ETM Survey

Conducted by
Portland State University - Engineering and Technology Management Department

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

Responses:
Institution George Washington University 
Department: Engineering Management & Systems Engineering 
Contact Person: Robert Waters 

1 University System: Semester

2 Title of ETM program: Engineering Management & Systems Engineering
3 Date of establishment: 1953
4 Academic base: Department in the School of Engineering & Applied Science
5 Degree (s)/ Certificate (s) offered by your ETM program: 
  
B.S. in:
M.S. in: M.S. Engineering Management Or System Science |Master of Engineering Management in Engineering Management or System Science
M.Eng. in:
Ph.D. in:
Dr. of Eng. in:
Other: D.Sc. in Engineering and System Science
Certificate:
6 Nature of financial support for a typical ETM student (check all that apply):

  • Tuition paid by their employer
  • Tuition paid by their government
  • 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 giving lectures in other countries
  • Offering courses in other countries
  • Offering the full program in other countries

  • 9 Offers short courses? :  No
    10 Approximate figures for current teaching methods:

  • 98% Classroom
  • 2% Distance Delivery

  • 11 Methods used in distance delivery of courses:

  • Interactive TV
  • Pre-recorded video
  • Synchronous (simultaneous) a delivery on the web
  • Asynchronous (on demand)

  • 12 Optional: Approximate percentage change in ETM enrollments.

    Year Undergraduate Graduate
     

    +%

    -%

    +% -%
    '97-'98 to '98-'99
    25
    '98-'99 to '99-'00
    13
    '99-'00 to '00-'01
    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
    0
    0
    0
    15
    15
    Adjunct
    0
    0
    0
    3
    3
    Affiliated (in other depts.)
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    Visiting
    0
    0
    0
    1
    1
    Other
    0
    0
    0
    60
    60
     

    TOTAL ETM FACULTY

    79
     

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

  • ASEE-EM Division
  • ASEM
  • ASME-EM Division
  • IEEE-EM Society
  • INFORMS
  • SME
  • Technology Transfer Society
  • Mathematical Programming Society; Transportation Research Form; Society for the History of Technology;Association for Evolutionary Economics

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

    Active research areas of the faculty and graduate students encompass construction and facilities management; cost effectiveness; crissi and emergency management; design-for-manufacturing methods for costing and process planning; decision support systems; emergency health and medical management

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

    Energy and environmental policy impacts on economics; adaptive cost estimating; software reusability; collaboration issues among e-goverment/e-business/e-university;software integration; emergent systems; complex systems analysis; globalization of education and the role of traditional universities


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

    ASEM ASEE INFORMS NCIIA SNAME TRF NAS

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

  • California Management Review
  • Engineering Management Journal [ASEM]
  • IEEE Engineering Management Review
  • IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
  • Technological Forecasting and Social Science
  • Transportation Journal: Defense Intelligence jouna

  • 20 Related books published by ETM faculty:
     
    Author Title Publisher Year
    Randall K. Nichols, Daniel J. Ryan, Julie J.C.H. Ryan   Defending Your Digital Assets against Hackers, Crakers, Spies and Thieves   McGraw Hill   2000  
    Howard Eisner   Computer-aided Engineering   Prentice-Hill   1994  
    Howard Eisner   Essentials of Project and Systems Engineering Management   Wiley & Sons   2002  
    Howard Eisner   Reengineering Yourself and Your Company: from Engineer to Manager to Leader   Artech House: Boston   2000  

    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 3
    30 Please give approximate number of ETM students currently enrolled at the Masters level. 
     
    masters level Student Demographics
    Full-time students (number) 209
    Part-time students (number) 546
    Total Number  755

    Female (percent): 30% Male (percent): 70%

    International (percent) 29% U.S. Students (percent): 71%

    Average Age 32
    31 Approximate number of ETM graduates with the Masters degree since your program was initiated: 5000
    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 24
    Total credits 36
    33 Please list representative projects recently completed by your ETM students (Masters theses, capstone projects, course projects, etc.)

       

    Project Title Year
    Enterprise document management solutions: Navy Mutual Aid Association    
    Business plan: developing photovoltaic solar modules for Thailand    
    Analysis of advantages in the use of fuel cells for residential applications as compared to traditio    
    Wind Power plant economic feasibility study (Iowa/Minnesota)    
    Investment analysis for satellite radio service    
    Feasibility of an advance smart card    
    Analysis of proposed changes in FAA separation rules in flight and landing    
    Analysis of USCG drug interdiction efforts    
    Ship cost estimation    
    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
  • Capstone (Master thesis or project)
  • Case Studies
  • Change Management
  • Creativity Management
  • Communication
  • Competitive Strategies
  • Database Management
  • Decision Analysis
  • E-Business
  • Emerging Technologies
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Financial Management
  • Industrial/Organizational Psychology
  • Industrial Relations
  • Information Management
  • Innovation Management
  • Knowledge Management
  • Law
  • M.I.S.
  • Operations Research
  • Personnel Management
  • Product Development
  • Project Management
  • Projects (Individual/Group)
  • Public Policy
  • Quality Management
  • R&D Management
  • Reengineering
  • Resource Management
  • Simulation
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Strategic Planning
  • Strategic Management of Technology
  • Team Building
  • Technology Assessment
  • Technology Management
  • Technology Marketing
  • Technical Organizations
  • Technology Planning/Forecasting
  • Technology Transfer
  • Evolution of Technology and organizations
  • 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

    3.5

    Part-time

    7

    37 Number of credits of coursework that are normally required for the Doctoral degree beyond the Bachelors level (not including the dissertation):  96
    38 Awarded any Ph.D.'s so far: Yes
    39 Please describe representative doctoral dissertations completed under the supervision of ETM faculty. 
      
    Student Name Major Advisor's Name Research Area Year Degree Conferred Current Employer
        The Multidimensional Measurements of GIS Effectiveness in Crisis Management      
        Predicting Debugging Success: An Investigation of the Relationship Between Learning Styles, Personal      
        Environmental Impact Assessment Systems in Developing Countries: A Study of Success and Failure in L      
        A Multi-Attribute Decision Model for Investing in Marine Vehicle Applied Research      
        Assessing Knowledge Management Initiatives’ Success as a Function of Organizational Culture      
        NASA’s Johnson Space Center Technology Commercialization and Transfer: Exploratory Case Studies, Com      
        An Experimental Study of the Effectiveness of Traditional and Adjunct Management Training for Entry      
        Improving Software Development Through Measurement Process Planning and the Use of an Interactive Me      
        Using Computer-Aided Analytical Tools to Improve Environmental Impact Assessments      
        Preventing Chemical Accidents: An Evaluation of the Different Perspectives on the Regulatory Decisio      
        Buying Knowledge: Building Firm Competencies through Mergers and Acquisitions      
        Analysis of the Suitability of Internet Applications for Different Types of Communication in the Con      
        Development of a Frameword for Orbital Collision Avoidance      
        A Multi Factor Comparison Approach for the Evaluation of Successful Information Technology Based Reg      
        Collective Capacity: Regional Information Sharing in Support of Floodplain Management      
        Assessing The Success of Knowledge Management Technology Implementation as a Function of Organizatio      
        Implementation of Best Practice in US Department of Defense Software-Intensive System Acquisitions      
        Impact of A-76 Competitions on Facilities-Related Maintenance and Repair Costs: An Assessment      
        A Multi-objective Model for Management of the Complex Calculus Involved in the Environmental Cleanup      
        Research Towards Persuasive Websites: An Investigation of the Effects of Source Credibility and Mes      
    40 Steps of the Ph.D. program:
      
    Coursework
  • Courses limited to Ph.D. students only

  • Preliminary Exam
    (Qualifying Exam)
  • None

  • Comprehensive Exam
  • Oral
  • Written

  • Proposal Defense
  • To Committee

  • Dissertation Defense
  • To Committee
  • Open to any interested person

  • Other
    42 Additional Comments