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 Energy

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	Improving the engineering knowledge towards design of thermal systems, product development, and thermal analysis to advanced level
2	Improving the ability of designing an experimental setup, performing experimental studies and analyzing and interpreting the experimental results in the field of heat transfer and flow to advanced level
3	Improving the ability of computer aided heat transfer and flow analysis to advanced level
4	Improving the ability of conducting within the interdisciplinary projects to advanced level
5	Improving the ability of definition, formulate and solution of thermal problems to advanced level
6	Increasing the consciousness of professional and ethic responsibility
7	Strengthening the ability of establishment of active communication
8	Improving the competency of understanding the universal and social effects of the solutions of mechanical engineering to advanced level
9	Giving the consciousness of life time learning at the level of being a good example for the society
10	Giving the knowledge about the problems of the current era
11	Improving the ability of usage of techniques, skills and modern tools required for mechanical engineering applications to advanced level
12	Improving increasing the ability of accession to knowledge to advanced level
13	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) with approval of the supervisor. In the case this course is taken during the M.Sc. education, it is not obligatory. The registration must be noticed to the Institute during course registration period by the supervisor. For Ph. D. students it is obligatory to take minimum 2 non-credit courses among "Ph. D. Programs Common Elective Courses" and be successful with grade (B) within 4 semesters of course taking period.
T: Theoretical P: Practice L: Laboratory B: Spring Semester G: Fall Semester H: Full Year
ALL COURSES
Z	1	MEE 5014	PNEUMATIC CONVEYING	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	9
Z	2	MEE 5056	ADVANCED SOLAR ENGINEERING	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
Z	3	MEE 5087	THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
Z	4	MEE 5084	THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRONIC PACKAGING	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
Z	5	MEE 5078	MICRO AND NANOSCALE ENERGY TRANSPORT	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
Z	6	MEE 5061	PROCESS CONTROL IN POWER PLANTS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
Z	7	MEE 5057	POWER PLANT TECHNOLOGY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
Z	8	MEE 5059	HYDROELECTRIC PLANTS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
Z	9	MEE 5060	WIND ENERGY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	9
Z	10	MEE 5062	ENERGY MANAGEMENT	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
Z	11	MEE 5063	COMBUSTION FUNDAMENTALS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
Z	12	MEE 5064	NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN MOTOR VEHICLES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
Z	13	MEE 5069	GEOTHERMAL ENERGY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
Z	14	MEE 5071	COGENERATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
Z	15	MEE 5073	COMPACT HEAT EXCHANGERS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
Z	16	MEE 5075	COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS OF THERMAL SYSTEMS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	17	MAT 5101	APPLIED MATHEMATICS	REQUIRED	3	0	0	9
B	18	MEE 6099	PH.D. THESIS	THESIS	0	0	0	150
B	19	MEE 6098	PH.D. RESEARCH	EXPERTNESS	3	0	0	9
B	20	MEE 6094	PH.D. SEMINAR	SEMINAR	0	3	0	5
B	21	FBE 6666	PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND ETHICS	REQUIRED	3	0	0	5

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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