R&D Management in the Knowledge Era

Tuğrul Daim is a Professor and the Director of the Technology Management Doctoral Program in the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science at Portland State University. He is also the Director of the Research Group on Infrastructure and Technology Management. He is a Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Sustainable Solutions.He is the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. He has been at various editorial roles in journals including International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, Technological Forecasting and Social Change and Technology in Society.Prior to joining PSU, he had worked at Intel Corporation for over a decade in varying management roles. At Intel he managed product and technology development. During his tenure at PSU, he has acted as a Strategic Consultant to the Chief Technology Innovation Officer of Bonneville Power Administration a part of US Department of Energy. He helped develop regional and national technology roadmaps in the energy sector. He is a member of the R&D Advisory Board for TUPRAS, the largest industrial firm in Turkey. He received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Bogazici University in Turkey, MS in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, MS in Engineering Management from Portland State University, and PhD in Systems Science: Engineering Management from Portland State University in Portland Oregon.Marina Dabić is a Professor of Entrepreneurship and International Business at the University of Zagreb, Croatia and Nottingham Business School-NTU, UK. Marina Dabić is the author of more than 200 articles and case studies, and has edited five books; the latest of which is a co-authored book entitled Entrepreneurial Universities in Innovation-Seeking Countries: Challenges and Opportunities which was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2016. Her papers appear in wide variety of international journals, including the Journal of International Business Studies, the Journal of World Business, the Journal of Business Ethics, the International Marketing Review, the European Management Journal, the Thunderbird Business Review, the International Journal of Physical Distribution Logistic Management, and the Management International Review, among many others. In her career, Dabić has achieved success and acclaim in a range of different projects and is s primary supervisor for projects granted by the European Commission.Nuri Başoğlu is a Professor in Industrial Design, Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey. Dr.Basoglu received his BS in Industrial Engineering, Bogazici University in Turkey, MS and PhD in Business Administration, Istanbul University.His research interests are socio-technical aspects of technology projects, customer-focused product development, information technology adoption, mobile service design, adaptive human computer interfaces, Intelligent electronic health care applications.He has published articles in journals such as Journal of Product Innovation Management, Technology Forecasting and Social Change, Foresight, Journal of High Technology Management Research, Technology in Society, Computers in Human Behavior, Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making, International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector, International Journal of Services Sciences, Journal of Enterprise Information Management, Foresight, Health Policy and Technology, Journal of Medical Systems. João Ricardo Lavoie is a PhD candidate at the Engineering and Technology Management Department (ETM) – Portland State University, and works as a product strategy analyst at Daimler Trucks North America. He holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from UNICEP University (Brazil) and a graduate certificate in Energy Policy and Management, from Portland State University. Prior to his PhD studies, Mr. Lavoie has worked as an Industrial Engineer at a manufacturer of drilling tools and equipment for the mining industry in Brazil. In 2014, he joined Dr, Tugrul Daim’s research group as a research assistant, and worked with the Bonneville Power Administration’s Technology Innovation Group in technology roadmapping and technology transfer projects, until mid-2018. His research area is Technology and Innovation Management, specifically Technology Transfer, Technology Roadmapping and Technology Readiness Assessment. Mr. Lavoie is a member of the Phi Kappa Phi and the Omega Rho Honor Societies and also serves in the Organizing Committee of the Portland International Center for the Management of Engineering and technology (PICMET).Brian J. Galli holds a doctoraldegree in Engineering Management from Old Dominion University, earned December 2013. He also holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Industrial Engineering, earned May 2007, from Binghamton University (SUNY Binghamton), as well as Masters of Science in Engineering Management, earned July 2009, from Missouri University of Science & Technology. He is a licensed professional engineer in New York State and holds a certification as a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt. The author’s major field of study is continuous improvement and project management integration. He works as an Assistant Professor of Management Engineering at Long Island University – Post. He also owns Apex Strategies, Ltd, a company that that specializes in continuous improvement consulting and training initiatives. He has over 11 years of experience in applying industrial engineering and continuous improvement tools and concepts in a wide variety of arenas, including healthcare, manufacturing, transactional, and service environments.

• Part I.- Chapter 1 Information Science and Technology – A New Paradigm in Military Medical Research.- Chapter 2 Technological Options for Enhancing ADU`s Sustainability: Solar PV and Insulation.- Chapter 3 Behind the Meter Energy Storage Implementation.- Chapter 4 The Adoption and Use of Tethered Electronic Personal Health Records for Health Management.- Chapter 5 A Practical Strategic Planning Approach for R&D Organizations.- Part II.- Chapter 6 Study on consumer requirements for Automotive Infotainment Systems.- Chapter 7 Creativity in Design Process using TRIZ: Application on Smart Kitchen Design.- Chapter 8 Additive Manufacturing (AM) Technology Assessment for Titanium Hip Implant Fabrication.- Chapter 9 An Evaluation Model of Business Intelligence for Enterprise Systems with Interval-Valued Intuitive Fuzzy ARAS.- Chapter 10 Appropriate Renewable Energy Sources for Electricity Generation: A Multi-Attribute Decision-Making Approach.- Chapter 11 Selection of Gamification Elements for Demand Side Energy Management an Application Using Hesitant Fuzzy AHP.- Part III.- Chapter 12 Country Wealth Influencing University Students’ Perceptions On Entrepreneurship Feasibility: A Survey.- Chapter 13 Entrepreneurial University: Faculty Previous Work Experience Predicting the Perceptions of Inadequate Link with Industry.- Chapter 14 First-Generation College Students and Satisfaction with Student-Success-Technology.- Chapter 15 Assessing the Key Factors Impacting the Adoption and Use of Tethered Electronic Personal Health Records for Health Management.- Chapter 16 Design Study of Medical Device .- Part IV.- Chapter 17 Technology Transfer: A Literature Review.- Chapter 18 Technology Transfer Assessment: An Integrated Approach.- Chapter 19 Evaluating Technology Transfer: Case of a Power Utility.- Chapter 20 Technology Licensing Performance and Strategy of US Research Institutions.- Part V.- Chapter 21 Implications of Economic Decision-Making to the Project Manager.- Chapter 22 Role & Impact of Leadership in Project Environments and How to Effectively Use Leadership in Project Environments.- Chapter 23 The True Pillars of Quality Management – How to View Them.- Chapter 24 Comparison of Change Management Models – Similarities, Differences and which is Most Effective.