Teaching

1. ECE 3613-002 Electromagnetic Fields I 

Course Description: This course is a comprehensive undergraduate course on electricity, magnetism, and wave that covers the fundamentals of electromagnetics. Emphasis on fundamental physics concepts, mathematical equations, boundary conditions, and practical examples for understanding how to solve electromagnetics problems. Topics include vector analysis, electrostatics, magnetostatics, Maxwell’s equations, time-varying fields, propagation of uniform plane waves, transmission line basics, and antenna basics.

·       Vector analysis: Gradient, Divergence, Curl, Laplacian, Polar (Spherical and Cylindrical) coordination, Line, Surface, and Volume Integral

·       Electrostatics: Charge, Coulomb’s law, Electric field, Gauss’s law

·       Electric potential: Conductors, Capacitors, Resistors, Conservation law, Poisson and Laplace equations

·       Magnetostatics: Force on a current carrying wire, Lorentz force, Torque on a charge moving in the magnetic field, Biot-Savart law, Ampere’s law

·       Electrodynamics: Electromotive Force, Lenz’s law, Faraday’s law, Electromagnetic induction

·       Maxwell’s equations: Boundary conditions, Conservation law, Electromagnetic waves, Polarization, Reflection, Transmission, and Absorption, Poynting vector

Course Objectives: The main objective of this course is to provide an understanding of electromagnetics concepts, and to learn how to use Maxwell’s equations under static and time-varying conditions associated with unguided (i.e., wireless) and guided (mainly transmission lines) electromagnetic waves. This course uses vector calculus and mathematics to describe electromagnetics, therefore, students can solve problems in electrostatic, magnetostatic, and electromagnetic fields, eventually utilizing the principles of operation of several electrical, magnetic, and electromagnetic devices.

Prerequisites: Circuits I (ECE 2723), Differential Equations (MATH 3113), Vector Calculus (MATH 2934/2443)

Textbook: “Field and Wave Electromagnetics”, 2nd Ed. by David K. Cheng, Addison-Wesley (1989)

References: Introduction to Electrodynamics”, 4th Edition by David J. Griffiths, “A Student’s Guide to Maxwell’s Equations”, 1st Ed. by Daniel Fleisch, “Div, Grad, Curl, and All That: An Informal Text on Vector Calculus”, 4th Ed. M. Schey, “Schaum’s Outlines: Vector Analysis”, M.R. Spiegal, S. Lipschutz, and D. Spellman, “Engineering Electromagnetics” 8th Edition by William H. Hayt, John A. Buck, “Fundamentals of Physics” 10th Edition by David Halliday, Robert Resnick, Jearl Walker (Chapter 21~34) - The above references are not mandatory but provide valuable background information on Maxwell Equation, Vector Calculus, and additional physical concepts