Lecture Code	Description of Lecture
MAD 502 Seminar	Students present and discuss a paper on topics of the disciplines. After presentation each paper is extensively discussed by the academic staff.
MAD 515 Mining Planning	Planning of mine projects (open pit and underground); factors affecting mine planning and design and management.
MAD 522 Mining Equipment I	The main and auxiliary equipment used in mining, the methods which provide the selection of appropriate machine suitable for a job.
MAD 523 The Principles of Rock Mechanics	The mechanical properties of rocks; the stress distributions around underground openings; the concepts of stability in tunnels and mine roadways.
MAD 524 Instability Problems in Underground Mines	Production methods used in underground mines and related instability problems. Instability problems originating from tectonic, production method and rock mass properties. Methods to minimize instability problems and necessary precautions. Measures to be taken when an instability problem arises and related examples.
MAD 526 Mining Equipment II	The main and auxiliary equipment used in mining; mining machinery and equipment selection; business organisation; Comparison of capacities and cost of mining machinery.
MAD 529 Rock Mechanics in Hard Rock Mining	Rock strength measurement techniques, and equipment, monitoring systems in rocks, strata control and related measurements, pillar system in underground mining and stability analysis, rock mechanics application in underground mining and supports.
MAD 531 Mechanization and Automation in Underground Mines	Factors influencing the performance of cutting machines employed for production and development, control and monitoring of various underground equipment through computers and remote-sensing systems, environmental monitoring in coal mines, computer aided evaluation of underground operation.
MAD 534 Advanced Rock Mechanics	Investigation of stress and strain relationships in rocks through theory of elasticity. Rock mass classification and discontinuity evaluation. Theoretical consideration of laboratory and in-situ tests.
MAD 537 The Theory of Regionalised Variables and Its Application in Mining	The theory of region alised variables, structural analysis of regionalised variables, optimal linear estimation, application of the method in estimation point and block grades in an ore body.
MAD 538 Mathematical Modelling of Regionalised Variables	Turning bands and LU decomposition methods for simulation of the regionalised variables, gaussian simulation, indicator simulation and probability field simulation and application of these methods in an ore body.
MAD 554 Instability Problems in Underground Mines	Production methods used in underground mines and related instability problems. Instability problems originating from tectonic, production method and rock mass properties. Methods to minimize instability problems and necessary precautions. Measures to be taken when an instability problem arises and related examples.
MAD 556 Marble Technology	Production of blocks and plates, production equipment and their design, abrasives and their standards; design of marble open-pit, costs and marketing of marble products.
MAD 557 Simulation in Mining	Simulation modelling; probability and statistics in simulation; model construction and application; stochastic models; uses of simulation.
MAD 558 Ventilation, Safety and Workers Health in Mines	Fan engineering; heat and humidity; gas detection and monitoring; migration of methane; methane drainage; radiation control; the production of dust and its control in mines; explosion, emergency procedure and disaster management.
MAD 564 Mining Methods for Industrial Minerals	GContemporary industrial minerals mining methods, their application and problems. Some examples from Turkish and World industrial minerals mining.
MAD 565 Numerical Methods in Mining	The introduction to the theory of boundary, finite and distinct element and hybrid numerical methods, the computer programming and solution of mining problems by using numerical analyses.
MAD 566 Reclamation of Mine Area	Premining preventive measures. Overburden removal and formation of waste tips and lagoons. Control of solid and liquid wastes for reclamation purposes. The reclamation operations and the use of mined area for various purposes.
MAD 569 Mine Mechanization	Mechanical cutting and the parameters effecting cuttability; classification and selection of cutting machines widely employed in production and development operations; mechanical tools and selection criteria.
MAD 602 Seminar	Students present and discuss a paper on topics of the disciplines. After presentation each paper is extensively discussed by the academic staff.
MAD 618 Transportation in Underground Mining	Materials handling and transportation from surface to underground, various underground mining transport systems and transportation equipment. Transportation between levels and shaft bottom layout.
MAD 632 Theory of Elasticity	Elastic properties of matter. Compatibility equations, elastic equations of related with the prototypes of underground structures.
MAD 643 Advanced Mechanical Excavation	Various theories on rock cutting with picks and discs; efficient cutting principles in rock and coal cutting; cutter tool design; effects of pick wear; characteristics of in-situ rock and intact rock related to mechanical excavation.
MAD 644 Machine Design in Mechanical Excavation	Major design criteria in shearers and tunneling machines of various types; power to weight ratio; vibration problems and possible remedies ; Computer Aided Design (CAD) techniques in cutting head design; bucket and cutter - tool design in bucket wheel excavators on dynamic and kinematic basis.
MAD 646 Application of Geostatistics in Multivariate Ore Deposits	Cross-variograms, linear model, codispersion coefficients, cokriging, multivariate nested variograms, coregionalisation analysis, adaptation of multivariate statistical methods in estimation of block grades.
MAD 647 Nonlinear Techniques in Mining	Nonlinear approaches to conditional distributions for regionalised variables, change of support problem, the estimation of conditional distributions using indicator kriging, probability kriging, disjunctive kriging and an application of these methods on an ore deposit.
MAD 651 In-Situ Measurements in Tunnels and Underground Mines and Physical Modelling	Devices and in-situ test procedures for load, stress, closure, strain and in-situ strength determination. Examples on the use of test results. Preparation of physical models and simulation of results obtained from physical models with real case.
MAD 652 Non-Mining Applications of Rock Mechanics	Use of rock mechanics in the design of dam constructions, tunnels, foundations, nuclear waste disposal, underground storage of oil and gas, very large openings and caverns.
MAD 655 Design and Efficiency in Underground Coal Mining	Production methods used in coal mining and their design. Thick seam mining and examination of the effects of individual parameters on efficiency. Thin seam mining. Steep seam mining. Equipment and strata control.
MAD 656 Control of Blast Induced Ground Vibration in Open Pit Mines	Blast mechanics; design parameters for surface blasts, blast-induced wave propagation, dispersion and attenuation, deformation of the rock; wave theory and characteristics; assessment of PPV predictors; measurement and standards of PPV levels and field applications.
MAD 657 Decision Support System in Mining Sector	In the context of the subject, the following topics are planned to be addressed on separate sub-headings; expert systems, neural networks, genetic algorithms, intelligent databases, knowledge induction, case-based reasoning, virtual reality.
MAD 659 Fill Technology	Filling materials; the source, type and physical properties of these materials; Hydraulic, pneumatic and mechanical filling methods. The application and beneficiation of backfilling in mining. The rock mechanics in backfilled stopes.
MAD 660 Rock Fragmentation and Explosives	Rock properties, drilliability, diggiability. Digging properties of rock; Ripping; explosives; drilling rounds and their geometry.
MAD 661 Slope Stability and Analysis in Open Pit Mines	Slope stability in relation to design, economics and operation of open pit mines, stabilization of rock slopes, the factors effecting the slope stability, waste dump stability and analysis. Geotechnical factors influencing slope stability.