GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
TIMBER PRODUCTION AND DRYING/AEM-217
Course Title: TIMBER PRODUCTION AND DRYING
Credits 2 ECTS 3
Course Semester 3 Type of The Course Compulsory
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Timber production recognizes natural and technical drying methods.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Course Contents and General Structure of Wood
2. Week  Macroscopic and Microscopic Structure of Wooden Materials
3. Week  Timber Industry, Timber Harvesting Methods and Quality Factors Affecting Timber
4. Week  Terms, Definition, Measurement Methods and Timber Production Flow
5. Week  Yield (Efficiency) and Capacity in Timber Production
6. Week  Protection of wood materials
7. Week  Timber mowers
8. Week   Lumber Store
9. Week  Physical Properties of Wood
10. Week  Wood-Water Associations
11. Week  Drying of wood materials - Drying methods
12. Week  Timber Drying Programs
13. Week  Timber Drying Defects and Prevention Remedies
14. Week  General Evaluation
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
60
 Assignment
0
0
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
60
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
40
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
2
28
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
0
 Searching in Internet and Library
15
1
15
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
0
 Preparing a Presentation
15
1
15
 Presentation
6
1
6
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
5
5
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
5
5
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
74
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
2.96
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
3
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1For wood products and furniture industry professional knowledge, both theoretical and practical idea generation, solving engineering problems, make suggestions and gain knowledge and skills in the areas of application.X
2Complex design and engineering problems to identify, projects, reading ability to reflect production; select and apply appropriate analysis methods for this purpose and gain the skills.
3Product life cycle of the product in line, system or process, depending on the nature of the design, economics, environmental issues, sustainability, manufacturability, ethical, health, safety, social, cultural and political approaches and design; Earn up to date for this purpose is the ability to apply design methods.
4Engineering applications, techniques and tools that are needed to develop, select, acquire knowledge and skills to use.X
5Computer-aided design and manufacturing skills to use technology effectively to win.
6Disciplinary and interdisciplinary, individual and gain the skills to work takımsal.
7Turkish and English verbal and written communication skills to win.
8Aware of the necessity of lifelong learning; to access information, to follow developments in science and technology and continuous self-renewal ability to win.
9Gain awareness of professional and ethical responsibility.
10Design management, risk management and change management practices, such as information about his business wins.
11Gain knowledge in the fields of entrepreneurship and innovation.
12Gain awareness of legal issues in the field of awareness.
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Hakan Keskin)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://w3.gazi.edu.tr/~khakan/index.htm)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (khakan@gazi.edu.tr)