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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
MTS 3015	NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ROAD TECHNOLOGY	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	3

Offered By

Faculty of Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BURAK ŞENGÖZ

Offered to

Industrial Engineering
Textile Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering (Evening)
Mining Engineering (Evening)
Mining Engineering
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Geological Engineering (Evening)
Geological Engineering

Course Objective

Following the comparison of the pavement types in relation with advantage and disadvantage, the materials used in the pavement system will be discussed in details.

The utilization of new road materials, different construction techniques and technology based materials will be made within literature review.

Besides, the conventional as well as a new nature susceptible bituminous mixture will be introduced.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To classify pavement types
2	To compare pavement types from technical and economical point of view.
3	To compose literature regarding conventional road materials to be used in pavement.
4	To evaluate the utilization and effects of current additives wihtin asphaltic pavement.
5	To make detailed investigations related to road construction techniques.
6	To investigate sustainable road materials in relation with different technologies

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Concepts of pavement and subgrade, definitions of cross sections
2	Types of pavement and used materials
3	Traffic loads on pavements and their distributions
4	Advantages of pavement types with respect to each other
5	Disadvantages of pavement types with respect to each other
6	To compare pavement types by technical point of view
7	MIDTERM EXAM
8	To compare pavement types by economic point of view
9	Life cycle inventory analyze program
10	Introduction of materials appropriate for pavement system
11	The criteria for material choice for pavement system
12	A choice for a new nature susceptible material
13	Comparison with conventional approaches
14	Homework submission and presentations, general discussions

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):

HUNTER, N.R. Bituminous Mixtures in Road Construction, Thomas Telford Series, London, 2004.

Supplementary Book(s):

ULUÇAYLI; M. Asfalt El Kitabı Istanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi, Isfalt ISBN: 975-8183-01-X,Istanbul, 2002.

ILICALI, M. Asfalt ve Uygulamaları Istanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi, Isfalt Istanbul, 2002.

Materials:

Presentations used in lecture

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The visual presentations and presentation slides.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 + RST * 0.50

*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-2-3: Consideration with mid-term exam and final exam
LO 4-5-6: Consideration with assignments and presentations

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance will be considered in the evaluation. The rules of writing term paper topics, and it will be distributed to students at the beginning of the period

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Burak ŞENGÖZ burak.sengoz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

The course schedule will be announced by the faculty member is created.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	12	2	24
Tutorials	0	0	0
Lectures	0	0	0
Tutorials	0	0	0
Lectures	0	0	0
Tutorials	0	0	0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	12	2	24
Preparation for midterm exam	1	4	4
Preparation for final exam	1	4	4
Preparation for quiz etc.	0	0	0
Preparing assignments	1	10	10
Preparing presentations	1	2	2
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exam	0	0	0
Preparation for final exam	0	0	0
Preparation for quiz etc.	0	0	0
Preparing assignments	0	0	0
Preparing presentations	0	0	0
Preparation for quiz etc.	0	0	0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	0	2	0
Preparation for final exam	0	4	0
Preparation for midterm exam	0	4	0
Preparing assignments	0	10	0
Preparing presentations	0	2	0
Final	1	1	1
Midterm	1	1	1
Quiz etc.	0	0	0
Final	0	2	0
Midterm	0	2	0
Quiz etc.	0	0	0
Final	0	2	0
Midterm	0	2	0
Quiz etc.	0	0	0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			70

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.11
LO.1			3	3
LO.2	3	3				3
LO.3	3	3				3	3
LO.4				5	4	3
LO.5		5		3	4
LO.6

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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