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Head of Department : Çetin Yılmaz

Associate Department Heads: Cahit Can Aydıner, Evren Samur

Professors : Sabri Altıntaş† , Günay Anlaş, Kunt Atalık, Cahit Can Aydıner, Hasan Bedir, Nuri Ersoy, Hakan Ertürk, Haluk Örs, Şebnem Özüpek, Fazıl Önder Sönmez, Kaşif Teker, Akın Tezel†, Çetin Yılmaz

Associate Professors : Fatma Nazlı Dönmezer Akgün, Ali Ecder, Evren Samur, Murat Çelik

Assistant Professors : Sertan Alkan, Asghar Aryanfar, Osman Safa Çifçi, Mehmet Zahid Hamarat, Kerim Can Dansuk, İlyas İstif*, Sinan Öncü

†Professor Emeritus

*Part-time

•Adjunct

MASTER OF SCIENCE PROGRAM IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
(WITH THESIS)

Total Credits: 24
Total ECTS: 132

* ECTS and credit hours specified are the minimum required values.
** Students who have previously taken this course, or its equivalent, should take ME 502 Advanced Engineering Mathematics II , or if this course, or its equivalent, is also taken, an elective course approved by their advisor may also be taken.
*** Each student must have a declared Option; the available Options are:
Option A: Dynamics and Control
Option B: Fluid Mechanics
Option C: Materials and Manufacturing
Option D: Solids and Design
Option E: Thermal Sciences
The Core and Elective courses associated with each option are provided below. “Option Core” and “Option Elective” refer to the course set associated with the student’s declared Option.
**** “Restricted Elective”s must be selected from the Core courses associated with Options other than the student’s declared Option, and the two Restricted Elective courses must be chosen from two different options. The other option core courses can also be replaced by either ME502 Advanced Engineering Mathematics II (if ME501 is taken as the Math course) or ME503 Mechanics of Continua I as a substitute.
*****The Unrestricted Elective course may be chosen from among science and engineering graduate courses approved by advisor.

The M.S. program in Mechanical Engineering requires a minimum of 24 credits hours (8 courses) of course work, seminar course and a Master's thesis. One mathematics requirement, three core courses and one seminar requirement must be completed together with three (elective) courses from the selected option. The remaining can be chosen from any engineering or science graduate courses. Mathematics requirement is is fulfilled by taking:

ME 501 or ME 502 Advanced Engineering Mathematics I or II

Students who have previously taken one of these courses, or its equivalent, may instead take an elective course approved by their advisor.

Core course requirement can be fulfilled by taking one course from each core course sequence covering three of the five options as listed below:

In addition to the core courses requirement, students are required to complete a minimum of 9 credits in one of the five options indicated above. One course is to be the remaining core course of the chosen core sequence. Option courses are listed below for both the M.S. and Ph.D. programs.

In addition to the required and option courses, students are required take the non-credit seminar course: ME 579 Graduate Seminar.

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY PROGRAM

The Ph.D. program in Mechanical Engineering includes a minimum of 25 credits of course work and dissertation carried out according to regulations of the Institute. The required courses for the program are:

ME 501 and ME 502 Advanced Engineering Mathematics I and II

Students who have previously taken one of these courses, or its equivalent, are required to take the second course. Those who have taken either one or both of these courses, or their equivalents may instead take elective courses approved by their advisor and the Institute.

Ph.D. students are required to identify a Major field which corresponds to one of the five Mechanical Engineering options listed above. Three courses for the Major field are chosen from among courses not taken in the M.S. program. Subject to the approval of the advisor, a Minor field consisting of a sequence of two courses is also determined. Students complete their course requirements with an elective course complementing their Ph.D. program.

PHD PROGRAM IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Total Credits: 25
Total ECTS: 246

* ECTS and credit hours specified are the minimum required values.
** Both ME 501 Advanced Engineering Mathematics I and ME 502 Advanced Engineering Mathematics II must be completed to fulfill the mathematics requirement. Students who have previously completed one of these courses, or its equivalent, are required to complete the remaining course. Students who have previously completed either one or both of these courses, or their equivalents, may instead complete elective courses approved by their advisor.
*** Each student must have a declared Major Option and a declared Minor Option; the available Options are:
Option A: Dynamics and Control
Option B: Fluid Mechanics
Option C: Materials and Manufacturing
Option D: Solids and Design
Option E: Thermal Sciences

The Core and Elective courses associated with each option are provided below. “Major Option Course” and “Minor Option Course” refer to the course sets associated with the student’s declared Major and Minor Options, respectively.

OPTIONS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING and ASSOCIATED COURSE SETS

A. Dynamics and Control:

B. Fluid Mechanics:

C. Materials and Manufacturing:

D. Solids and Design:

E. Thermal Sciences:

In addition to the option courses listed above,
ME 581-589 Special Topics courses,
ME 591-596 Special Studies courses,
ME 681-689 Special Topics courses,
ME 691-696 Special Studies courses and
ME 597,598, 697,698 Mechanical Engineering Seminars courses
may be considered as a member of the sets above, depending on the course content given in the particular semester.