Special issue: emerging methods and application areas in technology foresight

Citation

Daim, T.U., Kocaoglu, D.F. and Anderson, T.R. (2010), "Special issue: emerging methods and application areas in technology foresight", Foresight, Vol. 12 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/fs.2010.27312baa.001

Special issue: emerging methods and application areas in technology foresight

Article Type: Guest editorial From: foresight, Volume 12, Issue 2

This special issue includes papers of which prior versions were presented at Portland International Conferences on Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET) in 2008 and 2009. The selected papers have a common theme. Each of them demonstrates either an emerging technology foresight method or presents an application of it in an emerging industry. Kajikawa et al. apply a methodology of computer-assisted roadmapping to energy research. Their analysis confirms that the fuel cell and solar cell are rapidly growing domains in energy research. Piirainen and Lindqvist introduce an electronically mediated scenario process. Their approach offers tools for practising managers to conduct scenario planning with practitioners and experts in a flexible and effective manner. Biloslavo and Dolinšek integrate Delphi, AHP and dynamic fuzzy cognitive maps to develop scenarios for climate planning. Thal and Heuck apply scenarios to military technology development and introduce a new and a better planning framework. Li et al. integrate morphology analysis and conjoint analysis to perform technology opportunity analysis and apply it to blue LED technology. Huang et al. demonstrate enhancement of technology foresight with a fuzzy consistent matrix approach.

About the Guest Editors

Tugrul U. Daim is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering and Technology Management at Portland State University. His research areas include technology management, technology forecasting and R&D management. Prior to his current role, he was at Intel Corporation where he held several management positions between 1995 and 2005. His papers have been published in Technology Forecasting and Social Change, International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, Technovation, Journal of High Technology Management Research, Engineering Management Journal and Foresight. He received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Bogazici University in 1989, a MS in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University in 1991, a MS in Engineering Management from Portland State University in 1994, and a PhD in Systems Science-Engineering Management from Portland State University in 1998.

Dundar F. Kocaoglu is Professor and Chairman of the Engineering and Technology Management (ETM) Department at Portland State University, and President and CEO of PICMET (Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology). His research areas include technology management, project management, R&D management, decision theory, hierarchical decision modeling, evaluation and selection of emerging technologies, and resource optimization. He has received more than one million dollars in research grants and contracts from government agencies and industrial corporations. Dr Kocaoglu has supervised more than 1,000 Master’s students and supervised or participated in the doctoral committees of more than 30 PhD students.

Timothy R. Anderson is an Associate Professor of Engineering and Technology Management at Portland State University. He received his MSIE and PhD in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology after receiving his Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota. He has worked for and consulted with a variety of companies including Honeywell, Oki Electric, Menlo Logistics, and the US Postal Service. He is currently Program Chair for PICMET ’06 and the Director of Technical Activities for the Portland International Center for the Management of Engineering and Technology. Prior to this, he served as Program Co-Chair for PICMET ’97 and Program Chair for PICMET ’99, ’01, ’03, ’04, ’05,’06, ’07, ’08 and ’09. His current research interests are productivity analysis, operations research, service engineering, technology forecasting, and new product development. His recent journal articles have been published in IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Technovation, and Journal of Productivity Analysis. He is a fellow in the American Indian Science Engineering Society.

Tugrul U. Daim, Dundar F. Kocaoglu, Timothy R. Anderson