Dokuz Eylül University Information Package / Courses Catalog

General Description

History

Nanoscience And Nanoengineernig Department is an Interdisciplinary Department of the Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences. It has been founded in 2012. The department of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering master's program has begun accepting students in February 2013.

Qualification Awarded

M.Sc. in Nanoscience and Nanoengineering

Level of Qualification

Second Cycle (Master's Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

First Cycle Degree in the same or in related disciplines, Transcript, 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 cycle cumulative grade point average (GPA) and ALES score. The exceptions to the requirements of ALES and Foreign Language Proficiency scores is announced by the Graduate School. However, ALES requirement is waived for the admissions to the second cycle graduate programs offered by the Conservatory and the departments of Fine Arts Faculty, where students are admitted only by the Artistic Aptitude Test as well as for the graduates of doctorate /arts proficiency/medical residency/ dental residency/ veterinary residency/ pharmaceutical residency programs. 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

The graduate program consists of at least seven courses and a research course, a seminar and a thesis study, provided that it is not less than 21 credits. The research course, seminar and thesis study are non-credit and evaluated as successful or unsuccessful. The student workload for a semester is 30 ECTS, and the total workload required for the completion of the M.Sc. program is 120 ECTS.

Profile of the Programme

Nanoscience and Nanoengineering education in the fields of nanoscience and engineering, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, agriculture and basic sciences in the field of leadership development in the world and in Turkey, aims to create a modern and effective education plan. Scientific and technological developments in the world to follow the international standards in all areas of nanoscience and nanotechnology in the country to achieve the interdisciplinary cooperation needs to be strengthened. In this context, nanoscience and nanotechnology, the service sector, defense and other industries on the basis of the fact that the scientific and economic fields will create a synergy in the most efficient way to use this synergy university, industry, aims to establish close cooperation between the public and private establishments. Within the framework of this co-operation with universities and other research centers and laboratories, new multi-disciplinary training programs initiated by companies will be enabled.
Laboratory facilities:
* Crystal Growth Lab.
* Thin Film Lab.
* Semiconductor Si Wafer Preparation Lab.
* Prototype Development Lab.
* Electronic Materials Fabrication Lab.
* Chemical Process Lab.
* Chemical AnalysisLab.
* Advanced Nanotechnology Lab.
* Elektrical Elektronic Measurement Lab.
* XRD Lab.
* Clean Room and Lithography lab.
* Elektronic Circuit Lab.
* Optical Characterization Lab.
* Sensor Lab.
* Optimization ve Signalization Lab.
* Industrial Analysisand Feasibility Lab.
Percentage of Courses Taught in English: %30

Key Learning Outcomes

1	Solution method using the methods of scientific research in the field of development problems, solving, results evaluation and synthesis skills
2	Experimental design, implementation, ability to analyze and interpret data
3	Needed for research in the field of information and communication technologies and the ability to use modern measuring tools
4	Disciplinary and inter-disciplinary communication, multi-disciplinary teams, working, original and interdisciplinary ability to analyze problems
5	Current developments in the field, and the results of their work in written, oral and visual transfer of the national and international levels
6	Problems of different sizes and sectors of society in the processes of environmental awareness and sustainable ability to provide unique solutions
7	Life-long learning requirement of awareness, the ability to monitor implementation of new and emerging field

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

Students who graduate from this program are expected to find job opportunities in the industrial applications of ano-sized materials as scientists and engineers in branches such as aviation and the military and the private sector in areas of strategic importance.

Access to Further Studies

May apply to third cycle programmes.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	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 MAT5151 Methods of Applied Mathematics (3 0 0) with the approval of the supervisor. 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
1 .Semester:
G	1	FBE 5555	SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TECHNIQUES AND PUBLICATION ETHICS	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	5
G	2	NNE 5098	M.SC. RESEARCH	COMPULSORY	2	0	0	3
G	0	-	ELECTIVE COURSE	ELECTIVE	-	-	-	22
TOTAL:								30

1 .Semester Elective:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
G	1	MME 5011	SOL-GEL PROCESSING	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
G	2	NNE 5049	COMPUTATIONAL NANOSCIENCE - I	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
G	3	PHY 5101	PHASE TRANSITIONS AND CRITICAL PHENOMENA-I	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
G	4	MME 6003	SURFACE MODIFICATIONS OF BIOMATERIALS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
G	5	MME 6005	MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THIN FILMS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
G	6	MME 5057	POLYMERIC NANOCOMPOSITES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
G	7	NNE 5003	NANOELECTRONIC AND NANOCOMPUTER	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	8	NNE 5005	NANOBIOSENSORS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	9	NNE 5007	ORGANOMETALLIC NANOPARTICLES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	10	NNE 5009	NANOTOXICOLOGY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	11	NNE 5011	HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGIES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	12	NNE 5013	NANOLITOGRAPHY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	13	NNE 5015	FIBER OPTIC CHEMICAL SENSORS AND NANOSENSORS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	14	NNE 5017	MINIATURIZATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	15	NNE 5019	NANOMETROLOGY - I	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	16	NNE 5023	NANOSIMULATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	17	NNE 5025	NANOTRIBOLOGY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	18	NNE 5027	PURIFICATION PROCESSES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	19	NNE 5029	ELECTRONIC TEST AND MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	20	NNE 5031	NANO-OPTIC	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	21	NNE 5033	COLLOIDS AND SURFACE CHEMISTRY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	22	NNE 5035	NANOSTRUCTURES DYNAMICS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	23	FİZ 3044	QUANTUM MECHANIC II	ELECTIVE	4	0	0	7
G	24	FİZ 3043	QUANTUM MECHANIC I	ELECTIVE	4	0	0	7
G	25	NNE 5037	ORGANIC MATERIALS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	26	MAT 5101	APPLIED MATHEMATICS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	9
G	27	MAT 5151	METHODS OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	9
G	28	PHY 5143	MODERN QUANTUM MECHANICS-I	ELECTIVE	2	2	0	8
G	29	NNE 5041	NANOMECHANIC	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	30	NNE 5043	QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN NANOSCIENCE AND ENGINEERING - I	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	31	NNE 5045	NANOCHARACTERIZATION-I	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	32	NNE 5047	FABRICATION TECHNIQUES IN NANOTECHNOLOGY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
G	33	PHY 5059	SEMICONDUCTIVITY - I	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7

2 .Semester:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
B	1	NNE 5096	M.SC. SEMINAR	COMPULSORY	0	2	0	3
B	0	-	ELECTIVE COURSE	ELECTIVE	-	-	-	27
TOTAL:								30

2 .Semester Elective:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
B	1	KIM 6026	ORGANIC SYNTHESIS DESIGN	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	9
B	2	NNE 5052	COMPUTATIONAL NANOSCIENCE - II	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
B	3	BYT 5018	BIONANOTECHNOLOGY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	4	MME 5052	POLYMERIC BIOMATERIALS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
B	5	MME 5054	STRUCTURAL NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
B	6	NNE 5004	NANO GRINDING MECHANISMS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	7	NNE 5006	NANOCHEMISTRY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	8	NNE 5008	MACROMOLECULER SCIENCE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	9	NNE 5010	TIME RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS OF NANOMATERIALS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	10	NNE 5012	ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	11	NNE 5014	NANOTECHNOLOGY-BUSINESS-POLICY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	12	NNE 5018	NANOSYSTEM DESIGN	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	13	NNE 5020	ECOTOXICOLOGY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	14	NNE 5022	NANOMAGNETISM	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	15	NNE 5024	NANOMETROLOGY - II	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	16	NNE 5026	NANOCALIBRATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	17	NNE 5030	LUMINESCENT MOLECULES AND NANOMATERIALS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	18	NNE 5028	RAPID PROTOTYPING PROCESSES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	19	NNE 5032	PHOTONIC CRYSTALS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	20	NNE 5034	SELF-HEALING MATERIALS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	21	PHY 5164	SEMICONDUCTIVITY - II	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	22	NNE 5038	NANOTECHNOLOGY AND ETHICS OF REGULATORY APPROACHES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	23	NNE 5040	NANOELECTRONIC DEVICES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	24	NNE 5042	NANO MECHANICS AND TECHNOLOGY IN CONSTRUCTION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	25	PHY 5190	MODERN QUANTUM MECHANICS-II	ELECTIVE	2	2	0	8
B	26	NNE 5044	QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN NANOSCIENCE AND ENGINEERING -II	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	27	NNE 5046	NANOCHARACTERIZATION-II	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	28	NNE 5048	NANOCATALYSTS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	29	NNE 5050	FUNCTIONAL NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
B	30	MME 5028	NANOTECHNOLOGY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8

3.Semester:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
G	1	NNE 5099	M.SC. THESIS	COMPULSORY	0	0	0	30
TOTAL:								30

4.Semester:
Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course	T	P	L	ECTS
B	1	NNE 5099	M.SC. THESIS	COMPULSORY	0	0	0	30
TOTAL:								30

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

Second Cycle (Master's Degree) Programme with thesis is comprised of courses (at least 54 ECTS), a seminar (3 ECTS), M. Sc. Research (3 ECTS) and M. Sc. Thesis (60 ECTS), in total 120 ECTS credits. 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. Ayşegül PALA
Çevre Mühendisliği Bölümü
Kaynaklar Yerleşkesi, Buca, İzmir
Telefon : +90 232 3017096
E-Posta : aysegul.pala@deu.edu.tr

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