EE 30348 Electromagnetic Fields and Waves: I

Fall semester, 2005

Lectures: T Th 11:00 – 12:15 Fitzpatrick 356A

Recitation: M 4:05 – 4:55 Debartolo 316

Instructor: Dr. Debdeep Jena

TA: Mingjun Huang

Office Hours: Tuesdays 2-3pm (official), Anytime (unofficial).

Course description (of part I of this course)

• Vector calculus
• Maxwell's equations in differential and integral forms
• Plane-wave propagation in materials
• Static electric and magnetic fields.

Examinations and grading

Assignments: 50%

Midterm: 20%

Final: 30%

Syllabus/Text/References

The required text for the class is -

• Electromagnetic Fields and Waves

Magdy F. Iskander

Waveland Press, Inc., ISBN: 157766115X

Remarks: You will use this text in part II of this class as well, so it is advised that you buy the book.

Recommended reading -

• Div Grad Curl and all that

H. M. Schey

Norton, NY, ISBN: 0393969975

Remarks: Great relaxed reading of vector calculus.

Some other suggested references are -

• Introduction to Electrodynamics

D. J. Griffiths,

Prentice Hall, 3rd edition, ISBN: 013805326X

• Field and Wave Electromagnetics

David K. Cheng,

Prentice Hall, 2nd Edition, ISBN: 0201128195

Visual Aids

No.	Topic
1.	Final Review Slides (Posted on Dec 7th)

Assignments

Problems in the assignment are designed for you to solve on your own. Many of the problems are carefully designed to emphasize the concepts rather than crunching numbers. Discussion of problems amongst yourself and with the instructor is encouraged. However, the solutions have to be your own. Deadlines are strictly enforced. Turn in your assignment solutions by 5pm of the due date in the instructor’s mailbox at 275 Fitzpatrick. I will assign one assignment per week. Please print out the problem sheet and attach it on top of your solution with your name and email address. Please do not turn in your scratch papers – write up the final solution neatly and BOX your final answers wherever appropriate.

No.	Topic	Date posted	Date Due
1.	Introductory vector math and Lorentz Force	8/30/05 (M)	9/9/05 (F)
2.	Line, surface, and volume integrals, Gauss's Law	9/9/05 (F)	9/15/05 (H)
3.	Faraday's and Ampere's Laws, Displacement Current	9/16/05 (F)	9/22/05 (H)
4.	Div, Grad, Curl, & all that (Divergence & Stoke's theorems)	9/22/05 (H)	9/29/05 (H)
5.	Maxwell's equations - differential form, and wave propagation	10/04/05 (T)	10/11/05 (T)
6.	Midterm reassigned	10/13/05 (H)	10/25/05 (T)
7.	Polarization, Dielectrics, and Magnetic Materials	10/29/05 (S)	11/03/05 (H)
8.	Fields and forces in electric and magnetic materials	11/5/05 (S)	11/10/05 (H)
9.	Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in Materials	11/11/05 (F)	11/17/05 (H)
10.	Electric Potential, Capacitance, Laplace's and Poisson's Eqns.	11/19/05 (S)	11/24/05 (H)
11.	Numerical solutions to Laplace's Eqns and Magnetostatics.	11/30/05 (W)	12/5 & 12/8

Exams

No.	Exam	Solutions
1.	Midterm: 1st (Chapters 1 & 2 of Iskander)	pdf
2.	Midterm: 2nd (Chapter 3 of Iskander)
3.	Final: All Topics	pdf

This page is maintained by: Debdeep Jena (djena@nd.edu)

Last updated: 12/13/2005