INTRODUCTION OF DEPARTMENT

KTU Geophysical Engineering Department is one of the first departments opened in Turkey and was established in 1970 as the Geophysics Department within the Faculty of Natural Sciences. Postgraduate education started in 1977 and undergraduate education started in 1981.

The Geophysical Engineering Department consists of three departments:

Applied Geophysics, Seismology and Earth Physics. The department has 5 application and research laboratories: Applied Geophysics, the Earth Physics, Seismic Data-Processing, Seismology and Computer Laboratory. In addition, there are offices used by academic and administrative staff, 6 classrooms with projectors and internet connection, 1 Lecture Hall and 1 exam hall in our department.

The distribution of academic staff in the three departments of the Geophysical Engineering Department is as follows; 8 in the Applied Geophysics Department, 6 in the Seismology Department and 1 in the Earth Physics Department. The number of courses per faculty member in our department is approximately 2. The average time spent by our 15 faculty members on education and research is over 85% of their time. In this context, our faculty members conduct research on various topics of the profession based on current scientific developments. These include modeling of underground structures for Turkey and its surroundings, seismic risk analyses, seismicity studies, regional and local landslide investigation studies, microzonation studies, geophysical signal processing, archaeological research and ground research projects.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOPHYSICAL ENGINEERING

Within a few years of their graduation, our graduates of the Department of Geophysical Engineering will be able to examine earthquakes, landslides, soil/environmental problems, search for natural resources and archaeological artifacts, use geophysical software related to data collection, processing and modeling with geophysical methods, and design field studies with the basic and professional engineering knowledge they have learned; They will be engineers who have the knowledge and skills to pursue postgraduate studies/academic careers, to take a managerial position in a private company/public institution and to manage a project.

DEFINITION OF OBJECTIVE

The vision of the Department of Geophysical Engineering at KTU, which is the biggest representative of the science of "Geophysics" in the Black Sea Region, which has been on the agenda continuously with the earthquakes and landslides that have occurred in recent years, the efforts made for the more effective evaluation of our underground resources and the examination of ground properties for site selection in settlement planning, is to train engineers and scientists who are sensitive and respectful to social and environmental values, have engineering ethics, and who can carry out professional projects at national and international levels, without compromising scientific criteria. To propose and carry out national and international research and engineering projects, with priority given to the problems of geosciences in our region and our country. To continuously develop our education and research programs, infrastructure, academic staff and personnel in order to fulfill these duties properly.

DEFINITION OF OBJECTIVE

The mission of the Department of Geophysical Engineering; Our aim is to train engineers who can apply their professional knowledge to the application stage in a short time after graduation, who can produce and finalize regional, national and international projects in their field, and who can take on a leadership role in solving the problems of the country in and within the earth. In order to realize this mission, our students receive training aimed at applying their knowledge of mathematics, science and basic engineering to the field of geophysical engineering, identifying the encountered problems, formulating solutions and designing skills. In addition, it is considered important for our department to provide students with the awareness of lifelong learning along with professional ethics and responsibility.