Research Abstracts

• "Scrap Metal Minimization via the Bin Packing Problem: A Case Study" (Working Paper) by Michael Usrey.

• "A Multi-Tiered Approach to Model Technology Commercialization Success in Public Sector Organizations" (Submitted to Engineering Management Journal) by Paul Kauffmann, Michael Usrey, and Barry Price.

• "An International R&D Alliance Project Management Model" (accepted for publication in Project Management Journal) by Tim Geoghegan, Michael Usrey, and William Garrett.

• "OWL: A Wise Way to Enhance Engineering Students’ Writing Skills" (accepted for Frontiers in Education 2003) by Erik Fisher, Michael Usrey and Heather Beasley.

• "Preferences of Asynchronous Adult Distance Learners" (Computers in Education Journal, Vol. XIII, No. 3, (C.E. Wick, editor), pp. 53-60, Port Royal, VA: American Society for Engineering Education, July - September 2003) by Michael Usrey.

• "Assessing Alternate Delivery Mechanisms for Asynchronous Adult Distance Learners" (Computers in Education Journal, Vol. XIII, No. 3, (C.E. Wick, editor), pp. 61-67, Port Royal, VA: American Society for Engineering Education, July - September 2003) by Michael Usrey.

• "Reliability Centered Maintenance: A Case Study" (Engineering Management Journal, (T Eschenbach, editor), pp. 25-31, Rolla, MO: American Society for Engineering Management, December 2000) by Randall G. Wilmeth and Michael Usrey.

• "A Case for Engineering Edutainment in the 21st Century" (Building on a Century of Progress in Engineering Education - Frontiers in Education 2000 Conference Proceedings, (D Budny & G Bjedov, editors), pp. S1A-20 - S1A-24, Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, October 2000) by Michael Usrey. (FRONTIERS IN EDUCATION NEW FACULTY FELLOW AWARD WINNER)

• "Designing and Implementing Lean Manufacturing at John Deere Dubuque Works" (Technical Management: Key to Enterprise Success in the 21st Century - Proceedings of the 2000 National Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management, (J Deason, editor), pp. 381-390, Washington, DC: American Society for Engineering Management, October 2000) by Benjamin C. Ford and Michael Usrey.

• "Evaluating Reliability Centered Maintenance for Substation Equipment at New Century Energies" (Technical Management: Key to Enterprise Success in the 21st Century - Proceedings of the 2000 National Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management, (J Deason, editor), pp. 391-400, Washington, DC: American Society for Engineering Management, October 2000) by Randall G. Wilmeth and Michael Usrey (MERRITT WILLIAMSON BEST PAPER AWARD FINALIST).

• "A New Plank for the Platform: Object-Oriented Extensions to Platform R&D" Leading Technology Change: Management Issues and Challenges - Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Engineering Management Society, pp. 497-500, Albuquerque, NM: IEEE, August, 2000 by Michael Usrey.

• "Spain's Software Balance of Trade: a Learning Organization Analysis" A New Renaissance: Multinational, Multidisciplinary & Performance-Focused -- Proceedings of the First International Research Conference on Organisational Excellence in the Third Millennium, pp. 246-254, Estes Park, CO, August 2000 by Maria B. Velasco and Michael Usrey.

• "Towards an ECMM (E-Commerce Maturity Model)" A New Renaissance: Multinational, Multidisciplinary & Performance-Focused -- Proceedings of the First International Research Conference on Organisational Excellence in the Third Millennium, pp. 168-173, Estes Park, CO, August 2000 by Gernot Ludescher and Michael Usrey.

• "Evaluation of a Research and Development Process: How to Achieve the Next Level of Product Development" Paradoxes of Project Collaboration in the Global Economy: Interdependence, Complexity and Ambiguity - Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference of the International Research Network on Organizing by Projects, pp. 456-466, Sydney, Australia: University of Technology, ISBN 186365-3635, January, 2000 by Thomas L. Kroenke and Michael Usrey.

• "A Process For Analyzing Energy Cogeneration Projects" Pathways to Technological Leadership: Proceedings of the 1999 National Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management, pp. 109-118, Rolla, MO: American Society for Engineering Management, October, 1999 by Don Fantz, Jr., Michael Usrey, & Tim Lockwood.

• "Assessment of Alternate Delivery Mechanisms for Asynchronous Adult Distance Learners" Proceedings of WebNet '99, Vol. 2, pp. 1105-1110, Charlottesville, VA: Association for Advancement of Computers in Education, October 1999 by Michael Usrey.

• "A Strategic Framework for Information Technology Planning", PICMET '99 Proceedings, Vol. 2, 02_21.pdf, Portland, OR: Portland International Conference on the Management of Engineering and Technology, ISBN 1-890843-04-0, July 1999 by Michael Usrey and Krishnamurthy Radhakrishnan.

• "Avionics SPC Intranet", Productivity & Quality Management Frontiers - VIII, pp. 460-466, West Yorkshire, England: MCB University Press, 1999 by Michael Usrey and Dennis Fisher.

• "Enabling Technologies for Adult Distance Learners", Proceedings of WebNet '98, Vol. 2, pp. 927-931, Charlottesville, VA: Association for Advancement of Computers in Education, November 1998 by Michael Usrey.

• "The Measurement of Consumer Attitudes Concerning Software Quality", Quality Management Journal, Vol. 5, Issue 2, pp. 42-57, Milwaukee, WI: American Society for Quality, April 1998 by Michael Usrey and Kevin Dooley.

• "Dimensions of Software Quality", Quality Management Journal, Vol. 3, Issue 3, pp. 67-86, Milwaukee, WI: American Society for Quality, July 1996 by Michael Usrey and Kevin Dooley.

• "AI in Circuit Diagnosis - Final Report", Proceedings of the First Annual Honeywell Test Conference, Albuquerque, NM: Honeywell, 1993 by Michael Usrey.

• Expert Systems Diagnosis of Failures in Mixed-Signal Circuit Card Assemblies, Minneapolis, MN: Honeywell Corporate Manufacturing Board/Honeywell CAM Council, 1991 by Michael Usrey.

• Ballistic Meteorological Displacement from Independent Treatment of Parameters, Washington, DC: U.S. Army Electronics Research and Development Command, 1981 by Michael Usrey and Abel Blanco.

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