1. Your name?
This is optional, but would be helpful in doing followups.
Total Respondents
200
(skipped this question)
120
2. What is your position at CMU?
Response Percent
Response Total
Faculty
22.2%
71
Staff
30.6%
98
Student
45%
144
Other (please specify)
2.2%
7
Total Respondents
320
(skipped this question)
0
3. Where is your office located?
Response Percent
Response Total
Wean Hall
49.7%
159
Newell Simon Hall
33.4%
107
Smith Hall
9.7%
31
Other (please specify)
7.2%
23
Total Respondents
320
(skipped this question)
0
4. Please select the departments or units to which you belong (select all that apply).
Response Percent
Response Total
CALD
5.1%
16
CSD
45.9%
145
HCII
16.5%
52
ISRI
4.4%
14
LTI
4.4%
14
RI
29.7%
94
Facilities
3.5%
11
Other (please specify)
5.7%
18
Total Respondents
316
(skipped this question)
4
5. What is your faculty track?
Response Percent
Response Total
Research track
24.2%
16
Systems track
10.6%
7
Teaching track (lecturer)
16.7%
11
Tenure track
45.5%
30
Other (please specify)
3%
2
Total Respondents
66
(skipped this question)
254
6. In relation to your own office, where would you like each of the following to be located?
Leave blank if not applicable.
Within an office or two
On same hallway
On same floor
In same building
On same campus
Response Average
Other faculty in your research area
15% (10)
43% (28)
26% (17)
12% (8)
3% (2)
2.45
Other faculty in other areas
2% (1)
2% (1)
22% (13)
55% (32)
19% (11)
3.88
Your graduate students
12% (7)
28% (16)
29% (17)
26% (15)
5% (3)
2.84
Your lab
15% (8)
24% (13)
28% (15)
30% (16)
4% (2)
2.83
Your support staff
41% (26)
41% (26)
14% (9)
5% (3)
0% (0)
1.83
Classrooms
0% (0)
0% (0)
8% (5)
48% (29)
43% (26)
4.35
Conference rooms
0% (0)
6% (4)
38% (24)
54% (34)
2% (1)
3.51
Total Respondents
65
(skipped this question)
255
7. How important is it to you that your students be grouped by area (e.g. algorithms students with other algorithms students)?
Response Percent
Response Total
Very important
22.8%
13
Important
33.3%
19
Not important at all
43.9%
25
Total Respondents
57
(skipped this question)
263
8. How should faculty office size be determined?
Response Percent
Response Total
All faculty offices should be the same size.
46.8%
29
The size of faculty offices should be based on rank.
33.9%
21
Other (please specify)
19.4%
12
Total Respondents
62
(skipped this question)
258
9. In which direction would you prefer your office window(s) to face?
Response Percent
Response Total
North
33.3%
16
East
8.3%
4
South
31.3%
15
West
27.1%
13
Total Respondents
48
(skipped this question)
272
10. Please indicate the importance of each of the following office features.
Not important
Slightly important
Important
Very important
Response Average
Windows that open
17% (11)
38% (25)
25% (16)
20% (13)
2.48
Large windows
5% (3)
11% (7)
46% (29)
38% (24)
3.17
Temperature control
0% (0)
9% (6)
29% (19)
62% (40)
3.52
Variable lighting levels
11% (7)
32% (21)
38% (25)
18% (12)
2.65
Soundproofing from neighboring offices
2% (1)
22% (14)
32% (21)
45% (29)
3.20
Total Respondents
65
(skipped this question)
255
11. Please list or describe any special features that you would want in an office.
Total Respondents
28
(skipped this question)
292
12. How would you rate the following classrooms?
Leave blank if you have not used the classroom.
Poor
OK
Good
Great
Response Average
Wean 7500
14% (5)
46% (17)
38% (14)
3% (1)
2.30
Wean 5409
20% (8)
52% (21)
28% (11)
0% (0)
2.08
Wean 4615a
47% (15)
50% (16)
3% (1)
0% (0)
1.56
Habermann Classrooms
40% (6)
33% (5)
27% (4)
0% (0)
1.87
NSH 3002 (by atrium)
6% (2)
50% (17)
35% (12)
9% (3)
2.47
NSH 1305
15% (5)
24% (8)
48% (16)
12% (4)
2.58
Doherty 2210 or 2315
26% (5)
47% (9)
26% (5)
0% (0)
2.00
Baker A53
15% (2)
54% (7)
15% (2)
15% (2)
2.31
Total Respondents
52
(skipped this question)
268
13. Are there any other classrooms you particularly like or dislike?
Total Respondents
16
(skipped this question)
304
14. How important are each of the following features in a classroom?
Leave blank if you don't have an opinion.
Don't want
Not important
Somewhat Important
Very important
Response Average
Whiteboards
9% (5)
7% (4)
21% (12)
64% (37)
3.40
Blackboards
39% (22)
11% (6)
21% (12)
29% (16)
2.39
Simultaneous use of projector and boards
0% (0)
4% (2)
28% (16)
68% (39)
3.65
Ability for students to work in groups
0% (0)
48% (26)
35% (19)
17% (9)
2.69
Tiering of seats
14% (8)
46% (26)
36% (20)
4% (2)
2.29
Movable seats, if tiered
5% (2)
39% (17)
45% (20)
11% (5)
2.64
Movable arrangement of seats and tables
6% (3)
34% (18)
42% (22)
19% (10)
2.74
Flexible partitions (e.g. 5409)
23% (11)
66% (31)
9% (4)
2% (1)
1.89
Podium
10% (5)
57% (29)
31% (16)
2% (1)
2.25
Table up front
0% (0)
21% (11)
47% (25)
32% (17)
3.11
PC
9% (5)
34% (18)
32% (17)
25% (13)
2.72
Video equipment to capture lectures
10% (5)
31% (16)
38% (20)
21% (11)
2.71
Ability to walk among students
0% (0)
29% (16)
51% (28)
20% (11)
2.91
Natural light
7% (4)
36% (20)
45% (25)
11% (6)
2.60
Total Respondents
60
(skipped this question)
260
15. What is your preferred density of classrooms in terms of percentage of seats taken by students.
Response Percent
Response Total
50%
10.5%
6
75%
59.6%
34
90%
28.1%
16
100%
1.8%
1
Total Respondents
57
(skipped this question)
263
16. Do you have any special requests for classrooms?
Total Respondents
32
(skipped this question)
288
17. If there were "project rooms" available to book for a limited period of time (a week, a month, a semester, a year, three years), what would you use them for?
Total Respondents
30
(skipped this question)
290
18. Do you have a lab?
Response Percent
Response Total
Yes
50%
33
No
50%
33
Total Respondents
66
(skipped this question)
254
19. Please list or describe how you use your lab.
Total Respondents
29
(skipped this question)
291
20. What special features/capabilities do you have in your lab?
Total Respondents
25
(skipped this question)
295
21. What additional features would you like in your lab, if any?
Total Respondents
18
(skipped this question)
302
22. How would you feel about sharing your lab with other faculty in the same general area?
Response Percent
Response Total
Strongly oppose
19.4%
6
Oppose
6.5%
2
Neutral
38.7%
12
Support
19.4%
6
Strongly support
16.1%
5
Total Respondents
31
(skipped this question)
289
23. Would you like a lab?
Response Percent
Response Total
No
40.6%
13
Possibly
40.6%
13
Definitely
18.8%
6
Total Respondents
32
(skipped this question)
288
24. If you had a lab what would you use it for?
Total Respondents
19
(skipped this question)
301
25. What type of student are you?
Response Percent
Response Total
Undergraduate
0.8%
1
Masters
16.2%
21
PhD
83.1%
108
Other
0%
0
Total Respondents
130
(skipped this question)
190
26. In relation to your own office, where would you like each of the following to be located?
Within an office or two
On same hallway
On same floor
In same building
On same campus
Response Average
Other students in your research area
25% (32)
30% (39)
21% (27)
23% (30)
1% (1)
2.45
Your advisor
4% (5)
9% (12)
26% (33)
48% (62)
12% (16)
3.56
Your lab
9% (11)
22% (26)
27% (32)
39% (47)
3% (3)
3.04
Whiteboard space
59% (77)
29% (38)
11% (14)
1% (1)
0% (0)
1.53
Conference rooms
3% (4)
19% (25)
38% (49)
39% (51)
1% (1)
3.15
Total Respondents
130
(skipped this question)
190
27. How many people are in your current office?
Response Percent
Response Total
1
0.8%
1
2
7.9%
10
3
40.2%
51
4
25.2%
32
5+
26%
33
Total Respondents
127
(skipped this question)
193
28. Given a fixed amount of space per student how would you rate each of these office types?
1 (worst)
2
3
4 (best)
Response Average
Cubicles
69% (84)
16% (20)
10% (12)
5% (6)
1.51
2 person offices
7% (8)
14% (17)
24% (30)
55% (68)
3.28
3 person offices
2% (2)
12% (15)
55% (69)
31% (39)
3.16
4 person offices
20% (24)
59% (72)
12% (15)
10% (12)
2.12
Total Respondents
127
(skipped this question)
193
29. Do you have a windowless office?
Response Percent
Response Total
Yes
55%
71
No
45%
58
Total Respondents
129
(skipped this question)
191
30. What do you like most about your office?
Total Respondents
101
(skipped this question)
219
31. What do you dislike most about your office?
Total Respondents
106
(skipped this question)
214
32. What type of staff (other) are you?
Response Percent
Response Total
Programmer/Technical
53.7%
51
Administrative
26.3%
25
Secretary/Support
12.6%
12
Other (please specify)
7.4%
7
Total Respondents
95
(skipped this question)
225
33. In relation to your own office, where would you like each of the following to be located?
Within an office or two
On same hallway
On same floor
In same building
On same campus
Response Average
Your supervisor(s)
27% (25)
16% (15)
22% (21)
31% (29)
4% (4)
2.70
Other staff working on the same tasks
26% (23)
28% (25)
22% (20)
18% (16)
6% (5)
2.49
Total Respondents
94
(skipped this question)
226
34. Do you have a windowless office?
Response Percent
Response Total
Yes
54.7%
52
No
45.3%
43
Total Respondents
95
(skipped this question)
225
35. What do you most like about your office?
Total Respondents
83
(skipped this question)
237
36. What do you most dislike about your office?
Total Respondents
84
(skipped this question)
236
37. How would you rate each of the following conference rooms?
Leave blank if you don't know the room.
Poor
OK
Good
Great
Response Average
Wean 7220/8220
3% (6)
23% (42)
47% (85)
27% (49)
2.97
Wean 4623
16% (30)
45% (82)
34% (62)
5% (9)
2.27
Wean 4625
10% (17)
33% (57)
44% (77)
14% (24)
2.62
NSH 3305 (large one)
2% (5)
12% (26)
51% (107)
34% (72)
3.17
NSH 3001 (by entrance)
4% (8)
34% (64)
54% (103)
8% (16)
2.66
NSH 4201 (Robotics)
3% (4)
30% (34)
56% (64)
11% (13)
2.75
NSH 1505/2507/3501 (interior)
17% (24)
38% (55)
37% (53)
8% (11)
2.36
Total Respondents
254
(skipped this question)
66
38. How would you rate the following spaces?
Poor
OK
Good
Great
Response Average
NSH Atrium
4% (11)
17% (43)
42% (109)
37% (95)
3.12
CSD Lounge (Wean 4th)
2% (5)
25% (53)
43% (91)
29% (62)
3.00
Robotics Lounge (NSH 1st)
8% (9)
37% (44)
42% (49)
14% (16)
2.61
Small Lounges in NSH
15% (20)
50% (67)
30% (40)
5% (7)
2.25
Total Respondents
265
(skipped this question)
55
39. How would you rank the importance of the following features of Newell Simon Hall?
1. least important
2.
3.
4. most important
Response Average
The Atrium
12% (30)
32% (81)
31% (79)
25% (64)
2.70
The Bridge to Wean Hall
7% (17)
12% (31)
26% (64)
55% (137)
3.29
The Food Concessions
44% (109)
26% (63)
21% (52)
9% (23)
1.96
The Large Conference Room (NSH 3305)
30% (70)
28% (65)
26% (62)
16% (37)
2.28
Total Respondents
267
(skipped this question)
53
40. What features do you feel make a lounge/collaborative space work well?
Total Respondents
166
(skipped this question)
154
41. How important would each of the following food/drink concessions be in your building, or attached building?
Definitely not
Could tolerate
Don't care
Would like
Definitely
Response Average
Cafe with light food
0% (0)
1% (4)
14% (38)
49% (131)
35% (94)
4.18
Service like in NSH
5% (12)
9% (23)
27% (71)
34% (91)
26% (68)
3.68
A pub
14% (38)
13% (35)
26% (70)
24% (64)
22% (59)
3.27
Total Respondents
269
(skipped this question)
51
42. What sorts of spaces do you feel that we currently don't have enough of?
Leave blank if you don't have an opinion.
Too much
Enough
Need some more
Need lots more
Response Average
Conference rooms
0% (1)
25% (59)
53% (125)
21% (50)
2.95
Lounges
2% (4)
49% (111)
43% (97)
7% (15)
2.54
Labs
2% (3)
49% (86)
32% (57)
18% (31)
2.66
Informal whiteboard spaces
2% (5)
38% (84)
50% (109)
10% (22)
2.67
Quiet reading spaces
0% (1)
26% (56)
50% (109)
24% (52)
2.97
Total Respondents
259
(skipped this question)
61
43. Any other types of space we need more or less of?
Total Respondents
87
(skipped this question)
233
44. How would you feel about having a transparent window into the hallway from your office (with a blind)?
Response Percent
Response Total
Strongly dislike
18.4%
49
Mildly dislike
24.3%
65
Don't care
20.6%
55
Mildly like
25.1%
67
Strongly like
11.6%
31
Total Respondents
267
(skipped this question)
53
45. How much would you be willing to pay per year for the convenience of parking in a covered space under the new building?
Don't worry, you are not committing.
Response Percent
Response Total
Nothing
39.4%
100
$650 (current rate for Morewood)
32.3%
82
$850 (current rate for East Campus Garage or for West Campus)
19.3%
49
$1050
4.7%
12
$1250 (current rate for Hamburg Hall, in front of NSH)
2%
5
$1650 (current rate for Porter/Wean)
2.4%
6
Total Respondents
254
(skipped this question)
66
46. Do you have any ideas for adding some "SCS personality" to the new building?
Total Respondents
97
(skipped this question)
223
47. Any suggestions for technology to include in the new building?
Total Respondents
119
(skipped this question)
201
48. Do you have special wishes or ideas in terms of architecture,
aesthetics, or general functioning for the building?
