vehicle Usage at SAIF Corporation, Jiali Ju, Emy Loanzon, and Yulianto Suharto (Closed Project)
Investigation of the Stage-Gate Process in the High Tech Industry: A Case Study, Rabah Khamis and Meghana Rao (Closed Project)
National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) Gasification Technology Transfer Plan, Philip Kuglin, Brennan Hughes, Thomas Lin, and Vorakarn Chiamsiri (Closed Project)
Lab Failure Analysis Capacity Optimization, Ann-Marie Lamb, Patricia Myers, and Wendy Peterman (Closed Project)
Optimizing the Number of WiMAX Antennas, Matthew Letts, Mark Krampits, Rabah Khamis, and Fahad Aldhaban (Closed Project)
Enhancing the Power of Battery, Donggyu Lim and Ibrahim Iskin (Closed Project)
Vizio Inc. Product Development Process, Donggyu Lim, Mark Krampits, Matthew Letts, Nitin Katarya, and Tom Shott (Closed Project)
Forecasting U.S. Automobile Sales, Tung-Lung Li and Ying Liu (Closed Project)
Team Process Report: Team #2, Ke Liu, Claudiu Rusnac, Andy Vosper, and Russell Watt (Closed Project)
PSU Options: Private, Public or Semi-Public?, Jesus Martinez and Parisa Ghafoori (Closed Project)
Team Project -- BlackBerry and iPhone: Corporate Strategies, Jon McAnnis, Shahin Alijany, Mouhamad Zaher, Yonghee Cho, and Philip Kuglin (Closed Project)
Nano Adhesion Technology, Dan Meador, Pranabesh Dash, Rahulkumar Sadanand Koche, Yonghee Cho, and Nuttavut Intarode (Closed Project)
Decision Model to Select the Best House, Dan Meador, Marwan Mossa Lingga, Ding Sihua, Shawn Jiang, and Ryan Fedie (Closed Project)
Personality Types and Cultural Background: How They Affect the Team Dynamics, Jason Meng, Thomas Lin, Philip Kuglin, Scott Ferre, Mukundan Thirumalai, and Mouhamad Zaher (Closed Project)
Booster Shaker Elixir Dispensing Machine, Richard Mosier, Ibrahim Iskin, Nuancharas Phopoonsak, and Yu-Hsiang Lin (Closed Project)
Google's Technology Strategy, Mamatha Murthy, Priti Maheshwari, Aarthi Neethirajan, Jubin Upadhyay, Dinesh Soysa, and Neb Tadesse (Closed Project)
Why Teams Fail? And How to Prevent It, Jamshid Nafisi, Shahrokh Eshghi, Nick Wallace, Shahin Alijany, and Ori Wolman (Closed Project)
Mobile 3D- “3D Development Growth & Integration”, Stephen Noble and Akhilesh Dwivedi (Closed Project)
3D Technology Roadmap, Stephen Noble, Mark Krampits, Matthew Letts, and Angie Baltz (Closed Project)
Understanding & Managing Project Group Dynamics, Stephen Noble, Nadja Wolfangel, Justus Arne Schwarz, Trevor Combs, James Eastham, and Joe Smith (Closed Project)
Group Project -- OIA: “Employee Utilization Model”, Stephen Noble, Nadja Wolfangel, Justus Arne Schwarz, Tung-Lung Li, and Jiting Yang (Closed Project)
Globalization of Human Resource Management in a Medical Device Manufacturing Company, Sevket Can Nuhisi, Faisal Al Fayez, Maher Almasri, Badr Alyamani, and Casey Zielsdorff (Closed Project)
Personal Photography Experience, Neil O'Connell, Chih-Hsun Lin, N. Boemo-Mokhawa, and Maria Schenk (Closed Project)
The Boeing Company: Strategic Management, Kenny Phan (Closed Project)
China -- Can it Move from Imitation to Innovation?, Chakaphan Pornsatit, Dong-Joon Lim, Gaofeng Yang, and Chenxi Li (Closed Project)
Using Excel Based Optimization and Simulation as Powerful Management Decision Tools in a Manufacturing Environment, Chakaphan Pornsatit, Andreas Udbye, and Chenxi Yan (Closed Project)
Comparison of Capital Investment Strategies for Loader Line of Company ACME, Nuttavut Praechareonwatana, Jesus Maria Martinez Ponce, Wahaj Tahir, Liliya Hogaboam, Valesca Walesko, and Shahin Alijany (Closed Project)
Evaluating WiMAX Acceptance with the Technology Acceptance Model, Meghana Rao, Athar Pasha, Francis Pham, and Jerry Bell (Closed Project)
Urban Bike Product Development Project, Meghana Rao, Nikita Vagesh, Neil Runde, and Opinderjit Bhella (Closed Project)