Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE / SEC 416 - GEOPHYSICAL ENGINEERING

Code: SEC 416 Course Title: GROUND WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOPHYSICS Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 5
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department GEOPHYSICAL ENGINEERING
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer NART COŞKUN (nartc@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To gain knowledge about modern environmental issues that are specific to geoscientists; to find the current environmental problems include among others, to protect location of hazardous waste material, to determine protection of soil and groundwater from contamination, planning of new, safe and secure disposal sites for dumping industrial and domestic waste. To teach the students geophysical methods which are appropriate to use for a specific environmental geological target.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Be able to define geophysical tasks relating to environmental protection. 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.
PO-12 The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.
Examination
LO-2 Be able to define and solve specific environmental geophysics problem. 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.
PO-9 An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.
Examination
LO-3 Be able to prepare and present a specific environmental geophysics results and research outcome of an exercise. 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.
PO-9 An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Definition of the environment. Groundwater and resources of polluting the atmosphere. Industrial-environment-human Interaction. Regulationsof related to pollution and eia reports. Basic concepts; Darcy's and Fick's laws, molecular and mechanical diffusion, moving mass loss. Pollution models; stochastic, fractal, descriptive (moving and dispersion equations) approaches. Pollution models; stochastic. Fractal. Descriptive (moving and dispersion equations) approaches. Geophysical methods used to determine ground water pollution of the propagation area; ground-penetrating radar, magnetic, electromagnetic, seismic method applications. Selected application examples.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Definition of the environment Lecturing
2 Ground-water and resources of polluting the atmosphere Lecturing and discussion method
3 Industrial environment-human interaction Discussion method
4 Regulationsof related to pollution and EIA reports Lecturing and examination method
5 Regulationsof related to pollution and EIA reports Lecturing and examination method
6 Basic concepts: Darcy's and Fick's laws, molecular and mechanical diffusion, moving mass loss Lecturing
7 Basic concepts: Darcy's and Fick's laws, molecular and mechanical diffusion, moving mass loss Lecturing
8 mid-term exam
9 Pollution models: Stochastic, fractal, descriptive (moving and dispersion equations) approaches Lecturing and problem solving method
10 Pollution models: Stochastic, fractal, descriptive (moving and dispersion equations) approaches Lecturing and problem solving method
11 Geophysical methods used to determine ground water pollution of the propagation area: ground-penetrating radar, magnetic, electromagnetic, seismic method applications Geophysical methods for solving pollution in application areas
12 Geophysical methods used to determine ground water pollution of the propagation area: ground-penetrating radar, magnetic, electromagnetic, seismic method applications Geophysical methods for solving pollution in application areas
13 Geophysical methods used to determine ground water pollution of the propagation area: ground-penetrating radar, magnetic, electromagnetic, seismic method applications Geophysical methods for solving pollution in application areas
14 Selected application examples Similar examples examination
15 Selected application examples Similar examples examination
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Fetter C. W., 1993, Contaminant hydrogeology, McMillan Publishing Company, NY.
2 S. H. Ward (ed), Geotechnical and environmental geophysics, v. II, environmental and ground-water, Soc. Exp. Geoph., Tulsa, OK, 1990.
3 W. E. Kelly and S. Mares, Applied Geophysics in hydrogeological and engineering practice, Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1993.
4 Z. Şen, Applied Hydrogeology for scintists and engineers, Lewis Publishers, London, 1995.
5 C. W. Fetter, Contaminant hydrogeolgy, McMillan Publishing Company, New York, 1993.
Required Course instruments and materials
None

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