We have a lot of great news as we race towards the end of the school year.

There are many events going on all over campus as we approach the last two weeks of the school year.  

1.  The MCECS Commencement event will be Friday, June 13th at 5 PM at Viking Pavilion.  This is the first time that I know of that the Commencement event has  been held on campus.  Tickets are limited.  If you are not a graduate, you could check for tickets from the PSU commencement ticketing page or see if a friend that is graduating has a spare.

2.  ETM will be hosting an informal gathering for picture taking and socializing from 2:45-4:00.  It will be in the park blocks near Viking Pavilion. We have a backup site in case of inclement weather.  For details and to RSVP, go here.

After 11 years as ETM Department Chair and 30 years at PSU, I will be .  The result is that I will be away from campus from July 1 to June 30, 2026.  Dr. Antonie Jetter will be the Interim ETM Department Chair while also serving MCECS Associate Dean of Research.  For student advising, please feel free to reach out to etminfo@pdx.edu.  Please join me in welcoming Dr. Jetter!  

We are offering two excellent classes and a learning lab this Summer.

ETM 562:  New Venture Management with Travis Woodland on Tuesday nights.  Travis is Director of Innovation and Intellectual Property at PSU. He is also a lawyer specializing in intellectual property.   

ETM 535: Advanced Engineering Economics with Dr. Liliya Hogaboam on Wednesday nights.  Dr. Hogaboam has done research in the areas of technology assessment, acquisition, and adoption.  She is writing a book on AI.

We will also be offering our first Summer Learning Lab. This learning lab will be led by Dr. And Ozbay.  This one credit pass/no-pass will be in-person/on-campus on Saturday, July 26th.  The subject of this learning lab will be Prompt Engineering for Large Language Models. Dr. Ozbay has been a senior leader in data sciences & AI at four companies and is now using the transformative powers of AI for entrepreneurial activities.  

Classes for Fall are also available for signup.  

ETM 520:  Management of Engineering and Technology
ETM 522:  Leveraging Human Capital
ETM 531: Technology Assessment & Acquisition 
ETM 540: Operations Research 
ETM 558:  Engineering Financial Management

While I will be away from campus next academic year, if you have questions please feel free to reach out to etminfo@pdx.edu or ETM Department daily zoom office hour from 11 AM to noon. 

There will be an informal and inexpensive conference, Cascadia R, held on campus about data science, June 20-21.  Videos from past talks are available for free.  Student registration is under $35.  

Have a great Summer rest of Spring term!