Dr. Dundar Kocaoglu is Professor Emeritus and the founding Chairman of the Department of Engineering and Technology Management (1987-2014), as well as President and CEO of PICMET (Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology), and HDM Systems for Strategic Decisions. He is also the founding Director of RISE (Research Institute for Sustainable Energy). Still active in research, he continues to supervise PhD students in his research areas. Dr. Kocaoglu has been instrumental in establishing the field of Engineering and Technology Management. After developing and directing the Engineering Management Program at the University of Pittsburgh for 11 years, he joined Portland State University to start the Engineering Management Program (now the ETM Department) in 1987. He has graduated more than 30 PhD students, and been an advisor to well over 1,000 Masters students. Dr. Kocaoglu served as the Editor-in-chief of IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Series Editor of McGraw-Hill Book Series in Engineering Management, and the Series Editor of John Wiley Book Series in Engineering & Technology Management. Additionally, he is listed in over a dozen reference publications. PSU honored Dr. Kocaoglu with the George C. Hoffmann Award for his exceptional career and service to the university.
Research Interests & Expertise
- Technology Management
- Strategic management of innovative technologies
- Decision Theory
- Hierarchical Decision Modeling
- Decision making under multiple criteria and conflicting objectives
- Project Management
- Evaluation, selection and assessment of projects, programs and emerging technologies
- R&D Management
- Resource Optimization
Awards and Honors
- IEEE Fellow Award
- IEEE Centennial Medal
- IEEE Millennium Medal
- IAMOT’s Technology Management Award
- Taiwan National Research Council’s “Distinguished Research Mentor” title
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