COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Environmental Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MELIK KARA

Offered to

Environmental Engineering

Course Objective

To enable students to recognize instrumental analysis methods and to have knowledge about instrumental devices. To gain the ability to decide on the use of appropriate devices for laboratory analysis. To give information about the methods and quality standards applicable to the analysis.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Having knowledge about instrumental analysis
2   Being able to choose the right method for analysis
3   Having knowledge about experimental validation and uncertainty calculation methods
4   Having knowledge about the parameters analyzed by spectroscopic and chromatographic methods and ability to select the appropriate device
5   Having knowledge about olfactometric method and odor measurement

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1. Week Introduction to Instrumental Analysis, Instrumental Analysis methods, Application examples of Instrumental analysis techniques used in Environmental Engineering
2 2. Week Calibration methods, Method validation and uncertainty calculations, Data evaluation methods
3 3. Week Introduction to spectroscopy, Spectroscopic methods and examples
4 4. Week Sample preparation for spectroscopic analysis
5 5. Week Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS) Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES) Mass Spectroscopy (ICP-MS)
6 6 Week Ultraviolet - visible region (UV-Vis) spectrophotometer IR Spectroscopy (FTIR Spectroscopy) X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
7 7. Week ICP-OES ICP-MS and sample preparation
8 8. Week Introduction to Chromatography Chromatographic Analysis Methods
9 9. Week Sample preparation and extraction methods for chromatographic analysis
10 10. Week Gas chromatography (GC) Combined techniques in gas chromatography, GC-MS, GC-MS/MS Ion chromatography (IC)
11 11. Week Liquid chromatography (LC) HPLC chromatography Combined techniques in liquid chromatography, LC-MS, LC-MS/MS
12 12. Week Odor measurement by olfactometric method
13 13. Week Laboratory practices and laboratory trip
14 14. Week Examining and presenting of homework

Recomended or Required Reading

- Dean, J.R. 1998. Extraction Methods for Environmental Analysis, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, New York, USA.
- Skoog, D.A., Holler F.J., Crouch, S.R. 2013. Enstrümantal Analiz Ilkeleri, Çeviri Editörleri Kılıç, E., Yılmaz, H., 6. Basım. Bilim Yayınevi, Ankara.
- Gündüz, T. 2012. Instrümental Analiz. 10. Basım, Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Field Trip

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 * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assignment, Midterm exam, Final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 58

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.14
LO.25
LO.33
LO.433
LO.533