ETM Survey

Conducted by
Portland State University - Engineering and Technology Management Department

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

Responses:
Institution Middle East Technical University 
Department: Industrial Engineering Department 
Contact Person: Omer Saatcioglu 

1 University System: Semester
2 Title of ETM program: Engineering Management
3 Date of establishment: 1999
4 Academic base: Program in the Department of Industrial Engineering
5 Degree (s)/ Certificate (s) offered by your ETM program: 
  
B.S. in:
M.S. in: Engineering Management
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):

  • Personal Funds

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

  • ETM students conducting projects in industry
  • Faculty consulting to industry
  • Research funding by industry

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

  • Visiting scholars/professors from other countries

    		•
    9 Offers short courses? :  No
    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:

  • ASEE-EM Division
  • IAMOT
  • IEEE-EM Society
  • INFORMS
  • PMI
  • SME
  • Strategic Management Society

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

    Strategic Planning, Project Management, Technological Innovation and Economic Growth, Operations Management

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

    Innovation, Technology


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

    MSOM COnference, International Conference on MCDM, National Quality Congress Turkey, Biennial World Conference on Integrated Design and Process Technology by Society for Design and Process Science, International Conference of Production Research, Euro OR Meetings

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

    20 Related books published by ETM faculty:
     
    21 Offers an undergraduate degree in ETM: No
    22 Average years for students to complete the Bachelors degree requirements:  
    23 Approximate number of ETM graduates with the Bachelors degree since the program was initiated: 
    24 Approximate figures for your current undergraduate ETM enrollments. 

    Undergraduate Student Demographics

    Full-time students (number):
    Part-time students (number):
    Total Number: 0
    Female (percent): 0% Male (percent): 100%
    International (percent): 0% U.S. Students (percent): 100%
    Average Age: 
    25 Requirements in the undergraduate ETM curriculum:

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

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

       

    Project Title Year
    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 2,5
    30 Please give approximate number of ETM students currently enrolled at the Masters level. 
     
    masters level Student Demographics
    Full-time students (number) 3
    Part-time students (number) 33
    Total Number  36
    Female (percent): 30% Male (percent): 70%
    International (percent) 1% U.S. Students (percent): 99%
    Average Age
    31 Approximate number of ETM graduates with the Masters degree since your program was initiated: 9
    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
    Optimization of Bandpass Filter Response Using Taguchi's Robust Design Method   2002  
    Cost Analysis Study for the Dormitories of Metu   2002  
    METU-Technopolis Firm's R&D Performance Measurement   2001  
    Aerospace Industry Analysis and Development of Turkey's Aerospace Technology Srategy   2001  
    Solutions for Intermediate Term Production: Scheduling Problems in Aselsan MGEO Division   2001  
    Integrating Quality into the Purchasing Process: BARMEK Construction & Installation, Inc   2001  
    Computer Aided MRP & Inventory Control Systems for an Optic Company   2001  
    Strategic Planning for Tourism Industry in Turkey   2002  
    Improving the Spare Parts Logistics System in a Factory in Automobile Industry   2002  
    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
  • Capstone (Master thesis or project)
  • Decision Analysis
  • Financial Management
  • M.I.S.
  • Operations Research
  • Project Management
  • Projects (Individual/Group)
  • Quality Management
  • Reengineering
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Strategic Planning
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Technology Management
    		•
    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