TENTATIVE CONTENTS OF THE COURSE # EE-271 ENGINEERING ELECTROMAGNETICS, FS-2012 (as of 09/13/12) Dr. Marina Y. Koledintseva Part 1. Introduction Basic Physics and Mathematics for Electromagnetics. Lecture 1. 08/21/12 (Tue) Week 1 Structure of the EE-271 course. Main concepts of electromagnetism. Electromagnetic field as a form of matter. Fundamental (universal) constants ε 0, µ 0, and c as characteristics of space. Scalar and vector fields. Lines of force (streamlines). Coordinate systems. Lecture 2. 08/22/12 (Wed) Week 1 Force (vector) characteristics of electric field (E, D), magnetic field (H, B), and electromagnetic field. Lorentz force. Superposition principle. Equation for streamlines. Lecture 3. 08/23/12 (Thu) Week 1 Scalar fields, their mapping. Equipotential (level) surfaces and lines. Scalar characteristics of electromagnetic fields. Charge. Work of a force field, line integral. Potential fields. Potential. Lecture 4. 08/28/12 (Tue) Week 2 Introduction to Maxwell s equations (in integral form). Review of the main phenomena and experiment-based laws of electromagnetism: Coulomb s law, Gauss s law, charge conservation law an continuity of current, differential form of Ohm s law. Lecture 5. 08/29/12 (Wed) Week 2 Review of the main phenomena and experiment-based laws of electromagnetism (continuation): Bio-Savart s law, law of continuity of magnetic force lines, Ampere s circuital law, Faraday s electromagnetic induction law, and Maxwell s displacement current. Lecture 6. 08/30/12 (Wed) Week 2 Lumped-element electric circuits vs. distributed circuits and their characteristics resistance R, capacitance C, and inductance L. Circuit elements - resistors, capacitors, and inductors. Electromagnetic oscillations in lumped-element circuits. Resonance.
Lecture 7. 09/04/12 (Tue) Week 3 Fluxes as surface integrals in scalar and vector fields. Spatial differentiation: gradient, divergence, and curl. Potential and solenoidal vector fields. Laplace s differential operator. Lecture 8. 09/05/12 (Wed) Week 3 Integral theorems of vector calculus: Gauss s theorem, Stoke s theorem, Green s formula. Set of Maxwell s equations in differential form. Formation of electromagnetic waves. Dipole antenna. Hertz s experiments. Lecture 9. 09/0612 (Thu) Week 3 General properties of wave processes. Wave equation. Plane electromagnetic waves. Electromagnetic fields and waves in free space and in transmission lines. Distributed electric circuits, transmission lines and waveguides. Characteristics of electromagnetic waves. Standing waves, travelling (propagating) waves. Lecture 10. 09/11/12 (Tue) Week 4 Electromagnetic spectrum. Radio frequency spectrum. Microwave spectrum. Microwave oven. Telecommunication. GPS. Radars. Doppler effect. Terahertz radiation. Lecture 11. 09/12/12 (Wed) Week 4 Quiz. Electromagnetic properties of materials. Lecture 12. 09/13/12 (Thu) Week 4 Electromagnetic wave propagation. Atmospheric opacity. Structure of the Earth atmosphere. Wireless telecommunication. Non-wireless transmission media (cables, waveguides). Lecture 13. 09/18/12 (Tue) Week 5 Experimental Demonstrations at EMC Lab (HyPoint) ½ of class Lecture 14. 09/19/12 (Wed) Week 5 Individual work on the class project. Lecture 15. 09/20/12 (Thu) Week 5 Experimental Demonstrations at EMC Lab (HyPoint) ½ of class Part 2. Static electric field: main concepts, definitions, and laws. Lecture 16. 09/25/12 (Tue) Week 6 Static fields. Main equations for electrostatic field. Charge distributions. Superposition principle in electrostatics for electric field and potential. Image principle in electrostatics.
Lecture 17. 09/26/12 (Wed) Week 6 Electric displacement, or electric flux vector D. Gauss s Law. Gaussian surfaces. Application of Gauss s law. Lecture 18. 09/27/12 (Thu) Week 6 Potential in electrostatic field. Poisson s and Laplace s equations for electrostatic potential. Superposition principle for electrostatic potential. Particular cases for calculating potentials. Lecture 19. 10/02/12 (Tue) Week 7 Lecture 20. 10/03/12 (Wed) Week 7 Capacitance. Capacitors. Energy of electrostatic filed. Application of Laplace s equation. Lecture 21. 10/04/12 (Thu) Week 7 Lecture 22. 10/09/12 (Tue) Week 8 Dielectrics in electrostatic field. Boundary conditions in electrostatics. Boundary free space perfect electric conductor. Boundary between two dielectrics. Lecture 23. 10/10/12 (Wed) Week 8 Problem-solving practicum Lecture 24. 10/11/12 (Thu) Week 8 TEST # 1. Electrostatics. Part 3. Steady electric current. Static magnetic field: main concepts, definitions, and laws. Lecture 25. 10/16/12 (Tue) Week 9 Conductivity current. Current density. Charge conservation law and continuity of current. Lecture 26. 10/17/12 (Wed) Week 9 Magnetic field. Magnetic forces. Lorentz force. Hall effect. Ampere s law of force. Relation between the Lorentz s and the Ampere s forces. Force and torque on a closed circuit.
Lecture 27. 10/18/12 (Thu) Week 9 Magnetic flux and magnetic flux density. Law of continuity of magnetic force lines. Bio-Savart s law in differential and integral forms. Magnetic field of the simplest configurations. Lecture 28. 10/23/12 (Tue) Week 10 Ampere s circuital law (ACL). Practical application of ACL. Work in the magnetic field. Lecture 29. 10/24/12 (Wed) Week 10 Magnetic circuits. Lecture 30. 10/25/12 (Thu) Week 10 Magnetic materials. Magnetic boundary conditions. Energy of magnetostatic field. Lecture 31. 10/30/12 (Tue) Week 11 Faraday s law. Lenz s law. The fundamental law of electromagnetic induction. Self inductance. Mutual inductance. Lecture 32. 10/31/12 (Wed) Week 11 Problem-solving practicum Lecture 33. 11/01/12 (Thu) Week 11 TEST # 2. Magnetic field. Part 4. Electrodynamics: main concepts, definitions, and laws. Lecture 34. 11/06/12 (Tue) Week 12 Maxwell s hypothesis. Displacement current. Polarization current. Impressed currents. Maxwell s equations in phasor notations. Helmholtz equation. Lecture 35. 11/07/12 (Wed) Week 12 Energy balance in electromagnetic field. Poynting vector. Poynting theorem. Lecture 36. 11/08/12 (Thu) Week 12 Types of electromagnetic waves. Uniform plane electromagnetic wave with linear polarization. Characteristics of plane electromagnetic waves for some practical cases. Lecture 37. 11/13/12 (Tue) Week 13 Plane electromagnetic wave incidence on the boundary of two media. Lecture 38. 11/14/12 (Wed) Week 13
Lecture 39. 11/15/12 (Thu) Week 13 TEST#3. Time-varying electromagnetic field and Maxwell s equations. Week 14 Thanksgiving break Part 5. Electromagnetic waves in transmission lines. Lecture 40. 11/27/12 (Tue) Week 15 Circuit models of transmission lines. The telegrapher s equations. Wave solutions in a lossless transmission line in time domain and in frequency domain. Lecture 41. 11/28/12 (Wed) Week 15 Bounce diagrams. Reflection process. Reflection and transmission coefficients. Standing Wave Ratio (SWR). Lecture 42. 11/29/12 (Thu) Week 15 Primary and secondary parameters of the transmission lines. Power flow and loss on a transmission line. Lecture 43. 12/04/12 (Tue) Week 16 Transforming properties of transmission line sections. Smith Chart. Lecture 44. 12/05/12 (Wed) Week 16 Terminated transmission line. Transmission lines with open- and short-circuited terminations. Transmission lines with resistive and reactive terminations. Lecture 45. 12/06/12 (Thu) Week 16 Review. FINAL TEST (Test #4). The week of 12/10/12 12/14/12 TEXTBOOK (MANDATORY) Umran S. Inan, Aziz S. Inan, Engineering Electromagnetics, Menlo Park, Calif.: Addison-Wesley, 1999. OTHER BOOKS (OPTIONAL) Fawwaz T. Ulaby, Electromagnetics for Engineers, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005 William H. Hayt, Jr., John A. Buck, Engineering Electromagnetics, Sixth Ed., McGraw Hill, 2001. David M. Pozar, Microwave Engineering, Second Ed., John Wiley & Sons, 1998.