EE 30348 Electromagnetic Fields and Waves: I

Fall semester, 2008

Lectures: Tuesdays, Thursdays, 11:00 - 12:15 (DBRT 117)

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

Instructor: Dr. Debdeep Jena

TA: Jia Guo (jguo@nd.edu)

Office Hours: Wednesdays, 2-4 pm, 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.	(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 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	08/27/2008	09/04/2008	88.5/100
2.	Line, Surface & Volume Integrals, Gauss’s Law	09/05/2008	09/12/2008	93.2/100
3.	Faraday's and Ampere's Laws, Displacement Current	09/12/2008	09/19/2008	95.9/100
4.	Div, Grad, Curl and all that, Divergence and Stoke’s Theorems	09/18/2008	09/24/2008	96.0/100
5.	Maxwell’s Equations: Differential Form & Wave Propagation	09/26/2008	10/03/2008	94.5/100
6.	Conductors, Dielectrics, & Magnetic Materials	10/23/2008	10/31/2008	96.5/100
7.	Fields and forces in electric and magnetic materials	10/31/2008	11/06/2008	90.2/100
8.	EMag waves in material media & invisibility cloaks	11/06/2008	11/13/2008	96.0/100
9.	Electric Potential, Capacitance, Poisson & Laplace equations	11/14/2008	11/25/2008	94.6/100
10.	Numerical solutions to Laplace equation & Magnetostatics	11/25/2008	12/05/2008	95.3/100

Practice Exams

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

2^nd Mid Term: Fall 2005 (Solutions) Fall 2006 (Solutions) Fall 2007 (Solutions)

Final Exam: Fall 2005 (Solutions) Fall 2006 (Solutions) Fall 2007 (Solutions)

Formula Sheet for Exams

EMag formulae

Exams

No.	Exam	Solutions	Average Score
1)	Midterm 1	Solutions (pdf)	17.3/20
2)	Midterm 2	Solutions (pdf)	16.3/20
3)	Final Exam	Solutions (pdf)	22.3/30

This page is maintained by: Debdeep Jena ( djena [at] nd.edu )

Last updated: 12/19/2008