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Former OUS Chancellor Joe Cox and Entrepreneurship Expert Charles Weber Join Engineering and Technology Management Faculty at PSU
Former Oregon University System Chancellor Joseph W. Cox, and innovation and entrepreneurship expert Charles Weber will join the Department of Engineering and Technology Management (ETM) to teach new spring quarter graduate classes, which begin March 31.
Joe Cox will teach a new course, "Ethical Issues in Technology Management," in which students will read and discuss contemporary and historical cases where business ethics and culture came together to shape or be shaped by the outcomes. The course synthesizes the theory of ethical behavior with real-world issues faced by the business world and is open to graduate students from any discipline.
Cox's background is in history, nonprofit management and business consulting. He served as chancellor and chief executive officer of the Oregon University System from 1994 - 2002; before becoming chancellor, he served as president of Southern Oregon University in Ashland from 1987 - 1994. Cox has also worked as a consultant to the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, the Pennsylvania Department of Higher Education, the League of Women Voters, the Montana Department of Higher Education and the U.S. Forest Service. He earned his B.A. degree in political science and his Ph.D. in history from the University of Maryland.
Charles Weber, ETM's newest full-time faculty member, will teach "Innovation Management," another new course in which students will read about, analyze and discuss the diverse economic, social, cultural, psychological and technical phenomena that comprise technological innovation. The course will examine current and historical trends to help understand, describe and explain phenomena that pertain to technological innovation; and to give practicing managers a toolkit to successfully navigate the complex landscape surrounding the innovation process. "Innovation Management" is open to graduate students from any discipline.
Weber brings new resources to the ETM department with his extensive academic and industry background in innovation and entrepreneurship. He recently completed his Ph.D. in Management of Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management. His dissertation focused on pragmatic learning and knowledge management, which he sees as "multibillion dollar issues" in industry today. In addition to his doctorate, Weber received an A.A. in physical science from the American College of Switzerland; a B.S. in engineering physics from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and an M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of California, Davis.
"I was drawn to Portland State University because of the diversity of student and faculty backgrounds, and because of the ETM Department's international reputation," Weber says. "I'm also interested in the potential for major research and success in innovation and entrepreneurship in this research. I see tremendous potential for Oregon. This is the right time to expand the field here." Prior to his studies at M.I.T., Weber was a process engineer in one of Hewlett-Packard's integrated circuit manufacturing facilities. He later transferred to HP's IC process development center, where he worked in electron-beam lithography, parametric testing, microelectronic test structures, clean-room layout and yield management. From 1996 - 1998, he managed the defect detection project at SEMATECH as an HP assignee.
The Department of Engineering Technology and Management, part of PSU's College of Engineering and Computer Science, strives to generate and transfer knowledge for making and implementing decisions that provide leadership in the management of engineering and technology. ETM addresses these issues at both the strategic and the operational levels of decision-making. ETM programs are designed for engineers and scientists moving toward technical-management responsibilities while maintaining identity in their technology. The department offers master's and doctoral programs in engineering management and systems science, concentrations in technology, project, and civil engineering management, and several dual-degree options.
Classes for spring quarter begin March 31, 2003. For more information, visit www.etm.pdx.edu.
Media interested in electronic photos of Joe Cox and Charles Weber should contact David Santen in the Office of Marketing and Communications at Portland State University, 503-725-8789 or santend@pdx.edu.
Joe Cox will teach a new course, "Ethical Issues in Technology Management," in which students will read and discuss contemporary and historical cases where business ethics and culture came together to shape or be shaped by the outcomes. The course synthesizes the theory of ethical behavior with real-world issues faced by the business world and is open to graduate students from any discipline.
Cox's background is in history, nonprofit management and business consulting. He served as chancellor and chief executive officer of the Oregon University System from 1994 - 2002; before becoming chancellor, he served as president of Southern Oregon University in Ashland from 1987 - 1994. Cox has also worked as a consultant to the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, the Pennsylvania Department of Higher Education, the League of Women Voters, the Montana Department of Higher Education and the U.S. Forest Service. He earned his B.A. degree in political science and his Ph.D. in history from the University of Maryland.
Charles Weber, ETM's newest full-time faculty member, will teach "Innovation Management," another new course in which students will read about, analyze and discuss the diverse economic, social, cultural, psychological and technical phenomena that comprise technological innovation. The course will examine current and historical trends to help understand, describe and explain phenomena that pertain to technological innovation; and to give practicing managers a toolkit to successfully navigate the complex landscape surrounding the innovation process. "Innovation Management" is open to graduate students from any discipline.
Weber brings new resources to the ETM department with his extensive academic and industry background in innovation and entrepreneurship. He recently completed his Ph.D. in Management of Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management. His dissertation focused on pragmatic learning and knowledge management, which he sees as "multibillion dollar issues" in industry today. In addition to his doctorate, Weber received an A.A. in physical science from the American College of Switzerland; a B.S. in engineering physics from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and an M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of California, Davis.
"I was drawn to Portland State University because of the diversity of student and faculty backgrounds, and because of the ETM Department's international reputation," Weber says. "I'm also interested in the potential for major research and success in innovation and entrepreneurship in this research. I see tremendous potential for Oregon. This is the right time to expand the field here." Prior to his studies at M.I.T., Weber was a process engineer in one of Hewlett-Packard's integrated circuit manufacturing facilities. He later transferred to HP's IC process development center, where he worked in electron-beam lithography, parametric testing, microelectronic test structures, clean-room layout and yield management. From 1996 - 1998, he managed the defect detection project at SEMATECH as an HP assignee.
The Department of Engineering Technology and Management, part of PSU's College of Engineering and Computer Science, strives to generate and transfer knowledge for making and implementing decisions that provide leadership in the management of engineering and technology. ETM addresses these issues at both the strategic and the operational levels of decision-making. ETM programs are designed for engineers and scientists moving toward technical-management responsibilities while maintaining identity in their technology. The department offers master's and doctoral programs in engineering management and systems science, concentrations in technology, project, and civil engineering management, and several dual-degree options.
Classes for spring quarter begin March 31, 2003. For more information, visit www.etm.pdx.edu.
Media interested in electronic photos of Joe Cox and Charles Weber should contact David Santen in the Office of Marketing and Communications at Portland State University, 503-725-8789 or santend@pdx.edu.
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