1. Introduction to Mechanical Engineering MAK111, ITU Makina Fakültesi, Gümüşsuyu, 19 Aralık 2012.

2. ITU Automotive Laboratories Contents What is “Mechanical Engineering“ Automotive engineering education Current research at ITU on AE Student motivation

3. ITU Automotive Laboratories Mechanical Engineering The “Engineering way of thinking” Determine important issues of the problem Modelling, assumptions and estimation Develop Engineering Knowledge Common elements and systems How machines are designed, produced and operate Develop Mechanical Engineering skills Communication and project management Analytical and geometric modelling Engineering design process

4. ITU Automotive Laboratories What Does a Mechanical Engineer Do ? Involvement of Mechanical Engineers

5. ITU Automotive Laboratories What Does a Mechanical Engineer Do ? Develop and support mechanical solutions using fundamental, applied and experimental means, Develop solutions that are of a mechanical nature; robotics environmental biomedicalstructural softwareaerospace electronicsIT automotive

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7. ITU Automotive Laboratories Developing an Engineering Sysytem Engineer must know, Functionwhat is the purpouse, why it is needed who, what, when, where Formshape and how it functions Physicswhat are the physics, limitations Flowswhat flows, how and where Fabricationhow it is made, how it effects performance These may change according to time/state of the machine eg. car (idle, high speed, acceleration etc)

8. ITU Automotive Laboratories An Example Source: Mechanical Engineering 110, MIT, USA

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13. ITU Automotive Laboratories Automotive Engineering Involves various disciplines (safety, fuel economy, emissions, vehicle dynamics, NVH, performance, packeging, durability etc) Development engineer's job is a trade-off process required to deliver all the automobile attributes at a certain acceptable level – eg. the trade-off between engine performance and fuel economy Continous develeopment in technology – life long learning is important

14. ITU Automotive Laboratories Research Groups Internal Combustion Engines Mixture Formation and Combustion in IC Engines Exhaust Emission Measurements and Control Combustion Chamber Design and Development Alternative Fuels IC Engine Tribology Vehicle Technology Chassis Design Fatigue Vibration Measurements and Analysis Vehicle Acoustics Vehicle Dynamics Simulation

15. ITU Automotive Laboratories Undergraduate Courses Vehicle Technology IC Engines Engine Design Alternative Fuels for IC Engines Exhaust Emissions Powertrain Assembly Vehicle Vibrations and Noise Fuel Economy Vehicle Construction Chassis and Body Design Design Project Experimental Methods in Mech Engineering

16. ITU Automotive Laboratories Postgraduate Courses Combustion Fundamentals Mixture Formation in IC Engines Spark Ignition Engine Combustion Turbocharging of IC Engines Cycle Calculations and Development of IC Engines Experimental Techniques for Vehicle Engines Advanced Methods in Vehicle Bodies and Chassis Frames Design Vehicle Design Dynamics of Road Vehicles Automotive Tribology CAS in Automotive Engineering Vibrations of Road Vehicles Traction Dynamics of Motor Vehicles Life Cycle Testing of Vehicles Vehicle Control Systems

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18. Modelling of Diesel Engines Modelling of induction, combustion, spray break-up and mixture formation processes in IC engines Cycle analysis using multidimensional KIVA3v and KIVA4 algorithms for engine performance and pollutant emissions Chemical kinetic modelling for Diesel combustion

19. ITU Automotive Laboratories Diesel Spray Modelling “Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Gas Motion and Spray Dynamics in IC Engines” collaborative project with Istituto Motori, CNR, Naples, Italy (2008)

20. ITU Automotive Laboratories Combustion Chamber Development Ricardo-COMMET M - Process Direct Injection “Low Emission Diesel Engine Development” TUBITAK project

21. ITU Automotive Laboratories Effects of Honing on Lube Oil Consumption Real-time oil consumption measurement

22. ITU Automotive Laboratories Vehicle Dynamics Simulation Driving Simulator Application : Collaborative Project with TU Braunschweig / Germany Presented in FISITA 2008 World Automotive Congress on the Islands of Excellence Stand of TU Braunschweig / Institute of Automotive Engineering LDW (Lane Departure Warning) Algorithm Demonstration with the help of the “TU Istanbul Simulator” Research on “Driver-Vehicle-Environment Interaction” with an original Driving Simulator Code from TU Istanbul

23. ITU Automotive Laboratories Vehicle Acoustics

24. ITU Automotive Laboratories Low Temperature Combustion Investigation of the Effect of Boost Pressure and EGR Rate on NOx and PM Emissions in Diesel Engines in collaboration with Istituto Motori, CNR, Naples, Italy Low temperature combustion

25. ITU Automotive Laboratories Lean Combustion Conversion of a Diesel Engine into LPG & CNG Operation with MR-Process Combustion

26. ITU Automotive Laboratories NVH Optimization of Noise and Vibration Characteristics of Bus Class Vehicle Families

27. ITU Automotive Laboratories Development of Istanbul Driving Cycle Development of Urban Drive Cycles Distance covered: 8.61 km Duration: 1003 s Average speed: 30.9 km/h Max speed: 78.0 km/h

28. ITU Automotive Laboratories Student Motivation in Education “For also knowledge itself is power", Francis Bacon (1597) “Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school”, Albert Einstein

29. ITU Automotive Laboratories Institutional Reputation

30. ITU Automotive Laboratories Institutional Reputation Satellite designed and launched by Istanbul Technical University on national press

31. ITU Automotive Laboratories Student Motivation Formula SAE Student Projects “Team work”

32. ITU Automotive Laboratories University Ranking 2009 ranking for ITU 2012 ranking for ITU 501 – 550 overall 215 engineering &technology

33. ITU Automotive Laboratories Mechanical Engineering A Mechanical Engineer

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