EE 30348 Electromagnetic Fields and Waves: I

Fall semester, 2007

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

Recitation: Mondays, 4:05 - 4:55 (DBRT 313)

Instructor: Dr. Debdeep Jena

TA: Kristof Tahy (ktahy@nd.edu)

Office Hours: Tuesdays, 1:30-3:00 pm, Place – IN MY OFFICE (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 and grading

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 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

Extra Information

No.	Topic
1.	Supporting slides (pdf – 117 Meg!)
2.	Is ‘invisibility’ around the corner? - Pendry’s 2006 paper commentary An exciting prospect for developing an ‘invisibility – cloak’ using meta-materials has been proposed very recently.

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
1.	Vector math & Electromagnetic (Lorentz) Forces	8/30/2007 (Thursday)	9/07/2007 (Friday)	72.5/100
2.	Line, Surface & Volume Integrals, Gauss’s Law	9/06/2007 (Thursday)	9/14/2007 (Friday)	78.5/100
3.	Faraday's and Ampere's Laws, Displacement Current	9/16/2007 (Sunday)	9/25/2007 (Tuesday)	73.8/100
4.	Div, Grad, Curl and all that, Divergence and Stoke’s Theorems	9/25/2007 (Tuesday)	10/3/2007 (Wednesday)	79.3/100
5.	Maxwell's eqns: Differential Form & Wave Propagation	10/5/2007 (Friday)	10/12/2007 (Friday)	89.5/100
6.	Conductors, Dielectrics, & Magnetic Materials	10/12/2007 (Friday)	10/31/2007 (Wednesday)	84.0/100
7.	Fields and forces in electric and magnetic materials	11/02/2007 (Friday)	11/09/2007 (Friday)	70.3/100
8.	EMag waves in material media & invisibility cloaks	11/09/2007 (Friday)	11/16/2007 (Friday)	84.8/100
9.	Electric Potential, Capacitance, Poisson & Laplace equations	11/16/2007 (Friday)	11/30/2007 (Friday)
10.	Numerical solutions to Laplace equation & Magnetostatics	11/30/2007 (Friday)	12/11 (Tue) & 12/13 (Thu)

Practice Exams

1^st Mid Term: Fall 2005 (Solutions) Fall 2006 (Solutions)

2^nd Mid Term: Fall 2005 (Solutions) Fall 2006 (Solutions)

Final: Fall 2005 (Solutions)

Exams

No.	Exam	Solutions	Average Score
1)	1^st Midterm Exam	Solns	14.3/20
2)	2^nd Midterm Exam	Solns	12.4/20
3)	Final Exam	Solns	21.9/30

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Last updated: 12/19/2007