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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE / JFM 308 - GEOPHYSICAL ENGINEERING

Code: JFM 308 Course Title: COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN GEOPHYSICS Theoretical+Practice: 2+1 ECTS: 5
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department GEOPHYSICAL ENGINEERING
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer YUSUF ARİF KUTLU (yakutlu@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To apply the program applications belonging to geophysical data packet, data types and programming techniques.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Be able to use software in level that fulfills their occupational requirements. PO-3 An ability to design field experiments, as well as analyze and interpret data.
PO-4 An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.
PO-8 Have the students gain knowledge in site investigation of the environmental and archaeological problems, and designing solutions to the engineering problems in terms of natural hazard risk assessments in particular infrastructure needs of the society.
Examination
LO-2 Be able to write programs programming and evaluating of geophysical data. PO-2 An ability to identify, formulate, and solve geophysical engineering problems and knowledge of contemporary issues.
PO-3 An ability to design field experiments, as well as analyze and interpret data.
PO-5 An ability to process the collected geophysical data by means of modern hardware and software facilities of information technologies.
Examination
LO-3 Be able to use Matlab program in geophysical field. PO-2 An ability to identify, formulate, and solve geophysical engineering problems and knowledge of contemporary issues.
PO-3 An ability to design field experiments, as well as analyze and interpret data.
PO-4 An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.
PO-6 An ability to interpret the processed data by using multidisciplinary approach.
PO-8 Have the students gain knowledge in site investigation of the environmental and archaeological problems, and designing solutions to the engineering problems in terms of natural hazard risk assessments in particular infrastructure needs of the society.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
MATLAB programming language, MATLAB, "Desktop" structure and presentation of editor. Creating, modifying and running "M File", variable definition in MATLAB, data types, arithmetic and logical expressions, condition procedures, definitions of sub-function, math functions, numeric math functions. MATLAB libraries for the solution of linear and nonlinear problems. MATLAB with drawing 1-D, 2-D and 3-D graphics, creating motion picture, using conjunction MATLAB, C and FORTRAN programs, to transform of MATLAB to FORTRAN and C programs and to obtain a workable program. Examples of application.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 MATLAB programming language, MATLAB “Desktop” structure and editor’s introduction Computer application
2 Forming “MFiles”, modifying and runing Computer application
3 Variable description in MATLAB Computer application
4 Data Types, arithmetic and logical expressions Computer application
5 Description of old function, condition processing Computer application
6 Mathematical functions, numerical math functions Computer application
7 MATLAB libraries for the solution of linear and nonlinear problems Computer application
8 mid-term exam
9 1B, 2B,3B drawing graphic and forming moving image with the MATLAB Computer application
10 1B, 2B,3B drawing graphic and forming moving image with the MATLAB Computer application
11 Use with of matlab, C and fortran programs Computer application
12 Use with of matlab, C and fortran programs Computer application
13 Conversion of matlab programs to c and fortran, acquisition of capable to work program Computer application
14 Conversion of matlab programs to c and fortran, acquisition of capable to work program Computer application
15 Application examples Computer application
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Burden R. L., 1985, Numerical Analysis, Prindle, Weber and Schmidt Publishers, Boston
2 MATLAB (Ver 6) The Language of Technical Computing, The MathWorks Inc. 2002
3 Pao Y. C., 1999, Engineering Analysis: Interactive Methods and Programs with FORTRAN, QuickBASIC, MATLAB, and Mathematica. CRC Press, Inc.,
Required Course instruments and materials
Computer

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 0
       b) Search in internet/Library 0
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 8 7 56
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 8 7 56
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 156