Catalog Data:

330 Electromagnetics I (3, FaSp) Basic static and dynamic electromagnetic field theory and applications; electrostatics, magnetostatics, Maxwell’s equations, energy flow, plane waves incident on planar boundaries, transmission lines. Prerequisite: EE 202L, MATH 445, PHYS 152L.

 

Textbook:

Fundamentals of Engineering Electromagnetics, David K. Cheng, Addison-Wesley, NY 1993.

 

Coordinator:

Dan M. Goebel, Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering

 

Topics:

1. Basic static and dynamic electromagnetic field theory and applications
2. Electrostatics and capacitance
3. Magnetostatics and inductance
4. Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic waves in various mediums
5. Transmission lines and waveguides
6. Antennas

 

Course Objectives:

To introduce the student to the fundamental principles of electromagnetics and provide the student with the skills required to analyze electrostatic, magnetostatic and dynamic fields.

 

Course Outcomes:

The student will be able to:
1. Understand and apply Coulomb’s law of forces between electric charges.
2. Utilize the principles of electric fields and potentials to calculate these parameters for a variety of situations including charge distributions and capacitors.
3. Understand the principles of magnetic fields, vector potentials and the spatial relationship between magnetic fields and moving electrical charges
4. Calculate the magnetic field produced in a variety of geometries using the Biot-Savart Law, and determine the inductance of systems of moving charges.
5. Understand the behavior of magnetic and electric fields in the presence of dielectric and magnetic materials.
6. Derive and solve basic one-dimensional wave equations from Maxwell’s Equations of Electromagnetics.
7. Use phasor techniques to analyze electromagnetic wave propagation and attenuation in various medium.
8. Understand the basic properties of transmission lines and use this knowledge to analyze electromagnetic wave propagation in generic transmission line geometries.
9. Understand the principles of waveguides and analyze wave propagation and mode structure in bounded geometries.
10. Understand the principles of antennas and the methods of predicting power transmission and antenna patterns.

 

Laboratory Projects:

Attend laboratory demonstrations in the last month of class, and participate in two experiments demonstrating the standing-wave behavior of transmission lines and the dependence of power with distance of common antenna structures.