2007 evaluation results

All Chairs in College of Engineering

sorted by median for each question

Q1: This chair actively promotes an environment for scholarly excellence.

Chair	Resp. rate	SA	A	N	D	SD	NBJ	2007 median	2006 median	2005^* median	2004^* median
Wei Shyy, Aerospace Engineering	39%	9	1	0	1	0	0	4.89	4.78	4.50
William Martin, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences	40%	4	3	1	0	0	0	4.50	4.25	4.33	4.33
Douglas Noll, Biomedical Engineering	16%	5	5	0	0	0	2	4.50	4.60
Roman Hryciw, Civil and Environmental Engineering	29%	4	3	2	0	0	0	4.33
Farnam Jahanian, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	20%	6	5	2	0	1	11	4.30
Lawrence Seiford, Industrial and Operations Engineering	47%	3	5	2	2	3	0	3.60	3.62	3.70	3.88
Ronald Larson, Chemical Engineering	38%	1	5	4	1	0	0	3.60	4.14	3.33	3.75
Armin Troesch, Naval Architecture and Marine	56%	3	2	1	3	1	0	3.50	2.88	3.25	2.20
Panos Papalambros, Mechanical Engineering	29%	6	4	4	2	5	2	3.38
Brian Gilchrist, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	23%	4	10	8	4	4	1	3.38	4.00

Q2: This chair actively promotes an environment for teaching excellence.

Chair	Resp. rate	SA	A	N	D	SD	NBJ	2007 median	2006 median	2005^* median	2004^* median
Wei Shyy, Aerospace Engineering	39%	8	1	2	0	0	0	4.81	4.75	4.50
William Martin, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences	40%	4	4	0	0	0	0	4.50	4.25	4.12	4.33
Roman Hryciw, Civil and Environmental Engineering	29%	4	4	1	0	0	0	4.38
Douglas Noll, Biomedical Engineering	16%	4	5	1	0	0	2	4.30	4.33
Farnam Jahanian, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	20%	6	4	2	0	2	11	4.25
Armin Troesch, Naval Architecture and Marine	56%	4	1	1	4	0	0	3.50	3.25	3.67	4.12
Panos Papalambros, Mechanical Engineering	29%	6	4	6	2	3	2	3.42
Lawrence Seiford, Industrial and Operations Engineering	47%	4	3	3	2	3	0	3.33	3.79	3.17	3.33
Ronald Larson, Chemical Engineering	38%	0	4	6	0	1	0	3.25	3.75	3.00	3.00
Brian Gilchrist, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	23%	3	9	12	2	4	1	3.25	4.00

Q3: This chair effectively represents the interests of the department to senior administrators.

Chair	Resp. rate	SA	A	N	D	SD	NBJ	2007 median	2006 median	2005^* median	2004^* median
Wei Shyy, Aerospace Engineering	39%	7	4	0	0	0	0	4.71	4.78	4.50
William Martin, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences	40%	5	3	0	0	0	0	4.70	4.67	4.80	4.62
Farnam Jahanian, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	20%	8	5	0	0	1	11	4.62
Roman Hryciw, Civil and Environmental Engineering	29%	4	2	0	2	1	0	4.25
Douglas Noll, Biomedical Engineering	16%	3	4	1	0	0	3	4.25	4.70
Panos Papalambros, Mechanical Engineering	29%	8	6	3	1	4	1	4.00
Lawrence Seiford, Industrial and Operations Engineering	47%	3	5	2	1	3	1	3.70	3.70	3.50	4.33
Armin Troesch, Naval Architecture and Marine	56%	2	1	4	0	1	2	3.25	2.50	2.75	2.50
Ronald Larson, Chemical Engineering	38%	1	2	5	1	1	1	3.10	3.85	3.38	3.00
Brian Gilchrist, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	23%	2	9	5	7	3	5	3.10	4.50

Q4: This chair consults the faculty adequately before making important decisions.

Chair	Resp. rate	SA	A	N	D	SD	NBJ	2007 median	2006 median	2005^* median	2004^* median
Wei Shyy, Aerospace Engineering	39%	8	2	0	1	0	0	4.81	4.69	4.75
William Martin, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences	40%	5	2	0	0	1	0	4.70	4.67	4.75	3.75
Roman Hryciw, Civil and Environmental Engineering	29%	5	2	1	1	0	0	4.60
Douglas Noll, Biomedical Engineering	16%	4	4	2	0	0	2	4.25	4.60
Farnam Jahanian, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	20%	4	5	0	1	3	12	4.00
Armin Troesch, Naval Architecture and Marine	56%	3	3	1	0	3	0	3.83	3.50	3.25	3.88
Brian Gilchrist, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	23%	5	10	5	6	2	3	3.60	4.25
Ronald Larson, Chemical Engineering	38%	0	6	2	3	0	0	3.58	4.00	3.33	3.33
Panos Papalambros, Mechanical Engineering	29%	3	7	2	3	7	1	3.00
Lawrence Seiford, Industrial and Operations Engineering	47%	2	2	3	2	5	1	2.50	2.33	2.00	2.25

Q5: This chair makes excellent administrative appointments.

Chair	Resp. rate	SA	A	N	D	SD	NBJ	2007 median	2006 median	2005^* median	2004^* median
William Martin, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences	40%	4	2	1	0	0	1	4.62	4.25	4.50	4.33
Wei Shyy, Aerospace Engineering	39%	6	3	1	0	1	0	4.58	4.00	4.75
Lawrence Seiford, Industrial and Operations Engineering	47%	5	5	1	1	3	0	4.00	3.93	3.60	4.00
Panos Papalambros, Mechanical Engineering	29%	7	7	3	0	4	2	4.00
Farnam Jahanian, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	20%	5	4	2	2	1	11	4.00
Douglas Noll, Biomedical Engineering	16%	3	3	3	0	0	3	4.00	4.50
Roman Hryciw, Civil and Environmental Engineering	29%	0	3	1	0	1	4	3.67
Brian Gilchrist, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	23%	6	6	6	4	4	5	3.33	3.50
Armin Troesch, Naval Architecture and Marine	56%	0	3	4	1	2	0	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Ronald Larson, Chemical Engineering	38%	0	1	3	3	1	2	2.50	3.17	2.62	3.33

Q6: This chair fosters a fair and rigorous promotion and tenure process.

Chair	Resp. rate	SA	A	N	D	SD	NBJ	2007 median	2006 median	2005^* median	2004^* median
Wei Shyy, Aerospace Engineering	39%	7	2	2	0	0	0	4.71	4.50	4.50
William Martin, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences	40%	5	1	1	1	0	0	4.70	4.67	4.62	4.33
Roman Hryciw, Civil and Environmental Engineering	29%	5	2	1	1	0	0	4.60
Douglas Noll, Biomedical Engineering	16%	3	4	0	0	0	5	4.38	4.83
Farnam Jahanian, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	20%	3	4	0	2	0	16	4.12
Armin Troesch, Naval Architecture and Marine	56%	3	3	0	2	1	1	4.00	3.33	3.62	3.25
Ronald Larson, Chemical Engineering	38%	1	5	1	3	0	1	3.70	4.07	3.88	4.00
Lawrence Seiford, Industrial and Operations Engineering	47%	3	3	2	1	3	3	3.50	3.67	2.50	3.25
Brian Gilchrist, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	23%	7	4	8	4	1	7	3.38	4.33
Panos Papalambros, Mechanical Engineering	29%	5	2	3	2	4	7	3.17

Q7: This chair manages departmental administrative staff well, including maintaining appropriate staffing levels.

Chair	Resp. rate	SA	A	N	D	SD	NBJ	2007 median	2006 median	2005^* median	2004^* median
William Martin, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences	40%	6	1	0	0	0	1	4.92	4.88	4.20	4.00
Lawrence Seiford, Industrial and Operations Engineering	47%	7	4	1	2	1	0	4.38	4.17	3.75	4.25
Wei Shyy, Aerospace Engineering	39%	5	4	2	0	0	0	4.38	4.29	4.75
Farnam Jahanian, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	20%	5	6	0	0	2	12	4.25
Roman Hryciw, Civil and Environmental Engineering	29%	3	3	2	0	1	0	4.00
Douglas Noll, Biomedical Engineering	16%	2	5	2	0	0	3	4.00	4.25
Panos Papalambros, Mechanical Engineering	29%	6	4	3	1	4	5	3.75
Brian Gilchrist, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	23%	3	10	7	2	4	5	3.50	4.12
Armin Troesch, Naval Architecture and Marine	56%	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.17	3.25	3.62	4.00
Ronald Larson, Chemical Engineering	38%	0	4	3	2	2	0	3.00	3.33	3.00	3.00

Q8: This chair manages the department's resources well.

Chair	Resp. rate	SA	A	N	D	SD	NBJ	2007 median	2006 median	2005^* median	2004^* median
Wei Shyy, Aerospace Engineering	39%	9	2	0	0	0	0	4.89	4.29	4.75
William Martin, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences	40%	5	2	0	0	0	1	4.80	4.67	4.62	4.50
Farnam Jahanian, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	20%	7	3	1	0	1	13	4.64
Roman Hryciw, Civil and Environmental Engineering	29%	4	2	1	0	1	1	4.50
Douglas Noll, Biomedical Engineering	16%	3	7	0	0	0	2	4.21	4.50
Panos Papalambros, Mechanical Engineering	29%	6	6	4	0	4	3	3.83
Brian Gilchrist, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	23%	3	12	7	3	2	4	3.62	4.25
Lawrence Seiford, Industrial and Operations Engineering	47%	3	5	3	2	2	0	3.60	3.81	3.75	3.75
Armin Troesch, Naval Architecture and Marine	56%	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.00	2.90	3.00	3.00
Ronald Larson, Chemical Engineering	38%	0	2	4	3	1	1	2.75	3.81	2.62	3.25

Q9: This chair is attentive to long-term, strategic issues that affect the department.

Chair	Resp. rate	SA	A	N	D	SD	NBJ	2007 median	2006 median	2005^* median	2004^* median
Wei Shyy, Aerospace Engineering	39%	9	1	1	0	0	0	4.89	4.69	4.75
William Martin, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences	40%	5	3	0	0	0	0	4.70	4.67	4.62	4.00
Farnam Jahanian, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	20%	7	5	0	0	1	12	4.57
Roman Hryciw, Civil and Environmental Engineering	29%	3	1	1	1	0	3	4.50
Douglas Noll, Biomedical Engineering	16%	5	5	1	0	0	1	4.40	4.50
Panos Papalambros, Mechanical Engineering	29%	7	10	0	0	5	1	4.10
Lawrence Seiford, Industrial and Operations Engineering	47%	3	4	2	3	2	1	3.50	2.83	3.50	3.33
Brian Gilchrist, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	23%	3	8	8	2	7	3	3.12	4.10
Armin Troesch, Naval Architecture and Marine	56%	3	2	0	1	4	0	3.00	3.25	3.00	3.00
Ronald Larson, Chemical Engineering	38%	0	3	5	2	1	0	3.00	3.58	2.67	3.00

Q10: This chair ensures that departmental policies, procedures and available resources are transparent to all faculty.

Chair	Resp. rate	SA	A	N	D	SD	NBJ	2007 median	2006 median	2005^* median	2004^* median
Wei Shyy, Aerospace Engineering	39%	9	1	0	1	0	0	4.89
William Martin, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences	40%	4	3	0	1	0	0	4.50
Douglas Noll, Biomedical Engineering	16%	4	4	0	0	0	4	4.50
Farnam Jahanian, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	20%	6	2	2	2	1	12	4.25
Roman Hryciw, Civil and Environmental Engineering	29%	3	3	1	2	0	0	4.00
Brian Gilchrist, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	23%	4	12	5	3	4	3	3.67
Ronald Larson, Chemical Engineering	38%	1	5	2	3	0	0	3.60
Armin Troesch, Naval Architecture and Marine	56%	3	2	1	3	1	0	3.50
Panos Papalambros, Mechanical Engineering	29%	4	6	4	1	7	1	3.25
Lawrence Seiford, Industrial and Operations Engineering	47%	2	4	1	2	5	1	2.50

Q11: This chair inspires confidence in leadership overall.

Chair	Resp. rate	SA	A	N	D	SD	NBJ	2007 median	2006 median	2005^* median	2004^* median
Wei Shyy, Aerospace Engineering	39%	10	0	1	0	0	0	4.95	4.91	4.50
Douglas Noll, Biomedical Engineering	16%	7	4	0	0	0	1	4.71	4.75
William Martin, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences	40%	4	2	1	0	0	1	4.62	4.67	4.38	4.25
Farnam Jahanian, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	20%	8	3	2	1	0	11	4.62
Roman Hryciw, Civil and Environmental Engineering	29%	5	1	2	0	1	0	4.60
Panos Papalambros, Mechanical Engineering	29%	5	9	1	2	6	0	3.78
Lawrence Seiford, Industrial and Operations Engineering	47%	3	3	4	2	3	0	3.12	3.70	2.17	3.33
Armin Troesch, Naval Architecture and Marine	56%	2	3	0	2	3	0	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.75
Brian Gilchrist, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	23%	2	10	6	5	7	1	3.00	3.62
Ronald Larson, Chemical Engineering	38%	1	1	6	0	3	0	2.92	3.69	2.38	3.62

^*medians from 2005 and 2004 computed only from Ann Arbor campus University Senate faculty

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