COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHODS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MEE 4242 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHODS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Mechanical Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR CEMAL KOÇHAN

Offered to

Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

The aim of this course is teaching the principles of additive manufacturing and different methods for additive manufacturing.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to explain fundamentals of additive manufacturing.
2   Be able to explain post-processing for additive manufacturing.
3   Be able to compare different additive manufacturing methods.
4   Be able to decide a proper additive manufacturing methods for a product.
5   Be able to produce novel elements by additive manufacturing methods.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Historical development of additive manufacturing
2 The categories of additive manufacturing
3 Materials for additive manufacturing
4 Material Extrusion Process
5 VAT Photopolymerisation Process
6 Powder Bed Fusion Process
7 Sheet Lamination Process
8 Directed Energy Deposition Process
9 Material Jetting Process
10 Binder Jetting Process
11 Post-processing for additive manufacturing
12 Post-processing for additive manufacturing
13 Project presentation
14 Project presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

ASM Handbook, Volume 24: Additive Manufacturing Processes, ASM International, 2020.
A Guide to Additive Manufacturing. D.Godec, J.G. Gutierrez, A.Nordin, E.Pei, J.U. Alcaraz, Springer, 2022.
Additive Manufacturing, E. Çelik, DeGruyter, 2020.
Additive Manufacturing A.Gebhardt, J.S. Hötter, Hanser, 2016.
Fundementals of Additive Manufacturing: Principles, Technologies, and Applications. H. Youssef, H. El-Hofy, M.Ahmed, CRC Press, 2025.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question-answer, project, presentations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PRS PRESENTATION
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.30 + PRS * 0.10 + FIN * 0.40
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.30 + PRS * 0.10 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students are evaluated by a mid-term exam (20%), a project (30%), presentation of the project (10%) and a final exam (40%).

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

cemal.kochan@deu.edu.tr

0-232 301 9268

Office Hours

It will be announced at the beginning of the semester schedule

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 35 35
Preparing report 1 25 25
Project Preparation 1 50 50
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 207

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.14
LO.24
LO.34
LO.455
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