UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE FORMS
Academic Program Approval
This form is a routing document for the approval of new and revised academic programs.
Proposing department should complete this form. For more information, call the Faculty Senate
Office at 831-2921.
Submitted by: ________S. Ismat Shah phone number_1618
Department: _Materials Science and Engineering email address: Ismat@udel.edu______
Action: Establishment of a new minor in Materials Science and Engineering: Nanoscale Materials Minor (Example: add major/minor/concentration, delete major/minor/concentration, revise
major/minor/concentration, academic unit name change, request for permanent status, policy change, etc.)
Effective
term 07F_________________________________________________________ (use format 04F, 05W)
Current degree
(Example: BA, BACH, BACJ, HBA,
Proposed change leads to the
degree of: _____________________________________________ (Example: BA, BACH,
BACJ, HBA,
Proposed name:_________ Nanoscale Materials Minor ____________________________________________ Proposed new name for revised or new major / minor / concentration / academic unit
(if applicable)
Revising or Deleting:
Undergraduate major / Concentration:________________________________________
(Example: Applied Music — Instrumental degree BMAS)
Undergraduate minor:____________________________________________________
(Example: African Studies, Business Administration, English, Leadership, etc.)
Graduate Program Policy statement change:__________________________________
(Must attach your Graduate Program Policy Statement)
Graduate Program of Study:______________________________________________
(Example: Animal Science: MS Animal Science: PHD Economics: MA Economics: PHD)
Graduate minor / concentration:_______________________________________________
Note: all graduate studies proposals must include an electronic copy of the Graduate Program Policy Document, highlighting the changes made to the original policy document.
List new courses required for the new or revised curriculum. How do they support the overall program objectives of the major/minor/concentrations)?
(Be aware that approval of the curriculum is dependent upon these courses successfully passing through the Course Challenge list. If there are no new courses enter “None”)
See attached list.
Explain, when appropriate, how this new/revised curriculum supports the 10 goals of undergraduate education: http :
Identify other units affected by the proposed changes:
(Attach permission from the affected units. If no other unit is affected, enter “None”)
Describe the rationale for the proposed program change(s):
(Explain your reasons for creating, revising, or deleting the curriculum or program.)
Program Requirements:
(Show the new or revised curriculum as it should appear in the Course Catalog. If this is a revision, be sure to indicate the changes being made to the current curriculum and include a side-by-side comparison of the credit distribution before and after the proposed change.)
ROUTING AND AUTHORIZATIO : (Please do not remove supporting docume tation.. Department Chairperso ______________________________________________Date__________________
Chahperson, College CurriculLrnrn :
Chairperson, Senate Corn. on UG or GR Studies Date____________________
Chairperson, Senate Coordinating Corn,. Date____________
Secretary, Faculty Senate Date______________
Date of Senate Resolution Date to be Effective
Registrar’ Program Code Date_
Vice Provost for Academic Programs & Planning Date_
Provost ___________________________________________________________________
Board of’ Trustee Notification Date
Revised
Minor in Nanoscale Materials
Numerous recent NSF reports pointed out that there will be a shortage of people in the workforce with appropriate education and training in nanoscience if the field develops as rapidly as expected. Within the next 10 to 15 years it is estimated that about two million nanotech-trained workers will be needed to support growing industries and the startups they spawn. Michael Roco, Senior Adviser for nanotechnology at the National Science Foundation (NSF) said, “The business implications are that we need to find ways to motivate students about the sciences, and create a pipeline for the future work force,” NSF’s National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) web page states that nanoscale science, engineering, and technology education (1) produces the next generation of researchers and innovators, (2) provides the workforce of the future with the technological skills they will need to succeed, and (3) educates a citizenry capable of making well-informed decisions in an increasingly technology driven society. All these mission statements point out the need of strategies to fulfill the perceived near future gap in the manpower requirements.
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering proposes to establish a new minor in “Nanoscale Materials” (NM). Any registered student in this minor will be required to complete 15 credit hours with a minimum grade of C- from a selection of nanoscience and engineering courses made with the consent of the MSEG Nanoscale Materials minor coordinator. MSEG 302 is a required course and the remainder may be drawn from a wide variety of courses in Materials Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Biology, etc. Courses from 300 level and up to the 600 level qualify. A course can be used only once between the Nanoscale Materials minor and the Materials Science minor. Commonly offered courses that are acceptable for the Minor in Nanoscale Materials are listed below. This is not an exhaustive list and other courses may be approved as appropriate after discussion. A maximum of 3 credits of undergraduate research or independent study may be counted. The MSEG Nanoscale Materials minor coordinator is Prof. Ismat Shah who can be reached at 302-831-1618 (Ismat@udel.edu).
Nanoscale Materials Minor Course List:
MSEG 446 Senior Research: Approval by the MNM coordinator required.
MSEG 603 Analytical Tecimiques in Materials Science
MSEG 624 Practical Electron Microscopy
MSEG 441/641 Nanomaterials and Thin Film and Processes (New courses in the
approval process)
MSEG 442/642 Semiconductors for Micro- and Nano-Technology (New courses in the
approval process)
CHEG/MSEG 616 Physics and Chemistry of Surfaces and Interfaces
CHEG 608 Particle Design and Processing
CHEG 617 Colloid Science and Engineering
ELEG 42 1/621
ELEG 442/642 Biomedical Nanotechnology
ELEG 422/622 Electronic Materials Processing
ELEG 449/649 Nanomaterials & Applications
CHEM 671 Quantum Chemistry
Additional appropriate courses will be approved by the faculty.
Ismat Shah
From: Mark Barteau [
Sent:
To: Ismat Shah
Subject: Nanoscale Materials Minor
The Department of Chemical Engineering supports the formation of a new “Nanoscale Materials” minor. We offer several courses that can be utilized to fulfill the course requirements of this minor.
Mark A. Barteau
Robert L. Pigford Professor and Chair
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Ismat Shah
From: Gonzalo Arce [
Sent:
To: ‘Ismat Shah’
Cc: ‘John Rabolt’
Subject: RE: Support e-mail for ‘Nanoscale Materials Minor”
Ismat,
ECE supports the nanomaterials minor you are proposing. The ELEG courses you list are appropriate with the exception of
ELEG 446/646 Nanoelecfronic Device Principles which focuses on devices rather than materials.
Gonzalo Arce
Gonzalo R. Arce
Charles Black Evans Professor and Chairman
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
312 Evans Hall,
302 831-1493/ Fax 302 831-4316
From: Ismat Shah [ Edu]
Sent:
Cc: ismat@lUDel.Edu; ‘John Rabolt’
Subject: Support e-mail for “Nanoscale Materials Minor”
I got the following e-mail form Mark Barteau:
The Department of Chemical Engineering supports the formation of a new “Nanoscale Materials” minor. We offer several courses that can be utilized to fulfill the course requirements of this minor.
Mark A. Barteau
Robert L. Pigford Professor and Chair
I am still waiting for a support e-mail from you. I have to submit the paperwork, including copies of your e-mails, today. I am off to MRS meeting tomorrow.
Please expedite.
Thanks
Ismat Shah
S. lsmat Shah
Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
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Ismat Shah
From: Charles G. Riordan [
Sent:
To: Ismat Shah
Cc: Doug Doren; John Burmeister
Subject: Re: Nanomaterials Minor
Ismat,
I have shared your proposal with Doug Doren and John Burmeister. The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry supports your request. Please note the course CHEM-671 is titled “Quantum Chemistry.”
Best wishes,
Charlie
Charles G. Riordan
Professor and Chair
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Tel: 302-831-1073 or 1247
Fax: 302-831-6335
From: “Ismat Shah” <Ismat@UDel.Edu>
Date:
To: <riordan@UDel.Edu>
Subject: Nanomaterials Minor
Dear Dr. Riordan:
We are proposing a new minor in “Nanoscale Materials”. I have attached a short write-up for that. In the list of suggested courses, I would like to include one course from Chemistry, CHEM 671 Atomistic Simulations, that Doug Doren typically teaches. In order for me to include it in the list, I need a support e-mail from you. I am copying an e-mail that I got from Mark Barteau for the same purpose. Feel free to change the text as necessary. In order for the application to be ready for presentation to the Faculty Senate next week, I need to submit the application package by tomorrow (Thursday). Sorry for the short notice.
Thanks for your help.
Ismat