EE 430 (was EE 411) – Principles of Electromagnetic Fields

Designation:

Senior/Grad-level technical elective for Electrical Engineering students.

Catalog Data:

Technical elective for electrical and computer engineering majors.

Prerequisites by topic:

1. Understanding and ability to use linear algebra and complex variables.
2. Understanding and ability to solve first and second order differential equations.
3. Understanding and ability to use vector algebra in Cartesian, Cylindrical and Spherical coordinates.
4. Understanding and ability to use the Divergence and Stokes theorems in curvilinear coordinates.

Course Objectives:

This course provides the education in fundamental laws of electromagnetics and provides practical training in solution of engineering electromagnetics problems. Through lecture and out-of-class assignments, students are provided learning experiences that enable them to:

1. Understand sources of electric and magnetic fields and coupling between these fields.
2. Understand boundary conditions and relationships between fields in material media.
3. Understand electromagnetic waves in material media and at interface between different media.
4. Understand concepts of energy and power associated with electromagnetic fields.
5. Understand and design transmission lines and waveguides.
6. Understand and analyze radiation from antennas and antenna arrays.

Topics:

1. Review of Vector Analysis (3 classes)
2. The Electric Field (5 classes)
3. Polarization and Conduction (4 classes)
4. The Magnetic Field (6 classes)
5. Electromagnetic Induction (3 classes)
6. Electrodynamics-Fields and Waves (9 classes)
7. Guided Electromagnetic Waves (9 classes)
8. Radiation (6 classes)

Class/laboratory schedule:

Three 50-minute lectures per week.

Laboratory projects and assignments:

Contribution to meeting the professional component:

This course emphasizes solution techniques for practical engineering electromagnetics problems based on understanding of fundamental principles of electromagnetics. It is a prerequisite to the Engineering Electromagnetics (EE 531/EE 511), Boundary Value Methods of Electromagnetics (EE 535), Inversion Techniques in Remote Sensing (EE 576/EE 536), and Microwave Radar Remote Sensing (EE 575/EE 539) graduate level courses.

Relationship to program outcome:

Graduates will understand fundamental electricity and magnetism concepts and be able to use them in applications. [Ref: Outcome O.2.4.]