ETM Survey

Conducted by
Portland State University - Engineering and Technology Management Department

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

Responses:
Institution Central Connecticut State University 
Department: Manuafcturing and Construction Management 
Contact Person: Paul Resetarits 

1 University System: Semester
2 Title of ETM program: Technology Management
3 Date of establishment: 2000
4 Academic base: Program in the School of Technology
5 Degree (s)/ Certificate (s) offered by your ETM program: 
  
B.S. in: Industrial Technology - Technology Management option
M.S. in: Technology Managment
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

    		•
    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

    		•
    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
  • Offering courses in other countries

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    9 Offers short courses? :  Quality Management, Environmental Health and Safety, Construction Managment,Lean Manufacturing Issues Project Management, CAD
    10 Approximate figures for current teaching methods:

  • 75% Classroom
  • 25% Distance Delivery

    • 11 Methods used in distance delivery of courses:

  • Synchronous (simultaneous) a delivery on the web
  • Asynchronous (on demand)

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    12 Optional: Approximate percentage change in ETM enrollments.

    Year Undergraduate Graduate
     

    +%

    -%

    		+% -%
    '97-'98 to '98-'99
    2
    '98-'99 to '99-'00
    5
    '99-'00 to '00-'01
    100
    5
    '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
    8
    2
    0
    0
    10
    Adjunct
    8
    5
    0
    Affiliated (in other depts.)
    4
    0
    Visiting
    0
    Other
    0
     

    TOTAL ETM FACULTY

    10
     

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

  • ASEE-EM Division
  • ASQC
  • ASCE-EM Division
  • SME

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

    Lean Manufacturing, Database Development, Process Optimization,

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

    e-manufacturing, Supply Chain optimization,


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

    ASEE, NAIT, ASC

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

    20 Related books published by ETM faculty:
     
    Author Title Publisher Year
    Paul J. Resetarits   Using CADKEY   Delamar   1994  
           

    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: 900
    24 Approximate figures for your current undergraduate ETM enrollments. 

    Undergraduate Student Demographics

    Full-time students (number): 112
    Part-time students (number): 48
    Total Number: 160
    Female (percent): 12% Male (percent): 88%
    International (percent): 15% U.S. Students (percent): 85%
    Average Age: 28
    25 Requirements in the undergraduate ETM curriculum:
  • Mathematics
  • Engineering Specialty
  • Physics
  • Humanities
  • Chemistry
  • Natural Science
  • Computer Science
  • Management

    Total required credits for the Bachelors degree: 122
    • 26 Representative titles of the management courses in undergraduate curriculum:

    Management and Organizational Behavior Leadership Skills Marketing Accounting Quality Management

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

       

    Project Title Year
    Solar Electric Vehicle   2000  
    Construction Project Mangement   2002  
    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
    Part-time 2
    30 Please give approximate number of ETM students currently enrolled at the Masters level. 
     
    masters level Student Demographics
    Full-time students (number) 10
    Part-time students (number) 74
    Total Number  84
    Female (percent): 25% Male (percent): 75%
    International (percent) 15% U.S. Students (percent): 85%
    Average Age 35
    31 Approximate number of ETM graduates with the Masters degree since your program was initiated: 250
    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) 18
    Elective Courses 12
    Total credits 30
    33 Please list representative projects recently completed by your ETM students (Masters theses, capstone projects, course projects, etc.)

       

    Project Title Year
    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
  • E-Business
  • Emerging Technologies
  • Financial Management
  • Industrial/Organizational Psychology
  • Industrial Relations
  • Information Management
  • Manufacturing Management
  • Operations Research
  • Personnel Management
  • Productivity Analysis
  • Product Development
  • Project Management
  • Projects (Individual/Group)
  • Quality Management
  • Reengineering
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Team Building
  • Technology Management
  • Technical Organizations
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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