Dokuz Eylül University Information Package / Courses Catalog

General Description

History

The Mechanical Engineering Department of the Dokuz Eylul University has started its education in 1968 as a part of the Faculty of the Engineering Sciences of Ege University. After Dokuz Eylul University was established in 1982, it joined the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture. As the Faculty of the Architecture had departed in 1992, the name of the faculty changed to Faculty of Engineering.

In terms of the faculty members and laboratory facilities, Mechanical Engineering Department is one of the best education organizations in Turkey. The department has started evening education in the 1992-1993 academic year. The main divisions of the Mechanical Engineering Department are Energy, Construction-Manufacturing, Mechanics, Machine Theory and Dynamics, Thermodynamics, and Automative. In addition to the undergraduate program, graduate programs (masters and doctoral) are available under the Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences.

Mechanical Engineering Department has large laboratory capacities. Laboratories are used to give support to the education in several topics such as design, production, measurement, automation, composite material, welding and materials test, and the industry oriented studies. The laboratory facilities have been continued to increase through several projects.

Qualification Awarded

Ph. D. in Mechanics

Level of Qualification

Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

Second Cycle Degree in the same or in related disciplines. Acceptable score on ALES (Academic Personnel and Graduate Education Entrance Exam) or Equivalent GRE, GMAT score. Acceptable score on Language Proficiency Tests. Acceptable weighted score based on the first or second cycle (with thesis) cumulative grade point average (GPA) and ALES score. However, ALES requirement is waived for the graduates of doctorate /arts proficiency/medical residency/ dental residency/ veterinary residency/ pharmaceutical residency programs as well as for the admissions to the graduate programs offered by the Conservatory and the departments of Fine Arts Faculty, where students are admitted only by the Artistic Aptitude Test. Final admission is based on the evaluation of the related academic unit committee. International student admission requirements are decided by the Graduate School Executive Committee.

Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)

According to the Regulations of Dokuz Eylül University for Graduate Schools, students may be accepted for graduate transfer with the approval of the Department Directorate and decision of the Board of Directors of the Graduate School in case the student fulfills the graduate transfer regulations decided by the General Council of the Graduate School. Previously taken courses at another graduate programme with a successful grade may be recognized by the related programmes with the written request of the students including course contents and the transcript, and by the recommendation of the Department Directorates and by the decision of the Board of Directors. The courses taken by the outgoing Exchange students may have the recognition at the school either as compulsory or elective by the decision of the Board of Directors.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

4 years, 2 semesters per year, 16 weeks per semester, 240 ECTS in total.

Profile of the Programme

Under the scope of the Doctorate program, courses in the areas of design, optimization, welding techniques, plasma metallurgy, vehicle technique, fracture mechanics, heat transfer, thermodynamics, energy, acoustics, robotics, automatic control, vibration, hydraulics and pneumatics are given. Having the opportunity to get advanced and detailed information, our students are becoming experts in these areas. The program consists of a total of thirty six academicians.

Master of Science students have been trained within the "Faculty Member Training Program" at the Master's programs.

The facilities offered to the students by the department such as laboratories and technical facilities
In our department, the following laboratories are available to give service to our undergraduate and graduate students:

Energy Laboratory
Welding Laboratory
Metallography and Materials Testing Laboratory
Destructive Materials Testing Laboratory
Non-Destructive Material Testing Laboratory
Nanotechnology Laboratory
Machine Elements Laboratory
Design Laboratory
Engine and Vehichle Technics Laboratory
Mechanics Laboratory
Composite Test Laboratory
Composite Manufacturing Laboratory
Sample Preparation Laboratory
Biomechanic Laboratory

Percentage of Courses Taught in English: %30

Key Learning Outcomes

1	Raising to the top level of the engineering knowledge towards mechanical design, manufacturing and analysis
2	Strengthen the ability of performing experimental studies in the field of mechanics
3	Giving the ability of designing mechanical system, static and dynamic analyses in isotropic materials
4	Giving the ability of designing mechanical system, static and dynamic analyses in composite materials
5	Strengthen the ability of conducting within the inter-disciplinary team works
6	Giving the ability of definition, formulate and solution of mechanical problems independently in mechanical engineering
7	Giving the consciousness of professional and ethic responsibility at the level of being a good example for the society
8	Raising to the top level of the ability of establishment of active communication and knowledge of technical English
9	Raising to the top level of the competency of understanding the universal and social effects of the solutions of mechanical engineering
10	Giving the consciousness of life time learning at the level of being a good example for the society
11	Giving the knowledge about the problems of the current era
12	Raising to the top level of the ability of usage of techniques, skills and modern tools required for mechanical engineering applications
13	Raising to the top level of the ability of accession to knowledge
14	Being proved the ability of taking initiative

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

The Master's and doctoral programs give our students the opportunity to have detailed information and specialization on several areas. Due to this, our graduates can find employment opportunities in the industry specialized in the areas of manufacturing, automative, design, heat transfer, energy, machine theory.

Almost all the graduates can find work opportunities in their specialized areas in the government and private sectors. Approximately 85% of our graduates are employed in private sectors, and 15% are employed in government sectors.

Access to Further Studies

May apply to post doctorate programmes.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Course Unit Type	T	P	L	ECTS
In addition to the compulsory courses of the programme, students register to elective courses appropriate for their thesis topic, on the consent of their supervisor. If necessary, on the consent of their supervisor, they can also register to courses from other programmes (from DEU or other universities). It is obligatory to register MAT5101 Applied Mathematics (3 0 0) or MAT5102 Numerical and Approximate Methods (3 0 0) or MAT5151 Methods of Applied Mathematics (3 0 0) with approval of the supervisor. In the case of one of these courses taken during the M.Sc. education, these are not obligatory. The registration must be noticed to the Institute during course registration period by the supervisor.
T: Theoretical P: Practice L: Laboratory B: Spring Semester G: Fall Semester H: Full Year
ALL COURSES
Z	1	MEE 5008	THEORY OF ELASTIC STABILITY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
Z	2	MEE 5110	FRACTURE AND FAILURE MECHANICS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
Z	3	MEE 5037	ADVANCED STRENGTH OF MATERIALS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
Z	4	MEE 5038	FINITE ELEMENT METHODS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
Z	5	MEE 5041	INTERMEDIATE DYNAMICS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
Z	6	MEE 5043	FOUNDATIONS OF SOLID MECHANICS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
Z	7	MEE 5010	THEORY OF SHELLS AND PLATES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
Z	8	MEE 6024	IMPACT ON COMPOSITE STRUCTURES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
Z	9	MEE 6022	THEORY OF COMPOSITE PLATES AND SHELLS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
Z	10	MEE 5102	FATIGUE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
Z	11	MEE 6021	THERMOELASTICITY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
Z	12	MEE 5080	THEORY OF PLASTICITY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	9
Z	13	MEE 5083	THEORY OF ELASTICITY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
Z	14	MEE 5101	COMPOSITE MATERIALS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
Z	15	MEE 5103	PHOTOELASTICITY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
Z	16	MEE 6023	ANISOTROPIC ELASTICITY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	17	MAT 5101	APPLIED MATHEMATICS	REQUIRED	3	0	0	9
B	18	MEE 6094	PH.D. SEMINAR	SEMINAR	0	3	0	5
B	19	FBE 6666	PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND ETHICS	REQUIRED	3	0	0	5
B	20	MEE 6099	PH.D. THESIS	THESIS	0	0	0	150
B	21	MEE 6098	PH.D. RESEARCH	EXPERTNESS	3	0	0	9

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Related items of Dokuz Eylul University Regulations of Graduate Education and Exams and related items of Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences Regulations of Education and Code of Practicing Exams are applied for the exams and course grades. The course evaluation criteria are defined for each course by the instructor(s) of the corresponding course and are given in the Course Description Form found in the information package.

Graduation Requirements

Third Cycle (Doctor of Philosophy) Programme is comprised of courses (at least 67 ECTS),Ph.D.Seminar (5 ECTS), Ph. D. Research (18 ECTS) / Ph. D. Thesis (150 ECTS) courses, thesis proposal, doctoral qualifying examination and thesis examination with a total credit of 240 ECTS. Students must have minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.50 / 4.00 and completed all the courses with at least CB / S / TP grades.

Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )

Full-time

Programme Director or Equivalent

Prof.Dr.Ramazan KARAKUZU
Faculty of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Department, Tınaztepe Kampusu 35397 Buca İzmir
Tel: 232 301 9200
E-mail: ramazan.karakuzu@deu.edu.tr

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