EE 30348 Electromagnetic Fields and Waves: I

Fall semester, 2006

Lectures: Tuesdays, Thursdays, 11:00 - 12:15 (Fitz 356 A)

Recitation: Mondays, 4:05 - 4:55 (DBRT 310)

Instructor: Dr. DebdeepJena

TA: YanYan & Li Yan

Office Hours: 1hr after the lectures (T, Th, 12:15 - 1:15) @Fitz 271.

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 andgrading

Assignments: 50%

Midterms (2): 10% each

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 inpart 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 ofvector 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

Class Schedule

Topics covered in each lecture (pdf)

Extra Information

No.	Topic
1.	Slides used in class (pdf)
2.	(Non-) Existence of Magnetic Monopoles! Link 1, Link 2 (paper)
3.	Is ‘invisibility’ around the corner? - Pendry’s 2006 paper commentary An exciting prospect for developing an ‘invisibility – cloak’ using meta-materials has been proposed a couple of months ago. There is a paper about to be released that shows that electromagnetic invisibility has been achieved for microwave frequencies using this technique!

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	Avg. Score	Diagnosis
1.	Vector math & Electromagnetic (Lorentz) Forces	8/25/2006 (Friday)	9/4/2006 (Monday)	17.4/20	Errors/Clarifications
2.	Line, surface, and volume integrals, Gauss's Law	9/05/2006 (Tuesday)	9/12/2006 (Tuesday)	18.3/20	Errors/Clarifications
3.	Faraday's and Ampere's Laws, Displacement Current	9/12/2006 (Tuesday)	9/19/2006 (Tuesday)	18.6/20	Errors/Clarifications
4.	Div, Grad, Curl & all that, Divergence & Stoke's Theorems	9/19/2006 (Tuesday)	9/27/2006 (Wednesday)	19.0/20	Errors/Clarifications
5.	Maxwell's eqns: Differential Form & Wave Propagation	9/28/2006 (Thursday)	10/5/2006 (Thursday)	18.3/20	Errors/Clarifications
6.	Last year’s MidTerm Exam (Practice)	10/5/2006 (Thursday)	10/12/2006 (Thursday)		Prob. 1(d) is unphysical! Solutions
7.	Conductors, Dielectrics, & Magnetic Materials	10/11/2006 (Thursday)	10/26/2006 (Thursday)	19.1/20	Errors/Clarifications
8.	Fields and forces in electric and magnetic materials	10/28/2006 (Saturday)	11/02/2006 (Thursday)	17.1/20	Errors/Clarifications
9.	EMag waves in material media & invisibility cloaks	11/02/2006 (Thursday)	11/08/2006 (Wednesday)	17.8/20	Errors/Clarifications
10.	Electric Potential, Capacitance, Poisson & Laplace equations	11/15/2006 (Wednesday)	11/21/2006 (Tuesday)	18.2/20	Errors/Clarifications
11.	Numerical solutions to Laplace equation & Magnetostatics	11/21/2006 (Tuesday)	11/28 (Tue) & 12/5 (Tue)	18.4/20	Errors/Clarifications

Exams

No.	Exam	Solutions
1.	MidTerm 1 (10/12/2006) Avg: 17.2/20 Max:20 Min:8.5	pdf
2.	MidTerm 2 (11/09/2006) Avg: 14.5/20 Max:20 Min:8.0	pdf
3.	Final Exam (12/12/2006) Avg: 23.8/30 Max:28.5 Min:13.0	pdf

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Last updated: 12/15/2006