ECE 381A
Introductory Electromagnetics
Fall
Spring
Required Course:
No
Course Level
Undergraduate
Units
4
Prerequisite(s)
MATH 223 and ECE 220
Course Texts
Ulaby, Fawwaz T., and Umberto Ravaioli. Fundamentals of Applied Electromagnetics. 7th ed. Pearson, 2014.
Schedule
150 minutes lecture, 50 minutes discussion per week
Course Description
Electrostatic and magnetostatic fields; Maxwell's equations; introduction to plane waves, transmission lines, and sources.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, the student will be able to:
- Perform vector calculus operations such as the gradient, the divergence and the curl
- Identify and list Maxwell's equations in time domain, as well as associated boundary conditions
- Apply Coulomb's law to find the force on a charge caused by other charges
- Apply Gauss' law to determine the electric field caused by a simple charge distribution
- Calculate the electrostatic potential of simple charge distributions
- Explain the effects of conducting and dielectric materials on field quantities
- List the boundary conditions for the electric field vectors on the interface of two different materials
- Calculate the energy stored in an electrostatic field.
- Identify Poisson's and Laplace's equations and solve them to find electrostatic potentials and fields
- Calculate the capacitance for basic configurations that reduce to one-dimensional systems
- Apply the method of images to find electrostatic potentials and fields of simple charge distributions above perfect conductors
- Describe the conservation of charge and Ohm's laws and write them in vector calculus format
- Apply Ampere's force law to calculate the force between constant currents of simple configurations
- Apply the Biot-Savart law to calculate the magnetic flux density caused by a simple current configuration
- Apply Ampere's law to calculate the magnetic field produced by simple current configurations
- Identify the magnetostatic potential and flux
- Identify and list different magnetic materials
Course Topics
- Transmission lines
- Electrostatics
- Magnetostatics
- Quasi-statics
- Time-varying fields and Maxwell's equations
- Uniform plane waves in lossless and lossy media
- Antennas
- Radiated waves
Relationship to Student Outcomes
ECE 381A contributes directly to the following specific electrical and computer engineering student outcomes of the ECE department:
- Ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering (high)
- Ability to design a system, component or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints, such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability and sustainability (low)
- Ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems (high)
- Understanding of professional and ethical responsibility (low)
- Ability to communicate effectively (low)
- Recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in, life-long learning (low)
- Knowledge of contemporary issues (medium)
- Ability to use the techniques, skills and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice (high)
Syllabus Prepared By
Richard W. Ziolkowski, 03/03/16