MINOR PROGRAM IN Mechatronics
Mechatronic systems, involving sensors, actuators and embedded computation, make up important parts of intelligent and robotic systems. Understanding and designing them contributes significantly to addressing the technological challenges of the present and foreseeable future. Minor Program in Mechatronics provides multidisciplinary knowledge across electronics, computer engineering, and software to interested students.
Conditions of Minor Program Completion
There are a total of 10 courses in this minor program; 8 of them are mandatory, and 2 of them are elective courses. Students must take mandatory courses from eight different fundamental areas of mechatronics. Some of these courses may be taken as a part of the students’ major program. In that case, those courses can be counted towards the Mechatronics minor program. The remaining courses, two electives, to meet the requirement for completing a minor program must be taken as elective courses.
Compulsory Courses
| Course Coverage | Course Name | Prerequisites* |
|---|---|---|
| Statics | MECH 205 Statics (3-0)3 or ASE 261 Statics (3-0)3 or CVE 221 Engineering Mechanics I (3-0)3 |
MAT 119 & PHY 105 |
| Dynamics | MECH 208 Dynamics (3-0)3 or ASE 262 Dynamics (3-0)3 or CVE 222 Engineering Mechanics II (3-0)3 |
MECH 205 or ASE 261 MECH 205 or ASE 261 CVE 221 |
| Theory of Machines | MECH 301 Theory of Machines (4-0)4 | MECH 208 |
| Circuit Theory | EEE 209 Fund. of Electrical and Electronics Engr. (3-0)3 or EEE 281 Electrical Circuits (3-2)4 or EEE 201 Circuit Theory I (4-2)5 |
PHY 106 MAT 119 MAT 119 |
| Logic Design | CNG 232 Logic Design (3-2)4 or EEE 248 Logic Design (3-2)4 |
- - |
| Signals | EEE 301 Signals and Systems I (3-0)3 or CNG 384 Signals and Systems for Computer Engineers (3-0)3 |
MAT 219 MAT 219 & MAT 260 |
| Control Systems | EEE 302 Feedback Systems (3-0)3 or MECH 304 Control Systems (3-0)3 or ASE 383 System Dynamics (3-0)3 |
EEE 301 or CNG 384 MAT 219 & MECH 208 MAT 219 |
| Microprocessors or Embedded Systems | EEE 347 Introduction to Microprocessors (3-2)4 or CNG 336 Introduction to Embedded Systems Development (3-2)4 |
EEE 248 CNG 232 |
*Please check the Student Affairs Information System to see the most updated course information.
Elective Courses**
| Code | Elective Course Name | Prerequisites* |
|---|---|---|
| MECH 206 | Strength of Materials (3-0)3 | MECH 205 |
| MECH 227 | Engineering Materials (3-0)3 | - |
| MECH 418 | Dynamics of Machinery (3-0)3 | MECH 301 |
| MECH 429 | Mechanical Vibrations (3-0)3 | MECH 301 or ASE 262 |
| MECH 431 | Kinematic Synthesis of Mechanisms (3-0)3 | - |
| MECH 432 | Acoustics and Noise Control Engineering (3-0)3 | - |
| MECH 434 | Advanced Strength of Materials (3-0)3 | MECH 206 |
| MECH 440 | Numerically Controlled Machine Tools (3-0)3 | - |
| MECH 442 | Design of Control Systems (3-0)3 | MECH 304 or ASE 383 |
| MECH 461 | Mechatronic Components and Instrumentation (2-2 3 | - |
| MECH 481 | Industrial Fluid Power (3-0)3 | - |
| EEE 361 | Electromechanical Energy Conversion I (3-2)4 | EEE 202 & EEE 224 |
| EEE 402 | Discrete Time Systems (3-0)3 | EEE 302 |
| EEE 430 | Digital Signal Processing (3-0)3 | EEE 301 or CNG 384 |
| CNG 462 | Artificial Intelligence (3-0)3 | - |
| CNG 466 | Fundamental Image Processing Techniques (3-0)3 | - |
| ASE 483 | Automatic Control Systems II (4-0)4 | MECH 304 or ASE 383 |
*Please check the Student Affairs Information System to see the most updated course information.
**Other courses may be accepted as an elective course upon the approval of the minor program coordinator.
Summary Table for Engineering Students
The following summary table is given as information for the engineering students; thus, it is not a binding table. It shows the courses already taken by each engineering program at METU NCC relating to the Mechatronics minor. The detailed program should be discussed with the academic advisor in the major program and the minor program coordinator.
The minimum requirement for completing a minor, based on respective METU directive, is the completion of 6 courses and 18 credits, with no less than 4 courses outside the major program curriculum.
| Major Program | Statics | Dynamics | Theory of Machines | Circuit | Logic | Signals | Control Systems | Embedded Systems | # of Electives | Total # of Courses in Addition to the Major Program |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASE | ASE 261 | ASE 262 | EEE 209 | ASE 383 | - | 4 | ||||
| CHME | - | 6*** | ||||||||
| CNG | EEE 281 | CNG 232 | CNG 384 | CNG 336 | - | 4 | ||||
| CVE | CVE 221 | CVE 222 | - | 4*** | ||||||
| EEE | EEE 201 | EEE 248 | EEE 301 | EEE 302 | EEE 347 | 1 | 4 | |||
| MECH | MECH 205 | MECH 208 | MECH 301 | EEE 209 | MECH 304 | 1 | 4 | |||
| PNGE | CVE 221 | - | 5*** |
***The remaining number of courses is calculated if two courses (must or elective) are counted towards major program.