05050 ENGR ENMA Add Minor in Nanoscience and Technology

Phaneuf, Ray
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Dear Ray,
Steve Halperin [shalper@deans.umd.edu]
Thursday, September 29, 2005 7:19 PlVl
Phaneuf, Ray
Victor Korenman; pperes@umd.edu; rubloff@isr.umd.edu; takeuchi@eng.umd.edu;
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Sang Bok Lee; sehrman@eng.umd.edu; srag hava@eng.umd.edu; Patrick O'Shea; Steve
Halperin; Dbryant; Jordan Goodman
Re: Correction: Nanoscience and Technology Minor
I am more than happy to support this proposal. It is a superb
example of our ability as a university to identify crucial areas at the
frontiers of many disciplines, to bring together faculty from many
departments to establish a coherent research program, and to then build
an education program in the emerging field to which these faculty
collectively and jointly contribute. I am proud that colleagues in the
college are part of this effort. Please use this email as the letter of
support you request.
Phaneuf, Ray wrote:
>Dear Dean Halperin,
> As you may already know, a group of faculty members representing
>six different departments in three different schools have developed a
>proposal to establish an ~nterdisciplinary Minor in Nano Science and
>Technology at the undergraduate level at the University of Maryland.
>Our proposal is that this minor be centered in Materials Science and
>Engineering, given MSE's approach which puts it at the intersection of
>Physics, Chemistry and Engineering.
steve
> We at this point have letters of support for this proposal from
>each of the participating departments. We have also consulted with
>former ~ssociate Provost Victor Korenman, and ~ssociate Provost Phyllis
>Peres about this proposal, and about how it should be routed. Phyllis
>advises me that routing through ~ngineering's PCC should be sufficient,
>given support from the Deans of the other Colleges, including CMPS,
>concerned. I therefore attach to this message a draft of our proposal
>for your comment, and hopefully your support.
>
> If you are in support of this proposal, I'd like to request a
>letter from you, which would be most helpful in routing it through the
>Campus level PCC.
>
> I thank you in advance for your help and consideration
>
Best regards,
-Ray Phaneuf
>
> Ray Phaneuf
> Associate Professor
> Undergraduate Program Director
> Department of Materials Science and Engineering
> University of Maryland
> College Park, MD 20742
> phaneuf@eng.umd.edu