GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEMS/5401328

Course Title:	RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEMS
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	1	Compulsory/Elective	Elective

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkısh

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Assoc.Prof.Sema Bilge Ocak

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/sbocak

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

sbocak@gazi.edu.tr,semamuzo@yahoo.com

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

Ability to inform people who work in areas of radiation
Ability to present oral and written forms in her/his field
Ability to rapidly distinguish the true an required knowledge,
Ability to do analyze of results
Ability to work at TAEK, TUBITAK-UME, and research groups, universities, research centers in advanced level, people who specialize in these subjects.

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

-- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES

There is no prerequisite for this course.

-- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.

--COURSE CONTENT
1. Week	Radiation, radiation sources and proporties of radiation, ionization and nonionization radiations, radiation units
2. Week	interactions of Heavy charged particles, the minimum and maximum energy transfer
3. Week	interactions of Gamma rays
4. Week	General properties of radiation detectors
5. Week	Ionization chambers
6. Week	Geiger Mueller detectors
7. Week	Inorganic and organic scintillation detectors
8. Week	Midterm Exam
9. Week	Photodetectors
10. Week	Semiconductor detectors
11. Week	Other solid-state detectors
12. Week	Puls processing and data analysis
13. Week	Linear and logic puls functions
14. Week	Electronics of detectors
15. Week	Application of particle detectors
16. Week	Final exam

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

1. Physics&Engineering of Radiation dedection Syed Naeem Ahmed, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario (2007). 2. Radiation dedection and Measurement, Gnell F. Knoll (2000) 3. Particle dedectors, Claus Grupen and Boris Shwartz (2008)

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration by tecnical visit

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

Not Applicable

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	1	30
Assignment	1	20
Exercises	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		60

-- WORKLOAD

Efficiency	Total Week Count	Weekly Duration (in hour)	Total Workload in Semester
Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week	16	3	48
Practising Hours of Course Per Week			0
Reading	3	5	15
Searching in Internet and Library	13	3	39
Designing and Applying Materials			0
Preparing Reports	2	2	4
Preparing Presentation	14	3	42
Presentation	14	2	28
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term	1	3	3
Final and Studying for Final	1	3	3
Other			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			182
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.28
ECTS:			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
1					X
2					X
3					X
4					X
5					X
6					X
7					X
8					X
9					X
10					X
11					X
12					X
13					X
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