COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RESEARCH PROJECT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MAK 4099 RESEARCH PROJECT COMPULSORY 0 4 0 4

Offered By

Mechanical Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ŞAHIN YAVUZ

Offered to

Mechanical Engineering (Evening)
Mechanical Engineering

Course Objective

1. To provide the opportunity for the students to gain experience on all aspects and phases of design within the framework of an engineering problem.
2. To develop the creativity of the students and promote teamwork.
3. To help the students develop professionally and ethically.
4. To bring the students in improved oral and written communication skills.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to knowledge and experience on design methodology.
2   Ability to experience gained on; Problem definition, , Alternative concept development, Concept selection and improvement, Reaching solution, Presenting results, through the open-ended design project conducted.
3   Ability to teamwork experience gained by working in groups .
4   Ability to searching and using information.
5   Ability to consciousness on professional ethics.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Defination of design problem and constrains
2 Defination of design problem and constrains
3 Literature Review
4 Conceptual design
5 Conceptual design
6 Midterm presentation-1
7 Preliminary design
8 Engineering calculations and analyses
9 Engineering calculations and analyses
10 Engineering calculations and analyses
11 Engineering calculations and analyses
12 Midterm presentation-2
13 Freeze of preliminary design
14 Preparation and evaluation of the project work

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): No textbook is required or recommended; however, use of engineering handbooks is encouraged.
Other Refences:
1. D.G. Ullman, "The Mechanical Design Process", McGraw Hill, 1992
2. K.T. Ulrich, S.D. Eppinger, "Product Design and Development", McGraw Hill, 1995
3. G.E. Dieter, "Engineering Design", 2.ed.,McGraw Hill, 1991
4. J.E. Shigley, C. Mischke, "Standard Handbook of Machine Design", McGraw Hill, 1986
5. H. Rothbart, "Mechanical Design and Systems Handbook", 2.ed., McGraw Hill, 1985

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Investigating the literature , discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ Project
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ*1


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mehmet.ezan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Preparing presentations 3 10 30
Preparing report 2 13 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 11 4 44
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.1555455
LO.25554555
LO.35
LO.44
LO.54