DEGREE PROGRAMMES

: Mechanics

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 (Master's Degree) diploma; minimum 80/100 or 3/4 Cumulative Grade Point Average, minimum score of 60 from the National Central Graduate Education Entrance Examination (ALES) in the related field; a minimum score of 70 from the graduate school entrance exam; a minimum score of 60 from the nation-wide Foreign Language Exam ( YDS ) or equivalent score from an exam accredited by YÖK.

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

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
 
1 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Course Unit Type T P L ECTS
G 1 MAT 5101 APPLIED MATHEMATICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 9
G 0 - ELECTIVE COURSE ELECTIVE - - - 21
TOTAL:   30
 
2 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Course Unit Type T P L ECTS
B 1 FBE 6666 PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND ETHICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5
B 2 MEE 6098 PH.D. RESEARCH COMPULSORY 3 0 0 9
B 0 - ELECTIVE COURSE ELECTIVE - - - 16
TOTAL:   30
 
3 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Course Unit Type T P L ECTS
G 1 MEE 6094 PH.D. SEMINAR COMPULSORY 0 3 0 5
G 2 MEE 6098 PH.D. RESEARCH COMPULSORY 3 0 0 9
G 0 - ELECTIVE COURSE ELECTIVE - - - 16
TOTAL:   30
 
4 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Course Unit Type T P L ECTS
B 1 MEE 6099 PH.D. THESIS COMPULSORY 0 0 0 30
TOTAL:   30
 
5 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Course Unit Type T P L ECTS
G 1 MEE 6099 PH.D. THESIS COMPULSORY 0 0 0 30
TOTAL:   30
 
6 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Course Unit Type T P L ECTS
B 1 MEE 6099 PH.D. THESIS COMPULSORY 0 0 0 30
TOTAL:   30
 
7 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Course Unit Type T P L ECTS
G 1 MEE 6099 PH.D. THESIS COMPULSORY 0 0 0 30
TOTAL:   30
 
8 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Course Unit Type T P L ECTS
B 1 MEE 6099 PH.D. THESIS COMPULSORY 0 0 0 30
TOTAL:   30
 
FLEXIBLE ELECTIVE COURSE ACCORDING TO ECTS
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Course Unit Type T P L ECTS
Z 1 MEE 5037 ADVANCED STRENGTH OF MATERIALS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 2 MEE 5043 FOUNDATIONS OF SOLID MECHANICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 3 MEE 5041 INTERMEDIATE DYNAMICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
Z 4 MEE 6021 THERMOELASTICITY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 5 MEE 6023 ANISOTROPIC ELASTICITY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 6 MEE 5103 PHOTOELASTICITY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
Z 7 MEE 5101 COMPOSITE MATERIALS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
Z 8 MEE 5083 THEORY OF ELASTICITY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
Z 9 MEE 6024 IMPACT ON COMPOSITE STRUCTURES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
Z 10 MEE 6022 THEORY OF COMPOSITE PLATES AND SHELLS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 11 MEE 5102 FATIGUE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 12 MEE 5080 THEORY OF PLASTICITY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9
Z 13 MEE 5038 FINITE ELEMENT METHODS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 14 MEE 5110 FRACTURE AND FAILURE MECHANICS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 15 MEE 5008 THEORY OF ELASTIC STABILITY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 16 MEE 5010 THEORY OF SHELLS AND PLATES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
 

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