ECTS - - Modeling and Design of Engineering Systems (MODES)

Çekirdek Seçmeli FBE-MODES-DR-CE1FA1 - Non-Departmental Elective (0 + 0) 5

Çekirdek Seçmeli FBE-MODES-DR-CE1FA2 - Non-Departmental Elective (0 + 0) 5

MDES982 - PhD Seminar (0 + 0) 20

Each PhD student is expected to give a presentation on his/her thesis work and attend the seminars conducted by the other students and academic staff.

MDES989 - PhD Qualifying Exam (0 + 0) 30

Topics covered in curriculum courses and related topics.

MDES991 - PhD Thesis Proposal (0 + 0) 30

Research topics within the scope of the program.

MDES997 - PhD Thesis (0 + 0) 120

Thesis topic determined in the thesis protocol.

Odak Seçmeli FBE-MODES-DR-FE1FA1 - Non-Departmental Elective (0 + 0) 5

Odak Seçmeli FBE-MODES-DR-FE1FA2 - Non-Departmental Elective (0 + 0) 5

Odak Seçmeli FBE-MODES-DR-FE1FA3 - Non-Departmental Elective (0 + 0) 5

MDES601 - Special Topics (3 + 0) 5

Content of each special course will be announced prior to the term.

MDES632 - Reliability for Design (3 + 0) 5

System reliability, the methods for evaluating reliability of systems, and reliability optimization problems.

MDES646 - Advances in Management Information Systems (3 + 0) 5

Introduction to advanced topics in management information systems; management information systems modeling and design; advances in information technology and the corresponding development techniques, emerging new systems opportunities; the need for managing these applications effectively; the new application areas and the system management approach

MDES660 - Theory of Computation (3 + 0) 5

Models of computation, church-Turing thesis, decidability and undecidability, recursive enumerability, time complexity, classes P and NP, space complexity, LOGSPACE, PSPACE, completeness.

MDES661 - Formal Languages and Automata (3 + 0) 5

Languages and their representations, finite automata and regular grammars, context-free grammars; concept of abstract machines and language acceptance; deterministic and non-deterministic finite state machines; pushdown automata; Turing machines and introduction to the theory of computation.

MDES667 - Fundamentals of Target Tracking (3 + 0) 5

Brief review of probability theory and linear algebra, basic concepts in estimation, state estimation for linear systems, state estimation for nonlinear systems, maneuvering target tracking, adaptive estimation, comparison of several adaptive estimation methods for maneuvering targets, multiple model approach.

MDES672 - Advanced Topics in Digital Image Processing (3 + 0) 5

Review of image processing fundamentals, frequency and space domain image processing methods; wavelets, multiresolution processing, and orthogonal transforms; image and video compression standards; image segmentation and representation; nonlinear image processing methods.

MDES674 - Supply Chain Management (3 + 0) 5

Supply chain management purposes and processes; supply chain design, evaluation and measurement models; trends in strategic operations, procurement, and logistics applications within the supply chain.

MDES675 - MultiAgent Systems (3 + 0) 5

Agent paradigm, abstract agent architectures, design of intelligent agents, agent cooperation, auction systems, negotiation, argumentation, interaction languages and protocols, distributed problem solving, coordination, applications for multiagent systems.

MDES677 - Advanced Artificial Intelligence (3 + 0) 5

Intelligent agents, problem solving by searching, informed/uninformed search methods, exploration, constraint satisfaction problems, game playing, knowledge and reasoning: first-order logic, knowledge representation, learning, selected topics: evolutionary computing, multiagent systems, artificial neural networks, ant colony optimization.

MDES678 - Theory of Continuous Media I (3 + 0) 5

Review of tensor analysis and integral theorems; kinematics of deformation, strain tensor, compatibility condition; material derivative, deformation rate, spin and vorticity tensor; external and internal loads, Cauchy?s principle and stress tensors; basic laws of continuum mechanics (conservation of mass, continuity equation, principle of linear an

MDES679 - Theory of Continuous Media II (3 + 0) 5

Energy an virtual work equations, second law of thermodynamics, entropy, reversible and irreversible processes; theory of thermoelasticity, Gibbs relation; adiabatic and isothermal deformations; Clausius-Duhem inequality; constitutive equations, material symmetry restrictions; theory of viscoelasticity, theory of plasticity; applications.

MDES681 - Computer Programming for Structural Dynamics (3 + 0) 5

Differential equations of motion: force balance, virtual work, Hamilton`s principle and Lagrange`s equations; support excitation; free vibration: undamped, under-damped, critically damped, and over-damped systems; viscous and frictional damping; response to impulsive and earthquake loading: convolution, numerical integration, and frequency domain m

MDES683 - Theory of Plasticity (3 + 0) 5

Vector and tensor calculus; general concepts about mechanics of materials-stress and strain concept; continuum deformation: displacement, strain and compatibility conditions; mechanics of continuous bodies: stress and stress equation of motion; elastic constitutive relations; inelastic constitutive relations; yield criteria, flow rules and hardenin

MDES684 - Mechanics of Composite Materials (3 + 0) 5

Types of composite materials, constitutive relation for anisotropic materials, macromechanical behavior of a single lamina, strength and failure of unidirectional lamina, macromechanical behavior of a laminate, bending, buckling and vibration of laminated plates.

MDES685 - Advanced Topics in Tunneling (3 + 0) 5

Introduction to tunneling: art and engineering; preliminary studies and design; tunneling methods: NATM, TBM methods and others; stress and strain phenomena associated with excavation of tunnels; design and support of tunnels; application of numerical analysis code for tunneling design (such as FLAC, PLAXIS).

MDES686 - Fundamental Principles of Tissue Engineering (3 + 0) 5

Cell-tissue concepts, cell-tissue culture basic principles, tissue engineering, biomaterials, systems, proteins, biomaterial surface interactions, tissue microenvironment, organ loss and regeneration.

MDES687 - Principles of Polymer Processing (3 + 0) 5

Mechanical and physical properties of polymers, polymer melt rheology , elementary steps in polymer processing, shaping.

MDES688 - Transport Phenomena in Materials Processing (3 + 0) 5

Vector and tensor notations, momentum transport, equations of change for isothermal systems, energy transport, mass transport.

MDES615 - Analytical Probability Theory (3 + 0) 5

Sigma-algebra of sets, measure, integral with respect to measure; probability space; independent events and independent experiments; random variables and probability distributions; moments and numerical characteristics; random vectors and independent random variables; convergence of random variables; transform methods; sums of independent random v