ETM Survey

Conducted by
Portland State University - Engineering and Technology Management Department

 
RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL TRENDS IN ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT (ETM)

Responses:
Institution City University of Hong Kong 
Department: Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management 
Contact Person: Kwai-Sang Chin 

1 University System: Semester
2 Title of ETM program: Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
3 Date of establishment: 1997
4 Academic base: Department in the School of Science and Engineering
5 Degree (s)/ Certificate (s) offered by your ETM program: 
  
B.S. in: Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
M.S. in:
M.Eng. in:
Ph.D. in:
Dr. of Eng. in:
Other:
Certificate:
6 Nature of financial support for a typical ETM student (check all that apply):

  • Tuition paid by their government

    		•
    7 Type (s) of collaboration between your ETM program and industry:

  • ETM students conducting projects in industry
  • Faculty consulting to industry
  • Student interns in industry
  • Collaborative research projects with industry
  • Research funding by industry

    		•
    8 Type(s) of collaboration between your ETM programs and international organizations:

  • Visiting scholars/professors from other countries
  • Faculty exchanges
  • Student exchanges
  • Faculty giving lectures in other countries

    		•
    9 Offers short courses? :  quality managementlogisticsproduct development
    10 Approximate figures for current teaching methods:

  • 100% in the classroom.

    • 11 Methods used in distance delivery of courses:

    12 Optional: Approximate percentage change in ETM enrollments.

    Year Undergraduate Graduate
     

    +%

    -%

    		+% -%
    '97-'98 to '98-'99
    '98-'99 to '99-'00
    '99-'00 to '00-'01
    '00-'01 to '01-'02
     

    13

    Optional: Please indicate the background of the current ETM faculty in each of the following areas:
     
    Number of ETM Faculty: ENGINEERING/SCIENCE
    Background     		BUSINESS/MANAGEMENT
    Background     		SOCIAL SCIENCE
    Background     		OTHER
    Background     		TOTAL
    Tenure stream
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    Adjunct
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    Affiliated (in other depts.)
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    Visiting
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    Other
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
     

    TOTAL ETM FACULTY

    0
     

    14 ETM- related professional organizations to which the ETM faculty members belong:

  • ASQC
  • IEEE-EM Society
  • IIE-Management Division
  • INFORMS
  • SME

    • 15 Research areas in which ETM faculty and graduate students have been engaged in the last five years:

    quality managementproject managementManaging technogoical innovationproduct design and development

    16 Sources of research/funding for ETM program:
  • Federal/Government grants and contracts
  • Industry funding
  • University funding
    		•
    17 Potential Engineering/Technology Management research areas emerging in the next five years: 


    18 Professional meetings where papers have been presented by ETM faculty and/or students. 
    Meetings

    19 Please list the journals in which your ETM faculty have published (check all that apply):

  • International Journal of Technology Management
  • Journal of High Technology Management
  • Journal of Product Innovation Management
  • Project Management Journal

    		•
    20 Related books published by ETM faculty:
     
    21 Offers an undergraduate degree in ETM: Yes
    22 Average years for students to complete the Bachelors degree requirements:  3
    23 Approximate number of ETM graduates with the Bachelors degree since the program was initiated: 150
    24 Approximate figures for your current undergraduate ETM enrollments. 

    Undergraduate Student Demographics

    Full-time students (number): 50
    Part-time students (number):
    Total Number: 50
    Female (percent): 40% Male (percent): 60%
    International (percent): 0% U.S. Students (percent): 100%
    Average Age: 21
    25 Requirements in the undergraduate ETM curriculum:
  • Mathematics
  • Engineering Specialty
  • Humanities
  • Computer Science
  • Management

    Total required credits for the Bachelors degree: 99
    • 26 Representative titles of the management courses in undergraduate curriculum:

    quality systems and managementproject managementglobal operations managementmanagement of technological innovationintegrative engineering management workshopproduct design and management

    27 Please list representative projects recently completed by your ETM students at undergraduate level (Undergraduate thesis, capstone projects, course projects, etc.)

       

    28 Offers a Masters degree: Yes
    29 How many years does an average ETM student take to complete the Masters degree requirements? 
      
      Number of years
    Full-time
    Part-time
    30 Please give approximate number of ETM students currently enrolled at the Masters level. 
     
    masters level Student Demographics
    Full-time students (number) 0
    Part-time students (number) 0
    Total Number 
    Female (percent): 0% Male (percent): 100%
    International (percent) 0% U.S. Students (percent): 100%
    Average Age
    31 Approximate number of ETM graduates with the Masters degree since your program was initiated: 300
    32 Number of credits of coursework beyond the B.S level that are required for the Masters degree: 
      
      # Credits
    Core Courses (common requirements for all) 24
    Elective Courses 12
    Total credits 36
    33 Please list representative projects recently completed by your ETM students (Masters theses, capstone projects, course projects, etc.)

       

    34 Please describe your curriculum at the Masters level by indicating the topics covered in the courses taken by ETM students
    (Check all that apply):      
  • Accounting
  • AI/Expert Systems
  • Economic Analysis
  • Behavioral Science
  • Case Studies
  • Change Management
  • Decision Analysis
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Innovation Management
  • Manufacturing Management
  • Project Management
  • Projects (Individual/Group)
  • Quality Management
  • Technology Assessment
    		•
    35 Offers a Doctoral degree in Engineering/Technology Management: Yes
    36 Number of years that ETM students take to complete the doctoral degree requirements beyond the Masters degree? 
     

     

    Number of years

    Full-time

    Part-time

    4

    37 Number of credits of coursework that are normally required for the Doctoral degree beyond the Bachelors level (not including the dissertation):  40
    38 Awarded any Ph.D.'s so far: No
    39 Please describe representative doctoral dissertations completed under the supervision of ETM faculty. 
      
    40 Steps of the Ph.D. program:
      
    Coursework
  • Courses limited to Ph.D. students only
    • Preliminary Exam
    (Qualifying Exam)
  • Oral
    • Comprehensive Exam
  • Written
    • Proposal Defense
  • To Committee
    • Dissertation Defense
  • To Committee
    • Other
    42 Additional Comments