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ECEn 360/362 Electromagnetic Fields and Waves

Fall 2007

Course Information

 

Course Schedule

Date Text Topic Notes Homework/Handouts Solutions
Electrostatics
     

5-Jan Introductions      
7-Jan Course Information      
9-Jan "Vectors, Vector Operators" LN1 HW1-due 1/15 HW1 Solns
     

12-Jan "4-1, 4-2" "Vectors, Maxwell Equations"      
14-Jan "4-3, 4-4" Gauss's Law LN2    
16-Jan Gauss's Law LN3 HW2-due 1/22 HW2 Solns
     

19-Jan Holiday - no class      
21-Jan 4-5 Electric Potential LN4    
23-Jan "4-6, 4-7, 4-8" Electrical Properties of Materials LN5 HW3-due 1/29 HW3 Solns
     

26-Jan Dielectric Materials      
28-Jan "4-10, 4-11" Capacitance and Energy LN6    
30-Jan Energy   HW4-due 2/5 HW4 Solns
     
Magnetostatics
     

2-Feb "5-2, 5-4" Ampere's Law LN7    
4-Feb 5-8 "Ampere's Law, Magnetic Vector Potential" LN8    
6-Feb "Magnetic Materials, Inductance, Faraday's Law" LN9 HW5-due 2/12 HW5 Solns
     
Time-Varying Fields
     

9-Feb "6-1, 6-2, 6-4" "Faraday's Law, Inductor Law" LN10    
11-Feb "6-7, 6-8" Displacement Current      
13-Feb Boundary Conditions   HW6-due 2/19 HW6 Solns
     

16-Feb Holiday - no class      
Plane Waves
     
17-Feb Boundary Conditions      
18-Feb 4-1 Maxwell's Equations in Point Form LN11    
20-Feb 7-1 Time Harmonic Wave Equation LN12    
     

23-Feb Review for exam Review    
    "Exam #1 (TuWTh, Feb 24-26)"      
25-Feb 7-2 Plane Wave Solutions LN13    
27-Feb 7-3 Polarization LN14 HW7-due 3/4 HW7 Solns
     

2-Mar 7-4 Lossy Media LN15    
4-Mar 7-6 Power Flow LN16    
Reflection and Transmission of Plane Waves
     
6-Mar 8-1 Normal Incidence LN17 HW8-due 3/12 HW8 Solns
     

9-Mar "8-2, 8-3, 8-4" Oblique Incidence LN18    
11-Mar "8-2, 8-3, 8-4" Oblique Incidence      
13-Mar 8-4 "Total Reflection, Total Transmission" LN19 HW9-due 3/19 HW9 Solns
     

16-Mar Review for exam Review    
18-Mar 8-5 Reflected and Transmitted Power LN20    
Waveguides
     
20-Mar   HW10-due 3/26 HW10 Solns
     

23-Mar      
25-Mar      
27-Mar      
     

30-Mar      
    "Exam #2 (TuWTh, Mar 31-Apr 2)"      
Antennas
     
1-Apr Hertzian Dipole LN35    
3-Apr Antenna Parameters LN36    
     

6-Apr Friis Transmission Formula LN37    
8-Apr Antenna Arrays LN38 HW11-due 4/14 HW11 Solns
10-Apr Antenna Arrays LN39    
     

13-Apr Review for Final Exam Review    
    "Final Exam in Testing Center (FSaMTuW, Apr 17-22)"