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Analysis of post-graduate theses in Industrial Engineering area of Turkish Universities

Year 2020, Volume: 26 Issue: 1, 268 - 278, 20.02.2020

Abstract

Today, engineers make efforts for post-graduate programs far more than before. The main reasons can be increasing awareness of firms about education, decreasing job opportunities for undergraduate degrees, the increasing demand for being an academician or scholarship opportunities by government. Some firms want their post-graduate student engineers to solve the firm’s problems in their master or doctoral thesis as case studies. In this regard industrial engineering is a field that adjusts almost with every sector because of its multidisciplinary nature. Thus, there are many post-graduate theses written in this area. The aim of this paper is to analyze 2,122 post-graduate theses (master & doctoral) which are carried out in the department of industrial engineering in Turkish universities. The data is obtained from the website of Council of Higher Education of Turkey. The time period is determined as 2010-2017 and only the 1780 “permission” theses are analyzed in order to reach keywords for solution approaches and keywords analysis. Nine different indicators are used to analyze the thesis such as; university status, page numbers, language, keywords etc. As a result, this study shows how the theses are clustered according to different indicators and which topics are studied more frequently in recent years. The inference of the paper is important because the results give an insight about the road map of industrial engineering thesis completed in 56 different Turkish universities.

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  • Yarar A. Susurluk Havzası Yağış Akış Verilerinin Modellenmesi. Doktora Tezi, Selçuk Üniversitesi, Konya, Türkiye, 2010.

Türkiye’deki Üniversitelerde Endüstri Mühendisliği alanında yapılan lisansüstü tezlerin analizi

Year 2020, Volume: 26 Issue: 1, 268 - 278, 20.02.2020

Abstract

Günümüzde, mühendisler lisansüstü programlar için eskisinden çok daha fazla çaba harcamaktadır. Bu durumun başlıca nedenleri arasında, firmaların eğitim hakkındaki farkındalığının artması, lisans derecesi için iş imkânlarının azalması, akademisyen olma talebinin veya burs olanaklarının artması gösterilebilir. Ayrıca, bazı firmalar lisansüstü eğitime devam eden mühendislerinden yüksek lisans veya doktora tezlerinde vaka çalışması olarak firmalarının problemlerini çözmelerini isteyebilir. Bu bağlamda, endüstri mühendisliği çoklu disiplinli yapısı nedeniyle hemen hemen tüm sektörlerde kullanılabilen bir alandır. Bu yüzden bu alanda yazılmış birçok lisansüstü tez bulunmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, Türkiye’deki üniversitelerin endüstri mühendisliği bölümlerinde yürütülmüş 2122 lisansüstü tezin (yüksek lisans & doktora) analiz edilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Veriler yükseköğretim kurumu web sitesinden elde edilmiştir. Zaman periyodu olarak 2010-2017 yılları belirlenmiş olup çözüm yöntemleri ve anahtar kelimelerin analizinde ise anahtar kelimelere ulaşılabilmesi amacıyla yalnızca 1780 adet “izinli” tez dikkate alınmıştır. Tezlerin analizinde üniversitelerin durumu, sayfa sayısı, dil, anahtar kelimeler gibi dokuz farklı gösterge kullanılmıştır. Sonuç olarak, bu çalışma tezlerin farklı göstergelere göre nasıl kümelendiğini ve son yıllarda hangi konuların daha sıklıkla çalışıldığını göstermektedir. Çalışmanın sonuçları, Türkiye’deki 56 farklı üniversitenin endüstri mühendisliği bölümlerinde tamamlanan tezlerin yol haritası hakkında fikir vermesi açısından oldukça önemlidir.

References

  • Miller A, Bures M. “New approach to industrial engineering education with the help of interactive tools”. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 174(12), 3413-3419, 2015.
  • Erginel N, Tekce M, Kücük G, Alper A. “An academic view of industrial engineering job in Turkey”. Industrial Engineering Journal, 27(1), 25-38, 2015.
  • İbis E. “The problems of graduate education”. Journal of Higher Education, 4(3), 117-123, 2014.
  • Das A, Handfield RB. “Just‐in‐time and logistics in global sourcing: an empirical study”. International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, 27(3/4), 244-259, 1997.
  • Jack EP, Stephens PR, Evans JR. “An integrative summary of doctoral dissertation research in quality management”. Production and Operations Management, 10(4), 363-382, 2001.
  • Xifra J, Castillo A. “Forty years of doctoral public relations research in Spain: a quantitative study of dissertation contribution to theory development”. Public Relations Review, 32, 302-308, 2006.
  • Oruç Ş, Ulusoy K. “Social studies education and dissertations in this field”. Journal of Selçuk University Ahmet Keleşoğlu Education Faculty, 26, 121-13, 2008.
  • Şahin M, Yıldız DG, Duman R. “An evaluation of the theses on social studies education in Turkey”. Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2(2), 96-121, 2011.
  • Benligiray S. “The theme analysis of the postgraduate theses written on human resource management in Turkey: 1983‐2008 period”. Eskişehir Osmangazi University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences, 4(1), 167-197, 2009.
  • Karadağ E. “Research models used in doctoral dissertations in the area of education sciences in Turkey: Quality of research and analytical errors”. Educational Administration: Theory and Practice, 16(1), 49-71, 2010.
  • Uygun S. “Analysis of graduate theses on history of education”. Journal of Erciyes University Social Science Institute, 33(2), 263-282, 2012.
  • Bakır NO. “Categorical evaluation of PhD thesis in the marketing field (1994-2012)”. Öneri, 10(40), 1-13, 2013.
  • Truong VD, Garry T, Hall CM. “Social marketing as the subject of doctoral dissertations”. Social Marketing Quarterly, 20(4), 199-218, 2014.
  • Truong VD, Dietrich T. “Master’s thesis research in social marketing (1971-2015)”. Journal of Social Marketing, 8(1), 58-98, 2018.
  • Köksal G, Eği̇tman A. “Planning and design of industrial engineering education quality”. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 35(3-4), 639-642, 1998.
  • Li Y, Ying B. A project-oriented model of graduation thesis in the industrial engineering undergraduate program. Editors: Zhang L., Zhang C. Engineering Education and Management, 317-322, Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer, 2012.
  • Kaya M, Kaya MF. “Tendencies in geography education: A meta-analysis study on graduate theses up to 2012”. Journal of Marmara Geography, 27, 282-313, 2013.
  • Afifi GMH. “A survey of doctoral theses accepted by universities in the United Kingdom and Ireland for studies related to tourism (2000-2009)”. Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education, 25(1), 29-39, 2013.
  • Yenilmez K, Sölpük N. “The examination of theses to relate with mathematics curriculum (2004-2013)”. Journal of Research in Education and Teaching, 3(2), 33-42, 2014.
  • Aydın B. “Bibliometrics analysis of thesis about food beverage industry registered in thesis center of council of higher education”. Journal of Multidisciplinary Academic Tourism, 2(1), 23-38, 2017.
  • Dengiz B. “Benzetim Ders Notları”. Başkent Üniversitesi Endüstri Mühendisliği Bölümü, Ankara, 2018.
  • Desale S, Rasool A, Andhale S, Rane P. “Heuristic and meta-heuristic algorithms and their relevance to the real world: a survey”. International Journal of Recent Trends in Engineering & Research, 351(5), 2349-7084, 2015.
  • Liberti L, Cafieri S, Tarissan F. Reformulations in mathematical programming: A computational approach. Editors: Abraham A, Hassanien AE, Siarry P, Engelbrecht A. In Foundations of Computational Intelligence Vol 3, 153-234. Berlin, Springer, 2009.
  • Karaatlı M, Ömürbek N, Budak İ, Dağ O. “Çok kriterli karar verme yöntemleri ile yaşanabilir illerin sıralanması”. Selçuk University Journal of Institute of Social Sciences, 33, 215-228, 2015.
  • Karahan M. “Turizm talebinin yapay sinir ağlari yöntemiyle tahmin edilmesi”. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, 20(2), 195-209, 2015.
  • Werro N. Fuzzy classification of online customers. 1nd ed. Heidelberg, Springer, 2015.
  • Akdeniz, F. “İstatistikte yeni eğilimler ve gelişmeler”. Sosyal Bilimler Araştırma Dergisi, 4(4), 1-11, 2015.
  • Özkan, Y. Veri Madenciliği Yöntemleri. İstanbul, Türkiye, Papatya Yayıncılık, 2008.
  • Yarar A. Susurluk Havzası Yağış Akış Verilerinin Modellenmesi. Doktora Tezi, Selçuk Üniversitesi, Konya, Türkiye, 2010.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Engineering
Journal Section Research Article
Authors

Cihan Çetinkaya This is me

Ayşenur Uslu This is me

Eren Özceylan This is me

Kaan Mert Hayırsöz This is me

Publication Date February 20, 2020
Published in Issue Year 2020 Volume: 26 Issue: 1

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APA Çetinkaya, C., Uslu, A., Özceylan, E., Hayırsöz, K. M. (2020). Analysis of post-graduate theses in Industrial Engineering area of Turkish Universities. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi, 26(1), 268-278.
AMA Çetinkaya C, Uslu A, Özceylan E, Hayırsöz KM. Analysis of post-graduate theses in Industrial Engineering area of Turkish Universities. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi. February 2020;26(1):268-278.
Chicago Çetinkaya, Cihan, Ayşenur Uslu, Eren Özceylan, and Kaan Mert Hayırsöz. “Analysis of Post-Graduate Theses in Industrial Engineering Area of Turkish Universities”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi 26, no. 1 (February 2020): 268-78.
EndNote Çetinkaya C, Uslu A, Özceylan E, Hayırsöz KM (February 1, 2020) Analysis of post-graduate theses in Industrial Engineering area of Turkish Universities. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi 26 1 268–278.
IEEE C. Çetinkaya, A. Uslu, E. Özceylan, and K. M. Hayırsöz, “Analysis of post-graduate theses in Industrial Engineering area of Turkish Universities”, Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 268–278, 2020.
ISNAD Çetinkaya, Cihan et al. “Analysis of Post-Graduate Theses in Industrial Engineering Area of Turkish Universities”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi 26/1 (February 2020), 268-278.
JAMA Çetinkaya C, Uslu A, Özceylan E, Hayırsöz KM. Analysis of post-graduate theses in Industrial Engineering area of Turkish Universities. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi. 2020;26:268–278.
MLA Çetinkaya, Cihan et al. “Analysis of Post-Graduate Theses in Industrial Engineering Area of Turkish Universities”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 26, no. 1, 2020, pp. 268-7.
Vancouver Çetinkaya C, Uslu A, Özceylan E, Hayırsöz KM. Analysis of post-graduate theses in Industrial Engineering area of Turkish Universities. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi. 2020;26(1):268-7.

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