ETM Survey

Conducted by
Portland State University - Engineering and Technology Management Department

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

Responses:
Institution Arizona State University East 
Department: Information & Management Technology 
Contact Person: Jane Humble 

1 University System: Semester
2 Title of ETM program: Industrial Technology Management
3 Date of establishment: 1985
4 Academic base: Program in the Department of Information & Management Technology
5 Degree (s)/ Certificate (s) offered by your ETM program: 
  
B.S. in: Industrial Technology
M.S. in: Management of Technology
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 employer
  • Assistanship from Department or University
  • Personal Funds
  • various scholarships--contact ASU Financial Aids Office

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    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
  • Faculty interns in industry
  • Adjunct faculty (Part-Time faculty members employed in industry)
  • Collaborative research projects with industry
  • Research funding by industry

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

  • Faculty giving lectures in other countries

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    9 Offers short courses? :  Short courses and seminars are currently being planned for delivery in 2002-2003 timeframe.
    10 Approximate figures for current teaching methods:

  • 90% Classroom
  • 10% Distance Delivery

    • 11 Methods used in distance delivery of courses:

  • Interactive TV

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    12 Optional: Approximate percentage change in ETM enrollments.

    Year Undergraduate Graduate
     

    +%

    -%

    		+% -%
    '97-'98 to '98-'99
    2
    2
    '98-'99 to '99-'00
    2
    2
    '99-'00 to '00-'01
    2
    2
    '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
    4
    1
    0
    1
    6
    Adjunct
    2
    2
    0
    0
    4
    Affiliated (in other depts.)
    2
    0
    0
    2
    4
    Visiting
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    Other
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
     

    TOTAL ETM FACULTY

    14
     

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

  • Academy of Management
  • ASQC
  • IIE-Management Division
  • Technology Transfer Society
  • National Assoc. Industrial Technology, & others

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

    Quality Management, Environmental Management, Industrial Management, Safety Management, and other Technology Management areas.

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

    Quality Management, Strategic Management, Safety Management, Industrial Sales


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

    Decision Science Institute, PICMET, AEEP, and others.

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

  • Industrial Management (IIE)

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    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:  4
    23 Approximate number of ETM graduates with the Bachelors degree since the program was initiated: 200
    24 Approximate figures for your current undergraduate ETM enrollments. 

    Undergraduate Student Demographics

    Full-time students (number): 8
    Part-time students (number): 20
    Total Number: 28
    Female (percent): 30% Male (percent): 70%
    International (percent): 20% U.S. Students (percent): 80%
    Average Age: 25
    25 Requirements in the undergraduate ETM curriculum:
  • Mathematics
  • Engineering Specialty
  • Physics
  • Humanities
  • Chemistry
  • Natural Science
  • Computer Science
  • Management
  • Technology specialty

    Total required credits for the Bachelors degree: 120
    • 26 Representative titles of the management courses in undergraduate curriculum:

    Management Dynamics, Industrial Organization, Industrial Law,Environmental Management, Quality Management, Project Management, Human Resource Management,Operations Management, Safety Management, Ethical Issues in Technology.

    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 1.5
    Part-time 3
    30 Please give approximate number of ETM students currently enrolled at the Masters level. 
     
    masters level Student Demographics
    Full-time students (number) 5
    Part-time students (number) 20
    Total Number  25
    Female (percent): 20% Male (percent): 80%
    International (percent) 40% U.S. Students (percent): 60%
    Average Age 30
    31 Approximate number of ETM graduates with the Masters degree since your program was initiated: 200
    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) 12
    Elective Courses 21
    Total credits 33
    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
  • Economic Analysis
  • Behavioral Science
  • Capstone (Master thesis or project)
  • Case Studies
  • Change Management
  • Creativity Management
  • Communication
  • Competitive Strategies
  • Decision Analysis
  • E-Business
  • Emerging Technologies
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Financial Management
  • Industrial Relations
  • Information Management
  • Innovation Management
  • Intellectual Property Rights
  • International Technology Management
  • Law
  • M.I.S.
  • Manufacturing Management
  • Personnel Management
  • Productivity Analysis
  • Project Management
  • Projects (Individual/Group)
  • Quality Management
  • Resource Management
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Strategic Planning
  • Strategic Management of Technology
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Team Building
  • Technology Management
  • Technology Marketing
  • Technology Planning/Forecasting
  • Technology Transfer
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    35 Offers a Doctoral degree in Engineering/Technology Management: No
    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

    37 Number of credits of coursework that are normally required for the Doctoral degree beyond the Bachelors level (not including the dissertation): 
    38 Awarded any Ph.D.'s so far: 
    39 Please describe representative doctoral dissertations completed under the supervision of ETM faculty. 
      
    40 Steps of the Ph.D. program:
      
    Coursework
    Preliminary Exam
    (Qualifying Exam)
    Comprehensive Exam
    Proposal Defense
    Dissertation Defense
    Other
    42 Additional Comments