ECTS - Energy Sources and Sustainability
Energy Sources and Sustainability (ME651) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Energy Sources and Sustainability | ME651 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | N/A |
| Course Level | Ph.D. |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Question and Answer. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | The objective of the course is to teach the students sustainability in the energy and environmental framework. Show them to learn technology and technology dependent energy policy options and provide an assessment frame work to produce alternative solutions. In this respect, the conventional and renewable energy resources and the existing and future’s technologies will be examined in relation to their environmental strengths and weaknesses. Their economic viability and their ability to satisfy the ever evolving regulatory expectations of the world community. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | The energy use in the view of sustainability, resource availability, technical performance, environmental effects, and economics; fossil fuels: coal, petroleum and natural gas; renewable energy sources: solar, wind, geothermal, tidal, biomass and hydro; nuclear power. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | General Energy Sources | |
| 3 | Sustainability | |
| 4 | The energy use in the view of sustainability, resource availability, technical performance, environmental effects, and economics | |
| 5 | The energy use in the view of sustainability, resource availability, technical performance, environmental effects, and economics | |
| 6 | Fossil fuels: Coal, petroleum | |
| 7 | Fossil fuels: Natural gas | |
| 8 | General Introduction to Renewable Energy Sources | |
| 9 | General Introduction to Renewable Energy Sources | |
| 10 | Renewable Energy Sources: Solar, wind, geothermal, tidal, biomass and hydro; and Nuclear Power. | |
| 11 | Renewable Energy Sources: Solar, wind, geothermal, tidal, biomass and hydro; and Nuclear Power. | |
| 12 | Renewable Energy Sources: Solar, wind, geothermal, tidal, biomass and hydro; and Nuclear Power. | |
| 13 | The relationships between the development of technology, energy resources, and energy technologies available today and understanding the future aspects. | |
| 14 | The relationships between the development of technology, energy resources, and energy technologies available today and understanding the future aspects. |
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Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | 2 | 10 |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | 1 | 10 |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 2 | 40 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 40 |
| Toplam | 6 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 100 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | |
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| Major Area Courses | X |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Gains the ability to understand and apply knowledge in the fields of mathematics, science and basic sciences at the level of expertise. | X | ||||
| 2 | Gains the ability to access wide and deep knowledge in the field of Engineering by doing scientific research with current techniques and methods, evaluate, interpret and implement the gained knowledge. | X | ||||
| 3 | Being aware of the latest developments his/her field of study, defines problems, formulates and develops new and/or original ideas and methods in solutions. | X | ||||
| 4 | Designs and applies theoretical, experimental, and model-based research, analyzes and interprets the results obtained at the level of expertise. | X | ||||
| 5 | Gains the ability to use the applications, techniques, modern tools and equipment in his/her field of study at the level of expertise. | X | ||||
| 6 | Designs, executes and finalizes an original work process independently. | X | ||||
| 7 | Can work in interdisciplinary and interdisciplinary teams, lead teams, use the information of different disciplines together and develop solution approaches. | X | ||||
| 8 | Pays regard to scientific, social and ethical values in all professional activities and acquires responsibility consciousness at the level of expertise. | X | ||||
| 9 | Contributes to the literature by communicating the processes and results of his/her academic studies in written form or orally in national and international academic environments, communicates effectively with communities and scientific staff working in the field of specialization. | X | ||||
| 10 | Gains the skill of lifelong learning at the level of expertise. | X | ||||
| 11 | Communicates verbally and in written form using a foreign language at least at the European Language Portfolio B2 General Level. | X | ||||
| 12 | Recognizes the social, environmental, health, safety, legal aspects of engineering applications, as well as project management and business life practices, being aware of the limitations they place on engineering applications. | X | ||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | |||
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Total Workload | 98 | ||